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- 471: The Location of the Ark of the Covenant
- ... The story begins as the people of Israel begin to question the leadership of Moses and Aaron. They felt that Moses led them out of the land of milk and honey, which was referring to Egypt. This was long after the memories of hardships of slavery had faded away. The people of Israel felt that Moses and Aaron had led them to a fruitless scorching desert. God had then placed a ...
- 472: Hinduism
- ... and anonymous revealed scriptures, are the main spiritual source of Hinduism and can be compared to the Bible. The Vedas trace back to Aryan nomads at the same time Moses was leading Israelites out of Egypt. The Bible is a definitive book, whereas the Vedas are a loose connection of diverse holy writings. Thought in India is said to be religious. Hindus take it upon themselves to worship - many have personal ...
- 473: Brief Look at Jewish History
- ... attacks. This is remembered as a historic event for it has greatly effected the lives of present day Middle East and all other countries. The cause of the Six-Day War of June 1967 was Egypt's closure of the Strait of Tiran. This war focused on the issue of Israel's legitimacy. Withdrawal of the UN troops after May 16 signified to the Israelis that ultimately they would be responsible ...
- 474: Gnosticism
- Gnosticism In December 1945, Gnostic books containing many secrets of the early Christian religion was found near the town of Nag Hammadi in upper Egypt. Undisturbed since their concealment almost two thousand years ago, these manuscripts from Gnosticism rank in importance with the Dead Sea Scrolls. The first extensive translation into English did not appear until 1977. These writings changed ...
- 475: Why Does Man Create Anyway?
- ... eternal. Man feared mortality. In result, man created an eternal Supreme Being who offered Heaven to comfort man's fear of death. The interesting thing is that God can neither be proved or disproved. In Egypt, statues were created and believed to hold life after one died. They were believed to give shelter to bodies through eternity. We have cemetary's filled with graves as a way of recognition of our ...
- 476: The Roots of Western Civilization
- ... period so this religion dominated. In the Western Civilization Society, the Hebrews were a culture that kept their maintenance in effect. In the Book of Exodus, Yahweh chose Moses to guide the slaved people in Egypt to Palestine. Yahweh destroyed the pursuing Egyptian army, a sign of his great presence. Moses was also given the Ten Commandments and other laws which was the basis for the Jewish beliefs. Yahweh had guaranteed ...
- 477: Succot: The Jewish Holiday
- Succot: The Jewish Holiday After the Exodus from slavery in Egypt, the wandering Jews lived in tents or booths, called Succots. They were pitched wherever they happened to stop for the night. Today it is called the Succot the festival of booths remembering both the ancient ...
- 478: The Bible and the Word "Inspire"
- ... explanation as to exactly what it is, and how it came to be. This is why much of the Bible, especially the Pentateuch, tells the historical story of the Israelites and there great escape from Egypt. God needed to be sure that exactly what He wanted to be in what was to be called His word was there, and nothing was added or falsified. In this sense, God can be seen ...
- 479: Jews
- ... took so much gold from the Jews that it's price fell by half in Syria. The Nazis used Jews for slave labor the Romans sent thousands of Jewish captives to work on projects on Egypt. The Nazis made grisly sport with their victims and conducted fiendish medical experiments before killing the Jews. Titus had thousands of Jewish captives killed in gladiatorial contests and staged fights between them and wild beasts ...
- 480: Schwa
- Schwa Schwa's past is slightly blurred, but it is generally held that the religion has its roots in ancient Egypt. A small breakaway group are believed to have gathered regularly to exchange news and, on occasion, personal accounts of landings by what they called `star-creatures'. These beings were identical to the Egyptian gods, and ...
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