Sentences with phrase «ancient being who»

Where It Is Now: For safekeeping, it was given to an ancient being who collects lots of stuff.

This envoked the rage of the three Furies, ancient beings who punish such sins.

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It turns out that these long - lived fishes, who are our ancient evolutionary cousins, share the core of an adaptive immune system with human beings.

The Virginia Beach, Va. - based organization, named after an ancient Chinese poem about healing, offers free, on - demand listening services for anyone who needs to simply be heard or vent.

I often tell the story of the ancient general who took his troops to battle and when they got to the foreign shore, he burned all the ships so there would be no option of retreating.

This notion was studied extensively by Eliyahu Goldratt, an Israeli physicist turned management guru who defined the Theory of Constraints, which can be summed up by the ancient adage that no chain is stronger than its weakest link.

Using a dating technique that measures how much radiation had built up in the flint since it was heated, Hublin and his team say the ancient bones belong to people who lived roughly 300,000 - 350,000 years ago.

Then tell me why we're at $ 1.2300 on the strength of comments by a French dude who is going to be ancient history by the time they even start talking about the Brexit settlement!!!

Princeton doctoral student Xiyue Wang, who went to Iran to study ancient manuscripts, was arrested in August 2016, accused of spying for the United States, and sentenced to 10 years in prison in July 2017.

A programming prodigy and classics geek (he is known to quote the Iliad in ancient Greek), he is also a canny businessman who foresaw the enormous potential of his work before anyone else.

In case you haven't heard, your dad is Mark Zuckerberg, 31, a quiet genius who reads and writes in Hebrew, French, Latin and ancient Greek.

In ancient times, people who were dissatisfied with their lives dreamed of finding magic lamps, buried treasure, or streets paved with gold.

Joining were Tim Dalton, Ned Davis, Bob Eisenbeis, Jeff Saut, and a certain ancient one who must remain anonymous but who calls himself «economist 63,» and another -LSB-...]

Danny Blanchflower seeded the idea, and we were joined Tim Dalton, Ned Davis, Bob Eisenbeis, Jeff Saut, and a certain ancient one (who must remain anonymous) but who calls himself «economist 63,» and another one who calls himself the «Swiss Gnome.»

Bitcoin Core proved in a huge way that they are not ancient dinosaurs, who can be ignored, but rather the people Bitcoin users still listen to and trust.

(RM) A lesson in taking seriously theological perspectives that have stood the test of time, and in thinking about how these ancient truths can be made relevant to folks who hang around places like Las Vegas.

It's nothing but the supersti.tious scribblings of ancient men who used it to control others through the fear of punishment.

For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority.

It will be looked on by future generations as we now look on the ancient Greeks and Romans who believed in their pantheon of gods, or the Druids, Aztecs or Maya.

My point was that the ancient primitive Hebrews who came up with the Bible were heavily into manipulative mind - games.

So how do you go from that reasoning to «Since it wasn't accidental then it must have been this ancient male diety named (fill in blank depending on religion) who loves me and knows me and cares for me and wants me to perform rituals that have nothing to do with morality like prayer, not eating certain things, sabaath and many more just because he said so, even though we have no record of him saying anything, just records of humans who wrote things down that they claim he said, but I want to believe it all so badly I will base my beliefs on no other evidence than «it just can't be accident».

However, one must be able to think, reason and draw a conclusion to KNOW that there is an Ancient of Days, who was, and is and is to come!!

There are some who think they must stick to literal beliefs based on ancient text and those who think their religion is as pliable as silly puddy.

Ancient Egyptians and Sumerians and others who came before the Hebrews had lots of medical treatments and scientific observations which the Hebrews undoubtedly drew from; but those cultures also were given to many superst «itious beliefs.

When we have the option to be an adventurer who explores ancient ruins discovering long lost treasures or your average joe, who wouldn't choose the first option?

The possibility that «God» is nothing more than an ancient astronaut (alien) who might have created the first «adam» and «eve» in the garden of «eden» using genetics and something that we call... science.

For something as «ineffective» and «ancient» as the Scriptures and Christianity — it doesn't matter who you are — no one can deny the power and influence that the Word has; because here you guys are talking about it... 2000 years after they were compiled.

They could have found someone with more credentials, but when your oppoent is some whacko who just believes everything in ancient book... I think a 5 year old could win that debate

The treaties we possess from the Hittites (an ancient Indo - European people who once inhabited what is now the modern state of Turkey) established the way these suzerains interacted with the city - states under their control.

