What does the word "holy" mean?
These are a couple of definitions from Websters:
1. Properly, whole, entire or perfect, in a moral sense. Hence, pure in heart, temper or dispositions; free from sin and sinful affections. Applied to the Supreme Being, holy signifies perfectly pure, immaculate and complete in moral character; and man is more or less holy, as his heart is more or less sanctified, or purified from evil dispositions. We call a man holy,when his heart is conformed in some degree to the image of God, and his life is regulated by the divine precepts. Hence, holy is used as nearly synonymous with good, pious, godly.
Be ye holy; for I am holy. 1 Pet 1. (KJV)
2. Hallowed; consecrated or set apart to a sacred use, or to the service or worship of God; a sense frequent in Scripture; as the holy sabbath; holy oil; holy vessels; a holy nation; the holy temple; a holy priesthood.
So holy is either in reference to a sinless, perfect Supreme being or people or items that are set apart for a specific use. The second part therefore answers the question that holy and sacred do in fact come from the flow of historical events.
2007-11-23 14:27:02
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answered by Acts 4:12 6
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Cow acts as a surrogate mom via offering milk to human beings for the entire lifestyles. So the cow is the mummy of the international. traditionally, India has been an agricultural based society and the main important faith being Hinduism. human beings have been often vegetarian and milk, butter curd formed the important nutrition resource. different than for milk, cow dung is probable the appropriate manure for flowers, repels mosquitoes or perhaps the dried cow dung is an exceedingly good gas for burning. The actual capability of Cows/bulls/ox have been extensively utilized to drag agricultural equipments. they are even used to drag small carts for transportation. Having a huge style of cows became a mirrored photograph of status and prosperity. Cows have been quite taken care of like a kin member and regarded upon with tremendous understand interior the Hindu society. Donating a cow to a foul guy or woman became considered to be an exceedingly good deed. besides maximum Indian cow's in basic terms stay to inform the story on eco-friendly grass it truly is besides unfastened interior the tremendous open fields of India. In tremendous epics there's a undeniable place for a undeniable cow stated as “kamadhenu” which fulfills each want of somebody. From then, cows are consistently being worshiped in India.
2017-01-06 01:21:51
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answered by Anonymous
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Walk from Seminary Ridge to Cemetery Ridge on the Gettysburg battlefield and come back and tell me that historical events don't make places sacred
2007-11-23 14:32:11
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answered by Anonymous
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because of religious reasonings and yes historical events do come into play into what is holy and what isnt
2007-11-23 14:18:03
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answered by JFK fan--(Hug Brigade) 4
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They are Holy if God makes them Holy.
2007-11-23 14:22:19
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answered by Chloe 4
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God decided what is/was Holy a long.long time ago.
2007-11-23 14:18:01
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answered by paula r 7
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all i know is someone sitting on high chair with higher authority said tat... u r a rebel ah..
2007-11-23 14:21:09
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answered by Anonymous
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Huh?
2007-11-23 14:17:22
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answered by Anonymous
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