Arts & Humanities - 6 May 2007

The Universe is so immense that we are completly insignificant in this context.
Is the song of Kansas right?

2007-05-06 12:16:17 · 7 answers · asked by Lost. at. Sea. 7 in Philosophy

2007-05-06 12:12:59 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

2007-05-06 12:08:53 · 1 answers · asked by cr 1 in History

2007-05-06 11:42:16 · 4 answers · asked by Serafin C 1 in Philosophy

2007-05-06 11:35:48 · 17 answers · asked by Striker 5 in Philosophy

If Jesus actually existed and did all the miraculous things he is said to have done then surely many people would have written about it during and immediately following Jesus' life. Writing was common at the time, yet an extensive search by many scholars over centuries has turned up nothing. The very few references to Jesus that allegedly date back to his lifetime are clearly forgeries, forged no doubt hundreds of years later by people who realized this embarrassing lack of evidence needed to be rectified (see Joseph Wheless Forgery in Christianity).

Even if we ignore the evidence that they are forgeries, the very small number of these questionably authentic writings that allegedly date back to his alleged lifetime are still far too few. There should be a huge wealth of writing about this person that was written during his lifetime.

Jesus allegedly had crowds of thousands follow him around. Once he fed 5000 people with only a few loaves of bread and a couple of fish (Mark 6:39-44). Later he repeated the miracle again feeding a crowd of 4000 people (Mark 8:1-9). Jesus cured sick people miraculously and raised people from the dead. He changed water into wine at a wedding reception. He exorcised demons. He commanded 2000 pigs to rush into a lake and drown themselves, inciting the people of the nearby town and countryside, who asked him to leave. (No mention is made of what happened to the poor pig hearder whose livelihood must have been ruined. Mark 5:1-20).

Wherever Jesus went a crowd gathered and wondered in amazement who this person was. Jesus was a very controversial person. Finally he got himself into so much trouble that huge crowds of Jews demanded his execution. There was a controversial trial followed by his public execution. Three days later he is seen walking around alive again. And no one wrote any of this down when it allegedly happened?

Even the earliest full account of Jesus in the Bible, the Gospel of Mark, is admitted by the Catholic Church to date to at least A.D. 70, a full 40 years after Jesus' alleged death and resurrection. (Mark makes reference to an event that happened around A.D. 70, so it could not have been written any earlier. Modern scholars now date the Gospels as being written near A.D. 170, a full 140 years after the alleged event, since no one makes any reference to a Gospel of Mark, or any other Gospel, prior to this time.)

It's inconceivable that no one at the time bothered to write down anything about the most important person in the whole of human history. Writing was common back then. People wrote letters. Historians wrote commentaries on current events. The Romans wrote and kept legal documents about trials. It's considered one of the best documented periods of history. Yet no one wrote anything about this Jesus; no one painted a portrait of this Jesus; no one drew a sketch of this Jesus; no one cast a coin depicting this Jesus; no one made a statue of this Jesus; no one makes any reference whatsoever to this Jesus. The historical evidence is overwhelming—the Jesus of the Bible never existed.

2007-05-06 11:25:47 · 7 answers · asked by NONAME 3 in History

What do you like most about her writing style?

2007-05-06 11:24:57 · 1 answers · asked by Reserved 6 in Books & Authors

i just need to know what events occurred

2007-05-06 11:23:57 · 3 answers · asked by i hEarT pOnieS xOx 1 in History

invisible man by Ralph Ellison
relate book to history of slaves or blacks
relate book to philosophy of them feeling invisible

2007-05-06 11:21:52 · 4 answers · asked by hellohello 1 in History

and what can you do with it?

2007-05-06 11:18:38 · 7 answers · asked by NA N 1 in Philosophy

what do you think? is there anything that really doesnt come to an end? i know life does obviouly so things like friendship will come to an end becuase you will be dead but i mean can things last forever like friendship until you die? could you have a friend that you have know for years and NEVER EVER fall out and not be friends. in my opinion all good things do come to an end as i have found out quite recently in my life and i doubt that all bad things come to an end the way i'm feeling and what's going on in my life.

2007-05-06 11:02:54 · 10 answers · asked by g 3 in Philosophy

My range is from E below middle C, to the C above middle C. From the middle G to the high C is really weak. I've been practing scales in that range for the past two months. The notes are less strained and my range has imporved, but they don't sound any stronger. I have good breath support. (They don't sound strong when I lay down either) How can I get the high part of my range to sound firm and stong? I heard lip buzzes might help? Will this correct itself with scales?

2007-05-06 11:02:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Performing Arts

I'm doing my essay

2007-05-06 11:02:05 · 3 answers · asked by old_nite2400 1 in History

2007-05-06 10:59:58 · 18 answers · asked by and zee says 1 in History

I am writing a story about the triangle shirtwaist factory fire. towards the end a character is driven half mad with grief and stabs himself with a hat pin. would this kill him? i want to make my story believable and accurate.

2007-05-06 10:59:35 · 8 answers · asked by filmnoirgirl16 3 in Books & Authors

also what are 5 examples that that show that the city of Alexandria was a mizture of peoples and cultures?

2007-05-06 10:55:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

Do you agree with me?

2007-05-06 10:55:34 · 12 answers · asked by ME 4 in Philosophy

Do you think that saying is true? Does this seem to be the case for you? What have you waited for and the outcome was good? What are you still waiting for?

2007-05-06 10:54:09 · 16 answers · asked by ME 4 in Philosophy

just want to see how far our imagination can stretch w/o thinking logically

2007-05-06 10:49:23 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy

we get along really well in most aspects.
but im a libra and air and water aernt soppossed to go together, so why do we click so much?
oh and my brother is a scorpio too we used to get in fights when we were younger but as we matured we became best friends,
and i mostly get asked out by scorpios, leos, and geminis.

2007-05-06 10:49:00 · 4 answers · asked by The Truth 2 in Philosophy

2007-05-06 10:45:25 · 5 answers · asked by leebech56 2 in Philosophy

2007-05-06 10:43:14 · 2 answers · asked by DDOD 1 in Books & Authors

2007-05-06 10:37:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

2007-05-06 10:33:36 · 6 answers · asked by mm01 2 in History

I am on lead guitar and my sister is on rhythm guitar. Keep in mind that this is a school thing and i am 14 and shes 25. We're having trouble deciding on what to wear and i need some opinions.

2007-05-06 10:28:38 · 9 answers · asked by Cthulhu 1 in Performing Arts

In the most general sense? Is deciding between options something that can be done at different levels of sophistication, complexity and detail? How?

2007-05-06 10:28:35 · 7 answers · asked by Stan S 1 in Philosophy

I am confused by all the different languages that sprang up.
It seems there is information about europe and the speaking of Latin, and then all of the sudden all info I read just refers to languages like French, German, English, without detailing how those languages started.

2007-05-06 10:26:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in History

2007-05-06 10:24:47 · 5 answers · asked by TG79 5 in History

Not all, but a lot of southerners, still refer to us by "damn yankees" and such. I mean, get over it.

2007-05-06 10:22:35 · 14 answers · asked by WHAt?!?!?! 1 in History

"More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones."

2007-05-06 10:21:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Philosophy