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Posts about religion, skepticism, and how it fits into the scientific world.
Vestal Virgins were prominent members of ancient Roman society
I first heard the term "Vestal Virgins" in the 1967 film Cassino Royale. I did not think much about it even though I have watched the movie at least 25 times and heard the character of Mata Hari's daughter (Joanne Pettit) utter these two words every time. Recently I was watching the 1932 version of The Mummy and a male character mentioned the Vestal Virgins. This time I was curious about these women so I decided to find out all I could about them. It is said that in ancient Rome, the Vestals or Vestal Virgins were priestesses of Vesta, who was the mytohological goddess of the hearth.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Futurism
Gods Listening
Now, I'm not one to push my religious beliefs on anyone, I'll leave that task for my father's oldest brother. Myself and the rest of my siblings were raised to devote Evangelical Lutherans as I'm quite positive my father's family was as well. Mom, on the other hand, was raised catholic she even went to Catholic school, when she told her parents she was marrying a Lutheran and that she was converting they said they would not be present at the wedding. Now I don't recall seeing any pictures of my grandparents Stueber at the church per se but I did see pictures of them at the reception which was held at their farm. Mom would never admit when I was growing up that she came from a higher middle class than my father's family, but, I am fairly certain she was. When my family left California and relocated back to Wisconsin we stayed with mom's parents for a short period of time. Within the first few days of my father and myself arriving, Grandpa had to show dad his latest and greatest new prized possession, his new toy a brand new John Deere combine, my ears were really good back then, I may not have been able to quite grasp what $100,000.00 in terms of money costs really was, but I knew it was a lot of money in 1970. Nowadays that cost would be closer to $600,000.00. Yikes! So, yes, they had money, my uncles used to say Grandpa, the "old man' to them probably had a shitload of money buried in the back yard behind the house.
By dees Hintz5 years ago in Futurism
Realization and church
Week Five A return to church, the same but way different I went back to a church this week. In some ways, it was remarkably similar to what I had just left. Yet it was so vastly different. I went with a friend because I was not sure that I would be able to go through the service without a panic attack, but I did not want it to have that kind of power over me either. It was beautiful. It was held in the high church fashion, the incense, and the sense of awe that comes from the early century worship style. It was all in English. I did not have to struggle to understand what was happening around me. People wanted to be there, and they were not in fear of what would happen if they said the wrong prayer or were not in perfect cadence with the people around them.
By Cori Melton5 years ago in Futurism
Confucianism
Ancient China became the great behemoth of the east following the guidance of three ancient teachings: Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Originally, I had planned to put all three into this article, but I realized that to get a true understanding of each, this would be far too long. Instead, each will get its own article and we shall begin with Confucianism. We will start our exploration of Confucius and the philosophy that he developed with some tales…
By Nicole "ChaseThePen" Sanchez5 years ago in Futurism
