#archaeology

✨ Whats your favorite color? → Blue and Black
✨ What do you associate with it? → Sea!!! I would say with water in general cause I am a calm and peaceful person, however, it comes times that I become rage and revengeful like a tsunami, hahaha!!!Plus, I also associate with history, mythology, archaeology and cinematography. Another aspect of my character.
✨ Do you prefer to cook or order take out? → I don't cook but I prefer my mom's meals. They are so yummy!!!
✨ What color are your eyes? → Dark brown
✨ Do you like it? → My eyes???Yes, although I would prefer a blue or a green one but I am already beautiful with them as well so I don't have problem.
✨ Do you believe in true love? → Yes and no
✨ Do you like the ocean? → I ADORE IT!!!When I was a child I wanted to be a mermaid, LOL. 😂
✨ Is your bedroom a mess or tidy? → A tidy one. I can't stand all this disruption in a room, I can't concentrate on a messy room.
✨ What kinda device are u using to answer this? → My PC

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Of course I am in a constant doubt, for everything I believe in, feminism, my own spiritual beliefs, my own values, I have the anti-thesis which could contend my own stance. In a philosophical term this method is being used by skeptical Cartesian. As it was Descartes who coined the notion of doubting one self to be sure of one self.

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We are evolving, expanding, constantly seeking and searching. Humans are always in motion, an indication that we are alive including the constant state of questioning our own stance. I mean, if I believe in something I do not merely search for what I want to see, I also search for what might oppose what I believe in. That's why I am not scared of neither atheism not religious fundamentalist since I know where I stand and the reason why I stand there (through series of self-contestation, obviously).

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I mean, I found who I am, but not a fixed version of the version of 'self' and what that self knows and believes in. Everyday the first thing that I do when I wake up, I would question my own morality, spirituality, intellectuality, and what accounted. I existed among the ruptures (as how Foucault like to describe it, my own archaeology of knowledge and experience) and also conjectures (as Bacon likes to describe the methodology of accumulating corresponding data). I could be A this year, but next year I might be A.1 or drastically be B. Either I merge what I have known with something else which I have found or go another way.

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Justru aku merasa aneh kalau seseorang tidak berada di dalam keadaan perseteruan dengan dirinya sendiri, kaya 'oh what I believe in is given and that's it, I won't test it or question it.' Kita sendiri terbuat dari bermacam-macam aspek kehidupan begitu juga what resides inside of us.

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What do I do? Well I can consult my ongoing doubts to my masters/teachers, people whom I respect for their experience, knowledge, and wisdom. I can try to resolve it on my own through cogitation, reflection, and research. But it's important to not be afraid for whatever answer we might came up with.

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The gospels do not contradict each other; they tell different points of view of the same event, written for different audiences. When one sees a wreck from the north view, there will be differences from someone else who saw the same wreck from the south view. But the hypocrisy of the gospel critics never allows for any such facts; they simply want it to be false and attempt to make it, so no reasonable person would accept your statement. True Luke does not claim to be an eyewitness, but his account is very carefully researched from dozens of eyewitnesses. John does claim to be the eyewitness; Mark wrote Peter's account of the events as an eyewitness, etc. Nothing about David, Moses, the Exodus etc is fiction– your material probably is quite out of date. Even more, archaeology proves the Bible every time, it is correct. The Pilate stone was not discovered til 1947. For almost 2000 years skeptics claimed there was no such ruler as Pontius Pilate, as no Roman historian ever wrote of him either, but the Bible did, and was proven correct again. For someone who started out talking about evidence that may hold up in court, you assume anything about evolution would, sweetheart?

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FAQ about Steffi's major:

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Q: Do you dig graves?
A: No, that's archaeology and to some extent, museology.

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Q: When did/Do you know about (insert any random event)?
A: Sometimes I know right away, most of the time I need to look it up. I will look it up right away, though.

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Q: You don't know (insert an event/a person)? I thought you need to memorize stuff.
A: I rarely needed to memorize things for my core classes. I mostly had essays on various topics and those actually drained my time, sanity, and energy a lot more than closed-book exams.

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Q: What are you going to do with that major? (Alternative: Are you going to be a teacher?)
A: Anything that doesn't require specialized skill and expertise, I suppose. Can I be specific? No, I myself have no idea what to do with it.

