Warren Jeffs' conviction reversed by Utah court. The former leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) religious sect has been ordered a new trial after a Supreme Court decision to reverse two rape as an accomplice convictions. Jeffs has been the so...
Paul of TarsusSaul of Tarsus, a.k.a. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus [?-65 c.e.] was a Hellenistic Jew and student of Gamaliel the Elder who served as enforcer for the Pharisaic Sanhedrin against the apostate Christian sect following the crucifixion of Jesus. Around 33 c.e. he experienced a dramatic...
Mary Magdalene is considered as one of the most controversial figure in the New Testament. Her name was only mentioned a few times in the Gospel but her identity was highly debated especially when a theory explaining that she was the wife or at least had a relationship to Jesus in an intimate way,...
A prophet usually refers to a person who has the ability to do either of two things. He could get a direct message from God or a Divine Being, with the message supposed to be shared to other people; or he can be a person who can somehow tap into a some kind of deep, hidden knowledge and be able...
Influential people come in all shapes and sizes in all generations throughout history. Such people can be grouped together by shared affiliations and backgrounds, for whatever purposes people are drawn to make lists. This list offers some interesting biographical tidbits about 50 people of Jewish...
The Global Revolution Church is located in Orlando Florida and pastored by Blake Lorenz who is at the center of a controversy over a runaway teenager who converted from Islam to Christianity. Rifqa Bary ran away from home, and sought refuge with the Lorenz family who helped convert her to Christianity....
The United States is home to some weird religious activity. I mean I suppose every country is, however because of how open our society is, and how many freedoms Americans enjoy on the religious front it appears that we are a hot bed of religious cult activity. Here are a few of the out there...
Martin Luther King Speech - Beyond Vietnam Martin Luther King Speech Beyond VietnamNew York, N.Y.4 April 1967 Mr. Chairman, ladies and gentlemen, I need not pause to say how very delighted I am to be here tonight, and how very delighted I am to see you expressing your concern about the issues...
Jesus Christ is believed to be the son of God by people of Christian faith. Some other prominent people from different faiths believe that Jesus is one of the most influential religious figures and one of the great prophets to have lived, comparable to Muhammad and Buddha. In the sacred text of...
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and present President of the United States. Born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii, to Ann Dunham and Barack Obama, Sr., Obama spent his childhood in Witchita, Kansas. Obama's parents separated when he was a toddler at the age of two, and later divorced....
