Blasfemi, kætteri, apostasi

"Naturen har udelukkende skabt individerne for at understøtte Lidelsen, for at hjælpe den med at sprede sig på deres bekostning." Mange af sætningerne i Bitterhedens syllogismer (1952) kunne være formuleret med det formål at udtrykke mest mulig fortvivlelse på mindst mulig plads. Aforismesamlingen er skrevet på fransk af den rumænskfødte filosof Emil Cioran, som for at overvinde en mangeårig depression gav afkald på sit modersmål og tilegnede sig en formfuldendt frankofon stil med syttenhundredetallets belletristik som forbillede. Den knappe prosa i Bitterhedens syllogismer bærer præg af denne "kærlighedsaffære med en ordbog": De mest destruktive tankerækker fremføres på en subtil og elegant måde, som hvis Nietzsches filosofiske hammer var forvandlet til en fleuret.Umiddelbart virker Bitterhedens syllogismer heller ikke som en bog skrevet af nogen, der har overvundet en depression, snarere tværtimod: Sortsynet er konstant og angår alt fra religion og ateisme over kærlighed og ensomhed til liv og død. Alligevel er teksten, på trods af det pessimistiske udgangspunkt, altid lystbetonet, motiveret af en generøs vilje til at charmere og underholde. Cioran forstår kunsten at være "elskværdigt ulykkelig", som han selv udtrykker det, og går aldrig af vejen for en vittighed: "En filosofisk mode er ligesom en gastronomisk; man er lige så utilbøjelig til at gendrive en idé som til at gendrive en sovs."Det paradoksale ved Cioran – den vennesæle misantrop – afspejles også i modtagelsen af hans værker. Allerede udgivelsen af hans første bog udløste på den ene side en pris til forfatteren, mens den på den anden side, hvis man skal tro en vandrehistorie, tvang hans forældre til at mørklægge deres hjem om aftenen. Den ikonoklastiske præstesøn var ikke sen til at forlade hjemlandet til fordel for Paris, hvor han boede resten af sine dage, altid nødtørftigt indkvarteret på små hotels med livsledsageren Simone Boué og en enorm bogsamling. Ciorans eneboertendenser og hans værkers uforsonlige udtryk forhindrede ham dog ikke i at indtage en plads i det intellektuelle parisiske miljø. Han var venner med især to andre eksilforfattere, Samuel Beckett og landsmanden Paul Celan, og er blevet beundret på afstand af Susan Sontag og Herta Müller. Bitterhedens syllogismer er det første af hans værker, der er oversat til dansk.Emil Mihai Cioran (1911-1995) var rumænsk forfatter og filosof. Langt størstedelen af sit liv tilbragte han i selvvalgt ­eksil i Paris, hvor han som "rejsende i smuldrende kosmologier" forfinede sit sortsyn til punktnedslag i altings utilstrækkelighed. På trods af en afsmag for anerkendelse lykkedes det ikke Cioran at holde alle læsere fra livet: Samuel Beckett skrev, at han "fandt ly" i hans "ruiner", landsmanden Paul Celan oversatte ham til tysk, og for Susan Sontag var han en arvtager efter Kierkegaard, Nietzsche og Wittgenstein.

"This may just be the single most important book on modern Evangelicalism in the recent years. It is bold, clear, and very well-researched."--John MacArthurIn this rigorously reported exposé, a writer for the Daily Wire exposes the outside forces, including progressive secular billionaires, trying to influence Christian churches across America.Many American Christians are struggling to find places of worship which reflect their core conservative beliefs. Today, many Evangelical leaders are pushing their members to "whisper" about sexual sins, reconsider abortion, lament the effects of climate change, and repent of "perpetuating systemic racism." Meanwhile, America's largest Evangelical denominations are fraught with division over issues like critical race theory, and many ministries are now promoting social justice rather than Scripture.Liberal theology isn't new. Pastors and theologians have drifted, slipped, or even plunged into doctrinal error since the days of the New Testament. But in recent decades, Daily Wire reporter Megan Basham reveals, well-funded forces from outside the church have been secretly sowing seeds of discord, much like the Soviets once did. Based on years of investigation, Shepherds for Sale documents how progressive powerbrokers--from George Soros and the founder of eBay to former members of the Obama administration--set out to transform American Christians.Basham accuses secular foundations and think tanks of deliberately targeting Christian media, universities, megachurches, nonprofits, and entire denominations, not to mention high-profile pastors and influencers. In exchange, many of those church leaders and institutions have received cash, career jumps, prestige, and praise. She has uncovered corruption and compromise at the highest levels of Evangelical leadership, follows the money, names names, and offers proof of her findings. Shepherds for Sale is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the tensions in modern Evangelicalism and the secular forces buffeting today's believers.

