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Rabbis since the Middle Ages onwards have sought to prove the validity of the Torah and our belief in G-d from the story of G-d’s revelation to the whole Jewish people at Mount Sinai. As explained by Rabbi Judah Halevi in the Kuzari, the logic goes like this: If G-d had not actually appeared to all the Jewish people, then it would have been impossible for someone to write a book that would be adopted as truth by those people. Because Jews of previous generations accepted the Torah as truth and passed it down to subsequent generations, and ultimately to...

March 21, 2006 16:55 PM Bangkok's Primary Hindu Deity Destroyed By Mentally-ill Man BANGKOK, March 21 (Bernama) -- Bangkok's most popular religious site--the shrine to the four-headed Hindu God Brahma at the Erawan corner--was destroyed early Tuesday by a mentally-ill street person who was later beaten to death by as yet-unidentified persons, Thailand News Agency (TNA) reported. The body of the unidentified man believed to be the desecrator was found about 100 metres away. Thousands of Bangkokians--from vendors, bus and taxi drivers to bankers, businessmen and politicians--look to the Erawan Shrine for personal solace and answers to their prayers. Caretaker...

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), and various religious scholars have expressed grave concern that Mel Gibson's new film, The Passion, a portrayal of the final 12 hours of Christ's life based on the Gospels will, if released in its present form, increase anti-Semitism throughout the world because of the manner in which it portrays Jews. The controversy has generated lots of news coverage and articles, despite the fact that almost no one who is criticizing the film has actually seen it. When fundamentalist Christian groups criticized The Last Temptation of Christ years ago without having seen the film, this was taken...