No-one seems to know for sure but historical pagans and modern 'witches' used and use something very similar given the name 'witches ladder'. This was a knotted rope where bones, feathers and so forth were attached. Knots tied into cords or ropes during the repetitions of chants, incantations...
Lots of problems to 'solve' including the chirality problem.
You are right but then again because someone cannot provide proof of a creator does not mean that one does not exist so I am unconvinced either way at the moment.
You must have more evidence than the all the biologists and so forth in the scientific community because they haven't been able to answer how life began, and that is before they encounter the problem of chirality. Please let me know where you discovered this research.
I cannot comment on the teachings of the Quran but I suspect like Christian scripture the teaching of hell is a clever way of getting believers to 'tow the line'.
The original Hebrew in scripture was Sheol (abode of the dead) but over time in many places the word hell came into use and the...
You are wrong, plenty of evidence if you choose to look for it, even references to Jesus by other religious sects and 'politicians' of that time talking about the brother of James i'e Jesus.
People are too ready to make sweeping claims and statements when the have done no research on the topic...
As we have no evidence that life exists on any other planets (have some respect for the Fermi paradox) maybe we should only consider the probability of life originating here on Earth.
The building blocks that started the evolutionary process such as DNA, RNA and protein molecules are...
I wonder about the omniscient 'bit' as some scriptures seem to indicate that God was not aware that some things would happen.
And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. Genesis 6:6
Seems odd to express regret for doing something if the result of...
I agree, perhaps people need to keep in mind this verse-
"For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect. But take heed; behold, I have told you everything in advance,” Mark 13:22-23.
It seems that the Holy Spirit is God's 'force' used to accomplish His will as shown in Genesis 1:2 and is not associated with any person. People can be baptised with it, anointed with it and it 'filled' 3,000 at the same time at Pentecost. Never has a name and is never 'seen' separate to God and...
OTOH, if someone is responsible for bringing new people into the religion, well, the proselytizer has no way to predict where on that spectrum the new convert will end up. They're doing something that could very well end up with someone at the "worse" end of the spectrum, so they have a share of...
I am not very knowledgeable about Judaism, I suppose salvation is the Christian view as I don't think Jews accept the concept of original sin or personal salvation. It seems Judaism is more of an ethnic religion, what happens to one happens to all so long as one obey the teachings.
Both the verses you have used is talking about the Messiah/Jesus once he has inherited his kingdom-sits on his throne and has rulership over the Earth. He was/is/will be all of those things during the 1,000 year kingdom of Christ on earth, peace will exist among the animals and people.
The...
There are numerous prophesies in the Old Testament about the Messiah and Jesus fulfils all of them, some too specific to be coincidences.
The Messiah would come from the lineage of David from the tribe of Judah-true
He would be born in Bethlehem-true
Massacre of children at his place of...
A stone was found called the 'Famine Stela' which talks of a 7yr famine because the Nile had failed to flood.
I do not claim to understand everything in the Bible but rather am in awe of prophecies that did come true, that knowledge people of the time should not have like knowing that the Earth...
I think we have to accept there are a lot of stupid, ignorant people in this world but there are a lot of decent people as well. Having been a nurse for over 30yrs I know it is a person's character that matters not their ethnic background or religious beliefs. I have some friends who are...
"It's a future prophecy yet to be fulfilled." Maybe it was.
The Nile, the life giver of ancient, medieval and modern Egypt is running dry. Crops are perishing n the Nile Delta where half the 97 million Egyptians live. Dams near the southern city of Aswan curtail the flow and prevent silt...
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The Nile, the life giver of ancient, medieval and modern Egypt is running dry.
The photo has been used for illustrative purposes.
The Nile, the life giver of ancient, medieval and modern Egypt is running dry.