Archeologists Unearth Huge Complex In Biblical Birthplace Of Abraham

April 5, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Archeologists Unearth Huge Complex In Biblical Birthplace Of Abraham A huge complex uncovered near what some believe to be the Biblical birthplace of Abraham is exciting researchers who for years were unable to investigate the region. The site was discovered by a team of British archeologists working at Tell Khaiber in southern Iraq, near the ancient city of Ur, according to the Associated Press. Continue reading... Poll: Americans Love The Bible But Don't Read It Much HBO Documents Unlikely Saviors Of 50 Holocaust Children Bangladesh Arrests 'Atheist Bloggers' Jesus Portrait Taken Down In Ohio School Archeologists Unearth Huge Complex In Biblical Birthplace Of Abraham Milwaukee Archdiocese To Release Sex Abuse Files 10 Muslim Women Every Person Should Know 'Francis, Rebuild My Church': Will Pope Francis Heed The Call? Archeologists Unearth Huge Complex In Biblical Birthplace Of Abraham 10 Lies Christians Believe About Interacting With the Opposite Sex Desmond Tutu Wins $1.7 Million Templeton Prize REV. CHUCK CURRIE Doomsday vs. Resurrection We can turn the darkness around us in the brightness of noon, as the Prophet Isaiah said, if we live out the core principles of compassion and peace that are shared by the world's great religions. Continue reading... REV. STEPHEN V. SPRINKLE, PH.D. The Golden Rule and Anti-Gay Discrimination The Texas A&M University Student Senate voted on April 3 to discriminate openly against their fellow LGBT students under the guise of "religious freedom." The only religiously appropriate response this ordained Baptist minister is able to muster at this sad news is "Jesus wept." Continue reading... AVRAHAM EDELSTEIN Note From a Haredi Rabbi to the Women of the Wall As a male Orthodox Jew, I invite you to sit down with me and see where we can join forces in all those areas of discrimination against women where we can find common cause. I invite you to help me make good on the claim to all Jewish women: "Judaism glorifies you." Continue reading... J. RANDALL O'BRIEN The Resurrection: Hocus Pocus? While breaking the bread for communion, Medieval priests chanted in Latin, "Hoc est corpus" ("this is the body.") Confused churchgoers referred to the phrase as "hocus pocus." Ever since then, though perhaps much sooner, clergy talk has had an image problem. Continue reading... ABRAHAM H. FOXMAN On Holocaust Memorial Day, Re-Imagining the Shoah One of the most disturbing and paradoxically important questions to arise out of the ashes of the Holocaust is not so much the question of why six million Jews and millions of others were systematically annihilated, but the question of "what if... ?" Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003