HAUNTED AND MISTERIOUS WORLD

Did  God  create man in His own image—or is it the other way around? What do you know about this question? Have you simply, perhaps even carelessly, accepted what other people have told you without really thinking about it? If so, consider this question carefully, because the implications for your life are huge! Materialism and humanism In the world today, millions of people hold to the beliefs and conclusions of materialism and humanism. According to these ideas, physical matter—and the laws of physics and chemistry that act on matter—are everything. As the famous astronomer Carl Sagan summed it up, “The cosmos is all that there is or ever was or ever will be.” In this way of thinking, there is nothing beyond matter—no God, and certainly no God who can be known personally. Such teaching has become widespread, especially in the Western world, in the last two centuries. Once the conclusions of materialism and humanism are adopted, then the answer to the question “What...

Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam," in which God (top right) is depicted as a stern, white-bearded manCreative Commons via PLOS one How people perceive their deity? It changes depending on their political and social standing, with conservatives and liberals having a vastly different view of what "God" would look like. While some religions have clear-cut images on what their Gods look like, the idea of a Christian God has been open to interpretation to art and literature. The depiction of a God figure has almost always been an old Caucasian gentleman with a white beard. This includes every description from Michaelangelo's Creation of Adam to Monty Python's God in the Holy Grail, notes a study published in the peer-reviewed journal- Public Library of Science (PLOS) one. Is that really how people see God? This was a question that researchers wanted to find out. The study revealed that to some, "God" could come across as lot younger, more f...

Samadhi of Meher Baba Meher Baba's samadhi today Meher Baba's samadhi  is the  samadhi  and tomb  of  Meher Baba  located in  Meherabad , India and is a place of  pilgrimage  for his followers. Located about six miles (10 km) south of  Ahmednagar , the samadhi structure itself was completed in August 1938, more than 30 years before Baba's death in January 1969. History of the samadhi Construction of the dome, 1938 In June 1927 a cabin of bamboo matting and tin was built for Meher Baba on Meherabad Hill. It had a door and window on the east side. In July of the same year, a pit four feet wide and six feet deep was dug in it, lined with stone and masonry and covered by wooden planks. It was referred to as the Khadda – the Ditch or Pit-Room, by the  mandali . Later the tin was replaced by mud-mortared stones and more windows were added. From August 16 Baba started using this crypt-cabin mostly for staying i...

JOE KERNEN:  Mr. President, welcome to Davos. PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Thank you very much, Joe. KERNEN:  Thank you for agreeing to come on CNBC and Squawk Box. I appreciate it. PRESIDENT TRUMP:  I've known you a long time. KERNEN:  You have known me a long time. PRESIDENT TRUMP:  And we've done many of these, but a little bit different position. I was a developer. KERNEN:  Little bit different position — few more people around, too. PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Couple of more people. KERNEN:  So, the America First president comes to Davos. And you know, when you say "Davos" you know what a lot of people think: globalists, elitists. What will you say when you address not just the globalists and the elitists, but everyone? When you address them, what will be your message? PRESIDENT TRUMP:  So when I decided to come to Davos I didn't think in terms of elitists or globalists. I think I thought in terms of lots of people that want to invest lots of money, an...