Religion's Mighty Rivers

Hinduism's Mighty River ... Directly Tied To India's Culture

Submitted by Alakananda Mookerjee on Tue, 02/16/2010 - 13:11
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The Ganga River meandering through the Himalayan ranges

Spiritually revered by nearly one billion Hindus and worshipped as a goddess, the Ganga River (or the Ganges as it is known in the West) is India’s “mightiest” river. Its pivotal place in the nation’s collective psyche is best captured in the words of its first prime minister who described it as “the river of India” whose saga “is the [very] story of India’s civilization and culture, of the rise and fall of empires, of great and proud cities …”

Remember From Whence We Came ... Every Ethnicity, Race, And Culture Leads Back To Abraham

Submitted by Janice S. Ellis Ph.D. on Tue, 05/05/2009 - 23:00
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symbols of Christianity, Islam and Judaism

In 2002, Bruce Feiler wrote Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths. It became a New York Times booklist bestseller.

In the book, Feiler goes to great lengths to show the common origin of the three major religious faiths—Christianity, Islam, and Judaism—by examining the defining role that Abraham plays in the lives of half the world's believers. The recount of Abraham's life is central in the Bible, the Koran, and the Torah.