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| | [AI summary] The text explores the diverse beliefs about death and the afterlife in ancient Near Eastern cultures, particularly focusing on Jewish and early Christian traditions during the Second Temple Period. It highlights how various communities addressed theodicy, the problem of evil, by proposing that the righteous would be rewarded and the wicked punished in the afterlife. The discussion includes different views on resurrection, immortality, and eternal life, with references to key texts like the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and the New Testament. The text also notes the influence of Greek philosophy on Jewish thought, as seen in figures like Philo of Alexandria, and how these ideas shaped early Christian doctrines, particularly the belief in Jesus' resu...
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| | David explores how Christianity forms the basis of Western thought, even among the non-religious. Read here.
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| | Edward VI, King of England (1537-1553) was the only legitimate son of Henry VIII, who broke away from the Catholic Church in order to obtain a divorce from his wife after twenty years of marriage had produced only one daughter, later Mary I. Henry was always a deeply religious man and despite launching the English [...]
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| It is now looking like vaccines are less effective in people 50 or older, who make up almost all coronavirus deaths. Vaccine effectiveness against death is more like 79% than 100%. That aspect of vaccines will not live up to its hype. Dying from COVID-19 will remain a problem. I don't know how this will...