Posted in A, tagged abel, abrasive, aggression, Bible, cain, christianity, crime, evil, genesis, gentle, God, jewish, killing, life, love, murder, myth, old testament, peace, punishment, sin on May 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Abel In the biblical book of Genesis (4: 2-16), Abel is the second son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain.
Cain’s motives were most likely jealousy and anger.
Abel was a shepherd and Cain a farmer. Cain and Abel had made sacrificial offerings to God but only Abel’s was acceptable to the [...]
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Posted in A, tagged abyss, Beowulf, Borg, Christian, Civilization, devil, druids, dungeon, Eliade, freud, Greece, greek, hell, hindu, janeway, jesus christ, jewish, jung, magic, myth, pit, psychology, Satan, serling, shades, star trek, star wars, sword, symbol, twilight zone, underwater, water on May 14, 2008 | No Comments »
The Abyss
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Abyss (Greek, abyssos, Latin abyssus). Myths about an abyss or bottomless pit are found in most cultures.
In Judaism the abyss lies deep within the earth, a place where evil spirits of the dead are banished (Job 32:22, Psalm 6:5, 143:7).
In ancient Greece the majority of the dead retire to a gloomy [...]
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Posted in A, tagged adam, Bible, Christian, Eve, evil, Jesus, jewish, old testament, original sin, religion, sin, theology on May 11, 2008 | No Comments »
Adam & Eve, Walker Art Gallery Liverpool
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Adam (Hebrew, adam = Man) In the Bible’s Old Testament book of Genesis, Adam is said to be the first human being. He was fashioned from earthly clay and brought to life with the living breath of God.
According to Genesis his female counterpart, Eve, was created [...]
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Posted in A, tagged alien, Aliens, angel, angels, Bible, devil, et, extraterrestrials, God, Greece, heaven, jewish, jupiter, missing time, moses, myth, paranormal, parapsychology, religion, rome, Satan, siva, ufo, unexplained, zeus on April 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Classical Martian
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Aliens and Extraterrestrials (ETs)
The belief in aliens from other planets dates back for centuries, as does their alleged sightings.
47,000 year-old rock carvings in the Hunan province of China could be interpreted as evidence for UFOs.
Airborne “fire circles” were reported to the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III (1504-1450 BCE).
In the Middle Ages [...]
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Posted in A, tagged angels, Bible, binary, christianity, communication, computer, fallen angels, hindu, Islam, jewish, language, leibniz, life, mysticism, religion, spirit on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
angel
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Angels (Greek angelos or aggelos = messenger).The Old and New Testaments of the Bible make considerable reference to angels, which are regarded as divine messengers.
Around the sixth-century CE Dionysus the Areopagite’s The Celestial Hierarchy outlined three groups of hierarchically arranged angels.
Angels are mentioned in the Jewish Kabbala as inhabiting seven heavenly [...]
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ApocalypseOriginally uploaded by Philipp Klinger
Apocalypse In Biblical and religious studies ‘apocalyptic literature’ refers to Jewish and Christian texts denoting a future time, usually an end time in which God’s justice prevails over the evils of this world.
In Christianity, the destruction of this world is to be followed by a “new heaven and a new earth” [...]
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Posted in A, tagged Apocrypha, Bible, catholic, Christian, greek, jewish, latin, orthodox, religion, scripture, spirit, spirituality on April 3, 2008 | No Comments »
Apocrypha This term has different meanings, according to the beliefs of those using it.
These meanings may be summed up as follows:
(a) Religious texts considered inauthentic by Protestant denominations but included in the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Bibles.
These extra books are found in ancient Greek and Latin versions of the Old Testament but not in the [...]
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Bar Mitzvah [Hebrew "son of the law"] Jewish rite of passage where a young male aged 13 or young female aged 12 comes of age and officially accepts full religious responsibilities.
The term also refers to the person for whom the ceremony is observed.
Strictly speaking, the Bar Mitzvah is for boys and the Bat Mitzvah is for [...]
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Posted in B, tagged adam, afterlife, Bible, Christian, christianity, Eve, Holy Spirit, Jesus, jewish, Judaism, life, mary, moses, religion, sacred, salvation, scripture on February 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Bible The word Bible comes from the Latin after the Greek biblia, or “books.” Biblia is a form of byblos, meaning the “papyrus” or “paper” exported from the ancient Phoenician port city of Biblos.
Also known as the Holy Bible, the Bible is a collection of writings complied over centuries, containing the Sacred Scriptures of Judaism [...]
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Posted in B, tagged Bible, Christian, Isaiah, jewish, religion on February 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Book of Isaiah Isaiah, son of Amoz, is a statesman, counselor to Kings and a prophet in the Old Testament around the 8th-century BCE.
He apparently lived in Jerusalem, having a profound influence in the Kingdom of Judah.
Scholars generally agree that the prophetic book in his name contains material from at least two other unnamed prophets, [...]
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