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I have explained and defended my major throughout my college years and I don't feel like doing it anymore. Is it going to make me a lot of money? I don't know. Maybe not. Maybe. Does it come with life-changing soft skills? You bet. Do I like it? Sure. So now I don't mind if people think lightly of my major. I enjoy it and that's about the only opinion that I hold dearly.

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This is one topic that I rarely want to discuss, but I suppose it has use if I talk about it here. No need to apologise after this if indeed you are going to, I am not offended :-D

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I got married in 1972 when I moved to the United States. My husband was only about to embark on his career in archaeology and anthropology, earning his Master's and all that while working for museums and foundations. We decided early on that children would be a very bad idea since we were very busy with our careers, and we barely had time for ourselves.

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When I was 30, I guess, my friends began asking me when will I have children. I am not a believer that marriages are for the sole purpose of having children, so I always told them the same thing: "I don't know."

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When I turned 31, I went to the doctor to check up on my health and see if I'm fit to bear children. As it turns out, I'm infertile for a couple of reasons I'd rather not say. At that time, it wasn't a big deal to me. I was a bit down but that's all, I guess. When I told Phillip about it he cried, and that got me rather upset. We never talked about it much after that. Phillip was very supportive of me.

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I got married again, twice, after Phillip died, but by that time I had already gone through menopause.

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I'm always a bit sad when I remember that I have no children despite full knowledge that not everyone is meant to have children and the sole purpose of marriage is not to bear children. I became a maternal (well, materteral) figure to a lot of people, including my nieces and nephews (niblings is the collective term, FYI), my stepchildren and their friends, and that's enough for me.

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I guess I was just raised to believe that having children is fun, but it's not that simple, really. My late sister had four children, and my sister was unable to keep things afloat and the family remains rather disintegrated even after she died (especially because she died, for the inheritance was a big problem back then).

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Interesting question, very different from what I'm used to receive. I will try not to make a very long reply because this thematic would give a very long discussion. I will try to summarize my answer.
About the Aliens, I'm not a particular "follower" of that subject, but I do believe there is life outside our solar system, although I do not believe that that life resembles those little grey bobblehead beings without facial expression. Scientifically and Biologically speaking, if there are Aliens with an anthropomorphic from, they do not differ much of our own resemblance, I mean, climate, eating habits, gravity and such factores have a great influence, so if there are humanoid aliens out there, they can only differ a bit in color and size. Now, about the bible. You probably have noticed that I am a pagan, but I read the bible twice for two different reasons. The first is because I do have a lot of debates about religions and spiritual paths, and to know how to argument about the subject I need to have the knowledge of it. The second time I read the Bible was because I am a student of Archaeology and History, so I had to read it because at that point, I was studying those cultures and the peoples involved in that history, the bible is a good historical record of many events. Historically speaking, the bible (at least the first testament) was written more or less in the year 800 before our common era, it was the written record of the Jewish people, when they started to form their own state. It is relatively new compared with the ancient polytheistic beliefs of old, and I do not mean the Romans, or the Greeks before them, or even the Celts and other ancient civilizations, I do mean the tribal spiritual beliefs of our human race that have at least 40.000 years, much older than the bible and the beliefs of the Jewish people. So, angels and such stuff are more recent than the old gods, so I do not believe that the old gods are those angels, nor were they kicked out of heaven because there was no heaven, at least not the one we read in the bible, there was only the other world, the spiritual world. In my point of view, studying shamanism (the first form of spiritual path and the origins of every religion) the gods are the spiritual ancient beings of nature, animals, and also our ancestors, humans that somehow have spiritually evolved and because of their earthly deeds, we see them as higher beings, humans that reached an higher state of consciousness. Those are the old gods, very much alive. Those spiritual beings are our ancestors who saw religion as a way to evolve and expand their knowledge, a way to be better. So we are talking about different things here, Aliens, Gods and Angels aren't the same in many perspectives, either historically speaking, scientific, biological, anthropological, archaeological, cultural and of course spiritual.

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That is a quote from a character (Dr. Arroway) in a fictional novel (Contact) written by Carl Sagan..

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well,

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Ancient writings would be the ONLY way to pass a message on to humans over thousands of years. Verbal stories are inaccurate. And if the infinite God of the universe regularly spoke audibly to us, we would be terrorized into loving and listening to him. Such a direct and demonstrative communication would create a situation in which God virtually forces himself on mankind. Serving and listening to him would become compulsory. There is no freedom in compulsion; and love cannot be generated out of terror. True love (which God wants from us) exists only when we choose to love from a condition of freedom. The Israelites in the desert had no need of faith at all. God's clear presence took away freedom, making every choice that confronted them a matter of obedience, not faith. They did not respond with love but with fear and rebellion.

