Sentences with phrase «pagan cultic»

But Rabshakeh is acquainted with the reforms of Hezekiah.4 Hezekiah has removed holy things, the Canaanite deities, the brazen serpent which had become an object of worship, the more or less pagan cultic sites.

He suggests that God breathing life into the man of dust (Gen 2:7) can be likened to the «vivification» of a pagan cultic image, and has «nothing to do with infusing a Platonic soul» (p. 75)-- a statement which seems too strong to me.

Though they don't say it, I imagine the authors are against Christmas and Easter as well, since both of these holidays are steeped in pagan cultic worship practices.

Not exact matches

The pagan Canaanite religious worship of the people of Sodom included the cultic, religious, se.xual activity which was forbidden by God in Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 and Deuteronomy 23:17 - 18.