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has been a historical mystery for centuries. Very little facts have been uncovered in the origin of or the truth behind its authors. Not until 1993 on an archeological site in Dan has there been any solid evidence. A flat basalt stone with Aramaic letters etched into its surface had a reference to King David and it dated back to the ninth century BC. There has been no reference to David outside the pages of and it was believed that he was a mere myth and invented by Hebrew scribes.
Most of cannot be taken literally, for example, the story of the Creation. Augustine, the Christian theologian, argued that the creation of the day was not related to the sun or the concept of time because the sun was not created until the fourth 'day'. Also the flood is another example of possible Biblical myth. Many questions asked are 'where would that amount of water come from?' and 'where would it all go afterward?' ...
Religion 101 Out of the myriad of religions that encompass the earth, one of the least understood is Buddhism. In the pursuit of a higher plane of existence, a Buddhist monk will renounce his worldly secular life, instead embracing a life of meditation and study. While attempting to achieve enlightenment, and therefore nirvana, a Buddhist must fir...
The Israelites were promised land under Egypt in Canaan. They lived in Egypt for hundreds of years under Egyptian rule. The Apis bull was very important part of ancient Egyptian worshiping, before they were Christianized. The Egyptians believed that bulls represented fertility. The Apis was a divine bull created from the god Ptah. An Apis is a...
A blaze of fire and dispair is what most people think about the underworld. This is far from what the ancient egyptians believed. The ancient egyptians believed that after a person dies his sole may travel to the underworld, known as Tuat . Although Tuat is referred to as the underworld, it was not believed to be under the earth, but rather away...
I. ORIGIN Most of the Pentecostal churches which bear the name "" can be traced to a holiness revival in the mountains of northwest Georgia and eastern Tennessee. In 1884, R.G. Spurling, a Baptist minister in Monroe County, Tennessee, began to search the Scriptures for answers to the problems of modernism, formality, and spiritual dryness. An in...
Used as one of the most torturous execution devices in history, the cross is now one of the most treasured symbols in Christian culture. Men and women alike wear crosses of silver, gold, platinum, and other precious metals, many encrusted with fine jewels around their necks, wrists, and dangling from their ears. I am sure that in Roman times, thi...
