amonhotep iv, one of egypt's most famous pharaohs, has been composer of hymns in praise of the sun or sun god, which remains in inscriptions from fourteenth century bc. amonhoteb stone inscription is the oldest document in which, at the first time, he has invited people to monotheism. mehr yasht is second long yasht, in praise of sun, mehr or sun god, remains from one thousand years bc. th...

muslim theologians in the holy quran and the practice of what he describes as an alternative or used god's name, name (plural nouns) is called god. whether the names and attributes of god referred to in the qur'an, the sunnah and the consensus is not seized or the names of allah, is bound to be mentioned in the sources,among the important difference scholars of the islamic world, espe...

The Spider Woman or Grandmother Spider legends are part of the creation mythology for several southwestern American Indian tribes, including the Hopi, Pueblo, and Navajo. One story says that in the beginning of time only two beings existed: Tawa, the Sun God, with the powers of all that is above; and Spider Woman, the Earth Goddess, with the powers of all that is below. The Sun God imagined the...

A Introduction or inclusio (v. 1a): “Bless the Lord, O my soul” B Day One (vv. 1b– 2a): praise and theophany; “Y , my God” C Day Two (vv. 2b– 4): emphasis upon the wind, spirit, or breath (Heb. rûaḥ, two times) D Day Three (vv. 5– 18): emphasis upon the deep, sea waters, and the springs E Day Four (vv. 19– 24): moon, sun, and climactic exultation90 D’ Day Five (vv. 25, 26): emphasis upon the se...

We see the Sun, Moon. and stars in the heavens as if placed on the inside of a sphere. But even early man had ideas about the distances to these heavenly objects. The Greek philosopher Anaxagoras living in Athens 2500 years ago claimed that the Sun is a fiery rock larger than the whole Peloponnesian peninsula. This implies a distance to the Sun larger than 20,000 km. Anaxagoras. however, was ac...

In past centuries, the evidence for God's existence seemed direct because a spiritual being was the only way to make sense of our world in its exquisite detail, beauty, and purpose. For uncountable millennia, it seemed obvious that the rising sun required a God to pull it across the sky. Springtime buds and flowers somehow had the spirit of an all-powerful God, who controlled the entire world a...