What is Old Testament?The Old Testament (OT) is the first part of Christian Bibles. This is based primarily upon the Hebrew Bible (or Tanakh), a collection of ancient religious writings by the Israelites believed by most Christians and religious Jews to be the sacred Word of God. The second part of the Christian Bible is the New Testament.
The books that comprise the Old Testament canon, as well as their order and names, differ between Christian denominations. The Catholic canon comprises 46 books, and the canons of the Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox Churches comprise up to 51 books and the most common Protestant canon comprises 39 books.
Who is Adnan Rashid?Adnan Rashid is a public figure, historian, traveller, poet, author and a philanthropist. He is also a Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the Hittin Institute, London. Rashid has speciality in the history of Islamic civilisation, comparative religion and Quran/Hadith sciences. He also takes a keen interest in lslamic numismatics, ancient manuscripts and antiquities. He has debated many high profile figures in the field of politics, history, Muslim/Christian theology. Rashid has represented Islam and Muslims appearing on a number of radio and TV platforms such as the BBC Asia Netwrok, Press TV, Iqra TV and Islam Channel.
Who is Jason Burns?Jason Burns has been teaching the Bible for over twenty years. He has also been doing debates with Athiest and Muslim scholars. Burns has been in academic studies at Theological seminaries for over ten years and can lecture on most theological topics. Previously, he was the Pastor at various churches.
What is Violence?Violence in many forms is preventable. There is a strong relationship between levels of violence and modifiable factors such as concentrated poverty, income and gender inequality, the harmful use of alcohol, and the absence of safe, stable, and nurturing relationships between children and parents. Strategies addressing the underlying causes of violence can be effective in preventing violence. Violence is defined by the World Health Organization as "the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation".
Who is GOD?In monotheism and henotheism, God is conceived as the Supreme Being and principal object of faith. The concept of God as described by theologians commonly includes the attributes of omniscience (infinite knowledge), omnipotence (unlimited power), omnipresence (present everywhere), omnibenevolence (perfect goodness), divine simplicity, and eternal and necessary existence.
In theism, God is the creator and sustainer of the universe
In deism, God is the creator, but not the sustainer, of the universe
Monotheism is the belief in the existence of one God or in the oneness of God
In pantheism, God is the universe itself
In atheism, God is purported not to exist, while deemed unknown or unknowable within the context of agnosticism.