Sentences with phrase «of ancient deities»

Like that film, Gods tells the story of ancient deities taking an interest in the affairs of morals, whose fate falls into the hands of a youthful heartthrob with questionable acting skills.

Not exact matches

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.

And a particular anthropomorphic deity of the ancient Near East, Yahweh, at that.

In reference to the flood, one of the most important points to grasp is that in ancient Middle Eastern cosmology, the waters of the world — especially large bodies of water such as the ocean and the sea — were considered to be the dwelling places of powerful deities.

Chiefly one who can rationalize and weasel that ancient ethnocentric Israeli fantasy deity out of its monstrousness.

Just as the Homeric heroes are on intimate speaking terms with the deities of Greece, so in the patriarchal narratives in the ancient worthies of Israel dealt with Yahweh.

The sculpture of Ancient Greece, often of Olympian deities, was admired but the exuberance of much Hindu art was puzzling and Pöhlmann writes that «what is annoying about many images of the gods is their kitsch», although he adds that kitsch is a very relative term.

One can not hate something that does not exist, no no I have no feelings one way or another about any of the gods, especially the ancient Babylonian war deity, (Yahweh Sabaoth..

Or to put it in another way, the creation bears upon it what the ancient Fathers of the Church called vestigia dei — «traces or intimations of deity.»

and they are all ancient myths, invented my primitive men... and here we are in the 21st century without a single scrap of proff of any deity, demon, or heaven or hell, and so many still believe the BS

One of the assumptions was that Yahweh shared the violent attributes of other deities worshipped in the ancient Near East.

Isn't that the ancient deity that the story of Christ is based?

11 and 12) In chapter 15, he violates the explicit commandment of Samuel, which is tantamount to the commandment of Yahweh: he fails to observe the ancient practice known among the Hebrews as the herem, by which the defeated enemy is totally destroyed on the spot as an act of devotion to the deity.

«high places,» where these ancient deities were worshiped, still have their lineal descendants in Palestine, often doubtless identically situated, in the local shrines of Mohammedan and Christian saints.

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By homologizing these deities (i.e., the lineage ideology of ancient Japan) with the ancestor worship of the common people, the government thought to create a feeling of national unity and dedication.

Until then, you're just following the commands of ancient people you don't know concerning a deity that is non-existent.

(The dove, a visible sign of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament accounts of Jesus» baptism, was a bird often linked to female deities in the ancient Near East.)

This view is similar to that of ancient kings, who thought themselves to be such reflections of deity.

Folding your hands and talking to yourself or contemplating the modus operandi of a deity from some ancient fable won't make things better.

While there is a * possibility * of a «first cause» of our universe (or god, if you want to call it that), I do not believe that any of the deities thought up by man are real... not the Middle Eastern gods, nor those of the ancient Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Mayans, or any of the tens of thousands of others.

Your «god» is no more real than any other ancient deity that was once worshipped then fell into the realm of mythology.

By last week the toll included the statues in the Mosul Museum, the classical site of Hatra, and the ancient Assyrian capitals of Nineveh, Nimrud, and Khorsabad, famed for their massive protective deities in the form of human - headed winged bulls.

I seldom go to church, and I often find myself agreeing with the likes of Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens that organized religions are mostly artifacts of premodern cultures that in ancient times created all - powerful deities to explain and cope with the unknown.

Some of the tales about these ancient deities comes to life through the magic of puppets in Jim Henson's The Story Teller / Greek Myths.

Deity, darkness, soul collector, mass murderer, goal is to endlessly consume souls of kids, wears a suit, rather tall, has his own symbol, been around since ancient times, even has the word Boogie as a nickname....

Ancient Egypt was full of animal deities, but cats reigned supreme, celebrated in sculptures and stories.

Uranus is the ancient Greek deity of the Heavens, the earliest supreme god.

In the Classroom: Fisher conveys his interpretation of ancient Chinese deities through the illustrations in The Gods and Goddesses of Ancientancient Chinese deities through the illustrations in The Gods and Goddesses of AncientAncient China.