Ancient Christian so - called persecution at the hands of Romans is also used today as an excuse to persecute others who don't adhere to their beliefs, even by violent means.

The ancient Romans, oddly enough, had a much more reverent attitude toward at least the earth than did the ancient Greeks (who regarded it much more as an enemy to be subdued).

You talk about Christians being hateful and you throw out ancient events like the Spanish Inquisition and The Crusades as your proof that ALL of us are bigoted, hateful, bible thumpers with the sole intent of annihilating all who don't believe.

Satan is the ORIGINAL anti Jesus, with a DIECT link to God himself (Some consider him to be a manifestation of those who resisted the Jews in ancient times) Who came about well before Chriwho resisted the Jews in ancient times) Who came about well before ChriWho came about well before Christ.

@fimilleur from time to time mankind experiences the presence of God, there have been and continue to be events that testify to the presence of Him.The multiple gods you continually point to have an unique difference from the God who first revealed His presence to ancient men i.e. the Hebrews.The particular gods you mention roman etc. are all man made and in many instances men themselves i.e. hercules, but even the ancient greeks realized the limitations of their understanding and included an «unknown» God in their worship structure.many cultures did likewise, having a glimpse of God but not the fullness of understanding that was given to the Jews.Whether or not «we» believe, does not alter the fact that God exists as an unique being, whether or not «we» acknowledge Him «we» will stand before Him.You do not choose to understand, but we are actually standing in His presence right now as He is much bigger than the doctrines and knowledge man ascribes to Him those things you find so questionable are the misconceptions and misrepresentations of God made by men throughout history.

The earliest Satanists were the Ophites (and ancient cult) who believed that the god was trying to keep them ignorant and the snake brought them to the tree of knowledge, enlightening them to distiguish right from wrong.

To the ancient Greeks, who thought about these things, this seemed to be much more clearly the case with what they called the «musical arts,» the arts of poetry, dancing, music, and acting.

AvdBerg 9 The great dragon was hurled down — that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray.

Still, it may be worth pondering that in this brave new world, those who uphold the old and much derided «gender binary» — or, to speak more properly, the ancient understanding that there is a real and normative difference between the sexes — will be the ones who can actually see some sort of meaning, however misguided, in things like same - sex desire and gender dysphoria.

Dear Ancient Marinator: Well, your comment offers proof that Christians can't tolerate anyone who questions whether their Bible magic works or not, even when an exact quote from Jesus is used.

The ancient practice of liturgy has helped us see how God is remaking us into a people who can become the answer to the prayers the Spirit is praying through us.

Who cares what the bible says, it is just a compliation of ancient stories told by people who thought the earth was flWho cares what the bible says, it is just a compliation of ancient stories told by people who thought the earth was flwho thought the earth was flat.

Also Richard Elliott Friedmann PhD «Who Wrote the Bible», and «How the Bible Became a Book... the Textualization of Ancient Israel» by William Schniedewind PhD are great books by real scholars.

So, you see, there are many, many other explanations for a really big wooden boat to have been built by ancient people, and some that don't involve any ancient myths whatsoever, let alone one about a god who decided to destroy mankind which happens to be a pretty common theme throughout religion.

They are an insular people who refuse to be «Westerinzed» and stay away from others (including Conservative and Reformed Jews) They follow ancient and modern rules laid out by Rabbi's who are trying desperately to maintain control of their flock.

In ancient Greece there was a religious sect of women who would go to parties and orally pleasure the guests... They saw it as a religious duty.

Ask yourself who was allowed to study in ancient religious universities — that should give you some pause about supporting bringing back the exclusivity of religious schools.

Realizing its potential anthropological significance, Kennedy turned the bone over to experts at the Smithsonian Museum and the University of Florida, who have now been able to confirm that this really is authentically ancient, and not just a clever forgery (making counterfeit mammoth engravings was a big thing in the 19th century, for whatever reason).

And to say that Biblical teachings are invalid because there are other similar beliefs that have older known written sources invalidates the Biblical teachings also should take into consideration that for certain Biblical believers that all those truths whether they are known to have been placed in the Bible first or known thus far to have been placed elsewhere that they believe that they all come via deity who at the beginning of human history on this world dispensed those truths to humanity and that to those who believe in the biblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and apostles.

The Romans were the most efficient record - keepers of the ancient world, but no record of this guy who was supposedly a rabble - rouser who was brought in front of the local governor (and his scribes, by extension).

Origen, the fecund Christian teacher from ancient Alexandria, said, «Genuine transformation of life comes from reading the ancient Scriptures, learning who the just men and women were and imitating them.»