Sentences with phrase «believed by historians»

It is believed by historians and archeologists that Altun Ha was first established as early as 900 BC, but it was only -LSB-...]

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.

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.

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Governors mentioned by Luke that many historians never believe existed were confirmed by the evidence excavated by Ramsay's archeological team.

One need not be a historian of education or a theologian to assess the damage done to public education and then to society in general by how these cases were decided and what public school officials were empowered to do (or so they believed) despite the clearly given cautions from the Supreme Court itself.

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.

Historians don't ask you to believe the historicity of any other alleged event in history...» by faith».

This may be illustrated by the fact that the Creeds commence with the words, «I believe...» This is not the way an historian commences his book.

The essential matter, which has not often been seen by historians, is that by claiming to represent the true God, in whom Israel believed, by pretending to visualize him, they signified by that very act that they had changed gods.

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.

I just can not believe a book that has been modified and ideologically re-written by kings and popes... and selectively excludes other Scrolls and Gospels written by «historians» at the same time.

Virtually every serious historian acknowledges the following basic facts about Jesus: that he died by crucifixion, that his disciples genuinely believed that he rose from the dead and that they had seen Jesus, and that the early Church exploded in numbers soon after Jesus» death.

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

Jesus is a real historical figure, a viewpoint held by the vast majority of atheist, agnostic and believing historians, yet you cling to the illusion that He isnt in opposition to all the evidence to the contrary

@Chad «not at all these facts nearly universally accepted by atheist / agnostic / believing historians.

For example, the records with which the historian has to deal do not penetrate, except by faith, into that life to which, so the Christian believes, existence on this planet is but a prelude.

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.

This theory agrees with that of food historians, who believe that chiles initially were grown in monasteries and the seeds were spread throughout Spain and Europe first by traveling monks and then by Spanish and Portuguese traders, who introduced them into Africa, India, and Asia.

According to the book Savoring Southeast Asia by Joyce Jue, food historians believe the idea for satay originated in Indonesia.

Many scientists and historians believe that the Taino — indigenous Caribbean people — were wiped out by disease, slavery, and other brutal consequences shortly after European colonization, without passing down any genes to people in the Caribbean today.

Steve: It was Newton who said, «If I can see farther, it's because I've stood on the shoulders of giants» and it was, I believe, Gerald Holton, the historian of science, who once commented at a dinner, «We are now privileged to sit side by side with the giants upon whose shoulders we stand».

Historians differ on whether Captain Bligh was truly such a monster or Christian such a paragon of virtue (some believe that the mutiny was largely inspired by Christian's lust for the Tahitian girls).

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.

Not Chang; instead, she and her husband, historian Jon Halliday, took advantage of the financial independence provided by the success of Wild Swans to focus the next ten years of their lives on a book about Chairman Mao - a book that they believe reveals the true character of the man who ruled China for 27 years.

Receptiveness towards mobile learning would be affected, this research believes, by its ability to satisfy the need for long - form research construction for both practicing historians (faculty writing manuscripts) and fledgling ones (students constructing essays for course requirements).