Hellenism and Christianity in the First Centuries of Our Era (1)

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Christianity is not opposed to Greek philosophy as one doctrine to another doctrine. The natural and spontaneous form of Christianity is not didactic and written teaching. In the Christian communities of the apostolic age, composed of artisans and ordinary people, … Read More

The Paradise according to Christianity

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In Christianity, there are two paradise: the earthly paradise and the heavenly paradise. According to Catholicism (Adam and Eve in Paradise in a painting by Lucas Cranach) The earthly paradise The “earthly paradise” expression does not exist – as such … Read More

The Hell according to Christianity

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The early Christian writers use the term “hell” to describe the limbo of the fathers, in which the souls of the justs who died before the coming of Christ awaited their redemption, and that are mentioned in the Apostles’ Creed, … Read More

Death by Christianity

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(The Resurrection of Lazarus, painting by Leon Bonnat, France, 1857.) For Christianity, only the body can be affected by death and it is temporary. The consequence of the death of the body is the separation of the latter with the … Read More

Afterlife in Buddhism and Christianity

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Afterlife in Buddhism (Bhavachakra) In the original Buddhism, the living beings (sattva) fall into Six Destinies (gati), according to the acts of which they feel the reward according to the deeds of past lives: 1) inhabitants of the underworld (naraka, … Read More

Kosovo and the Russian dolls, the democracy as the new religion

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Kosovo will proclaim soon, in some hours, its independence. It’s a fact. Kosovo will be the world’s newest state. And it will be recognized by US and most of the European countries, as well as the most other countries. But … Read More