Sentences with phrase «believe is an ancient»

Yoga today is a mainstream fitness activity; 1 in 5 American adults participates in what most people believe is an ancient practice.

Most people believed they were ancient algae.

Many of the burnt specimens were clustered in two patches, which the team believe were ancient hearths.

Not exact matches

If you don't believe this ancient - looking page is legit, you can «click to hear Billy Bob holler you a welcome to his site,» which leads to an MP3 of the actor's very own confirmation.

As long as Conservatives believe there are votes to be won, it's worth poking ancient regional wounds.

In some ways, it's hard to believe it has been that long; in other ways, it feels like ancient history.

If we are to believe the Bible then the Jews conquered the land of Israel from the native inhabitant — which were the ancient people of Palestine.

Truth is too important for mankind to continue believing in ancient myths.

WHY do they believe that their God is so concerned about whether or not they listen to musical instruments in church on Sunday, get dunked or sprinkled in ceremonial water, speak in a tongue as some kind of sign... to whom ever, read from the correct translation of some long lost ancient books, etc, etc?

First of all, the nickname of the LDS Church is «Mormon,» derived from what Mormons believe to be the name of an ancient prophet.

Is it a stretch to believe that Christ went 40 days without food, fended off the devil, walked on water, etc., and not believe that a 14 year old boy saw God, found and translated an ancient text with seer stones, or that Catholics invoke stigmata?

I understand that is what christians believe; the only comparison was to ancient religions that did not have that belief.

One goes to what you know (gnosticism means «to know» — or as it was used in ancient times, «to have knowledge of god») and one goes to what you believe (theist means to «believe in god» or «a god»).

Let's teach kids that primitive people still cling to ancient folklore, but that those beliefs are no more reasonable than believing the Easter Bunny lays colored eggs.

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.

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».

It's one of those ancient fear things that was created hundreds of years ago when people still believed that bad things can happen to you if you don't believe in God and obey Him.

you believe in a narrow view of a god based on ancient fairy tales and that if you adhere to the teachings of a supposed son of god you will go to disneyland in the sky forever... which is damm ridiculous... I consider myself an atheist but I am aware of the possibility of a creative force which created the universe... but that god chatted with people 2000 years ago and brought out a book is childish and stoopid!

Is it any wonder the western world hates Muslims and Jews, when you maintain the ancient barbaric doctrines and then believe that it should be part of a modern society?

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

I doubt that you think 13 is unlucky or black cats or walking under ladders so why believe in other ancient superstitions?

Many observers believe that Russia is returning to ancient Byzantine notions of a symphonia, an approach in which Church and state closely cooperate.

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.

@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.

All ancient Egyptian kings are believed to have been sacrificed on this cross.

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.

«R.M. Goodswell Christians would have you believe that they were singled out by the Romans... other cultures and peoples faired poorly when encountering the empire... heh... even being roman didn't buy you a pass sometimes in ancient rome... if they felt they needed fresh bodies for the arena, you became fodder.

That is a misunderstanding that many people assign to atheism, but has never actually been a part of the words usage (even in ancient times, atheists were those without god, while other terms were used to refer to those that BELIEVED there was no gods).

And, because of their ancient worldview, they would add, «And we not only believe God wants you to as well, but that he's actually behind this book!

Yet millions of Latter - day Saints, «faithful» Romney included, fervently believe the BoM to be what Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, and eight generations of Mormon «prophets» since his day have said it was (is): a history of the ancient Americas spanning some 26 centuries.

no records) Jesus is a mythical figure in the tradition of pagan mythology and almost nothing in all of ancient literature would lead one to believe otherwise.

If you want to believe some ancient religious books that say otherwise, go ahead, but don't bring it to the lab where science is taking place.

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.

So if a Mormon missionary tells you God answered his prayers and told him the Joseph Smith story is true and The Book of Mormon is an accurate translation of ancient writings on golden plates, you believe him?

AE You can believe in a god, but you have no evidence for one beyond ancient superstitions which are disproven.

And you lorraine are a perfect example of a religious zealot — bound by blind faith into believing you are right and that all others will persh according to some inane ramblings in an ancient book.

For example, modern knowledge based on scientific discovery shows us that disease is not caused by evil spirits, so why believe in ancient creation myths which are shown to be incorrect.

Yeah, and believing an ancient Guy in the Sky story, for which no supportive evidence has ever been produced, reeks with intelligence.

Ancient writings... do you believe that these writings were inspired by God or merely the works of men?

If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time.

Space is Empty: In ancient times it was variously believed that the earth sat on a large animal or a giant, or even that a mythical Atlas supported the pillars that held heaven and earth apart, and / or carried the earth around on his shoulders (Where he stood while doing so presents an interesting conundrum).

When it's plain as day that protestants, catholics, etc. don't live any better lives than those that don't believe in ancient myths, then what really is the reason Americans won't vote for a non-believer?

If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and enti.tle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time.»

They must show reasoned thoughts — a rationale — to a world that believes the bible is just an ancient document — it is easier to quote a strange scripture than to show reasoned evidences.

The remarks Badian made some time ago in connection with the study of the deification of Alexander the Great are apposite in this respect: «Modern Jews and Christians, or modern rationalists, from their different points of view, have always found it difficult to believe that the ancient Greeks took their religion seriously since it seems so patently absurd.»

It was the latest religious controversy in the heavily Christian Air Force, but this particular issue has ancient and somewhat surprising roots: In the early days of Christianity, it was Christians who refused to swear by powers they didn't believe in.

I'm not convinced that just because another ancient group of people believed it was a «hard dome» that necessarily we have to force that belief on the Hebrews.

You need to prove that evolution is a senseless myth (which is ironic given that you believe in a myth with no evidence except for ancient writings).

The Book of Psalms seems to have been the hymn - book of the Temple liturgy — a book, quite literally, of «hymns ancient and modern», since it contains poems of the period of the monarchy (possibly, as some believe, as old as David), and others composed as late as the third century or even (as some suppose) the second century B.C.

Nature gives us this awesome and advanced brain and the majority of the world p i s s it away believing in an ancient set of fables instead of using common sense and educating themselves even a little bit about history.