The attempt to read the New Testament as history has occupied scholars, believers, and sceptics for centuries. From the moment the printing press placed the Bible into ordinary hands, the question has been asked again and again: What really happened? The search often becomes obsessive, because the stakes are not merely academic. To discard the message of the Bible is to risk being cast into “outer darkness,” as Jesus himself put it. To accept it uncritically is to surrender reason to myth.
A reflection on Jesus, Paul, and the problem of dogma. Against original sin and externalised divinity, this essay argues that nurturing human potential and living within mystery are more important than rigid belief.
The “Holy Spirit” of Christianity is not a continuation of the Hebrew ruach but a mistranslation that became a doctrine. What began as the roar of wind in the Old Testament turned into an abstraction in Luke–Acts — and finally into a third “person” of the Trinity.
If Part 2 traced the collapse into a New Age dystopia of screens, illusions, and false hopes, Part 3 asks whether another path remains. Drawing on Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 and Paul’s words to the Corinthians, it explores anarchy not as chaos but as positive, constructive cooperation — the “marriage of true minds” that endures storms, rejects domination, and offers hope of renewal through awareness and love.
Communications have stood at the heart of every major cultural change, from the printing press to the digital age. Each new medium — the press, photography, the motor car, the aeroplane, radio, television, and now the World Wide Web — has accelerated the exchange of information, shaking the cultural foundations of the West to their core. Religion, once the glue of society, has grown less credible with every wave, and the vacuum has been filled not by renewal but by the noise of globalisation and consumerism. At the root of every advance lies the same principle: miniaturisation. Each invention becomes smaller, faster, more personal — and therefore more powerful than the last.
This article proposes a “tragic theory of history”: that human affairs are shaped less by steady progress than by the recurring triumph of selfishness over conscience. From Henry VIII’s dynastic obsessions to Gandhi’s appeal to non-violence, history shows how intelligence can serve desire or compassion depending on whether consciousness is awake or blinded. Unless conscience is recovered and lived inwardly, the path of power and technology points not to progress but to catastrophe.
“The kingdom of God is within you.”— Luke 17:21 Introduction Much has been written about the originality of Jesus and Paul. Yet their teaching, once stripped of the dogma and myth that accumulated in later centuries, is not unique. It is part of a long human tradition of moral and psychological wisdom. In fact, its …
The Arab Spring of 2010–11 was hailed at the time as a democratic awakening. Crowds in Tunis, Cairo, and Benghazi called for dignity, freedom, and justice. In reality, it left behind civil wars, state collapse, and new refugee crises. Why did some Arab states unravel while others, like Saudi Arabia, remained untouched? The deeper issue, …
The British Empire experienced a gradual decline over several decades, with pivotal events marking its disintegration: Key Events in the Decline of the British EmpirePost-World War II Decolonisation: This process intensified after World War II, leading to the independence of numerous colonies. India and Pakistan: achieved independence in 1947. African Nations: Countries such as Ghana …
Christianity is a monotheistic religion rooted in the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. Christians hold that he is the Son of God and the Saviour of humanity, and that through his death and resurrection he brings reconciliation with God and the promise of eternal life. The Bible, especially the New Testament, is its …