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164 pages of results. 731. Letter to the Editor from W. T. Black [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... Aug 1979) Home | Issue Contents Letter to the Editor W. T. Black Editor, C&AH: Based on a misreading of the Bible, most people believe there was only one Flood, but there is abundant evidence of two floods. Many scientists today recognize that fact. Too many readers accept the Bible as merely a religious book, little realizing that it is also a very important historical document. For many years Biblical scholars, archaeologists, and even geologists searched for evidence of Noah's Flood in Mesopotamia, ignoring the fact that the flood was world wide. Despite many thousands of dollars spent in such research, no evidence was found to correspond with the account ...
732. The Methodology of Patten's Martian Scenario [Journals] [Aeon]
... not understand a role for Venus in the panorama of Mars-Earth catastrophism." (124) Even so, it did not escape Patten that Ashtoreth (variously spelled) is often coupled with Baal and accorded equal reverence in the Old Testament. He understood quite well that the worship of Baal and Ashtoreth "formed the core" of the Canaanite religion, (125) and that, in time, this became "the state religion of the Northern Kingdom [of Israel] .. . " (126) That he accepts Ashtoreth as a personification of Venus is attested to in more than one passage of his book. (127) He then reasserts his belief that Venus was ...
733. The Jewish Science of Immanuel Velikovsky: Part One [Journals] [Aeon]
... self-confidence kindles a limitless confidence in others, who see him as knowing where he is going and taking others with him. The sharp brilliance of his unwavering discourse casts its irresistible spell over them, and when he speaks the language of power bathed in the translucent light of faith all those who hear him are conquered. Nietzsche said that the religious man speaks only of himself. The "himself" includes his idea. [Paragraphing altered] Or, as Hannah Arendt remarked, "What convinces masses are not facts, and not even invented facts, but also the consistency of the system of which they are presumably part." As Velikovsky himself admitted, he was "a ...
... Apocalypse which remain, and which are here gathered under the healing of the Third Cycle, are in a very corrupt and brittle, and greatly tangled and distorted state. The redactor, seeking to end and round off his compilation, seems to have made a violent effort to use the remaining mythological material as a setting of a wealth of religious and eschatological speculation. There is markedly more of this latter endeavour in this last part of the Book of Revelation than in all the previous chapters (excluding i-iii). Besides, the mythological material still at his disposal seems to have been somewhat cruder in parts than that of the First and Second Cycles. Nevertheless the myths of the ...
735. Ezra and Nehemiah in Recent Research [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... shall move from a few general remarks concerning his book to more specific ones while incorporating much of the current research into the Post Exilic Period. Faulstich's book is rather well done considering its fundamentalist point of view regarding the Bible and his idiosyncratic preoccupation with precisely dating every event by means of his computer chronology. While fundamentalist views, academic or religious, can interfere with Biblical interpretation, as do personal idiosyncracies, they do not seem to significantly affect the portion of his study concerning Ezra and Nehemiah which comprises chapters 5 and 6 or pages 98-171. This has as much to do with the straightforwardness of Ezra/Nehemiah as it has to do with Faulstich's presentation of the period. ...
736. The Two Major Censuses in the Book of Numbers [Journals] [Catastrophism & Ancient History]
... preparing to invade Canaan. Both censuses counted the number of males over 20 only. Females and males under 20 were excluded. These censuses were for military purposes and are not to be thought of as economic or population counts, as is common in our time. While these two censuses were neither economic nor demographic, neither were they for religious purposes. The tribe of Levi, the priestly tribe, was excluded entirely, for religious reasons. The censuses are found in the Book of Numbers, chapters 1 and 26, respectively. Table I lists the twelve tribes not in textual order but rather in alphabetical sequence; this is done tor analytical purposes. Several observations need to ...
737. Paradise And Disaster In T. S. Eliot'S "four Quartets" [Journals] [Velikovskian]
... the other hand, Eliot-himself and editor and publisher-was nothing if not deliberate in his choices. The fragmented quality of his verse was undoubtedly an intentional expression of what he perceived as the painful fragmentation of modern life. Since paradox is a persistent feature of Eliot's verse, we should hardly be surprised to encounter overt ambiguity and implicit contradiction in the religious references which most critics have taken to be the primary focus of the Quartets. Familiarity with the explicitly Christian imagery of "Ash Wednesday" and "The Journey of the Magi," combined with such phrases in the Quartets as "a secluded chapel" or "a . . . perpetual angelus," have led those readers to ...
738. Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time [Journals] [Aeon]
... of Edgar Cayce, near-death experiences, the alien abduction phenomenon, witch crazes, the cult of Ayn Rand, holocaust deniers, the Afro-centrist movement, and the Bell Curve. Yet it is the three chapters dealing with so-called scientific creationism, rightly exposed as the epitome of an oxymoron and a wolf in sheep's clothing- i.e . religion posing as science- that stand out. These chapters should be required reading for students everywhere. Chapter 9 describes an evening in debate with Dr. Duane Gish, probably the most famous of the biologists espousing creationist views. Chapter 10 provides a very handy list of 25 leading creationist arguments together with detailed answers to each. Chapter 11 ...
... Staff Lewis Greenberg, Professor of Art History. Moore College of Art (Philadelphia) David Griffard, Associate Professor of Psychology, Community College of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) Robert Hewsen, Professor of History, Glassboro State College (Glassboro, New Jersey) Lynn Rose, Professor of Philosophy, SUNY, Buffalo Warner Sizemore. Assistant Professor of Religion, Glassboro State College (Glassboro, New Jersey; Roger Wescott, Rhodes Scholar, Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics, Drew University (Madison. New Jersey) also Mr. Dominick Carlucci, Jr. Mr. Richard Heinberg Professor Sigmund Kardas Dr. Shane Mage Professor Joseph May Mr. Jan Sammer- others have also been invited to ...
740. Ancient Astronomical Values Revealed in The Book of the Secrets of Enoch [Journals] [Horus]
... description of some of the book's contents: "An account of the mechanism of the world showing the machinery of the Sun and Moon in operation. Astronomy and an interesting ancient calendar." A thoughtful perusal of the entire book leads one to the inescapable conclusion that the author of "Secrets" was not himself an astronomer but merely a religious writer, and that, therefore, the astronomical data presented by him was drawn second-hand from reference sources available in that era. This fact will prove useful in helping to date the time of the book's composition. The astronomical information with which this paper deals is found in Chapters XV and XVI of "Secrets" and I quote the ...
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