historic legends and sacred sites of Judaism, Christianity, and even paganism, by Islamizing them. Thus, according to Islam, Abraham was the first Muslim and Jesus and St. John (the sons of Miriam, sister of Moses and Aaron) were prophets and guardians of ...
Why was the lunar calendar created? What month is Ramadan on the lunar calendar? When is Purim on the Jewish calendar? When does the Jewish Nishra fall on the Gregorian calendar? What is the eighth month of the lunar calendar? How does the lunar calendar impact the Chinese religion?
When was pankration removed from the Olympics? They were abolished inA.D. 393by the Emperor Theodosius, a Christian who saw the worship of Zeus throughout the games as a pagan abomination. Is pankration still a sport? Does Pankration still exist? Whilst Pankration is originally a sport entered...
The BC/AD system was invented by a monk named Dionysius Exiguus who was trying to establish a Christian chronology; before his time one had to use some system more or less tainted with paganism, such as the AUC system (from Rome's foundation) or consular dating ("the year when X and ...
Suddenly, my compassion for Cindy turned to anger. When I heard that she was making a conscious decision to end her life, then I had had enough. My own loss over Megan’s death fueled my passion as I picked up the phone to call Cindy. ...