Sentences with phrase «from old myths»

All you have is a book that was cobbled together from old myths and edited by men who had a personal stake in what was included in that book.

Myths, stolen from older myths, from other cultures.

That the stories about Jesus are largely taken from older myths from other cultures?

If you search this query online you will likely find mixed responses with some parents saying that it works and some saying that it is harmful and that this advice stems from an old myth.

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The ancient explanation myth, from 3000 year old books.

Some people don't like the notion of a universe forming from quantum foam, but, instead, would much rather imagine a god forming the universe, which is why we have thousands of creation myths, including the two biblical ones, the one written by the Priestly Source in Genesis 1 and the older creation myth written by the Jahwist in Genesis 2, which borrow from older Sumerian mythology.

Some people don't like the notion of a universe forming from quantum foam, but, instead, would much rather imagine a god forming the universe, which is why we have thousands of creation myths, including the two biblical ones, the one written by the Priestly Source in Genesis 1 and the older creation myth written by the Jahwist in Genesis 2, myths which borrow from older Sumerian mythology.

I believe that Pagan holidays and pagan rituals and pagan beliefs, and all the old stories and tales and myths from pagan religions are actually the cry of the divine image of God in man to return to what was lost.

The Bethlehem story with the manger, star, and wise men is a myth so that Old Testament prophecy could be shown to be «fulfilled», and Jesus could be from the line of David which he was not.

When we turn from the myths of the Ancient Near East to the literature of Israel preserved in the Old Testament, we find ourselves moving in quite a different world of thought.

In the five chapters of this book I have selected and discussed outstanding examples of Old Testament myth, legend, history, prophecy and law in an effort to show that common theological presuppositions underlie all of these varying literary types, and that they must be read and understood as speaking from faith to faith.

Your chains are self imposed and imaginary, and your countless rules to live by are extracted from a collection of myths thousands of years old that include slavery and many other detestable acts.

Concert in an Egg, in regards to Genesis 1:27, which was written by the Priestly Source, stating the first man and woman were created simultaneously, whereas the Genesis 2 creation story, written by the Yahwist, which is the older of the two creation stories, has Eve formed from Adam's rib, there are other early Jewish myths that provide an explanation, i.e., that Eve was not the first woman Yahweh provided for Adam.

Ironically... the insight given to us on the mind of God down through the years doesn't just come from this «old book of myths».

No doubt the fundamentalist hostility to social - welfare programs also derives from a belief in the myth of «the good old days.»

But even without the exact details I listed above, there are parallels in ideas and themes from old pagan myths and themes found in the Gospels.

The god I know from the Bible is an abusive jerk who rules through fear and intimidation, and I am glad that I have nothing more to do with him — and I'm even happier that I've decided to return to the old ways of my ancestors, because at least we Heathens aren't afraid of science (and unlike the Talibangelicals, we freely admit that our story of creation is a myth).

This is said to be Rome's oldest church and where, myth says, oil sprang from the walls when Christ was born.

In her book The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap, Author Stephanie Coontz attempts to separate the myths surrounding reminiscence of the good old days from the often harsh realities that women and children faced in the past.

However, a team of scientists from the Psychology department at the University of Hertfordshire has disproved this age - old myth.

Bikes must remain compliant for 50,000 km (less for smaller bikes) Myth busting reality: Bikes release a much higher amount of carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons than cars Catalytic converters can be fitted to motorcycles and routinely are Bikes over 7 years old will not be banned from entering town centres Measures Outside of Type Approval

Although this tale established the bird's religious credentials, the Victorians borrowed the story from an old Breton myth.

There are many myths regarding what stimulates sexual desire, from a variety of foods being purported to do the trick, the age old liquid courage touted by alcohol enthusiasts, and a number of activities, ceremonies and behaviors one can engage in to get things moving in the right direction.

On the surface, Wayne Wang's Because of Winn - Dixie looks like it's busting convention, too, since it defies easy description, but it's actually just the latest quasi-magic-realist, two - birds - with - one - stone shrine to non-traditional families and the power of myth (à la Big Fish or Holes), told from the novel point - of - view of a 10 - year - old girl.

It's true that screenwriter David Franzoni (Amistad, Gladiator) has discarded or downplayed the most romantic elements of the Arthurian legend — there's no quest for the Holy Grail, no Camelot, and Merlin is just a weird old king instead of a sorcerer — but much of what he's put in his script comes from the oldest versions of the myth, not from new scholarship based on fresh archaeological findings.

