Less than 100 miles south of Tehran is the Islamic Holy site of Qom.  The city dates back to the earliest of times, and has been a city of some importance since Alexander the Great.   Qom has historically important mosques, and  a famous shrine. Probably because of these Qom has become the center of Shia…

Jennie Augusta Brownscombe’s, “The First Thanksgiving.” is an iconic painting of the origins of the holiday.  It depicts a prayer being offered while Puritans sit at the dinner  table with native American chiefs, as others sit or kneel nearby.  The painting was  hung in most school rooms. This mythical depiction would today be labeled as…

At least since the founding of Rome 2700 years ago,  rulers have claimed authority from god.   The Roman Emperors were officially Pontus Maximus the head of the Roman religions. Emperor Constantine simply declared himself the head bishop of Christianity after it became a key religion in the Empire. A few decades later a Bishop…

Was Jesus really God?  For Christians everywhere, Jesus is unquestionably God, except Pope Francis might not agree. The October 9th issue of the Italian paper Republica quotes Pope Francis as saying Jesus of Nazareth was “a man of exceptional virtue” but “not at all a God.” (The Vatican subsequently issued a statement saying that it…

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