[First posted in 2015; ‘lashon hara’ is the Hebrew equivalent for evil speech or evil tongue. How do we know if we’re guilty of such?—Admin1.] ————————- A ‘search term’ most frequently entered in this website is the phrase “uncircumcised lips”. And of course, we do have a post with that phrase in the […]
Read more[First posted December 29, 2013; reposting on the occasion of the writer’s death anniversary on December 30, 1896, the date he was executed by firing squad upon being accused of treason by Spanish colonial authorities.–Admin1] ——————————– “Through reasoning and by necessity, rather than faith, do I firmly believe in the existence of a […]
Read more“From Moses [of the Torah] to Moses [Maimonides] there was none like Moses.” Who was Maimonides? “If one did not know that Maimonides was the name of a man, Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote, one would assume it was the name of a university. The writings and achievements of this twelfthcentury Jewish sage seem […]
Read more[First posted in 2013. We are into what might be called the “days of darkness” — Halloween, All Souls Day, where imaginary creatures, ghosts and spirits, figures characterizing evil and darkness dominate the thematic landscape. We will repost a series of articles connected with this theme of “dark forces”. This is an excellent article […]
Read more[First posted during the Christmas season, year 2017. Why are we posting an article like this which goes against everything we believe in and teach in this website? For one, it comes from a Christian-Messianic pastor/teacher who first corrected our ‘wrong’ Christian orientation for decades that we believed and trusted in his personal research and deviation […]
Read more[First posted in December 2014, time for a revisit. If God-the-Son was supposedly born on December 25 coincidental with the birth of the worshipped sun-god Mithra, then his virgin mother would have conceived nine-months before which would be timed about April of that year on the Gregorian calendar which would be . . . well […]
Read more[A revisit, first posted December 26,2012, reposted 2015. You might be surprised at the answer to the title’s question.—Admin1] ——————– S6K: “Christ-mas” by the very name of this holiday is all about the “Christ”. But where does that term come from and what does it mean? Online Etymology Dictionary explains: [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=christ] Christ – […]
Read more[First posted in 2012 and reposted every season when the Filipino tradition of “simbang gabi” or midnight mass begins with the ringing of church bells. ‘Tis the season to remind one and all to respect one another’s freedom to practice his/her religion of choice.—Admin1.] ———————————- Q: Do Sinaites celebrate Christmas? A: Sure . […]
Read more[First posted August 13, 2014. We are into the ‘season of light’, more like the season of artificial lights. Man-made spectacles using light dominate this month of December—enjoyable, impressive maybe, but never reaching the level of “awesome” even if that word is quite overused and in fact badly or wrongly or mindlessly used. What exactly […]
Read more[First posted in 2012; ‘dated’ with the release of Iphone 5; then reposted in 2015 when Iphone 6 came out, followed by more iPhone upgrades 6+ and 6S+ and now we’re into iPhone7 (update 2018: iPhone 8 & 10) and iWatch and who knows what newer more fantabulous techtoys we will yet be tempted […]
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