Sentences with phrase «as historians believe»

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Please, any Christian, honestly answer the following: The completely absurd theory that all 7,000,000,000 human beings are simultaneously being supervised 24 hours a day, every day of their lives by an immortal, invisible being for the purposes of reward or punishment in the «afterlife» comes from the field of: (a) Astronomy; (b) Medicine; (c) Economics; or (d) Christianity You are about 70 % likely to believe the entire Universe began less than 10,000 years ago with only one man, one woman and a talking snake if you are a: (a) historian; (b) geologist; (c) NASA astronomer; or (d) Christian I have convinced myself that gay $ ex is a choice and not genetic, but then have no explanation as to why only gay people have ho.mo $ exual urges.

historical Jesus, lmfao... show me any historical evidence of jesus... let's start with his remains... they don't exist - your explanation, he rose to the heavens... historical evidence - no remains, no proof of existence (not a disproof either, just not a proof)... then let's start with other historians writing about the life of Jesus around his time or shortly after, as outside neutral observers... that doesn't exist either (not a disproof again, just not a proof)... we can go on and on... the fact is, there is not a single proving evidence of Jesus's life in an historical context... there is no existence of Jesus in a scientific context either (virgin birth... riiiiiight)... it is just written in a book, and stuck in your head... you have a right to believe in what you must... just don't base it on history or science... you believe because you do... it is your right... but try not to put reason into your faith; that's when you start sounding unreasonable, borderline crazy...

As a historian, Marxsen rejects the physical resurrection not because he does not believe in miracles, but because the earliest tradition simply doesn't identify resurrection with a resuscitated body.

To argue that historians might judge such and such to be a miracle because they believe antecedently in the religion that regards such miracles as signs of the intervention of its deity is to open the floodgates for all religious claims to miracles and, indeed, even to nonreligious «miracles» such as the widespread reports that people have seen Elvis Presley.

An ordinary reader might think that Martin's argument for openness to supernaturalism is intended to give aid to conservative Christians who reject secular scholarship because, they argue, the believing historian is just as justified in bringing her faith in supernatural intervention to life - of - Jesus research as the secular historian is in rejecting it.

As the late legal historian Kermit Hall notes, the court in this case «did not believe it was granting Catholics a benefit to which persons of other beliefs are not entitled.»

Nor will independents be so willing to believe that more than $ 1.5 million was paid for Gingrich's advice as «a historian» rather than for services as an influence peddler.

As careful historians all we can say is that according to the record these early disciples claimed to believe that Jesus was resurrected.

The historian Richard J Evans wrote that, by 1939, 95 % of Germans still called themselves Protestant or Catholic, while 3.5 % identified as «gottgläubig», i.e., someone who still believes in God, although without having any religious affiliation, and 1.5 % atheist.

Chinese historians of Islam believe he died in Kwangchow, pointing to his grave as evidence, while Arab historians insist that he died in Medina and was buried there.

In fact the father of western philisophical skepticism, the Greek known as Pyrrho, went to India in the 3rd century BC with Alexander the Great and It is believed by historians that he founded his school of skepticism based on brushes with Madyamaka Buddhists.

Gil you have asked some very good questions why does bad things happen in the world i personally do nt know God did nt explain to Job either why he had to suffer.What i do know is that God desires that none of us should perish but that all would have eternal life in him through Jesus Christ.This world will one day pass away and the real world will be reborn so our focus as christians is on whats to come and being a witness in the here and now.Both good and bad happens to either the righteous or the sinner so what are we to make of that.What we do know is that God will set all things right at the appointed time the wicked will be judged and the righteous will be rewarded for there faith isnt that enough reason for us to believe.Free will is only a reality if we can choose between good and bad but our hearts are deceitfully wicked we naturally are inclined toward sin that is another reason whyt we need to be saved from ourselves so what are we to do.For me Christ died and rose again that is a fact witnessed by over 500 people that were alive at the time and was recorded by historians how many other religious leaders do you know that did that or did the miracles that Jesus did.As far as the bible is concerned much of the archelogical evidence has proven to be correct and many of prophetic words spoken many hundreds of years ago have come to pass including both the birth and the death of Jesus.Interested in what philosophy you are believing in if other than a faith in Jesus Christ so how does that philosophy give you the assurance that you are saved.Its really simple with christianity we just have to believe in Jesus Christ.brentnz

