“Those who brush off the Biblical accounts as "ancient fiction" and "legends" only reveal their ignorance of these archaeological discoveries.” FictionIgnoranceDiscoveryAccountsAncientLegendsBiblicalBrushesArchaeology Author:Charlie Campbell
“I should describe mine own nature as tripartite, my interests consisting of three parallel and dissociated groups - (a) Love of the strange and fantastic. (b) Love of the abstract truth and of scientific logick. (c) Love of the ancient and the permanent. Sundry combinations of these three strains will probably account for all my odd tastes and eccentricities.” ShouldThreeInterestGroupsMinesStrangeTasteLogicAccountsAncientFantasticCombinationPermanentOddAbstractStrainParallelsEccentricity Author:H. P. Lovecraft
“One of the author's most ancient roles is to call the community to account for its hypocrisies and bad faith.” CommunityRolesAccountsAncientHypocrisy Book:Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings Source: Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings
“What suggests to non-Evangelical scholars that the resurrection narratives contain legendary accounts? First there is a variety of apparent contradictions in the stories which in any ancient narrative would have to arouse the historian's suspicion.” FirstsStoriesReligionAccountsAncientVarietyNarrativeContradictionHistorianResurrectionScholarSuspicionEvangelicalLegendary Book:Beyond Born Again: Toward Evangelical Maturity Source: Beyond Born Again: Toward Evangelical Maturity
“Seeking the Cave is part travelogue, part literary history, and part spiritual journey. James Lenfestey is a lively and entertaining tour guide. Modest, funny, curious, and wide open to the world, he gives us perceptive glimpses of Chinese culture, ancient to contemporary, and into what it means to be a poet, both now and twelve centuries ago. The account of his quest to find Han Shan's cave is a delight from beginning to end.” WorldGivingMeanEndsSpiritualCultureJourneyCenturyPoetAccountsAncientDelightSeekingWideGuidesContemporaryCuriousChineseTwelveEntertainingQuestsModestGlimpseCavesLivelySpiritual JourneyChinese CultureTour Guides Author:Chase Twichell
“In terms of the historical record, I should also point out that there is no account in any ancient source whatsoever about King Herod slaughtering children in or around Bethlehem, or anyplace else. No other author, biblical or otherwise, mentions this event. Is it, like John's account of Jesus' death, a detail made up by Matthew in order to make some kind of theological point?” ShouldKindChildrenMadeOrderJesusTermRecordsEventsSourceKingsAccountsHistoricalAncientDetailsBiblicalTheologicalMatthewBethlehemHerodJesus Death Author:Bart D. Ehrman
“[To the cultures of Asia and the continent of Africa] it is the Western impact which has stirred up the winds of change and set the processes of modernization in motion. Education brought not only the idea of equality but also another belief which we used to take for granted in the West-the idea of progress, the idea that science and technology can be used to better human conditions. In ancient society, men tended to believe themselves fortunate if tomorrow was not worse than today and anyway, there was little they could do about it.” IfsMenBelieveHumansLittlesIdeasTodayScienceUsedCultureBeliefProcessTechnologyProgressConditionsWindTomorrowAccountsImpactWestWesternAncientGrantedFortunateHuman ConditionContinentsAsiaScience And TechnologyModernizationWinds Of Change Author:Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
“I believe in logic, the sequence of cause and effect, and in science its only begotten son our law, which was conceived by the ancient Greeks, thrived under Isaac Newton, suffered under Albert Einstein... That fragment of a 'creed for materialism' which a friend in college had once shown him rose through Donald's confused mind.” MindBelieveLawScienceI BelieveCausesEffectsCollegeSonLogicAccountsRoseAncientI Believe InGreekConfusedMaterialismCreedsFragmentsSequenceNewtonCause And EffectAncient GreekIsaacConfused Mind Author:John Brunner