INDEX Apple of Gold, amazing to behold We all know about the great war of troy. But what we do not know is where all these started from or who initiated it in the first place. The fall of Troy and Paris is not unheard of. Paris abducting the wife of Menelaus, Helen-the most beautiful woman on the earth, ignited the Trojan War. True, but that is only half the story. It all started with a golden apple. A question may arise, how come a golden apple has the power to start a war that people will never forget? Let's get a little more of the story. The back-drop It all began with a banquet on Mount Olympus that Zeus was holding. It was in the celebration of mortal Peleus and the sea nymph-Thetis getting married. Each God was invited to the banquet except Eris. Eris, the Goddess of strife and discord, did not get the invitation by Zeus because of her nature. The rage Once she found out about her being the only uninvited among all the Gods and Goddesses of Mou...
Purpose governs human life from start to finish. Religion provides this purpose by giving people something to hold on to in a fast-paced and changing world. The substratum of religion was science and logic. For example, reading the Quran five times a day was initiated to bring about more peace because everyone needed to forsake violence during the Salah. Fasting and penance practiced since time immemorial in several religions are now recognized by science as a way to detoxify our body. More often than not, religion and science are thought to be contradictory when they can and have co-existed beautifully for aeons. Science believes in order and practicality related to our surroundings and daily processes while religion believes in the one who maintains that order and carries out the processes. As we can see, these two beliefs are not very distant. This provides the base for the thought that the boundaries between religion and science can sometimes become a bit blurry. Something li...
Background If you have read our previous article , by now, you may have got the idea that John had been with Jesus for three years during His ministry on the earth. After the Jews and Romans crucified Jesus together, God raised Jesus from death on the third day. There were more than 500 people who met Jesus after He resurrected from the dead. Jesus' disciples, including John, witnessed His ascension to heaven after Jesus spent 40 days with them after His resurrection. Then happened a series of historical events in Israel that included political and spiritual revolution. John was one of the strong pillars of the early church that witnessed innumerable miracles and healings of the sick. After that came a great turning point for the world that we can trace to the hospitals, educational systems, and all kinds of charities. Societies began to reform, women began to be given equal positions in society, and many other life transformations took place. The work that Christ began in His d...
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