When Religion Intrudes into Etymology (On The Word: The Dictionary That Reveals The Hebrew Source of English) : Cultures, Ideologies, and the Dictionary Studies in Honor of Ladislav ZgustaDavid L
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Hinduism is unique in that the religion can be considered both polytheistic and monotheistic (monotheism is the belief in a single god/goddess, or deity). Many Hindus believe that Brahman is the main deity, or single god, and all other gods and goddesses are manifestations of Brahman. ...
It even explains how freedom is the most fundamental property of the universe, and why it is for freedom that Christ has set us free (Galatians 5:1; see our article on ελευθερια, eleutheria, freedom-by-law). Obviously, all this has nothing to do with religion and everything...
experiments. The idea of an environment where you can hear your own voice repeated back to you made this a perfect metaphor for the world of social media, where many people only talk with those who agree with them, thus creating a rather distorted picture of what the world is really like...
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“Kemet” was the native Egyptian name for Egypt. It was the word for “black” and significantly, the word used to distinguish the fertile Nile lands from the red desert soils. Some think that the Greeks then called the Egyptian (“black”) art “Chêmia,” to mean “the Egyptian art”...
rebirth comes after death. Actually, that’s exactly what the priest said at the only Catholic Sunday mass I’ve ever been to. My mom was raised Catholic but left the religion and didn’t raise us kids Catholic for many reasons. Still, the sermon was beautiful and profound. The priest ...
Surely the most significant event in British politics for many years occurred on 23 June 2016 when voters decided that Britain should leave the European Union. Even before departure from the EU became a reality, a new word had been coined to describe the act:Brexit. Brexit was on everyone’...
As a command to "go, be off" by 1864, American English. Meaning "to seize mentally, grasp" is from 1892.Get wind of"become acquainted with" is from 1840, from earlierto get wind"to get out, become known" (1722). Toget drunkis from 1660s; toget religionis from 1772; toget bette...