The completely absurd theory that all 7,000,000,000 human beings are simultaneously being supervised 24 hours a day, every day of their lives by an immortal, invisible being for the purposes of reward or punishment in the «afterlife» comes from the field of: (a) Astronomy; (b) Medicine; (c) Economics; or (d) Christianity You are about 70 % likely to believe the entire Universe began less than 10,000 years ago with only one man, one woman and a talking snake if you are a: (a) historian; (b) geologist; (c) NASA astronomer; or (d) Christian I have convinced myself that gay $ ex is a choice and not genetic, but then have no explanation as to why only gay people have ho.mo $ exual urges.

That Jesus died nobly or showed confidence in God are historical statements, subject to the vicissitudes of historical research, but that his death fulfilled the purpose of God in regard to «my sins» is certainly not such a statement, and it lies beyond the power of the historian even to consider it, even though, as a Christian, he might believe it.

Thai salads are also artistically arranged, and food historians believe that such elaboration dates back to the days of royal culinary competitions, when the dishes had to look as spectacular as they tasted.

«I believe that future historians will record that the impetus and character that she has uniquely given to the Commonwealth will be remembered as her greatest achievement.

[50] Historians such as Stephen F. Jones, Emil Souleimanov and Arsène Saparov believe that the Bolsheviks granted this autonomy to the Ossetians in exchange for their help in fighting the Democratic Republic of Georgia, [48][51][52] since this area had never been a separate entity prior to the Russian invasion.

Mostow: Yeah, I mean, I believe that 1,000 years from now, historians will look back at the time we are living in right now, and in distance like this, this decade or maybe even these couple of years as a turning point in the history of mankind; not [unlike the way] we look back on primitive man, when they discovered fire and how that world is changing society.

Believing that science will eventually prevail over vested denial may be comforting for historians, but is problematic for those who live and die during times when it doesn't, such as environmentalists in the US now.

Duplicating Leuba's methods as faithfully as possible, historian Edward Larson of the University of Georgia, Athens, found that 39 % of 1000 respondents believe in God.

It's hard to think of a major filmmaker who came so close to being ruined by technology, just as it's hard to believe that anyone except film historians will be watching Beowulf, The Polar Express or A Christmas Carol even a decade hence.

Historians believe that the first kites were built in China about 3,000 years ago, using materials, such as bamboo and silk.

As mentioned above, most historians appear to believe that the original, common understanding of the clause is that it permitted various kinds of discrimination on the basis of race, including «discrimination» in favor of African Americans.

Trained as a historian under Harvard scholar Bernard Bailyn, Tyack believed that the careful sifting of past education policies could inform policymakers» debates on reforms such as desegregation, vouchers, charter schools, and leadership.

As a math historian, my research has led me to believe the only solution is a radical re-think of the foundations of western elementary mathematics education.

Those on the left, such as notable historian and public education advocate Diane Ravitch, oppose Common Core for its corporate backing and believes that the guidelines essentially set up students to fail, providing another reason for parents to abandon public schools for private alternatives

Historians believe Labradors were cross-bred with other dogs, such as spaniels, setters and the Newfoundland.

Historians believe that cats were domesticated as early as 12,000 years ago, but we still don't fully understand each other.

It is believed by historians and archeologists that Altun Ha was first established as early as 900 BC, but it was only rediscovered in the 1960s.

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Although no graves or human remains were found here, historians believe it may have served as the crypt for the mummified corpses of the city's most important residents.

Through the highly documented feminist sex wars, which many historians believe attributed to the decline of second wave feminism, came the rise of the sex positive movement, which embraced women's sexual freedom as central to women's liberation.

Many believe that André Breton was the life - force of the movement, with art historian Sarane Alexandrian saying that his death in 1966 cemented the end of Surrealism as an organised movement.

I believe that I am more of a companion to the artist, as a person and as an art historian.

Historian Mary Beard says real gladiator competitions were probably not as brutal as the film Gladiator (starring Russell Crowe) would have us believe.

I fear that nature is going to take its course, as it always has: many historians believe that major periods of warfare, including the religious wars in Europe during the Reformation, civil wars in Japan, and Hellenic wars were all rooted in resource depletion.

As a constitutional historian I believe an individual right to bear arms exists.