In all likelihood, the “Holy Stares” was another instance of “pious fraud”. Marble was not a common building material in the Roman province of Judea. The palace was originally built by King Herod, who would not have used marble. Besides, the Romans had thoroughly destroyed Jerusalem in 70 CE. And it is highly unlikely for Helena to have located the steps some 250 years later.
Category: Spiritual
The story of Jesus Christ does not actually take place on the Earth. It lies up above in the starry night sky. The entire story is an allegory rooted in the annual movement of the Sun (of God) through the 12 Zodiacal constellations as conceived by ancient astrology.
The Zodiac represented the complete story of the life of “God’s Sun.” Since the vertical and horizontal lines quartering the Zodiac made the symbol of the cross, it may be said that the life of “God’s Sun” was on “the Cross.”
In spite of all the scientific progress he has achieved, the modern man is still in search of objective answers to those fundamental questions of life that had troubled the mind of the primitive man. No wonder, he continues to live in the fear of gods and sticks to those ancient rites and rituals to keep the gods in good humour.
“The Bible may be an arresting and poetic work of fiction, but it is not the sort of book you should give your children to form their morals”(Richard Dawkins, ‘The God Delusion’) There are two ways in which scripture might become a source of guidance for moral living. One of it is through the instructions […]
“He is not here. See the place where they laid him.” (Mark 16:6) Prologue Going by biblical narrative, Jesus was crucified, along with two criminals, on the orders of Pontius Pilate, the then administrator of Roman occupied Judea. Jesus died at about three o’clock in the afternoon. Since the next day was Sabbath, the divinely […]
“I confess my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin” (Psalm 38:18) Confessing sins to the clergy is a practice in some Christian denominations. Disclosures made by the penitents to a priest are to remain a secret with the priest to be buried with him in the grave. Maybe, this was the case in the […]
“Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.” ― O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi Introduction Buddha lived sometime during the period 563-483 BCE. Only isolated events from the period before he attained enlightenment have been preserved. Also, some parts of the stories about his early life might be […]
“This whole universe is Brahman. In Tranquility, let one worship It, As that from which he came forth, As that into which he will be dissolved, As that in which he breathes.” – Chandogya Upanishad 3.14.1 Introduction Everything in the world is made from smaller pieces. For example, a car is made from metal pieces that are […]
“Every man makes a god of his own desire” – Virgil Introduction Schoolchildren waiting at a bus stop were run over by a speeding bus. A photograph of that accident scene appeared on the front page of next day’s newspapers. It showed many people struggling to pull out the dead and wounded children from underneath […]