The Analytical-Literal Translation of the Holy Bible (ALT) is translated by Gary F. Zeolla (www.Zeolla.org). The ALT consists of seven volumes. They are.Volume I - The Old Testament: The Torah (Genesis to Deuteronomy)Volume II - The Old Testament: The Historical Books (Joshua to Esther)Volume III - The Old Testament: The Poetic Books (Job to Song of Solomon)Volume IV - The Old Testament: The Prophetic Books (Isaiah to Malachi)Volume V - The Apocryphal/ Deuterocanonical BooksVolume VI - The New TestamentVolume VII - The Apostolic FathersThis Volume VII of the ALT contains the Apostolic Fathers (APF). These are the writings of Church leaders of the late first to mid-second centuries, most of whom were direct disciples of the apostles. Some of these books were seriously considered for inclusion in the canon of the NT. These are marked with an asterisk on the Table of Contents. They were ultimately rejected for the canon, but all of these APF books were popular in the early centuries of the Church. They give insight into the mindset of the early Church shortly after the apostles and provide background to the NT. As such, they are very much worth reading.However, most Christians today are unaware of these APF books, and there are only a few English translations of the Greek language they were originally written in. To remedy these deficits, this Analytical-Literal Translation of the Apostolic Fathers is being presented to the English-speaking Christian public in hopes it will enrich understanding of the NT and of the time immediately after the apostles.The purpose of the ALT is to provide a translation of these APF books that will enable the English reader to come as close to the Greek texts as possible without having to be proficient in Greek.For background and in-depth discussions of the canonicity of all of these books, see the translator's three volume set, "Why Are These Books in the Bible and Not Others?"

Endeavouring to move beyond 'simplistic' points about the rights to freedom of expression and sacrosanctity, this collection explores how differences between conceptions of the sacred can be negotiated.

Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Australian National University).

The objective of writing a book on the Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan has four aspects. Since the basis of the laws constitutes an Islamic perspective and jurisprudential background, the first aspect is to critically examine its lineage with the Quran and the Sunnah and to find out what those sources say about blasphemy. The second aspect is to critically examine how close in conformity the existing blasphemy laws are with Islamic injunctions. The third aspect is to review its application. The fourth aspect is to critically review the effects, implications, and repercussions on minorities, and to an individual.

Studies repeatedly report that Christians are losing their faith in ever-increasing numbers. At the same time, the numbers of those identifying as non-religious are growing at rapid rates. Surprisingly, those abandoning the Faith are not confined to immature believers. Pastors, missionaries, seminary students, along with informed Bible students identify as deconverts. Having a loved one walk away from a faith they once embraced can be troubling and raises important questions that need answers. Going... Going... Gone..! Seeks to provide insights as to why individuals leave the Faith. Based on interviews with deconverts and hundreds of written narrative, Gong. . . Going. . . Gone. . ! offers practical advice on how parents and church leaders can avoid the common pitfalls that stumble and ultimately cause believers to fall away from their faith.

