Russophiles and those terrified of alienating the Big Russian Bear in 2013, after the heart of the former Soviet Empire survived the fall of the Berlin Wall and later dismemberment, claim that the nation known as the Ukraine has always been a part of Russia. This is a lie. The Ukraine has been inhabited for …
Contents 1. Jesus 2. Santa Claus 3. Megyn Kelly 4. Bibliography 5. End Notes Jesus When little children enter into Sunday school classrooms, dressed with smiles and bows, gleaming bright eyes and eager inquisitive minds, they see a plastic patented present-day image of a young white male with long light-brown hair, glistening eyes, and …
© 2013 Arthur Frederick Ide. Contents I. Abstract II. Background III. Introduction IV. Antecedents V. Anticedents VI. Precursory Thesis VII. Education in the Balance: All Schools are not Alike VIII. Lively’s War against LGBTI and Human Rights IX. Mistranslations, Misinterpretations and Misreadings to Suppress Human Rights X. Incest is a Family Affairs: How Sex is …
Armageddon: from Reality to Political Terrorism in the name of Religion Contents 1. Abstract 2. Thesis 3. Evidence (Textual Criticism: Greek, English, Spanish) 4. Antecedents (in Vogue Today) 5. Mistranslation, Misinterpretation, Misuse of Language in Quest of Propagandizing a perspective that is unhistorical 6. Conclusion 7. Recommendations 8. Bibliography 9. End Notes Abstract The …
Christmas is considered a time of families being together, sharing drink, food, dance, and various pleasures–but this has never been the rule for all nor the fortune for everyone, as religions have held it captive, deprived it of its temporal joys, and denied the reality of peace and harmony.
John of Patmos is said to be the author of Revelation: the book of the End of Time. Many argue that he wrote it from having two dreams: a worldwide war, and the end of the world. It is not a unique story, nor are the characters within it from the Beast with seven heads (the goddess Tiamat) to the horsemen. This essay fleshes out the original essay on the Apocalypse: a nightmare, and looks closely at mistranslations that have occurred since the second century with every cult wanting its own Bible to defend its position, as with Jehovah’s Witnesses to suicide cults: Jonestown, Heaven’s Gate, and others. The real question is: was John of Patmos Island sane?
As the economic well-being of any people plunges, starvation and unemployment skyrockets, many will seek out demigods and dictators or turn to religion for temporary euphora. Some will argue that bad times are the sign of End Times and an Apocalypse is near. Is the Apocalypse fact or fiction? Here is the judgment of history, texts, and scholars.