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11 hours ago · There is a God/God exists (E). II. This God disapproves of using pig’s blood in the cult. III. Therefore, (P) it is wrong to use pig’s blood in the cult. There is no inferential relationship between E and P. This is because P does not stand in any inferential relationships. That is (part of) what it is to be a basic certainty.
11 hours ago · The word swastika is derived from the Sanskrit root swasti, which is composed of su 'good, well' and asti 'is; it is; there is'. [30] The word swasti occurs frequently in the Vedas as well as in classical literature, meaning 'health, luck, success, prosperity', and it was commonly used as a greeting.
11 hours ago · Although there are very few visual representations of jinn in Islamic art, when they do appear, it is usually related to a specific event or individual jinn. Visual representations of jinn appear in manuscripts and their existence is often implied in works of architecture by the presence of apotropaic devices like serpents, which were intended to ward off evil spirits.
11 hours ago · Although it was thought to have finally faded away after the 14th century in South China, [17] contemporary to the decline of the Church of the East in Ming China, there is a growing corpus of evidence that shows Manichaeism persists in some areas of China, especially in Fujian, [18] [19] [need quotation to verify] where numerous Manichaean relics have been discovered over time. The currently ...
11 hours ago · The most important thing, then, is to reckon with the fact that geopolitics is not a necessary concept or way of viewing the world, it is not some eternal idea practiced from Ancient Athens to more modern Roosevelts, but a way of being and acting in the world contingent on certain basic, deep-seated, and highly specific presuppositions on sovereignty and territory.
1 day ago · More commonly, as the ruling dynasty was named after Sasan, the empire is known as the Sasanian Empire in historical and academic sources. This term is also recorded in English as the Sassanian Empire, the Sasanid Empire, and the Sassanid Empire.
11 hours ago · Council, there will be no increase in the number of dwelling-houses likely to be erected after the subdivision. 14A Alteration etc of dwelling-houses—Zones Nos 1 (a), 1 (a1), 1 (c) and 10 Despite clause 11, the making of alterations or additions to a dwelling-house in Zone No 1 (a), 1 (a1), 1 (c) or 10 is permitted with development consent.
