Archaeologists find Mexico temple to god of skinning sacrifices
Archaeologists in Mexico have found the first temple to the pre-Hispanic deity Xipe Totec, a god of fertility and war who was worshipped by sacrificing and skinning captives.
Archaeologists in Mexico have found the first temple to the pre-Hispanic deity Xipe Totec, a god of fertility and war who was worshipped by sacrificing and skinning captives.
Archaeology
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The quick and easy answer to why people are religious is that God – in whichever form you believe he/she/they take(s) – is real and people believe because they communicate with it and perceive evidence of its involvement ...
Social Sciences
Dec 18, 2018
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In the year 536 CE, a volcano erupted in El Salvador.
Archaeology
Sep 21, 2018
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Australian university students give far more credit than the previous generation to the science of human evolution and far less to creationism or divine guidance, according to a landmark new study.
Social Sciences
Aug 21, 2018
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A team of psychologists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have used a new technique to construct what a large sample of 511 American Christians think God looks like.
Social Sciences
Jun 11, 2018
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Weather-related disasters can make people more religious but it depends on the toll they inflict, suggests new UBC research. If a disaster injures a significant number of people, it can strengthen religiosity among those ...
Social Sciences
Jun 5, 2018
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The world-famous British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking, who died on Wednesday at the age of 76, was known as much for his profound and witty comments as his scientific discoveries.
General Physics
Mar 14, 2018
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Republicans who believe that God is highly engaged with humanity are like Democrats—more liberal—when it comes to social and economic justice issues, according to a Baylor University study.
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2018
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A burglar can be a powerful image to help sell an alarm system, but not if the viewer is thinking about God, according to new research from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.
Economics & Business
Jan 24, 2018
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Two professors from the University of Lorraine continue the exchanges initiated earlier in "Self-transformation and religion" and "Identity, metamorphosis and the self". Here they address the question of whether man has ...
Biochemistry
Jan 4, 2018
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