Bible
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Today, I’d like to wish our blue planet a very happy birthday! According to one famous historical calculation, Earth was created on this day—October 23, 4004 BC—at exactly 6:00 PM. At least, that is according to Archbishop James Ussher (1581–1656). Ussher, the Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland, and Vice-Chancellor of Trinity College Dublin,…
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No matter what religion you are, or even when you have no religion, some stories in the bible are just fascinating. None less so then the story of Lot’s wife. Although there are some different stories to who she was , the core of the story remains the same. There are differences in the Christian…
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The superstition surrounding Friday the 13th is one of the most pervasive and enduring beliefs in Western folklore. Although widely regarded as ancient, its origins are neither singular nor straightforward. Instead, the fear of Friday the 13th emerges from the convergence of two distinct streams of symbolic anxiety: the cultural suspicion of the number thirteen…
