texts which various religious traditions consider to be sacred, or central to their religious tradition.
Questions tagged [religious-texts]
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Did Winston Churchill say the King James Bible had been translated into more than 760 languages?
In the Jack Chick video "Where was the Bible before 1611? How can we know God endorsed the KJV?" (linked here), this claim is made:
You know, Winston Churchill said that the King James Bible had been translated into more than 760 languages. So…
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Is sex only mentioned in one of the 200 tantric scriptures?
TrueTantra.info writes:
Is Tantra about sex?
Actually no! Out of the about 200 tantras that have survived to this day, only one (1) in passing mentions sex. So please understand this: What is called Tantra today and which mainly deals with…
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Is the mustard seed the smallest of seeds?
From Matthew 13:31-32,
31 He [Jesus] put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; 32 it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs…
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Did the ten plagues take place in Ancient Egypt?
Inspired by this question.
Is there any extrabiblical evidence that any or all of the ten plagues occurred as outlined in Exodus 7:14-11:10? Particularly, any evidence in Ancient Egyptian records?
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Was the Pentateuch dated back to the second millenium B.C.E?
This source claims, and walks through proof, that the 5 Books of Moses (Pentateuch) date all the way back to at least the era of Joshua ~1200 years B.C.E. Is this really true?
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Is the Old Testament based on Bronze-Age myths?
Lately I have been reading a lot about the origins biblical stories, and I have noticed that a lot of people mock the bible and the christians by telling them that they follow bronze age myths/beliefs.
It is a melange of Bronze Age ravings
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Do Jews mostly descend from Shem, son of Noah?
I mean, I am not exactly a creationist.
However, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shem
How come we have a race called "semite" as in anti-semite? It's as if people think that those people are descendant from Shem, mythical son of Noah.
Here, the picture…
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Are pet RFID chips (eg: "HomeAgain") capable of fulfilling Revelations 13:16-17?
Regardless of the veracity of the Christian bible in general, could the technology behind the microchips (RFID tags) implanted into pets--used to re-unite lost pets with their owners--be used to track people's movements or restrict commerce to those…
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