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Watch Dr. Eszter Spät's documentary here!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Y8CXxJEv4

Uploaded 10-09-20

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Bibliography:
Eszter Spät, “The Song of the Commoner: The Gnostic Call in Yezidi Oral Tradition.” In In Search of Truth: Augustine, Manichaeism and Other Gnosticism. Ed. J. A. van den Berg and J. van Schaik, 663-683. Leiden: Brill, 2011.

Victoria Arakelova, "Book Review of God and Sheikh Adi are Perfect,” in Iran and the Caucasus 11 (2007).

Richard Foltz, “The ‘Original’ Kurdish Religion? Kurdish Nationalism and the False Conflation of the Yezidi and Zoroastrian Traditions,” Journal of Persianate Studies, 10 (2017), 87-106.

Peter Nicolaus, “The Serpent Symbolism in the Yezidi Religious Tradition and the Snake in Yerevan,” Iran and the Caucasus 15 (2011), 49-72.

Sebastian Maisel, “Yezidis in Syria: Identity Building among a Double Minority."

Philip Kreyenbroek, "Yezidism Its Background Observances and Textual Tradition."

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Yazidi Temple in Armenia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jezida_templo_en_aknali%C4%89o.jpg



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Uploaded 26-09-25

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Old Norse elves aren’t Legolas or Keebler. From Norse gods to tourist gimmicks, this video uncovers how Iceland’s “hidden people” became a global obsession.



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Uploaded 20-04-23

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You may have seen paintings of George Washington kneeling in prayer—an image that gives the impression that Washington was a very religious man. But was he?

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Uploaded 30-04-15

Music by: Kevin MacLeod

Bibliography:
UK Religiosity: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/04/13/religion-faith-atheism-britain_n_7052720.html

Atheism Study: http://www.wingia.com/web/files/richeditor/filemanager/Global_INDEX_of_Religiosity_and_Atheism_PR__6.pdf

Millenials and Atheism: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/12/pew-survey-doubt-of-god-growing-quickly-among-millennials/

Pew Research World Religion Study: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/04/02/397042004/muslim-population-will-surpass-christians-this-century-pew-says

Religious Unaffiliation and Belief in God: http://www.pewforum.org/2012/10/09/nones-on-the-rise/

Smith, James K.A. "How [Not] to be Secular."



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Uploaded 20-06-24

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The Shakers are an apocalyptic offshoot of the Quakers. They believed that their leader, Ann Lee, was Christ incarnate.



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Uploaded 12-03-26

For centuries, readers have tried to identify Gog and Magog...the mysterious enemies in the Book of Revelation. From the Ottoman Empire to the Soviet Union, interpreters keep mapping the prophecy onto new rivals. But who (or what) were Gog and Magog originally?

00:00 Intro
2:15 Gog Oracle in Ezekiel
12:15 Gog and Magog in Later Jewish Texts
16:30 Gog and Magog in Revelation
18:17 Modern Prophetic Speculation
24:21 Nebula really is great and will be a bulwark against AI slop



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Uploaded 20-10-22

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We always think of animal sacrifice as an ancient ritual, but many people still practice it today. This sparked some controversy in Florida in the late 1980s, leading to a landmark Supreme Court decision in Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v. Hialeah. This case still influences religious freedom law today, even being cited in the courts' decisions to strike down President Donald Trump's so-called Muslim Ban.

Uploaded 28-02-17

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Bibliography:
http://www.casebriefs.com/blog/law/constitutional-law/constitutional-law-keyed-to-sullivan/the-religion-clauses-free-exercise-and-establishment/church-of-the-lukumi-babalu-aye-v-city-of-hialeah/

https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/02/09/17-35105.pdf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/02/12/the-role-an-old-florida-case-on-ritual-goat-sacrifices-played-in-blocking-trumps-travel-ban/

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Photo 2: Santería en Cuba, Creative Commons License CC-SA-BY-3.0 by Jorge Royan.

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You've heard it from pundits and politicians alike: "The Supreme Court has voted the Bible out of our schools." But is this really true? Can you teach the Bible in public school? Are you allowed to read it? Pray in school? You might be surprised to hear what the courts have decided over the years.

Uploaded 27-09-17

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Resources:
SBL: Bible Electives in Public Schools, a Guide: https://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/SchoolsGuide.pdf

SBL Teaching the Bible: https://www.sbl-site.org/educational/TBnewsletter.aspx

American Academy of Religion "Guidelines for Teaching about Religion in K-12 Public Schools:" https://www.aarweb.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Publications/epublications/AARK-12CurriculumGuidelines.pdf

First Amendment Center and Bible Literacy Project pamphlet: https://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/BibleGuide.pdf

Mark Chancey article: https://www.smu.edu/News/2014/mark-chancey-14jan2014

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Uploaded 20-11-25

Did a wired-up ski helmet really make people “feel God”? We explore the God Helmet, failed replications, and what its story reveals about belief, expectation, and the placebo effect.

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