The Book of Jubilees, or, as it is sometimes called, "the little Genesis," purports to be a revelation given by God to Moses through the medium of an angel, and containing a history, divided up into jubilee-periods of forty-nine years, from the creation to the coming of Moses. Though the actual narrative of events is only carried down to the birth and early career of Moses, its author envisages the events of a later time, and in particular certain...

This intimate kaleidoscopic journal takes the reader through the cycles of faith and doubt that typify the author's spiritual journey from his childhood and youth in Puerto Rico to his retirement years in the United States. Lyrical prose, poetry, and story combine to express the vagaries of a spirituality that, at one and the same time, is unable to gloss over the difficult, often heartbreaking questions of faith, and yet cannot give up on the longing...

The premise of this book is that it is simply impossible to determine, with any degree of confidence, as to whether there is a transcendent, creative being which is responsible for the existence of the universe. Therefore, the conclusion that inevitably flows from this realization is that the most intellectually honest position to espouse is one of agnosticism. A corollary of this idea is that it is also impossible to know if our lives are anything...

It's only a matter of time before the scripture-inspired destroyers of civilization will use WMD's to rid the earth of "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." As peaceful, freedom-loving Americans, we, the Caretakers of Liberty, must utilize a non-violent means to permanently neutralize the racist malevolence embedded in the "us" and "them" Word of God, as written and promoted in the Bible and in the Koran. We must do this in order to vanquish...

This book is for the millions of people who bought or listened online to Christopher Hitchens' book "God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything" and hundreds of millions of people worldwide who've witnessed a multitude of world-renowned intellectuals and religious leaders fail to combat the late and great Christopher Hitchens with any scriptural evidence. With Bible citations provided to support each assertion, author Peter James utilizes...

Maybe you were born to Christian parents and raised as a Christian. Or maybe you are just a part of a Christian nation. You might have attended church regularly, or maybe just on special occasions. If asked, you say that you believe in God, but you really never thought about what that means exactly. You are a well-educated person who accepts the idea of Biblical miracles, but only the more "reasonable" ones. You have read some of the Bible, mostly...

This book details a fascinating overview of the divine message addressed to the southern kingdom in ancient times. Despite its brevity and its location in the Old Testament, Obadiah offers a valuable perspective that we should not overlook. Through his divinely inspired vision, the prophet conveys a message of warning and promise that resonates to this day. The book of the prophet Obadiah is the shortest book in the Old Testament and contains prophecies...

Dès l'origine, en paléontologie, on commence à parler avec certitude d' « humanité » avec l'apparition des mobiliers funéraires et des premières traces d'inhumation : lorsque l'homme devient capable de se représenter un « Au-delà » de l'humain, de développer des rites de passage de l'ici-bas à un au-delà, il devient humain. À l'échelle de l'histoire et de la géographie humaine, l'athéisme qui s'est développé en Europe essentiellement...

Do you have the ability to cast a magic spell? Do you want to know what equipment is required to execute a Wiccan ritual? Have you ever wanted to know more about Wicca? If you answered YES to these questions, continue reading... “Wicca Starter Kit” is your resource for learning all you need to know as a solitary practitioner to do your ceremonial magic and spell casting. It is a step-by-step guide that will help you find precisely what you...

The Myth of Adam & Eve and the endurance of Christianity in the West- A matter of interpretation This book suggests that: 1) in the Hebrew myth, Adam and Eve were a couple of hominins, pretty much like any of the human ancestors we have discovered lately; 2) the Hebrews had a much more sophisticated, realistic and intuitive idea of evolution than what is believed nowadays, and that explains many points in the Bible that had no explanation until...