The Swirling Dervish Posted by: Tabish Bhimani on: September 16, 2007 In: Uncategorized Comment! Note: This is not a scholarly article. It is for one's understanding of the Swirling Dervish and the practice. …"A secret turning in us…Makes the universe turn.…Head unaware of feet,…And feet head. Neither cares.…They keep turning."… – Rumi … Today I […]
“What is Ultra-dispensationalism?”……Answer: In order to understand what ultra-dispensationalism is (also known as hyper-dispensationalism) let's first begin by defining what the word dispensationalism means. The word dispensation means stewardship or administration and dispensationalism is simply a system of biblical interpretation that recognizes a distinction between the Church (i.e. the body of Christ) and Israel. Dispensationalism […]
“What is "The Secret"? What is the law of attraction?”……The Secret ├ö├ç├┤ www.thesecret.tv ├ö├ç├┤ also known as the "law of attraction," is the idea that because of our connection with a "universal energy force," our thoughts and feelings have the ability to manipulate this energy force to our liking. According to "The Secret," our thoughts […]
The Shepherding Movement Background “Shepherding” is a name given to a movement which arose within the Christian Church in the early 1970’s. Largely found within the Charismatic movement, it became a system instituted within many churches whereby elders or “shepherds” would be appointed to act as spiritual leaders responsible for the church. Individual church members […]
“What is Theistic evolution?”……Answer: Theistic evolution is one of three major origin-of-life worldviews, the other two being atheistic evolution (also commonly known as Darwinian evolution and naturalistic evolution) and special creation.……Atheistic evolution says that there is no God and that life can and did emerge naturally from preexisting, non-living building blocks under the influence of […]
“What is an infidel? ……The word infidel simply means "without faith" or "against faith." An infidel is a person who rejects religion. More famously, though, the term infidel has been connected to a website which attacks the Christian faith ├ö├ç├┤ infidels.org. Internet Infidels, which also goes by the name Secular Web, is one of the […]
…“Is there any validity to the Zeitgeist movie?”……Answer: The "zeitgeist movie," which is available for viewing on the Web ├ö├ç├┤ http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com, is essentially a baseless conspiracy theory focused on attacking the Christian faith and the government of the United States. What is interesting, though, is that while nearly all the assertions put forth are in […]