"Primary sources are the raw materials of history — original documents and objects which were created at the time under study. They are different from secondary sources, accounts, or interpretations of events created by someone without firsthand experience"
You can look at the end of this blog and cited is the source from which this definition was gathered, anytime you are researching something you need to be extremely careful to make sure that the information that you are citing can be verified through primary sources. Meaning that our source is not derived from some random article, from the History Channel, or some other blog. Instead, you should aim to verify the source from which even the History Channel or Blog received the information and whether or not that source is even a primary source. The lack of verification of primary sources leads to the spreading of false information, especially in terms of history where many people are extremely opinionated.
This is exactly what has happened to the modern myths associated with Easter and the pagan traditions. We have many articles, blogs, and even “trusted” television shows that continue to spread the myth that Easter has pagan origins, let's take a look at some of the claims and see if they can be verified through primary or contemporary sources.
People ask, “Did the sun really stand still like the Bible says it did?” Well, God, who made all things from nothing and spoke into existence the things that prior to that speech did not exist (Romans 4:17) is able to do whatever He so pleases in heaven and on earth (Psalm 115:3). In worshipful adoration, we ask together with all the believers of all time, “Is anything too hard for God” (Genesis 18:14)? So, the answer to that first question above is “yes.” But that “yes” does not entail all kinds of odd hypotheses about which the Divine and human authors never intended to address in that passage (or many others like it) in the first place.
Too often, Christians think in terms of surface, rather than substance. If we could move beyond the surface to the real thing, the real issue underneath, then our discussions would be much more fruitful, and we wouldn’t talk past each other so much. When you say something enough times, and you hear it often enough, then you start to really believe that that thing truly is what it sounds like.
It was the Fall of 1934 and the United States was at the peak of the Great Depression. The roaring twenties brought a time of plenty, a bountiful harvest; all things Americana climbed upwards, soaring towards the heavens – it seemed like nothing could stop us. Economic prosperity in the form of GDP nearly doubled during the roaring twenties but American prosperity seemed to overstep its bounds as it came to a halt when the stock market crashed in 1929. In an act of God, America was cast down from the heavens. America was dethroned; the economic impact left a lasting impression on the face of the modern industrialized world. Like the serpent cast to the earth, American prosperity and beauty took a sheer turn and looked for something to devour. What once proudly walked the garden, now slithered in secret; for humility always comes with a cost.
In wake of the Great Depression America was left to slither, and just as the serpent could feel where its legs once were, when you move your hand over America’s past history the scars of prosperity can still be felt today. What is it that scars show? New skin being torn, freshness being purged, pleasure replaced with pain, renewal through imperfection? The very scar shows the fruit of uncertainty, even our very own DNA cannot rebuild our skin to look exactly as it once did prior to its destruction. It was this uncertainty that every American could feel during the rebuilding of scar tissue after the wound the Great Depression left.
The Amish started off in Europe, during the reformation period as the Ana-Baptists (the Re-Baptized). At the time this was a group of “radical reformists” who rejected the belief in infant baptism and the involvement of the state in church affairs. The Anabaptists believe that individuals needed to make the choice to serve Christ and only then should they be baptized, as an adult. The Anabaptists also believed that the “world” is non-Christian and that they need to live separated from the “worldly” and conformed to the nature of Christ. They abandon all war, strife, and taking of human life….
That is why we see today that many people are stating that Christianity is just another cult, that is a dangerous offshoot of meaninglessness. That there is no God or ultimate form of truth, and that Christianity is offensive to the freedoms of sex, love, and gender. It is now being used as a gaslighting term with no actual basis of consistent morality or logic. This is the danger of the secular world trying to capitalize on the definition of cults and the highfalutin Sociologists analyzing what is and what is not dangerous.
As of June 2019, Gallup reports that while 33% of Americans believe UFOs represent alien spacecraft, 68% believe that the government knows more than they are letting on...
"Primary sources are the raw materials of history — original documents and objects which were created at the time under study. They are different from secondary sources, accounts, or interpretations of events created by someone without firsthand experience"
You can look at the end of this blog and cited is the source from which this definition was gathered, anytime you are researching something you need to be extremely careful to make sure that the information that you are citing can be verified through primary sources. Meaning that our source is not derived from some random article, from the History Channel, or some other blog. Instead, you should aim to verify the source from which even the History Channel or Blog received the information and whether or not that source is even a primary source. The lack of verification of primary sources leads to the spreading of false information, especially in terms of history where many people are extremely opinionated.
This is exactly what has happened to the modern myths associated with Easter and the pagan traditions. We have many articles, blogs, and even “trusted” television shows that continue to spread the myth that Easter has pagan origins, let's take a look at some of the claims and see if they can be verified through primary or contemporary sources.
People ask, “Did the sun really stand still like the Bible says it did?” Well, God, who made all things from nothing and spoke into existence the things that prior to that speech did not exist (Romans 4:17) is able to do whatever He so pleases in heaven and on earth (Psalm 115:3). In worshipful adoration, we ask together with all the believers of all time, “Is anything too hard for God” (Genesis 18:14)? So, the answer to that first question above is “yes.” But that “yes” does not entail all kinds of odd hypotheses about which the Divine and human authors never intended to address in that passage (or many others like it) in the first place.
Too often, Christians think in terms of surface, rather than substance. If we could move beyond the surface to the real thing, the real issue underneath, then our discussions would be much more fruitful, and we wouldn’t talk past each other so much. When you say something enough times, and you hear it often enough, then you start to really believe that that thing truly is what it sounds like.
It was the Fall of 1934 and the United States was at the peak of the Great Depression. The roaring twenties brought a time of plenty, a bountiful harvest; all things Americana climbed upwards, soaring towards the heavens – it seemed like nothing could stop us. Economic prosperity in the form of GDP nearly doubled during the roaring twenties but American prosperity seemed to overstep its bounds as it came to a halt when the stock market crashed in 1929. In an act of God, America was cast down from the heavens. America was dethroned; the economic impact left a lasting impression on the face of the modern industrialized world. Like the serpent cast to the earth, American prosperity and beauty took a sheer turn and looked for something to devour. What once proudly walked the garden, now slithered in secret; for humility always comes with a cost.
In wake of the Great Depression America was left to slither, and just as the serpent could feel where its legs once were, when you move your hand over America’s past history the scars of prosperity can still be felt today. What is it that scars show? New skin being torn, freshness being purged, pleasure replaced with pain, renewal through imperfection? The very scar shows the fruit of uncertainty, even our very own DNA cannot rebuild our skin to look exactly as it once did prior to its destruction. It was this uncertainty that every American could feel during the rebuilding of scar tissue after the wound the Great Depression left.
Manipulators emphasize a particular type of loyalty: loyalty to a person more so than principles. They do this in a lot of ways….
The Amish started off in Europe, during the reformation period as the Ana-Baptists (the Re-Baptized). At the time this was a group of “radical reformists” who rejected the belief in infant baptism and the involvement of the state in church affairs. The Anabaptists believe that individuals needed to make the choice to serve Christ and only then should they be baptized, as an adult. The Anabaptists also believed that the “world” is non-Christian and that they need to live separated from the “worldly” and conformed to the nature of Christ. They abandon all war, strife, and taking of human life….
That is why we see today that many people are stating that Christianity is just another cult, that is a dangerous offshoot of meaninglessness. That there is no God or ultimate form of truth, and that Christianity is offensive to the freedoms of sex, love, and gender. It is now being used as a gaslighting term with no actual basis of consistent morality or logic. This is the danger of the secular world trying to capitalize on the definition of cults and the highfalutin Sociologists analyzing what is and what is not dangerous.
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