When we think about gods, many of us picture beings of good, love, and light. But there's another side that often lurks in the shadows. We're talking about the evil gods. These dark deities form a chilling chapter in our world's mythologies. The Role of Evil Gods in Mythology Differe...
The River Acheron was one of five rivers in the underworld of Greek mythology. The newly dead would be ferried across the Acheron and in Roman mythology, it was said to be the place from which the Styx sprang. 4. Adbeel Adbeel is a Hebrew name that means grieved by God. The name e...
Evil, in a large sense, may be described as the sum of the opposition, which experience shows to exist in the universe, to the desires and needs of individuals; whence arises, among human beings at least, the suffering in which life abounds. Thus evil, from the point of view of human...
As a nation, we are too young to have true mythic heroes, and we must press real human beings into service. Honest Abe Lincoln the legend is quite a different character from Abraham Lincoln the man. And so should they be. And so should both be treasured, as long as they are ...
#3 Lack of Empathy Toward Other Beings If someone behaves cruelly on purpose or even just doesn’t seem bothered by doing so, then watch out! This indicates that there’s something seriously wrong inside their heart. When someone lacks empathy, they’re not interested in the problems or conc...
Only omniscient beings like Investigative Hearing and the Buddha can tell the two apart: [T]he Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha said, “Wait a moment! Wait a moment! Let me ask Investigative Hearing to listen for you.” That Investigative Hearing, you see, happens to be a beast that usually lies ...
that illusion is less valuable than 'truth' such valuations, in spite of their regulative importance for US, might notwithstanding be only superficial valuations, special kinds of maiserie, such 9 of 301 Beyond Good and Evil as may be necessary for the maintenance of beings such as ourselves....
·hîm cannot be referring to them either. The only other usage of benê’ʾělō·hîm in the Hebrew Bible is found in Job 1:6, and Job 2:1, both of which refer to supernatural beings. These three verses are the only benê’ʾělō·hîm verses in all of the Hebrew Mas...
“We are going to be looking at individuals that are statistically small in number, but whose quality of difference is such that it can affect hundreds, thousands, even millions of other human beings in negative ways.”– Page 68 “I shall attempt to persuade my readers that the participation...
Let us regard the actual size of human beings. The pictures and the descriptions of the “ancient” Greek athletes show us well-built people of a considerable size who run, jump, and break all possible records in javelin-throwing. They win battles over enemy armies seven to ten times the ...