Having just returned from a ten day trip to Israel, I thought I would post here on a couple of points ( Read more... )

Thought some folks here might appreciate this:

Obscured Christian Histories: Chair of Peter + Frat Boy = ?

In 962, numerous charges were brought against Pope John XII. A synod comprising 50 Italian and German bishops heard John had made a pact with the Devil and had offered a toast in his honour at the altar. More serious charges on the list ( Read more... )

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), as Johannes Climacus, confronts Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729-1821) in Concluding Unscientific Postscript.

Common to both: Faith requires a kind of certainty that historical inquiry cannot provide.

Ø  Lessing’s rationalism: History is “the ugly broad ditch which I cannot get across, however often and however ( Read more... )

Any ideas for an icon for this community? I can't visualize what a "conversion" would look like... maybe some kind of lightbulb-like picture?