“Christians” in our free countries in this 21stcentury are much the same. We worship God and serve our own gods of wealth, fame, sports, fitness, beauty, movie stars, sports stars, self, tradition, success, or other gods. We want the world to like and approve of us. We want to ...
Religion has many roles which branch off due to the many different religions observed in the world. In ancient Egyptian literature, deities were important and mention a lot. The Egyptians worshiped and followed many gods and other sacred beings, which had diverse roles in its society. The ...
Buddhists are non-theistic and do not worship a godhead. Rather, worship is defined by practices that will lead to nirvana, or a permanent state of enlightenment. Today many different Buddhist denominations
On the day of Dev Deepawali, lamps are lit on the banks of river Ganges. This festival is celebrated all over India but is special in Varanasi and Haridwar. It is believed that on this day all the gods descend on the earth to take a bath in the Ganges. Dev Deepawali is also celebrat...
Motecuhzoma first believed the Spanish were gods, he worshiped them. He did everything to please the Spaniards, out out his own internal fear. “Motecuhzoma was distraught and bewildered; he was filled with terror, not knowing what would happen to the city. The people were also terrified”...
Sumerian society was a religious one, and Sumerians worshipped many gods.Answer and Explanation: Cuneiform developed from the Sumerian alphabet. Around 3500 BCE, the Sumerians began depicting pictures of objects on clay tablets. Over time, the......
“All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom. Half gods are worshipped in...
“Favors of the god” are blessed items meant to bring good luck to the bearer or house¬hold, and “tokens of the god” are holy symbols of recognition and veneration for lay worshipers (not to be confused with a cleric’s holy symbol).The largest source of daily income for most ...
there were altars that had the inscription in the plural number; and there was one which Paul took particular notice of, in the singular number; or the above writers may speak of altars to unknown gods, because there might be many altars with this inscription: the whole of the inscription,...
They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower...