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Tag Archives: religion
What happened to the mexica gods after the Conquest?
Contemporary Aztec (Nahua) villages vary enormously in the degree to which they continue to practice the ancient religion and follow the old gods. Some have lost their Aztec beliefs and practice forms of Catholicism or Protestantism that are very similar to religions practiced in Europe or North America. Others follow traditions that are firmly rooted in the ancient Aztec past and hold beliefs in the same gods worshiped by their ancestors. Most contemporary Aztec communities fall somewhere between these two extremes of religious belief and practice. Continue reading
Should we tolerate the intolerant, the racist, or the violent?
Humans are social animals and it’s our natural instinct to be emphatic with others. It’s natural for us to bond by kinship. Unfortunately the same tribal instinct hampers our ability to recognize the essential and vital global brotherhood of man. We cling to nationality, religion, and many artificial walls we build around us that compromise our chances for long term survival . Continue reading
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Science, religion, and human behavior
Nietzsche famously said that there are not facts, only interpretations. The claim of science is rationality, but scientist are human, and therefore limited on the capacity to perceive reality objectively. The tool used by the scientific discipline to approach objectivity … Continue reading
Egeria
About Egeria Egeria, one of the earliest documented Christian pilgrims, visited the most important destinations of pilgrimage in the eastern Mediterranean between 381 and 384 AD. She wrote an account of her travels, which is among the earliest descriptions of … Continue reading
Chiapas Conflict
Below the Surface, Religious Tug-of-War Marks Chiapas Conflict Indigenous beliefs, traditional Catholicism, and evangelical Christianity all play a part in the troubled region’s history BY GABRIEL MEYER, REGISTER CORRESPONDENT Sunday, Feb 15, 1998 2:00 PM
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Tagged Chiapas, evangelical Christianity, religion, violence
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady of Guadalupe (Spanish: Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe), also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe (Spanish: Virgen de Guadalupe) is a celebrated Roman Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary. The shrine to Our Lady of Guadalupe was the most important Marian shrine in the medieval kingdom of Castile. It is revered in the monastery ofSanta … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Sandstrom, historia, History, México, mexica, myth, Our Lady of Guadalupe, religion, Spain, Syncretism, Tonantzin, Virgen de Guadalupe, Virgin of Guadalupe, Wikipedia
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Solomonic dynasty
A Brief History of the Kebra Nagast Taken from the Introduction by Miguel F. Brooks, Red Sea Press, Inc. 1996; ISBN 1-56902-033-7 The history of the departure of God and His Ark of the Covenant from Jerusalem to Ethiopia, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ethiopia, Kebra Nagast, religion, Solomon, Solomonic dynasty
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Panbabylonism
Panbabylonism was a hyperdiffusionist school of thought within Assyriology and religious studies that considered the cultures and religions of the middle east and civilization in general to be ultimately derived from Babylonian astronomy and astrology. A related school of thought … Continue reading
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Tagged History, judaism, Panbabylonism, religion
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Morality
Moral foundations theory is a social psychological theory intended to explain the origins of and variation in human moral reasoning on the basis of innate, modular foundations. At present, the theory proposes six such foundations: Care, Fairness, Liberty, Loyalty, Authority, … Continue reading
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Tagged animal behaviour, Authority, behavior, behavioral science, Care, Democrats, emotion, Evil, Fairness, Frans de Waal, Good, Jonathan Haidt, Liberty, Loyalty, mind, morality, political ideology, Psychology, religion, Republicans, Richard Shweder, Sam Harris, Sanctity, TED
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The grokking eagle 