name Iraq comes from a large cliff called al-Iraq. The familiar Garden of Eden is an ancient term of “edin,” referring to the fertile grasslands and alluvial plains around the meeting of the Tigris and Euphrates. The confluence of these two mighty rivers is also what gave rise to the name Mesopotamia: the Greek name for the area that literally translates to the land in the middle of two rivers. Mesopotamia, Babylonia, and Sumer: these were the first civilizations on the planet. Irbil, a city most people have not heard of, is the oldest continually inhabited town in the world. Wood… Continue Reading...
of human problems. Upon sinning, Adam and Eve were kicked out of the Garden of Eden, and condemned to a life of pain, hard work, illness, and eventually death (Wiegel & Prud’homme, 2015).
Jesus
As mentioned earlier, Jesus is one of the three forms of God. The Bible describes Him as the son of God (John 3: 14). To bring man closer to Himself, God sent Jesus to die for man’s sins. By suffering humiliation, dying on the cross, and resurrecting on the third day, Jesus bridged the gap between God and humans. This makes Jesus central to the Christian worldview. Indeed, the… Continue Reading...
passed from Adam to all human beings, resulting from the sin engaged by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. The sin is naturally adapted to every born human being, born of Adam being the initial sinner.
• Fundamentalism: Fundamentalism is a 20th-century religious movement emphasizing on a strict belief in the literal understanding and interpretation of the religious texts.
• Heresy: Heresy is a theory that is developed to be at strong variance with any sort of religious custom and beliefs. Heresy is a strong violation that is directed at critical religious teachings and beliefs, and its related general ideas especially held towards Christianity, Islam, and… Continue Reading...
darkness, the creation of Adam, and the exile from the Garden of Eden. The centrals are framed by a painted architectural framework that adds dimension onto dimension, and the images therein are of Old Testament prophets and pagan sibyls -- both of whom, according to the Roman Catholic tradition, foretold the coming of Christ. Thus, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is painted to commemorate the pre-History of Christ -- the back story, so to speak, of Christian salvation. Just as one can study the architecture framework of a building to understand how it stands upright, so too one can… Continue Reading...
