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2023-10-18T11:42:28-07:00
Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.
Does Philistine Land Belong to Palestinians?
Last updated on: October 18, 2023 at 11:42 am By Kermit Zarley
This question could be answered by comparing the DNA of 3,000-year old Philistine skeletons–discovered by the Leon Levy Expedition to Ashkelon–with present-day Palestinian DNA. But I think there are powerful people who don’t want this question answered, starting with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In 2019, Netanyahu rightly affirmed that the DNA comparison between these ancient Philistines skeletons and the DNA of today’s southern Europeans showed what historians and archaeologists had been saying for decades, that the Philistines emigrated... Read more
Education and Religion
2023-10-18T11:41:03-07:00
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GAZANS!!! Listen to Jews, Not Hamas
Last updated on: October 18, 2023 at 11:41 am By Kermit Zarley
Israel Defense Forces reportedly has quickly amassed 350,000 reservist troops along the Israel-Gaza Strip border. Israel has announced that it is going to conduct a ground war in the Gaza Strip. Israel says it is going to annihilate Hamas so that it can never govern the Gaza Strip again. Israel is calling for all one million civilians in Gaza City, which is located in the northern portion of the Gaza Strip, to immediately evacuate to the south of the Strip.... Read more
Education and Religion
2023-10-18T11:40:28-07:00
Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.
CFR Update on the Israel-Gaza War
Last updated on: October 18, 2023 at 11:40 am By Kermit Zarley
The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international relations based in New York City with an office in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1921. Its current president is Michael Froman. Their premier publication is Foreign Affairs. CFA often has public forums. I am a CFR member who receives announcements about these forums. Today, CFR held a public forum entitled, “Update on the Israel-Gaza War,” which I watched with... Read more
Education and Religion
2023-10-11T21:47:29-07:00
Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.
My New Book that Faults Church Fathers
Last updated on: October 11, 2023 at 9:47 pm By Kermit Zarley
My tenth theological book is on track to be self-published in about ten days and be available on amazon.com. It is entitled The Gospel Corrupted: How Church Fathers Made Jesus God. The subtitle echoes titles of two important books in this genre: Richard Rubenstein’s When Jesus Became God and Bart Ehrman’s How Jesus Became God. Most historians of early Christianity, New Testament exegetes, and historical-critical scholars of the New Testament agree that the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and... Read more
Education and Religion
2023-10-11T19:08:01-07:00
Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.
If Iran Is “Complicit,” So Is the U.S.
Last updated on: October 11, 2023 at 7:08 pm By Kermit Zarley
U.S. intelligence agencies are saying Iran–which funds and trains Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon–was not directly involved in the Gaza-governing Hamas attacking on Israel last weekend. Yet Jack Sullivan, U.S. National Security Advisor to President Joe Biden, said yesterday that Iran is still “complicit” in the attack because it arms and trains Hamas for war. Well, does that statement suggest that because of this alleged complicity that that gives the U.S. a legitimate reason to enter directly enter... Read more
Education and Religion
2023-10-10T00:39:31-07:00
Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.
Dr. Bart Ehrman Speaks on Whether God Mocked Jesus
Last updated on: October 10, 2023 at 12:39 am By Kermit Zarley
This post is another account of one of the presentations I watched two weeks ago as I attended the virtual New Insights into the New Testament. Hosted by Dr. Bart Ehrman, we were told it was attended by about 3,000. He gave a presentation. Bart D. Ehrman is professor of Christian Origins at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is an authority on textual criticism of the New Testament and on the study of the historical Jesus.... Read more
2023-10-10T12:52:14-07:00
Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.
Will This Israel-Gaza War Lead to an Enlargement of the Gaza Strip?
Last updated on: October 10, 2023 at 12:52 pm By Kermit Zarley
The current Israel-Gaza War reveals the necessity of a continuing peace process with the goal of the establishment of a Palestinian state. There is no other way this 70-year old Israeli-Palestinian conflict will ever reach any conceivable goal of being resolved. There must be two states lying side-by-side. And as I have been saying for over forty years, the traditional two-state solution has always been a non-starter. Just look at it. This traditional proposal has existed for so many decades... Read more
Education and Religion
2023-10-09T20:53:15-07:00
Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.
China Has the Right Response to this New Israel-Gaza War
Last updated on: October 9, 2023 at 8:53 pm By Kermit Zarley
China responded to a US delegation of six, bipartisan senators visiting China and led by Chuck Schumer concerning the recent war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip by saying of it, “China is a common friend of Israel and Palestine.” Spokesperson Mao Ning continued, “We sincerely hope to see Palestine and Israel co-existing peacefully and sharing security and development.” He means there needs to be two states as a solution to this conflict. This is the right approach... Read more
Education and Religion
2023-10-08T22:48:54-07:00
Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.
Dr. Amy-Jill Levine Speaks on “Jesus and Women”
Last updated on: October 8, 2023 at 10:48 pm By Kermit Zarley
As an attendee, I now continue my reporting of another presentation of the virtual conference held two weeks ago called “New Insights into the New Testament.” It was hosted by bestselling author, New Testament scholar, and historian of early Christianity Dr. Bart Ehrman. The following account is about Dr. Amy-Jill Levine’s presentation, “Jesus and Women: Distinguishing History from Apologetic.” She is a recognized authority on this subject. In 2019, Dr. Levine had the honor of becoming the first Jew to teach... Read more
Education and Religion
New Insights into the New Testament
2023-10-09T20:53:38-07:00
Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.
Israel and Gaza at War Again
Last updated on: October 9, 2023 at 8:53 pm By Kermit Zarley
It may seem like “old hat,” but Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip are at war again. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared “war” today on Hamas. It is the religious-political organization that governs the tiny, heavily populated Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip. the reason was that the militantly Islamic Hamas unexpectedly attacked nearby portions of the State of Israel with thousands of rockets beginning early this morning. The New York Times reports that about 250 Israeli Jewish... Read more
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