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	Altars and Supplies
		Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places (Genesis 22:9; Ezekiel 6:3; 2 Kings 23:12; 16:4; 23:8.) The first altar recorded in the Hebrew Bible is that erected by Noah (Genesis 8:20).
		Altars were erected by Abraham (Genesis 12:7; 13:4; 22:9), by Isaac (Genesis 26:25), by Jacob (33:20; 35:1, 3), and by Moses (Exodus 17:15, "Adonai-nissi").
		Atop the altar is the tabernacle, a miniature shrine sometimes built in the form of a church, inside of which is a small ark containing the reserved Sacrament for use in communing the sick.
	www.buddhaindex.com /browse.php?cat=230055 (2169 words)

	Postmodernism, Hindu nationalism and `Vedic science'
		Indian thought is not to be seen either as a copy of modern science, or somehow lacking in empirical sciences, but as encoding a wholly different kind of science altogether, which is the duty of post-secular, postmodern intellectuals to discover and cultivate.
		Reductionism in science simply means a bottom-up approach to understanding complex natural phenomena by first isolating the lower-level constituents and studying their interactions under controlled conditions.
		Because all science is paradigm-bound, Kak et al insist, citing the authority of Thomas Kuhn and Paul Feyerabend, the much-misunderstood gurus of postmodernists, Vedic science is perfectly scientific within the paradigm of Vedic assumptions.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2101/stories/20040116001408700.htm (4072 words)

	Science Quotes - Literary Quotes About Science and Practically Everything Else
		The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
		Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.
		Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer.
	quotes.prolix.nu /Science (1087 words)

	Vedic Sciences (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The reconstructions of our earliest science are based not only on the Vedas but also on their appendices called the Vedangas.
		The great altars were built of a thousand bricks to a variety of dimensions which coded astronomical knowledge.
		To place Vedic science in context it is necessary to have a proper understanding of the chronology of the Vedic literature.
	www.hindunet.org /vedicsciences/index.htm (798 words)

	The Torah-Science Debates - Torah & Science
		The support of science, the blind acceptance of the validity of scientific statements and the equation of science with truth (at least science and truth as they were perceived at the turn of the century) became an important thread in the fabric of modern Western Judaism.
		All science and all research are accepted as valid sources of truth and the Torah is stretched and twisted on the Procrustean bed of compromise to conform to the new discovery.
		Science and technology have so much to offer mankind; what a terrible waste that misconceptions and mistakes serve as a crutch for the non-observant and as an obstacle to those who want to return to the Torah.
	www.chabad.org /library/article.asp?AID=2827 (3897 words)

	Vastu Creations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The ancient science of Vastu Shastra is based on the effects of the electromagnetic grid, the North and South poles and the impact of the Sun, Moon and all other planets have on our physiology and consciousness.
		An altar is a sacred platform that creates fulfillment: it enhances and expands the potential of the environment in which it is placed.
		The activation of an altar is a very important step and once the process is completed, the altar is alive and acts as a conduit for your connection between the formless world of intention and the physical realm.
	www.vastucreations.com /altars.htm (683 words)

	Multiculturalism and Science (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		An assessment of our knowledge of non-Western science in particular would be important, not least because of the tremendous success of the rational, anti-mystical, and empirical approach to knowledge that the West integrated from about the sixteenth century.
		Astronomy was one of the oldest sciences in which a high degree of sophistication was developed, because of the close and evident connection between celestial events and human affairs.
		The ancients combined science with religion and social constructs, Teresi remarks; "that we have done any differently is a delusionunlike physicist or chemists, who welcome threats to their paradigms, modern cosmologists[defend] their chosen model against all evidence" (191).
	www.wpunj.edu /~newpol/issue37/Bienenfeld37.htm (2927 words)

	Altars - definition from Biology-Online.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread.
		altar screen, a wall or partition built behind an altar to protect it from approach in the rear.
		altar tomb, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc. family altar, place of family devotions.
	www.biology-online.org /dictionary/Altars (233 words)

	The ayatollah of atheism and Darwin’s altars
		That is the position of the Darwinian fundamentalists, and they cling to their absolutist position with all the unyielding certitude with which Southern Baptists assert the literal truth of the Book of Genesis, or Wahabi Muslims proclaim the need for a universal jihad against ‘the Great Satan’.
		And to anyone who has studied the history of science and noted the chances of any substantial body of teaching — based upon a particular hypothesis or set of observations — surviving the erosion of time and new research intact, it is inevitable that Darwinism, at least in its fundamentalist form, will come crashing down.
		I was intrigued to note, earlier this summer, in the pages of the Guardian, an indignant protest by one of Dawkins’s fellow atheists that he was bringing atheism into disrepute by his extremism, by the tendentious emotionalism of his language and by his abuse of religious belief.
	www.catholiceducation.org /articles/science/sc0083.htm (1022 words)

