Sentences with phrase «on ancient religions»

Not exact matches

-- As empires emerged in the ancient world, local religions began to take on universal characteristics, with moral codes that diverse groups could follow.

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».

There are some who think they must stick to literal beliefs based on ancient text and those who think their religion is as pliable as silly puddy.

The modern religion being pushed on us is a sick ancient Pagan Sun worship religion, that has nothing whatsoever to do with the teachings of Christ.

After watching the History Channel on Ancient Aliens, I feel as though my faith, not in God or a superior being, but religion in itself, is waning.

let's forget the ancient history of war driven religion; let's focus on modern history we see everyday.

If the term «ecstasy» is applied at all to the giant figures in the succession from Amos to Second Isaiah, I would want to insist on Lindblom's distinction between ecstasy of the absorption type (involving loss of rational control) and that of the concentration type, and a very clear further distinction between the circumspective religion of the prophets and the more common ancient Eastern type of introspective, mystical piety.

The New Agers are an amalgamation of multiple and varying ancient pagan religions dating back to Babylon, Sumeria, Egypt, and so on...

WASP, all religions are based on ancient mythologies, but there really are Christians and other religions.

Historians of religion in the nineteenth century referred to the sacrificial system of ancient Israel as a form of do ut des, which could be paraphrased: «I am putting this small animal I have reared on an altar as a gift for you in hopes that you will bestow your blessing on me.»

The Renaissance and the Reformation reversed this long process which had led to the resurgence of ancient religion in a Christian dress, and they made way for the emergence of the new world with its renewed emphasis on the human scene.

They celebrated Easter by bombing an ancient church, and their slave markets list their «property» according to age and religion, with Christian and Êzidî girls from the age of one on sale.

If God loves someone, he won't let their eternal fate rest on their choice of ancient religion (or on their choice to use their capacity for reason, and choose no religion at all).

I think everyone should have an open mind to all of these as well, since Christianity in it's young form is mostly based on more Ancient Religions such as some of these and others like Hinduism.

All religion is based on ancient sun and star worship.

It is significant that interpreters, both of the Old and the New Testaments, have been able to determine much more clearly and precisely the «Eigenart» of these documents and their views of God, world, and men on the basis of studies in the religions of the ancient Near East than could be done before the discoveries of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

But if enough time is not available, a basic course could be worked out on a typological basis in which one primitive cult, one of the ancient religions of the Near East and the two great competitors of Christianity — Islam and Buddhism — could be dealt with.

The rugged terrain of northwest Arabia, of which Syria and Palestine, it has sometimes been remarked, may be regarded as merely the largest and richest oasis, the numerous mountain peaks, the volcanoes apparently active at some period in ancient history, the desert with its speaking silences, the uncertainties of the weather in a land where all is dependent on the annual rainfall — all these and much more of the same sort are reflected in Israel's religion.

Will Jorge Bergoglio continue to advance the General / Universal church of the ancient Roman empire on the sand declaring that it is right (a human right of equality) to be free to worship any god, any religion?

There are, of course, proper names of God or gods, whether in the polytheistic religions or, as in ancient Israel, where the one omnipotent God, Yahweh, bears a special name because the people is convinced to have had a special experience of him in its history, which characterizes him despite his incomprehensibility and actual namelessness and thus confers a name on him.

Yes, science adjusts its position as more knowledge is obtained; this is in stark contrast to religion which relies on ancient texts to explain the world even though those texts were written in ignorance and scientific knowledge shows them to be false.

I think that will be very clear to everyone that the predominant religions of today is ancient beliefs that might have been reasonable at the time when they were written, but that was more than 1,600 years ago and we have learnt a lot since, even though I sometimes question that when I see what is going on in the world.

The emerging church, to be anything other than a hip blip on the radar of American religion, will need to live the tension of «relevant - resistant» no less than it lives the tension of «ancient - future.»

And what better way to draw more non-believers to your new religion than to base your new religion on one that already exists — the god of Abraham of ancient mythology.

The feminist exegetes give equally short shrift to pious Judaism; in a commentary on the Book of Genesis, Amherst College religion professor Susan Niditch dismisses the culture of the ancient Hebrews as one «in which powerful women are regarded with suspicion as unnatural and evil» (actually, the women in Genesis seem quite the opposite, inspiring quite a bit of respect from their menfolk).

All of the major religions were started during ancient times when knowledge was severely lacking and no explanation existed for what humans experienced on earth.

