“Erano un piccolo popolo e dovevano combattere contro nemici sempre soverchianti: che fossero tre o sette volte più numerosi faceva poca differenza. [...]
Nessun altro esercito nella storia ha preso così a cuore la piena dignità degli esonerati. Non tacciarono di vile, di imboscato chi restava a casa, gli prescrissero invece di essere felice prima di essere soldato. Garantirono inoltre il diritto alla paura fisica e rispettarono il rifiuto del cuore di spargere sangue.”
Source: Una nuvola come tappeto
“The Quran's relationship to Tanakh and the Bible differs from that of the New Testament to Tanakh. Whereas the New Testament reinterprets Tanakh and incorporates it into the Bible as the Old Testament, the Quran refers to the Jewish and Christian scriptures while remaining independent of both.”
Source: The Abrahamic Religions: A Very Short Introduction: A Very Short Introduction
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." — 1 Corinthians 13”
Source: The Christian Bible
“Mankind seeks to destroy that which challenges its supremacy. Therefore, if God doesn’t exist and Biblical principles are irrelevant, why does mankind spend so much time seeking to destroy both?”
“After watching how eagerly my Christian friends studied the Bible, I realized I wasn’t going to have what they had unless I took it seriously as well. I saw the hope they derived from its pages and how much reliable guidance it gave them. I saw how much joy they got from applying it, and I realized it was the key”
Source: Pursued: God’s relentless pursuit and a drug addict’s journey to finding purpose
“Pride is a gateway sin that offers an open doorway for our enemy to drop in and tell us just how great we are, and how we really don't need God.”
Source: The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself. Humility is thinking of yourself less. We can be courageous and contrite at the same time.”
Source: The Daniel Dilemma: How to Stand Firm and Love Well in a Culture of Compromise
“In its mythology, Mithra, the Persian god of light and wisdom, was born of a virgin in a cave on the 25th December and later, as an adult, undertook long voyages for the purposes of illuminating mankind. His disciples were twelve; he was betrayed, sentenced to death, and after his death, he was buried in a tomb from which he rose from the dead. The Mithrian religion also states that at the end of all time, Mithra will come again to judge the living and the dead. In this religious cult, Mithra was called the Saviour and he was sometimes illustrated as a lamb. Its doctrine included baptism, the sacramental meal (the Eucharist), and the belief in a saviour god that died and rose from the dead to be the mediator between God and mankind. The adherents of this religion believed in the resurrection of the body, universal judgement, and therefore in heaven and hell.”
Source: The Secret Gospel of Jesus, AD 0-78
“Mari [Mary Magdalene] possessed a remarkably coherent understanding of what following The Way [Rahasya] meant. She believed that this spiritual philosophy taught that the world represented Man's mystic school from whence each person ultimately graduated by reaching the Enlightened State. Therefore, according to this spiritual discipline, human suffering is very subjective and manifested itself according to every person's personal karma or attitude to life. This meant that every life a person experienced imparted a certain number of spiritual lessons that may not have been experienced before in other lives. Ultimately, every experience could be relived and bring about spiritual growth, assisting the individual to move continually closer to the Enlightened State.”
Source: The Secret Gospel of Jesus, AD 0-78
“At the time that she came to live with Jesus's mother, Mari [Mary Magdalene] had no inkling about how she would be greeted by her since their cultures were radically different from each other. The pleasure of her surprise was therefore boundless when Jesus's mother heartily welcomed her with open arms, despite the cultural difference in their religious beliefs. In all fairness, Mari did not make it difficult for Mary to accept her; if anything, she invited Mary to teach her the social habits and local traditions of her people down to the most minor detail especially since she would find them very useful later on in her public life with Jesus.”
Source: The Secret Gospel of Jesus, AD 0-78