This book seeks to solve two major problems.The first one has to do with this story: A young pastor went to an Embassy for visa and he presented documents that identified him as a pastor. He had all relevant papers and there was nothing in that direction to be faulted.However, in the course of interaction with the consular officials, he was asked to what denomination of Christianity his church belongs. Without hesitation, he replied""PENTECOSTALISM"'Please tell us three differences between Pentecostalism and other Christian denominations.'He could not.Another pastor had a similar problem. He wanted to hold a city wide conference and evening crusade with the local branch of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria. As a precaution, he was rightly asked the tenets of faith of his ministry."We believe in the Apostles Creed," he replied.'Can you recite and explain it to us?'He could not. The pastors in both stories cited here have: ..".....BIBLE CHURCH" in the names of their ministry.The first problem therefore, is that we have too many people who claim to be Pentecostals but cannot tell what Pentecostalism is. The only claim they have to Pentecostalism are the documents they carry about.The second problem has to do with this third story.A well known Nigerian pastor who is also a lawyer but who likes jaw breaking words more than food was asked: "Sir, what is the problem with Christianity in Nigeria?" His reply was simple, short and straight forward: "The problem is religious syncretism and religious shamanism"Google defines syncretism as: "The amalgamation or attempted amalgamation of different religions, cultures, or schools of thought."On the other hand, the Merriam Webster dictionary defines shamanism as: "A religion practiced by indigenous peoples of far northern Europe and Siberia that is characterized by belief in an unseen world of gods, demons, and ancestral spirits responsive only to the shamans"We further searched for the definition of the word "shamans" and this is what we got from Urban Dictionary: "One who can interact and mediate with the spirit world on behalf of their community, usually by ecstatic trance techniques (That is their spirit/soul leaves their physical body in order to travel to a world of pure spirit rather than physical matter) for the purposes of divination, information gathering, healing and to receive wisdom. Believed to come from the Tungus word "shama" meaning (very roughly) holder of knowledge. Some anthropologists maintain that shaman are the basis of most magician/sorcerer archetypes in folklore. Taking these two definitions into cognizance, we can safely say that the problem with Christianity in Nigeria and indeed the whole Africa, if not the globe, people are knowingly or unknowingly:1.Taking what belongs to another religion and merging it with another.2.While some magicians are dancing on some altars that look Christian.Consider these two real life stories: Not quite long, a man who set up and ran a "church" in one of the mega cities was apprehended for dating a soldier's wife. When his "church" was searched, though the signboard had .."..BIBLE CHURCH" as part of its name, all the things normally found in the shrine of a native doctor, were found in the place!A fourth story goes like this: One day, a female foreigner came into our country and visited a "man of God." He said the girl would undergo three days deliverance. However, at the end of the first day, the girl packed her bag and left. When outsiders asked her why she was no longer undergoing the deliverance as pre-arranged, she said: "What the man asked me to do is the same thing native doctors in my country asked me to do."Just look at that!So the second challenge that necessitated this research is that, there are now so many lizards with their bellies on the ground and as a result, we really do not easily know which one has bellyache except we listen and analyse them.

Since our battles are spiritual, it's good to remember that our enemies are demonic spirits and not people. The moment you take your eyes off of that, you will lose the battle. This book gives you the perspective of the spiritual world and how to engage the demonic spirits using the Full Armor of God. It goes into detail, explaining each piece of armor. You will also find the kind of traps and schemes Satan uses on believers. It will help you get prepared and give you insights into a world that's unseen from our physical eyes and will reveal the dangers that lurk in every corner.

¿Cómo saber si estamos cerca del fin? ¿Cuáles son todas esas acciones que están causando el deterioro de nuestro planeta? ¿Acaso hay algo que podamos hacer para detenerlo? Sigue leyendo..."Nuestro principal problema, incluso ahora, es que nos resulta más sencillo imaginar el fin del mundo que el fin del capitalismo." - Slavoj Zizek A lo largo de la historia de nuestro planeta, la biodiversidad ha sufrido una serie de extinciones masivas que han llegado a hacer desaparecer hasta el 90% de las especies existentes.La comunidad científica considera que se han provocado severos daños de la biodiversidad mundial a un ritmo alarmante.Incluso consideran que las actividades humanas actuales podrían estar llevándonos a una sexta extinción masiva. Seguramente te estarás preguntando ¿nuestros días están contados? En realidad, estos eventos se desarrollaron durante millones y el lado positivo, es que la Tierra madura y se prepara para los cambios evolutivos, a medida que se van desarrollando nuevas especies que ocupan el lugar de las extintas.En este libro, descubrirás: Aprende todo sobre los inicios de vida de nuestro planeta Tierra. Descubre todos esos cambios drásticos que llevaron a la extinción de los dinosaurios. . Información importante reunida por expertos de la comunidad científica sobre los efectos y consecuencias de cada extinción masiva. Fortalezas que nuestro planeta tiene actualmente.. Y mucho más...En 2015, todos los países del mundo se reunieron en París para negociar un plan para evitar que el planeta se calentara 2 grados antes de 2100. A pesar de la evaluación optimista de muchos editorialistas, fracasaron catastróficamente.Lo que está pasando hoy es extremadamente inusual. Estamos cazando y destruyendo animales a un ritmo insondable, pero si la humanidad desapareciera mañana, el planeta podría recuperarse rápidamente.¡No esperes más! Infórmate y comienza a realizar cambios para salvar al planeta ¡Desplázate hacia arriba y añade esta guía al carrito ahora!