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Extremist religious beliefs are the main motivating factor in terrorist suicide attacks The world leader in suicide terrorism from 1980 to 2004 is the secular Sri Lankan marxist group, Tamil Tigers. Pape's Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism (2005) controverts many widely held beliefs about suicide terrorism.[3] Based on an analysis of every known case of suicide terrorism from 1980 to 2005 (315 attacks as part of ....
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Saint Patrick used the shamrock to illustrate the holy trinity The story was first recorded 1200 years after his death. "There is no historical evidence that St Patrick had any connection with shamrock; nothing can be traced in historical documents to confirm the legend that he preached to the Irish people using a trefoil (three leaflets on one stalk) as a parable for the Holy Trinity (Three Persons ....
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Updated: 2008/03/29 AM 9:35:08 |
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Saint Patrick banished the snakes from Ireland Glaciers, Not St. Patrick, Kept Snakes out of Ireland Pious legend credits Patrick with banishing snakes from the island by ringing his bell from the top of Croagh Patrick, but post-glacial Ireland never had snakes;[1][2][3] one suggestion is that snakes referred to the serpent symbolism of the Druids of that time and place, as shown for ....
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The Christian holiday of Easter is named after a pagan fertility goddess The modern English term Easter developed from the Old English word Eastre, which itself developed prior to AD 899. The name refers to the Eostur-monath, a month of the Germanic calendar which has been referenced in ancient literature to have been named for the goddess Eastre in Germanic paganism.[1] In his De temporum ratione, ....
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Two different people kill Goliath at two different times in the Bible Elhanan and Goliath 2 Samuel 21:19[1] tells how "Goliath the Gittite" was killed by "Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, the Bethlehemite." The resulting ambiguity - what was the relationship of this Goliath to the Goliath killed by David in 1 Samuel 17? - has given rise to a great deal of commentary. 1 Chronicles 20,[2] written ....
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The Bible says giants existed on earth in the past The origin of the Nephilim begins with a story of fallen angels. The Nephilim are giant beings who appear in the Hebrew Bible, specifically in the Book of Genesis, and are also mentioned in other biblical texts and in some non-canonical Jewish writings. ....
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Jesus said, 'He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone.' Although in line with many stories in the Gospels and probably primitive (Didascalia Apostolorum refers to it, possibly Papias also), most scholars agree that John 7:53-8:11was not part of the original text of John's Gospel.[4] The standard Greek texts of John, and almost all modern translations, mark it off with double ....
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'Jesus' was the name that Christ was known by during his lifetime Maybe He Went By 'Yeshua' (Joshua) But Definitely Not 'Jesus' According to most historians, Jesus probably spoke Aramaic and Hebrew.[1] The name "Jesus" is an English transliteration of the Latin which in turn comes from the Greek name Iesous (Ιησους). The name has also been translated into English ....
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Updated: 2008/02/13 PM 9:29:52 |
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One of the Ten Commandments is 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' Thou Shalt Not Murder Original Texts Use the Hebrew Word For 'Murder', Not 'Kill' Various translations exist of the sixth commandment; the Hebrew words are variously translated as "thou shalt not kill" or "thou shalt not murder". The Hebrew word for "kill" is "harog", while the Hebrew word for ....
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In the Bible, Samson's hair was cut by Delilah Ignore the Artistic Renditions, a Servant Actually Cut Samson's Hair Contrary to popular belief, the story does not have Delilah actually cutting Samson's hair; the deed was done by one of her servants.[3][4][5] The Biblical Account The Philistines approach Delilah and induce her (with 1100 silver coins each) to try to find the secret of ....
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Most Muslims are Arabs Arabs Make Up Only 20% of Muslims Worldwide Some 30–40 countries are Muslim-majority, and Arabs account for around 20% of all Muslims worldwide. South Asia and Southeast Asia contain the most populous Muslim countries, with Indonesia, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh having more than 100 million adherents each.[1] According to ....
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In the Bible, Adam and Eve ate from a forbidden apple Translation Problems In Northern Europe, the unnamed "Forbidden fruit" became considered a form of apple, because of a misunderstanding of the Latin "malum", where malum as an adjective means evil, but as a noun means apple. 'Adam's Apple' Gets Stuck in Our Throats The larynx in the human throat, noticeably more ....
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The Muslim spiritual leader Muhammad had a Christian wife who bore him a child Maria the Copt Maria al-Qibtiyya (Arabic: مارية القبطية) (alternatively, "Maria Qupthiya"), or Maria the Copt, (died 637) was a Coptic Christian slave who was sent as a gift from Muqawqis, a Byzantine official, to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 628.[1] According to some Islamic accounts, she was Muhammad's wife, and ....
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God tried to kill Moses in the Bible Moses is Saved by an Impromptu Circumcision The Book of Exodus features a very curious, and much-debated, passage. The passage concerns Moses and Zipporah (his wife) reaching an inn, contains four of the most difficult sentences in Biblical text. It apparently describes God trying to kill Moses, until Zipporah carries out a ....
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Judas dies two different ways in the Bible It may come as a surprise to many readers, but Judas' death in the Bible is told in two very different ways. One passage of the Bible says that Judas hanged himself. The other says he "fell headlong" and "he burst asunder in the midst all his bowels gushed out". -------------------------------------------- Matthew ....
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The Bible says Moses had horns You might wonder why a few of the most famous depictions of Moses portray him with horns on his head. This was the result of an early mistranslation by St. Jerome of Exodus 34:29-35. In Exodus 34:29-35 Moses is described as having "rays of the skin of his face", which St. Jerome had translated as "horns" in the ....
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Updated: 2008/01/08 PM 2:49:30 |
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Moses parted the Red Sea in the Bible 'Red Sea' or 'Sea of Reeds'? In many translations of the Bible, Moses famously parted the Red Sea. (Exodus 13-15) This would mean that the Hebrews traveled far south before turning to cross the Red Sea to get to the Sinai peninsula. The great width of the Red Sea makes this story especially miraculous, since the Red Sea averages ....
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