This post is about “The Book of Parables” and things in it that stood out to me. This is the second of 5 books known as the book of Enoch. (Also called the Similitudes of Enoch) Chapter 39 talks about a holy race of beings who can impregnate. Chapter 39 1In those days shall the elect and […]
This post is about “The Book of the Watchers” and things in it that stood out to me. This is the first of 5 books known as the book of Enoch. Chapter 6 talks about what caused the flood. It also gives the names of the angels involved. It talks about angels having feelings and […]
During the six day, annual Urs festival, commemorating the death of the Sufi saint, thousands of Sufi holy men make pilgrimages to attend the historic festival each year in Ajmer, a city in Rajasthan, India. To show devotion to their faith, the holy men stick swords behind their eyeballs to make them pop out. Celebrations […]
Rouketopolemos (“rocket war”) is the name of the event held annually in the town of Vrontados on the Greek island of Chios. At midnight before Orthodox Easter Sunday [as defined by the Julian calendar], two rival church congregations, (St. Mark’s and Panaghia Ereithiani.), perform a “rocket war” by firing over 50,000 handmade rockets at each […]
This was a very subtle transition of understanding. When I was secular, I believed that people were responsible for their own actions but when I became a Christian this was slowly replaced with a new and more dangerous form of understanding, that God is to blame for everything. I found that most people that call […]
Some religious groups are forcing faith healing in states such as Idaho, which offers protection from prosecution for religious rights. Nearly 200 victims in Idaho, (infants, children and teens), have died while being denied medical treatment by parents demanding faith healing only. Others are suffering from long-term complications due to lack of treatment. Mariah Walton’s […]
This seems counterintuitive, that love is not for everyone, but it’s something you learn as a Christian. From the outside looking in you most likely think that we are all about love, but you would be mistaken. Don’t get me wrong, I believe Jesus is all about love but what we are talking about in […]