	Science News Online - Past Issues - 4/27/96
		The international program to save Wieliczka's carvings was jump-started in June 1989, when a team of scientists who had been attending a Krakow symposium on air pollution and historic monuments made a field trip to the mine.
		Explains conservation chemist Roman Kozlowski of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow, "at the beginning, we knew little about methods for studying microclimates," such as how temperature, humidity, or airflow may vary within a single room.
		This pollution also accelerated the moisture buildup by changing the surface chemistry of the salt in such a way as to lower significantly the relative humidity at which it begins to dissolve.
	www.sciencenews.org /sn_arch/4_27_96/bob1.htm (1806 words)

	Amazon.com: Beautiful Necessity: The Art and Meaning of Women's Altars: Books: Kay Turner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		After a brief historical survey of the tradition of women's altars, Turner devotes the major part of her study to analyzing contemporary altars made in what she terms "folk religious practices" (those running counter to institutionalized religions).
		I was unaware of how altar traditions are often passed down through women in the family or that women are the primary caretakers of altars in certain cultures.
		For those versed in altar tradition and practice, Beautiful Necessity affirms the sacred act of connection to that larger than the self; for those new to the tradition, welcome after welcome is given.
	www.amazon.com /Beautiful-Necessity-Meaning-Womens-Altars/dp/0500281505 (1568 words)

	The Altars of Constructs - Sanat Mohanty
		Though, for all outward appearances, while the construct of science and technology is the head, it is the construct of economy that pulls the strings.
		For the sake of humanity, the gods of these constructs must be destroyed so that the sacrifices at their altars may end.
		We first need to identify the conditions necessary for the existence of a large set of "others." We have seen that constructs are born as norms and ideas within the framework of relationships between humans and of relationships between humans and the environment in which they live.
	www.swaraj.org /shikshantar/sanatls3.htm (6552 words)

	Declaration of Existential Rights
		Yet when we look at this practice, the practice of science and the methodology it has given us -- of freedom of experimentation, of unfettered investigation, of theorizing and then re-testing -- we find this is a most profound methodological practice with proven utility, and of profound value.
		In similar fashion the use of science and technology has inflicted a material goal to the exclusion often times of the spiritual side of humankind and the honoring of all life sentient and non-sentient.
		Thus a new science is provided as a path and a vehicle to weave the coherent discussions of the future, discussions acknowledging fully the efficacy and truth derived from both external experience and observation and internal experience and observation.
	www.neoscience.org /firstpar.htm (4390 words)

	religious science and religious experiences
		For an Altar to be real, it must have a Divine Relic in it or as a centerpiece, or, have been touched by a Divine being (a Divine Altar).
		The sciences are one of the major ways in which we use our creativity to will new products, thought systems and other ideas into reality, yet, most scientists are usually ignorant of a religious philosophy in their work.
		I notice that the science of DNA is growing prominent in the field of science.
	www.lighthink.com /new_page_2.htm (1641 words)

	Fredric Rice (frice@stbbs.com) first said: The perpetuation of ignorance and superstition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Science is failing to explain many of the mysteries of our world and the average man does not like to be told these mysteries do not exist simply because no scientific theory can explain them.
		And yet when science is employed and your "sadly mistaken" religious beliefs are easilly debunked, the only defense is to pretend there's some huge, dark, sinister cabal of evil pretenders trying to maintain the status quo out of greed...
		And you won't even attempt to defend your undefendable religious beliefs in public; no, your methodology is to broadcast and pretend that those who easilly correct your "mistakes" are part of some huge conspiracy, thus allowing you to dismiss the truth without reguard.
	www.skepticfiles.org /mom/cote.htm (460 words)

	Greetings, Barry! Here's a +quot;letter to the editor+quot; -- I don't know if email messa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It's time for science to broaden it's view and focus on new answers instead of fighting to defend it's sacred traditions.
		Cote seems to think that the validity of claims is dictated by those who _do_ science and not by examining the results of _applying_ science.
		And yet when science is employed and your "sadly mistaken" religious beliefs are easily debunked, the only defense is to pretend there's some huge, dark, sinister cabal of evil pretenders trying to maintain the status quo out of greed...
	www.skepticfiles.org /mom/scicop.htm (840 words)

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	Alibris: Altars
		Here are altars created to evoke contemplation, inspire creativity, amuse, encourage, or honor the memory of a loved one.
		With over 35 years of combined experience in the field of Vastu Shastra, the Indian science of environmental harmony that predates and forms the basis of the well-known Feng Shui, the Mastro's ability to bring the power and beauty...
		Full Pews and Empty Altars predicts that by the year 2005, there will be twice as many parishioners per priest as there were in 1975.
	www.alibris.com /search/books/subject/Altars (1206 words)

	Why Indian science scores - The Hindu
		He made it a point to attend the annual Indian Science Congress every year, and he gave free rein (and taxpayers' money) to scientists in whom he had confidence to build high-quality institutions.
		Men like Homi Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai constructed the platform for Indian accomplishments in the fields of atomic energy and space research; they and their successors have given the country a scientific establishment without peer in the developing world.
		Teresi's book studies the ancient non-Western foundations of modern science, and while he ranges from the Babylonians and Mayans to Egyptians and other Africans, it is his references to India that caught my eye.
	www.shashitharoor.com /articles/hindu/science.shtml (877 words)