Inside you will read about... ✓ A Timeline for Ancient Egypt ✓ Historical Egypt ✓ The Myth Of Creation ✓ The Pantheon Of Gods ✓ Mythology In Day To Day Ancient Egypt ✓ The Central Role Of The Temple And Some Temple Rituals ✓ Sources Of The History Of Egyptian Mythology ✓ The Underworld And Life After Death ✓ Pyramids And Their Locations The book includes the myths of the creation in some detail and introduces the top Deities in a Pantheon of over two thousand God and GoddesseOf Creation ✓ The Pantheon Of Gods ✓ Mythology In Day To Day Ancient Egypt ✓ The Central Role Of The Temple And Some Temple Rituals ✓ Sources Of The History Of Egyptian Mythology ✓ The Underworld And Life After Death ✓ Pyramids And Their Locations The book includes the myths of the creation in some detail and introduces the top Deities in a Pantheon of over two thousand God and GoddesseOf Gods ✓ Mythology In Day To Day Ancient Egypt ✓ The Central Role Of The Temple And Some Temple Rituals ✓ Sources Of The History Of Egyptian Mythology ✓ The Underworld And Life After Death ✓ Pyramids And Their Locations The book includes the myths of the creation in some detail and introduces the top Deities in a Pantheon of over two thousand God and GoddesseOf The Temple And Some Temple Rituals ✓ Sources Of The History Of Egyptian Mythology ✓ The Underworld And Life After Death ✓ Pyramids And Their Locations The book includes the myths of the creation in some detail and introduces the top Deities in a Pantheon of over two thousand God and GoddesseOf The History Of Egyptian Mythology ✓ The Underworld And Life After Death ✓ Pyramids And Their Locations The book includes the myths of the creation in some detail and introduces the top Deities in a Pantheon of over two thousand God and GoddesseOf Egyptian Mythology ✓ The Underworld And Life After Death ✓ Pyramids And Their Locations The book includes the myths of the creation in some detail and introduces the top Deities in a Pantheon of over two thousand God and Goddesseof the creation in some detail and introduces the top Deities in a Pantheon of over two thousand God and Goddesseof over two thousand God and Goddesses.

Ancient pilgrimage routes wind through forests, and some of Japan's most sacred shrines are within easy reach — including Geku Shrine, dedicated to the deity of clothing, food and shelter, and Naiku Shrine, devoted to the goddess of the sun

Cocoon is governed by deity - like beings called Fal» Cie that regulate its life and elements, and the people live within it, happy except for one main fear — a constant worry of an invasion from «Pulse», the uncharted world outside of Cocoon believed to be some kind of hell; legends of an ancient war between Cocoon and Pulse striking fear into peoples» hearts.

However, an ancient Island deity is trapped in a restless sleep — and it's all down to Yoku to traverse the island using a unique blend of pinball mechanics, platforming and open world exploration, in an amazing adventure to help those in need!

In a secret outpost in North Africa, the Axis are hatching a Pyramid Scheme to steal the vast power of an ancient — and ANGRY — Egyptian deity.

This is reminiscent of every accidental - ritual - made - me - a-big-deal scene ever, so it's possible she became a host body for an ancient Mayan deity.

Ancient Egyptian lore is all about the many deities which controlled various aspects of the world in that mythology.

Her works also fuse ancient and modern, Eastern and Western art forms; Buddhas and Egyptian deities morph into creatures recalling the sculptures of Giacometti or Louise Bourgeois.

Relief paintings of these deities, symbols of motherly protective care for the dead, are found on walls of ancient Egyptian tombs.

Adeniyi - Jones draws from specific historical objects to create his own mythologies and imagined representations of ancient royalty as well as deities of the Yoruba, called orisha.

Her exaggerated «earth mother» sculptures, the Nanas, playfully explore the ancient of feminine deities while celebrating modern feminism's efforts to reconsider and revalue the woman's body.

A central figure is the ancient Goddess Mazu, protector of seafarers — a powerful deity in the legends of Fujian, the native home of the lost cockle pickers.

Other films include Claes Oldenburg in his studio, lovingly inspecting his eclectic knick - knack collection and dusting them with a paintbrush; the poet Michael Hamburger showing the rare apples he has grown in his Suffolk orchard - including those that originated from his friend Ted Hughes; and the artist Mario Merz, who sits in a garden like an ancient deity, holding a pine cone and accompanied by the sound of chirruping cicadas.

From a more recent series of work, Schneemann will display a work on paper related to her performance Ask the Goddess, which draws comparisons between contemporary female sexuality and deities from ancient cultures.

Her luminous, colorful images employ ancient forms, such as the ogee (back - to - back S - curves representing breasts), the mandorla (a pointed, upright, ovular form representing the vagina), and the lingam (a phallic representation of the energy of Shiva, the Hindu deity of transformation and the destruction of evil).

The Museum will celebrate Divine Felines: Cats of Ancient Egypt during the October 21 Late Night with an evening exploring life in ancient Egypt, cat deities, and the practice of mummifiAncient Egypt during the October 21 Late Night with an evening exploring life in ancient Egypt, cat deities, and the practice of mummifiancient Egypt, cat deities, and the practice of mummification.

When the ancient Greeks turned their attention to the gods, demigods and other deities of Mount Olympus, they saw a world much like their own — marked by rivalry, love, violence, deceit, ego and danger.