All religions (Christianity, Islam, Secular Humanism, Evolution, etc.) are all based on faith in things that can not be proven by the scientific method (e.g., God created the universe / where did God come from, we are all the end result of a lightning strike in an ancient mud puddle / where did energy and mass come from, etc..)

The error of ancient theodicies is indeed in having failed to recognize this positive substructure affording an immense mass of symbols, rites, and attitudes which form the data on which a reflection on religion may be carried out.

Most theist religions such Judaism, Christianity, Islam, HInduism, Ancient Greek Paganism, all rely on miracles and mythology to explain things.

Other groups were the Scotists using the works of the philosopher Duns Scotus, championed by the Franciscans; the Thomists using the texts of Thomas Aquinas, championed by the Dominicans — Aquinas had worked philosophy and religion into a great single Summa, transposing Aristotle into the context of Christian theology under the influence of Augustine and Bernard, in which fides quaerens intellectum, faith seeking understanding, was integrated organically with philosophy; finally there was also a via antiqua, the ancient way, which was centred on Plato, but was also used to describe the Thomists.

When science meets religion at this ancient Greek site, the two turn out to be on better terms than scholars had originally thought

The team points out that the period of intermarriage overlaps with a time of huge social upheavals in India, including the collapse of the ancient Indus civilization — which thrived on the Indian subcontinent between about 2600 B.C.E. and 1900 B.C.E. — as well as large - scale population movements and the rise of the Vedic religion, the predecessor of modern Hinduism.

Before I explain about yoga for psoriasis, let's get one thing clear; yoga is not a religion nor a belief system, it is an ancient art form is based on harmonising and developing the body, mind and spirit.

During their last semester there, the trio spent a lot of time reading books on spirituality, philosophy, modern history, religions, ancient history, politics, astronomy, and other related topics.

WPIE is a holistic «dietary lifestyle» — it is not a diet; rather, it's a way of life — based on an integration of ancient food from 1) Eastern healing systems (such as Ayurvedic Medicine); 2) world religions and cultural traditions (from Buddhism to Yogic Nutrition, etc.); 3) and modern, Western nutritional science.

Charlotte, NC About Blog A blog by the author of The Jesus Dynasty consisting of religion matters from the Bible to the Modern World.Tabor has combined his historical work on ancient texts with extensive field work in archaeology in Israel and Jordan.

Based on the multi-million selling novel by Kate Mosse, LABYRINTH is a Ridley Scott & Tony Scott Production, featuring an all - star cast including; John Hurt (Harry Potter) as Audric, a specialist on Ancient Egypt; Vanessa Kirby (Great Expectations) as Alice, a modern - day fearless girl, who experiences dramatic flashbacks from the 13th Century; Jessica Brown Findlay (Misfits) as Alaïs, a 13th century courageous young woman, determined to protect the «secret» along with Tom Felton (Harry Potter) as Trencavel, a leader of the Carcassonne religion.

Through our academic publishing program, we seek to meet the publication needs of the religious studies academic community worldwide with works on the Hebrew Bible and Hebrew language, ancient Near Eastern studies and archaeology, New Testament and Greek language, biblical theology, Judaism, patristics, church history, historical theology, practical theology, and religion and culture.

I was on the arts side of school, and along with the usual history, psychology, and political science, I also studied metaphysics, epistemology, logic, religion, and the philosophy of the ancient Greeks.

San Francisco, CA About Blog Wicca is a modern neopagan religion that is based on ancient pagan beliefs.

From ancient and epic works of art, architecture and cuisine, to the mesmerising spirituality and religion on the island, we've put together all of the fab things to see and do in this tropical paradise that'll give you some insight into the day - to - day life of the Balinese.

Like past God of War games, it takes players on a Cliff's Notes tour of an ancient religion, with Norse mythology taking over this time for the Greek pantheon of its predecessors.

This exhibition focused on the religious practices of the ancient Mediterranean world and the modern challenges in piecing together an accurate picture of classical religion from surviving material fragments.

Focusing on the sacrifices animals make for man, Blood of Two centers on the former function of the Slaughterhouse and the customs of Hydra to establish connections between paganism and religion, ancient and modern, the ritualistic and familiar.

He is indoctrinated into an ancient religion and joins a band of insurgents on a terrorist attack that kills 300,000 people.

San Francisco, CA About Blog Wicca is a modern neopagan religion that is based on ancient pagan beliefs.

In ancient times, the celebration of motherhood focused on religion and the supernatural.

Charlotte, NC About Blog A blog by the author of The Jesus Dynasty consisting of religion matters from the Bible to the Modern World.Tabor has combined his historical work on ancient texts with extensive field work in archaeology in Israel and Jordan.