Pluralism and the Interfaith Movement

What effect do you think religious pluralism and the interfaith movement will have on the future of organized religion? Explain your answer.

Was there ever a Persian ruler who was Jewish?

Was there ever a Persian ruler who was Jewish?

Hindu Prophecy similarity with Christianity

Check out the following Christianity similarity...what is your take on it? He Comes as . . . Kalki Avatar (Hindu Prophecy) Hindus await the arrival of the Kalki-Avatar as promised by in the Scriptures when the Kali age (age of darkness) ends and the Krita age (age of light) begins. Below is one of the Scriptures that speaks of Kalki’s coming: “When the practices taught by the Vedas and the institutes of law shall nearly have ceased and the close of the Kali age shall be nigh, a portion of that divine being who exists of his own spiritual nature in the character of Brahma, and who is the beginning and the end, and who comprehends all things, shall descend upon the earth. He will... click for more

God

How many times do Hindus believe that God has already appeared on earth? What are these "people" know as?

Analects of Confucius, Taoist concepts and Central ideas in Shinto about who or what God is

Request your assistance answering the following questions. Please provide references, if you use references to develop your answers. 1. Choose one of the Analects of Confucius to discuss. Why did you find it compelling? Share a personal example where you have found it to be true. 2. Explain the Taoist concepts of ancestor worship and the "yin and the yang". How are these concepts if at all, related or unrelated to western religious ideas? 3. What are the central ideas in Shinto about who or what God is? What role does the Islands of Japan have in Shinto? How did Shinto shape the Japanese concept of war in WW II?