100 Historical Things, Number 48

I expect you've all heard the discussion that's been going on about the so-called 'wife of Jesus' fragment that was meant to be a genuine artefact attesting a Dan Brown style Jesus scoop. Right?

Well, I am thoroughly amused to see that it has been proved to be a fake rather easilyThis was also interesting to me ( Read more... )

100 Historical Things, Number 42

A while ago I briefly posted a link to a story about Neolithic 'matches' being misinterpreted as phallic symbols with a religious context. It's a fun story,[1] but I also found it interesting because when archaeologists explain an item by way of a religious function, I am always immediately suspicious ( Read more... )

Happy Star Wars Day ( Read more... )

Apparently, Richard Dawkins is going to be in an episode of Dr Who (the current series). Well, I didn't know that. Check out Wikipedia for more information on guest stars and the like.

Also, Channel 4 is going to have an English Civil War drama out this autumn, and Sam Tyler the Master John Simm is in it. For more, look at this Guardian report and ( Read more... )

I just briefly want to express disappointment that the Arts and Books (Telegraph supplement) this week had a general review of Christmas books instead of the in-depth reviews I usually read with my bacon on a Sunday, leaving me to chew along to the digital life and arty sections ( Read more... )

The first one (from ladyshrew was just fun - a proper quiz, occasionally with silly alternative answers but often with genuine ones. I remember the Bible, yay :)

You know the Bible 98%!

Wow! You are awesome! You are a true Biblical scholar, not just a hearer but a personal reader! The books, the characters, the events, the verses - you know it all! ( Read more... )

Or whatever you want to call it. Anyway, I have a question, and it would be nice to get as many views as possible.

How do you decide what is right and wrong? Is it dictated specifically by some sort of doctrine, or what? If you don't e.g. follow a religion, then do you think about where your sense of right and wrong comes from? What do you ( Read more... )

Well, I've just been thinking about religious symbolism ( Read more... )

Perperuna is an ancient Slavic goddess who makes it rain - by miling her heavenly cows :)

Sorry, I just had to share that with you. Damn you, Wikipedia.

I was just trying to think if I could think up a sort of universal moral code ( Read more... )