Christianity
24/07/2023 - 13:03
In the mid-2nd century, CE Justin Martyr explained the role of demons in Christian thought. The sons of God succumbed to intercourse with... →
14/06/2022 - 12:59
The kids were given a choice, among other things, of drawing a picture of Jesus, or making a diagram or model of the Last Supper, people... →
24/03/2018 - 13:05
Plenty of people will find all this to be cause for celebration. It’s like a Philip Pullman fantasy made real: the young people of ... →
16/04/2017 - 11:06
Compare that with, for example, King Arthur, who supposedly lived around AD500. The major historical source for events of that time does... →
24/02/2017 - 15:08
Apart from the small and ethnically circumscribed exception of the Jews, the ancient world had never known an exclusivist faith, so the... →
27/12/2016 - 16:08
Could betrayal be a form of loyalty? Consider the archetype of betrayal, Judas, whom Dante consigned to the innermost ring of the Inferno... →
03/09/2016 - 17:16
The Enliels are an amiable, welcoming people that belong to an unknown green-colored race. They greeted the visitors with joy and prepared... →
03/01/2016 - 17:02
The ram statue might have been part of the decoration of the Byzantine church near which it was discovered. The church dates back to 6-7AD... →
11/12/2015 - 16:57
After nearly 300 years of persecuting followers of Jesus, the Roman Empire under Constantine, adopted Christianity as its official religion... →
28/08/2014 - 14:57
But other scholars believe that the gospel stories are actually “historicized mythology.” In this view, those ancient mythic templates are... →
01/03/2012 - 17:26
The tomb in question is dated prior to 70 CE, when ossuary use in Jerusalem ceased due to the Roman destruction of the city. Accordingly,... →