Monday, February 26, 2007

Assorted Religion

Raising the Titanic, Sinking Christianity?

Jesus: Tales from the Crypt

Advanced geometry of Islamic art

Poor Muslim-American Islamic-Investment Strategies
"If you are in the process of putting together $3 million to build yet another mosque in Houston (we already have around 80 mosques for a Muslim population estimated to be around 100,000!). Yes, while we do not have wealthy Muslims, we have some rich ones, so 20 or more people can get together and build such a mosque. But think of the opportunity cost: You can use those $3 million to endow six scholarships for Muslim children who get admitted to top universities but cannot afford to pay tuition. In twenty years, you would have helped 30 young members of the community graduate from the best universities to become successful scientists, engineers, etc. Some of them may even get some crucial patents and generate some serious wealth that can be invested to do even more good: sponsor more research that can help humanity, etc. Having enabled that growth of good deeds decade after decade, and century after century, one surely would have invested today's good deeds much more intelligently that just building another structure."


Infiltrating the extreme

Post 9 / 11, Islam Flourishes Among Blacks

Do “Later” Verses of the Qur’an Abrogate “Earlier” Verses?

Recalling the Historic Adversarial Relation Between Islamic Scholars and the State

Nation of Islam at a Crossroad as Leader Exits

Podcasts;
The Economics of Religion

The 'Religion' of Shakespeare
The greatest English playwright is still one of the most mysterious people. He may or may not have been a closet Catholic, and the relationship of the actor's life to his writing is not reconcilable, according to historian William Rubinstein.

The Return of Magic
Just when we thought we were getting more sophisticated, educated, and scientifically aware, magic has stepped off the pages of fairytales and into our lives. Voodoo, hoodoo and Santeria attract middle class followers and simple acts of coincidence are regarded as cosmic synchronicities. Christine Wicker talks to werewolves, vampires, dragons, fairies and hoodoo masters across the USA and discovers the resilience of her faith, and much more.And David Frankfurter joins us to discuss the mythology of evil

The Lost Treasure of Solomon's Temple

Church Agencies and gay adoption

Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism, Part 1 and Part 2

What's the Persian for 'liberal'?

The examined life

The Catholic Origin of Everything, Pt 1 and Pt 2

The Contemplative Life

Tomkat, aliens & Scientology: hard facts & science fiction…

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