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If we made contact with aliens, how would religions react? - BBC bbc.com Dec 16, 2016 3 facts
perspectiveThomas Paine questioned the logic of Christianity in the context of multiple worlds, asking if it is preposterous to believe God would quit the care of all other worlds to die on Earth, or if God would have to travel from world to world in an endless succession of deaths.
claimIslam is a 'placed' religion that requires adherents to perform specific physical rituals, such as praying while facing Mecca at five specific times daily, fasting at specific times, and performing a pilgrimage to Mecca, whereas Christianity is described as having eradicated the necessity of location for religious experience.
claimFor Jews, Christians, and Muslims, religious revelation is contingent upon the specific historical situations in which the texts initially circulated.
Mind and Consciousness - St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology saet.ac.uk Jun 20, 2024 2 facts
perspectiveA prevailing historical theological tendency in Christianity is the recognition that the Christian God is neither identical to nor constituted by creation, but is instead the creator and sustainer of creation.
claimTheistic religious traditions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, theistic Hinduism, Sikhism, and some Indigenous African religions, describe the divine as a knowing, wise, and powerful creator who is not a mindless or non-conscious force.
Alex Bradshaw about the history of the phenomenon of debt davidgraeber.org Aug 4, 2011 2 facts
Strategic Rivalry between United States and China swp-berlin.org 1 fact
claimChina forces religions, including Christianity and Islam, to Sinicize their symbolism, liturgy, and language.
Ancient Roots of Today's Emerging Renaissance in ... link.springer.com 1 fact
claimThe active suppression of psychoactive substances is a late twentieth-century global phenomenon led by the United States and the United Nations, with deeper historical roots in Christianity and the colonial Americas.
Effects of psychedelics on neurogenesis and broader neuroplasticity link.springer.com Dec 19, 2024 1 fact
accountSyncretic groups in South America and globally administer psychoactive compounds in traditional contexts that integrate Amerindian rituals, Christianity, and (pseudo)scientific principles, as noted by Labate and Cavnar (2014) and Svobodny (2014).
Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Catholic Faith: A Brief History of ... catholicscientists.org 1 fact
referenceMarie I. George authored the book 'Christianity and Extraterrestrials? A Catholic Perspective', published by iUniverse in 2005.
Extraterrestrial life - Inters.org inters.org 1 fact
claimThe study of the relationship between Christianity and other religions on Earth serves as the primary analogy for Christian theologians attempting to understand the implications of intelligent extraterrestrial life.
PBD Podcast - "Trained As A Spy At 10” - Sex Trafficking Survivor ... podscripts.co Nov 25, 2024 1 fact
claimAnneke Lucas identifies Paramahansa Yogananda as the author of 'Autobiography of a Yogi' and notes that his teachings integrate original Christianity with original yoga, which she defines as meditation rather than physical exercise.
The Compatibility of Christianity with Panpsychism, Part 1 theologycommons.gcu.edu Sep 2, 2025 1 fact
perspectiveChristian philosophers almost universally accept that Cartesian dualism, a form of substance dualism, is incompatible with Christianity because it creates too hard of a distinction between the physical and non-physical.