texts which various religious traditions consider to be sacred, or central to their religious tradition.
Questions tagged [religious-texts]
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Did Saddam Hussein have a Quran written in blood?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Quran
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/19/saddam-legacy-quran-iraqi-government
"The "Blood Qur'an" is a copy of the Islamic holy book, the Qur'an, claimed to have been written in the blood of the former…
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Is the Bible (Christian and Hebrew) the first one to suggest that the Earth is a sphere?
This website claims that the bible is the first to suggest that earth is a sphere way before the Greeks.
A literal translation of Job 26:10 is “He described a circle upon the
face of the waters, until the day and night come to an end.” A
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Are Muslims allowed to deceive non-Muslims through a practice called Taqiyya?
This is a pretty notable claim.
Examples (the sites are, predictably, pretty anti-Islamic to put it mildly, so the language at the links may be harsh to extreme)
Taqiyya ("al Taqiyya") is the Muslims' license to lie to infidels in order to…
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Do the Mediterranean and Strait of Gilbraltar have scientifically explicable different salinities, flora and fauna?
I am curious about a phenomena (supposedly confirmed by J. Cousteau) that is said, by a Facebook page, to support some quotes in the Quran.
They say that some seas do not join and mix with each other even though they run adjacent
Barrier Between…
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Are the Claims of Edward Carpenter (and others) historically accurate regarding the Zodiac and biblical interpretation?
In Edward Carpenter's, "Pagan & Christian Creeds : Their Origin and Meaning" one of the claims is made that the golden calf story in Exodus is allegorical due to the astrological turning of the age of taurus. There are also claims that the death, 3…
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Is the Bible the most shoplifted book?
Looking at several 'fun facts' pages, the claim of the Bible being the most shoplifted book appears on several of them. Example 1, Example 2, Example 3 Example 4
The Bible, the world's best-selling book, is also the world's most shoplifted book.…
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Was a duel between representatives of the fighting armies an accepted way to end armed conflicts in ancient time?
The bible describes the battle between Goliath and David as a dual between two champions each represents his side fighting between them selves to determine the outcome of a battle. The same is described at the opening scene of the movie Troy
Was it…
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Do the key Abrahamic holy books claim that their god is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent?
The claim that the Abrahamic god is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent is popular among theologians, practitioners of Abrahamic religions and atheists alike (I am referring to the idea of god, regardless of whether there is a being that fits…
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Does the bible explicitly forbide homosexuality?
It's pretty common to hear that the bible condemn homosexuality, I've seen many references to versus. However, there is a good amount of debate as to which verses are actually speaking specifically about homosexuality.
My question then, are there…
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Were snakes an ancient symbol of wisdom, fertility, and immortality?
Here is a quote from The New Oxford Annotated Bible, NRSV, with Apocrypha, discussing Genesis 3:1
This characterization of the snake emphasizes his wise craftiness, a
characteristic that contrasts with the innocent nakedness of the man
and…
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Is the New Testament significantly corrupted from its originally intended form?
I have seen "evidence" that we know with a great degree of certainty and accuracy what the original New Testament bible said. This is to say, we know what the original authors wrote. I'm not sure how accurate these claims are as they seem to come…
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Do hares chew cud?
In Leviticus 11:6, a hare is referred to as a "chewer of the cud." What evidence is there on this matter?
It is not necessary, strictly speaking, that the evidence be on chewing cud in the same sense as ruminants. From my research, hares are not…
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Did the Qur'an predict the defeat of the Persians at the Battle of Issus?
The Wikipedia page of the Qur'an and Miracles states
Some Muslims believe that the Qur'an predicted many events years
before they happened. They argue that such prophecies are proof of the
divine origin of Qur'an.
For example, Muslims say that…
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Is the name of Prophet Muhammad mentioned in the Bible?
Is the name of the Prophet Muhammad or Ahmad mentioned in the Bible? Does Jesus predict the coming of Muhammad in the Bible?
This video (part 2) is an example of this claim. Here is a quote of a similar claim:
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is mentioned…
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Are the various claims regarding Ancient Indian Science made in the AICTE/MHRD new book "Bharatiya Vidya Sar" for a Indian Elective Course true?
This question is based on the following petition and this and this news article.
Background
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has proposed a new textbook that will discuss the ‘Indian knowledge system’ via a number of…
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