In Contra Galilaeos, Julian makes the case that in the writings of Moses Yahweh is not the ‘Most High’ God, but simply one of many national gods (the biblical term is ‘angels’ or ‘sons of god/s’, לא ינב, םילא ינב, or ב םיהלאה ינ ) of the ancient Near Eastern world, who received Israel as an inheritance from the hand of the Most High. Christians claim the Jewish Yahweh as their God, and appeal t...

among islamic sects there are two groups that disagree about the issue ofbada`: imamiyeh or shiites, from one hand considers bada` as one of theoriginal principles of islamic beliefs and in order to prove this believe theyhave proposed four reasons, among which the most important is the deletionand notation verse (mahv va esbat) in quran. on the other hand, sunni'sscholars are strongly aga...

Knowing the factors that secure mental health and using them in practice ensure peace of mind for the individual and society. The present study explores this topic in the Quran and hadiths. The study will show that, according to these two sources, the main factors in securing mental health for the individual and society are the following: enhanceing faith in God, trusting God, having a good opi...

. . . During their last game Turing lost swiftly with an abysmal sequence of moves. He was searching for an algorithm to ensure board domination instead of adhering to the strategy of the moment. When Chris executed a move, deciding on the rook, Turing was flooded with a feeling of comfort — something like assurance because Chris chose. He exercised his free will and eliminated Turing’s knight ...

Physical science, it appears, leaves no place for divine action. Modern science presupposes that the universe is a closed physical system, that interactions are regular and lawlike, that all causal histories can be traced, and that anomalies will ultimately have physical explanations. But traditional assertions of God acting in the world conflict with all four of these conditions: they presuppo...

One central feature of the God of Israel, highlighted in the holy Scriptures of the Jews, was that he had h)nq. The word means zeal, jealousy, and envy. In other words, Yahweh is a jealous God, envious of and zealous for all that belongs to him. He will give his glory to no other, “nor my praise to graven images”. 2 This God had now chosen Israel to be his people. The people, then, were to show...

the essence of moral teachings of the old testament lies in human`s resemblance to god established in the shadow of obeying sharia in this world`s life. in the torah, therefore, morality and shari`at are inseparable from each other and in this way, provide an educational plan for holy life. sanctity is of both negative and positive sides, the former requires virtue and avoiding all sinful actio...