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4 billion of the world's 8 billion people belong to an Abrahamic religion with common roots.
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“During the Advent season we are invited to look to the past at what Christ has done, even as we look to the future hope of what he will do when he comes again.”
Today’s Advent devotional:
Today’s Advent devotional:
The Event Horizon of Advent - Christianity Today
The Christmas season shows us our redeemed past and hopeful future.
www.christianitytoday.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:53 PM
“During the Advent season we are invited to look to the past at what Christ has done, even as we look to the future hope of what he will do when he comes again.”
Today’s Advent devotional:
Today’s Advent devotional:
Rough religions timeline:
3500BC - thousands of religions
2000BC - Hinduism
2000BC - Judaism
0-33AD - Christianity
500 - Shinto
500 - Chinese Buddism, Taoism, & Confucius
600 - Islam
1469 - Sikh
1820 - LDS / Mormon
3500BC - thousands of religions
2000BC - Hinduism
2000BC - Judaism
0-33AD - Christianity
500 - Shinto
500 - Chinese Buddism, Taoism, & Confucius
600 - Islam
1469 - Sikh
1820 - LDS / Mormon
November 30, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Rough religions timeline:
3500BC - thousands of religions
2000BC - Hinduism
2000BC - Judaism
0-33AD - Christianity
500 - Shinto
500 - Chinese Buddism, Taoism, & Confucius
600 - Islam
1469 - Sikh
1820 - LDS / Mormon
3500BC - thousands of religions
2000BC - Hinduism
2000BC - Judaism
0-33AD - Christianity
500 - Shinto
500 - Chinese Buddism, Taoism, & Confucius
600 - Islam
1469 - Sikh
1820 - LDS / Mormon
Jesus in Islam
November 30, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Jesus in Islam
Welcomed - what's old is new again. Abrahamic people eschew material things.
Americans used to call it being thrifty. Then it was Voluntary Simplicity. Today, Generation Z is exploring eschewing materialism as “underconsumption core,” with an eye for more meaningful holidays and less stuff. Christmas #holidays
Want a less commercial holiday? Gen Z tries ‘underconsumption core.’
Americans used to call it being thrifty. Then it was Voluntary Simplicity. Today, Generation Z is exploring “underconsumption core,” with an eye for more meaningful holidays and less stuff.
www.csmonitor.com
November 30, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Welcomed - what's old is new again. Abrahamic people eschew material things.
A must read
AJR Year 5 (2019): featured Andrew Tobolowsky's "Introducing the Hebrew Bible and the History of Ancient Israel." #AJRAnniversary https://buff.ly/4esYiR1
Introducing the Hebrew Bible and the History of Ancient Israel — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW
Andrew Tobolowsky shares his classroom handout: “A Short Introduction to the Bible and the History of Ancient Israel.”
www.ancientjewreview.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:58 AM
A must read
This saddens me
AJR Year 9 (2023): Rebecca Wollenberg shared insight into her writing of The Closed Book: How the Rabbis Taught the Jews (Not) to Read the Bible #AJRAnniversary https://buff.ly/45CIFmN
November 30, 2024 at 9:57 AM
This saddens me
Peculiar but awesome?
The reason for the yesterday's visit to Abu Dhabi, the capital of UAE, was to see a recently opened extremely peculiar place, the "Abrahamic Family House". This is a compound housing a mosque, a Christian church and a synagogue with a guest center and a small museum.
November 30, 2024 at 9:55 AM
Peculiar but awesome?
A great read!
"Places of worship should serve as sanctuaries where all who enter experience a deep sense of peace and serenity. Few places have provided such profound serenity as The Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi”. #interfaith #interfaithweek hifsaharooniqbal.com/2024/11/16/e...
Exploring Interfaith Unity at the Abrahamic Family House
This year, I’ve been fortunate to journey to some truly remarkable places. I’ve marvelled at the timeless pyramids of Giza and prayed Salat-ul-Jummah in the awe-inspiring Sultan Hassan Mosque in Ca…
hifsaharooniqbal.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:53 AM
A great read!
Amazing in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
In the rather glorious "Abrahamic Family House"—a complex containing a church, synagogue and mosque. It is easy to be cynical about this but the buildings are lovely and are one step in the right direction.
November 30, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Amazing in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
6 billion of the world's 8 billion people are religious:
- 2 billion each Christianity & Islam
- 1 billion each Hinduism & Chinese religions of Buddism-Taoism-Confucius.
- 150 million between Shinto, Sikh, and Judaism
So half the world has faith in the 3 Abrahamic religions
- 2 billion each Christianity & Islam
- 1 billion each Hinduism & Chinese religions of Buddism-Taoism-Confucius.
- 150 million between Shinto, Sikh, and Judaism
So half the world has faith in the 3 Abrahamic religions
November 30, 2024 at 9:29 AM
6 billion of the world's 8 billion people are religious:
- 2 billion each Christianity & Islam
- 1 billion each Hinduism & Chinese religions of Buddism-Taoism-Confucius.
- 150 million between Shinto, Sikh, and Judaism
So half the world has faith in the 3 Abrahamic religions
- 2 billion each Christianity & Islam
- 1 billion each Hinduism & Chinese religions of Buddism-Taoism-Confucius.
- 150 million between Shinto, Sikh, and Judaism
So half the world has faith in the 3 Abrahamic religions
Think Global Act Local
“When we first think of Advent, many of our minds go to anticipation,” writes Steve Cuss.
“But Advent provides something else: a reminder on bleak, overwhelming days that the gospel is local.”
“But Advent provides something else: a reminder on bleak, overwhelming days that the gospel is local.”
A Solution for Seasonal Overwhelm - Christianity Today
Focusing on the few in front of us makes a tangible difference in our local communities.
www.christianitytoday.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Think Global Act Local
Don't be shy to discuss religion and find comforting commonality.
Stuck in a big room full of people you don’t know? Find out who your co-religionists are by seeing who shouts “Mazel Tov!” when someone mistakenly drops and breaks a glass.
November 30, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Don't be shy to discuss religion and find comforting commonality.