	Employment with Woodland Altars
		Woodland Altars is a resident outdoor education center located in southern Ohio.
		Responsibilities will include: planning and conducting outdoor learning activities for small groups of students for day and evening programs (there are NO overnight duties), developing and conducting projects to strengthen the curriculum, animal care on a rotating basis, and other programming as needed.
		The focus of our program is on natural science and ecology, pioneer history, and positive group interactions.
	www.woodlandaltars.org /jobs.htm (198 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Vatican
		Only a comparatively small portion of the palace is residential; all the remainder serves the purposes of art and science or is employed for the administration of the official business of the Church and for the management of the palace.
		In a deeply thoughtful composition the artist represented St. Thomas Aquinas as the teacher of Christian philosophy, the agreement between religion and science, the union of ancient pagan and Christian art, the Rosary and the battle of Lepanto, and Divine grace in its various activities as working in Sts.
		Pius VI here paid brilliant homage to art and science, representing truth with a noble magnanimity against the brutal caricatures of culture of the waning eighteenth century.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15276b.htm (16574 words)

	THE ORIGIN OF MAN & ORGANIC EVOLUTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Science teachers who are members of the church have written to the Church News editor expressing their views on the matter, and have suggested that although it is not known HOW life was created by the Lord, He may have used the Darwinian proposal as the means.
		While this weakness of science is serious enough in fields which are not closely related to the primary purposes of mortality, in the fields more closely related, the difficulties of discerning fact and theory may well prove disastrous.
		The factual or experimental components of these sciences have contributed much to our knowledge and culture, and their scientists are indispensable in practical applications dealing with the structural and dynamic features of the earth’s crust, the discovery of valuable minerals and the evaluation of natural resources, and description and classification of plants and animals.
	emp.byui.edu /marrottr/OriginOfMan.htm (18765 words)

	Altars for Children
		Altars serve as physical anchors for our deities and spirit allies as well as focal points for worship and magic.
		The altar can be a very beneficial part of a Pagan child's upbringing.
		As they grow older and the altars become more complex, there is a gradual increase in trust and responsibility.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/pagan_parenting/114057 (401 words)

	Gian Lorenzo Bernini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He planned several Roman palaces: Palazzo Barberini (from 1630 on which he worked with Borromini); Palazzo Ludovisi (now Palazzo Montecitorio); and Palazzo Chigi.
		Bernini's first architectural project was the magnificent bronze baldacchino (1624-1633), the canopy over the high altar of St.
		Best known is the small oval baroque church of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale which includes the statue of St.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini (2197 words)

	Researchers uncover ancient sculpture - Science - MSNBC.com
		Cedillo said the earth covering the stone could be removed by sometime next week, at which point experts could examine and evaluate the carvings, which some researchers believe could be dedicated to Tlaloc, a rain god.
		Tlaloc is also depicted on one of two small altars discovered near the monolith in Mexico City's Templo Mayor ruins, the main worship site for the Aztecs, who founded the city in 1325.
		The other altar depicts a minor deity, possibly related to farming.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/15147928 (639 words)

	Amazon.ca: Living Shrines - Home Altars of NM: Books: Marie Romero Cash (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Internationally renowned photographer Siegfried Halus renders the shrines in all their colorful splendor, arranges in living rooms and bedrooms, mounted on dressers, fireplace mantels, refrigerators and television sets, and in grotto structures placed in yards and on roadsides.
		The indoor altars are laid out with rosaries, prayer books, candles, holy water, and plaster statues of religious figures alongside family photographs, mementos, and special written requests.
		The altars vary from the unpretentious to elaborate arrangements with dried or fresh flowers and decorated with traditional Hispanic folk art such as santos and tinwork.
	www.amazon.ca /Living-Shrines-Home-Altars-NM/dp/0890133700 (551 words)

	Economics as Religious Praxis
		Science is the record of dead religions." Science can be characterized by its tacit creation of a context that is conceptually exterior to the phenomenon under study - such a conceptual standpoint being necessary for the operation of inductive thinking.
		He was certainly involved enough with the Vienna School for us to conclude as to his agreement with their premise that the 'problem' they synthesized was beyond solution.
		Altars are built for the propitiation of what we fear.
	www.sfecon.com /Religion.htm (2132 words)

	Altars of Power & Grace - Aquarius Metaphysical Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In Altars of Power and Grace – Create the Life You Desire (Balanced Books, 2004), authors Robin and Michael Mastro distill the principles of an even more ancient art of energy orchestration down to a few potent symbols that act like a magnet to attract your heart's desire.
		By following their step-by-step guide for creating and activating charming altars in strategic places around your home and office, you can experience greater health, wealth, love, wisdom, spiritual awareness, personal transformation and professional success in your life – according to the Mastros and the many clients they've inspired.
		In their beautifully illustrated book, the Mastros introduce Vastu Shastra, the mystical art and science of sacred architecture that incorporate the laws and forces of nature into human habitations to create the beauty and energetic harmony we need for our optimal health and well-being.
	www.aquarius-atlanta.com /dec04/book.shtml (780 words)

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