The Intractable Problem of Time Tim DeLaney The problem of time is a serious conundrum for Christian and other Abrahamic religions: God, since he must have always existed, evidently waited a very long time before creating the world. In fact, he waited for an eternity. How can this be? How can it be that the […]
Origins Of The Hebrew Bible
Mesopotamian Priests and Priestesses
History » The Mesopotamians » Mesopotamian Priests and Priestesses In Mesopotamian society, priests and priestesses were equals to the king in power and honor. They were mediators between the gods and the people. Ordinary Mesopotamians looked to the priesthood to gain the favor of the gods, especially the patron god or goddess of their city. Mesopotamian Priests and priestesses had many duties and […]
Can the laws of physics disprove God?
February 22, 2021 2.20pm GMT Author Monica Grady Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University Disclosure statement Monica Grady is Professor of Planetary and Space Science at The Open University, Chancellor of Liverpool Hope University and Senior Research Fellow at the Natural History Museum. She receives funding from the STFC and the UK […]
Excerpts from:Bible Myths and their Parallels in other Religions, by T. W. Doane
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/31885/31885-h/31885-h.htm [17:1]Sir William Jones, the first president of the Royal Asiatic Society, saw this when he said: “Either the first eleven chapters of Genesis, all due allowance being made for a figurative Eastern style, are true, or the whole fabric of our religion is false.” (In Asiatic Researches, vol. i. p. 225.) And so also did […]