Is it an accident that the symbol of a bishop is a crook and the sign of an archbishop is a double-cross? If Jesus was a Jew, how did he get a Spanish name? Why does the Vatican have lightning rods? If Noah took two of every animal on the ark with him, then what did the...
Totemism (belief that these perceived spirits could be managed with created physical expressions) passably by at least 50,000 years ago “progressed stage of early religion” A totem is a representational spirit being, sacred object, or symbol of a group of people, clan, or tribe. Shamanism ...
Why Intelligent Design (ID) proponents will never be taken seriously, and why they have nothing to add to the scientific evidence for life on earth. fromhttp://www.pamd.uscourts.gov/kitzmiller/kitzmiller_342.pdf(pg 77,78) the Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District text of court decision...
By instantiating a symbol of a larger spiritual pattern, they hope to instantiate the whole pattern. The Enlightenment didn’t escape magical thinking; it intensified it. 2″ 0 Read Seven things that are essential for understanding God’s creation & our place in it, but seem completely insa...
Throughout history, traditional Chinese clothing has been used as a symbol of resistance and unity during political movements. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when China faced foreign invasions and colonial pressures, garments such as the qipao became a subtle yet powerful assertion of ...