This myth emanates from the edu - establishment that IS in fact a relatively monolithic entity as the age - old partnership between management and labor, the California edu - bureaucracy and the state and local teaching unions.

Jyl saw that such an outburst was as close to a declaration of love for the animal as the old man would be capable of uttering, and the three of them looked down at the massive animal, whose body heat they could still feel radiating from it — the twin antlers larger than any swords of myth, and the elk's eyes closed, and still only what seemed like a little blood dribbling down the left shoulder, from the exit wound — the post-rut musk odor of the bull was intense — and all Jyl could say was «I'm sorry.»

It is at this time that vampires emerge from the recesses of the earth, likely followed by age - old horrors of the dark thought only to be myth.

Myth 3: Dumping your old funds is easy One of the most surprising things we've learned from our readers is just how much resistance they've faced when trying to switch to a Couch Potato portfolio.

The myth that you should wait to train your dog until he / she is six months old is left over from the days when there was no private dog training, only group classes, where unvaccinated dogs aren't safe together.

Nothing could be further from the truth than this old myth.

He starts by fixing the broken: «Before the internet could assume its fundamental duties of myth - busting and old - wives - tale - wrastlin», there was a rumor going around that Nintendo meant to call the gorilla from landmark game Donkey Kong «Monkey Kong,» but the «M» got changed into a «D» along the way.»

The dynamic gameplay partly inspired by the old school «Tales of» series, focuses on 2D real - time combat sequences while the narration and its environment both draw deeply from African culture, myths and lores.

Al - Hadid's rich, formal allusions cross cultures and disciplines, drawing inspiration from myriad sources including architecture, ancient invention, science, myth, and Old Master works.

Ofili and his collaborators on Diana and Actaeon — choreographers Liam Scarlett, Will Tuckett, and Jonathan Watkins; composer Jonathan Dove; and librettist Alasdair Middleton — drew inspiration directly from Ted Hughes's retelling of the poem «Actaeon» in his Tales from Ovid (1997) rather than from Titian's visual interpretation of the myth, which is itself an adaptation of centuries - old mythological accounts of the world.

From the cultural myths of folklore, to the Old and New testaments, Kabbalah, alchemy, philosophy and the poetry of Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann, Kiefer's work wrestles with the darkness of German history and considers the complex relationship between art and spirituality.

These drawings includes quotes from the Old Testament, Revolutionary - era texts, the Egyptian Book of the Dead, Medieval herbals among other sources, with narrative imagery to render historical facts as founding myths.

Kiefer's monumental archive of human memory gives overt material presence to a broad range of cultural myths and metaphors — from the Old and New Testaments, the Kabbalah, and ancient Roman history to the poetry of Ingeborg Bachmann and Paul Celan.

Inspired by sources ranging from the cultural myths of folklore, to the Old and New Testaments, Kabbalah, alchemy, philosophy and the poetry of Paul Celan and Ingeborg Bachmann, Kiefer's work considers the complex relationship between art and spirituality.

A skilled and imaginative storyteller, Klara Kristalova draws inspiration from music, current events, and her daily surroundings to create figurative ceramic works that often mirror imagery from myths and old folk tales, and address themes surrounding oppression, anxiety and the sub-conscious.

I suggest look at the fossil sequences of human ancestors from early apes to australopithicus, homo erectus and homo habilis to homo sapiens, and notice how they morph one into the other quite smoothly, all explained by Darwinian evolution, while with respect the old testament verision is clearly a creation myth like you find in early greek and roman culture etc, an imaginative guess, and very implausible in light of our current understanding of things.

Another age - old climatic skeptic myth, is that the CO2 is coming from volcanoes — first time I had to rebut this was as a young postdoc in the 1990s.

But while Morano is promising viewers of Climate Hustle something new, pre-publicity material and statements elsewhere suggest the movie will be a rehash of old climate science denialist myths from the usual suspects.

From the start it had brought to mind far older tales — the Ice - Winter at the world's end in Nordic myth, intertwined with the Bible's apocalyptic rain of fire.

Mildred Gamez, a 15 - year - old from Arizona, and Melissa Carrera, an 18 - year - old from Maryland, spoke about the dangerous myths their friends and classmates believe due to a lack of comprehensive sex education.

Myth — Children who are older do not benefit from stay - home mothers; mothers should be back to work full - time once children are in school.