Portal:History
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The History Portal
The term history comes from the Greek word ιστορία, historia, which means "an account of one's inquiries," and is also the source for the English word story. History is a discipline that Christians and creationists view with realism (See: critical realism) as opposed to a postmodernism type of philosophy. History follows today from its Greek roots as an important field of study involved with recording, researching, and interpreting past events. Essentially the historian has five types of evidences from which a coherent hypothesis about and event can emerge. The evidences are then integral to the application of the historical method, and they are; (1) testimony (2) artifacts (3) contextual considerations (4) probability and (5) weighing of evidence. Understanding the past provides insights into the present, which in turn helps us make wise decisions about the future. Historical sciences are descriptive in nature, governed by probability and plausibility offering some form of exact description, namely the condition and location of ancient artifacts left in the past but found in the present. Archaeologists are field researchers involved with finding and unearthing these remains, recording the context in which they are found, and making judgments about their purpose and meaning. The types of artifacts studied by historians include ancient writings, pictures, statues, buildings, vessels, and numerous other objects. The study of such artifacts can help reconstruct the lives and events of former cultures or individuals. However archaeology is only one side of the coin when undertaking historical study of the past. To reconstruct the other side of the coin, a lot of gaps have to be filled, introducing a measure of tentativeness to the whole academic discipline of history.
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The James Ossuary is a 2,000-year-old “Bone Box” that many believe belonged to James the brother of Jesus. On the side of the bone box is inscribed in Aramaic: “Ya'akov bar Yosef akhui di Yeshua”, which is translated “James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus”. As the inscription was the first historic record found of Jesus apart from manuscripts, its authentication could prove to be the most significant New Testament find in modern times. The Biblical Archaeology Review announced the discovery in October of 2002 and published the story in the November/December issue.
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Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (Born::January 4, 1643 – Died::March 31, 1727 [OS: December 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727]) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, credited with many scientific and mathematical contributions and is considered by many to be the father of modern science. Along with being an ardent believer in the Bible and Genesis, he was a physicist, a mathematician, an astronomer, a philosopher, and an alchemist.
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"Parents who opt for schooling at home are in good company. Many of our most prominent leaders in the early days of our nation were educated mainly at home." Swanson, Mary-Elaine, "A Education for Greatness", Mayflower Institute Journal, vol. 1 (January/February 1985) p 1.
Categories
Bible
• Biblical history
• Biblical nation
• Biblical nation
• Biography
• Christianity
• Chronology
• Historians
• Historical cities
• Historical creationist
• Historical event
• History
• History book
Articles
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• Age of Enlightenment,
• American Civil War,
• Assyrian Church of the East
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• Basil of Caesarea,
• Berber people
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• Carthage,
• Cyrus the Great
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• Day,
• Doubts About Darwin: A History of Intelligent Design
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• Ecclesiastical historian,
• Exploring the History of Medicine
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• French Revolution
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• Gregory of Nazianzus,
• Gregory of Nyssa
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• Herodotus,
• Historical creation scientist,
• Historiography,
• History,
• History of Christianity,
• History of evolutionism,
• History of Modern Creationism,
• History of science,
• Horus
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• Martin Luther,
• Mythology
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• Nicene creed
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• Phillip Schaff
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• Strabo
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• World War I
• World War II
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• Year
Things you can do
- Write descriptive articles about history.
- Write biographies of important people in history, preferably related to creationist or Christian history.
- Write articles about historical events.
Did you know...
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Neanderthal? Neanderthals were thought to be incapable of Paleolithic cave art, but new work coming from sophisticated dating techniques suggests otherwise: Neanderthals may have been artists. Archaeology, Volume 65 Number 5, September/October 2012.
- Evidence for Creation now banned from UK religious education classes Following a campaign by the British Humanist Association, the UK’s Department for Education had revised the regulations relating to government funded schools. Creation Ministries International, July 19, 2012.
- Samson Mosaic Discovered in Ancient Synagogue in Huqoq, Israel A colorful mosaic depicting the Biblical Samson has been discovered in Israel dating about 350-450 B.C. MSNBC/LiveScience, July 5, 2012.
- Evolution to fall in 2012? trends suggest Americans rejecting Darwin's theory. WorldNetDaily, June 5th, 2012.
- 'Question Evolution' campaign gains new ally The Traditional Values Coalition joins forces with Creation Ministries International to encourage students to question the evolutionary dogma that they hear in school. Conservative News and Views August 20, 2011.
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