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The question that plagues the skeptical mind is whether the bible is truly God's written word. History is a record of the past, based on testimony. History demands that events be recorded and documented. This is the only way for history to be preserved. All we have is five thousand years of recorded human history and if it is going to be preserved it's got to be written down. There's got to be a record. Much study and evidence has shown the bible to be historically accurate. People of great integrity and education, like C.S. Lewis, Anne Rice, Francis Collins, etc...were atheists who believed the bible to be full of myths. They eventually discovered, through study and research, that the Gospels were historically accurate and true. Their writings on it are fascinating.

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In the last 75 years, archaeology relies heavily on the bible as a consistent map to their findings and has given the biblical record greater validity and trustworthiness as a historical document. No other religious works can stand on this.Archeology professor, Dr. John McRay, said "archeology has not produced anything that is unequivocally a contradiction to the Bible." He is one of many saying this. Sure, it can't prove the bible to be the word of God. But if an ancient historian's details check out to be accurate time after time, this increases our confidence in other material that the historian wrote that cannot be as easily cross referenced.

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and please let me know if you have a better way.

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and a question for u: what is the christian Revelation???

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and also please help me to find (since you have read the bible and after reading it you rejected it) what is the purpose of this message (the message of the bible)??

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Anthropology is the study of mankind , the study of humans. It includes the biological and social aspect of man. It studies the society , culture , kinda like sociology.The social aspect is much like sociology , the only difference being Anthro is more of practical thing. And yeah there is bio as well like genetics , evolution , n all. There is Archaeology ie. study of human past through the material remains :)
Anthropology includes many of the aspecs of psychology , sociology as I said before , pol. sciene and many of the humanities subjects.
But hey Anthropology is a Science course not a Humanities one. So if you can study bio as well chose it. And yes it is hugely successful for civil services.

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And yes if you wanna chose psychology , know about it through a book or duh internet. It is a really good field and popular these days too .
Chose the one you are genuinely interested in cuz just know, it is the field you're gonna be for the rest of your life :)
All the best.

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There are so many different ways I can prove the Bible is true by science, archaeology, & just by faith. First let's start with archaeology. This is one of my favorite facts of the archaeology in the Bible. The Hittite Kingdom is mentioned in the Bible many times, but there was no record of this kingdom. Most people thought this kingdom was fake or just made up for a story. & in the 20th century, an archaeology discovery found the ruins of a strong kingdom that was later identified as the Hittites!
With the science go watch the movie the Genesis Code. That movie explains well about how science deals in with the Bible. Also, there is a book called The Case for Christ, it's about a man who went out to prove the Bible wrong. & with all his research he ended up proving the Bible to be true. & if the Bible is true, then God is real, heaven is real, where we came from is real. God made us & loves us so much.
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I know sometimes its hard to believe in something that you can't see, but you can see the miracles he does everyday. I have seen amazing miracles happen to me and my family. My family wouldn't still be a family without God. There is so much more I can say but I'm gonna stop here. You know who I am so if you wanna talk more we can. & if your a dude, I can introduce you to my brother. Wells bye.

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Please, I do invite you to read it all or as most you can. Now, in the quote I do believe he is referring to religion but religion is no delusion. Science and religion are intertwined. Many scientists that go out to prove Christianity wrong end up finding truth in it all and believing themselves. The less evidence you have for your position, the more faith you need to believe it. Yes Christianity needs faith, but to be an atheist takes even more. Now to my points.
1)The scientific evidence overwhelmingly confirms that the universe exploded into being out of nothing. Either someone created something out of nothing (the Christian view), or no one created something out of nothing (the atheistic view). Which view is more reasonable?
2) The simplest life form contains the information-equivalent of 1,000 encyclopedias. Christians believe only an intelligent being can create a life form containing the equivalent of 1,000 encyclopedias. Atheists believe nonintelligent natural forces can do it. Christians have evidence to support their conclusion. Since atheists don’t have any such evidence, their belief requires a lot more faith.
3) Hundreds of years beforehand, ancient writings foretold the coming of a man who would actually be God. This man-God, it was foretold, would be born in a particular city from a particular bloodline, suffer in a particular way, die at a particular time, and rise from the dead to atone for the sins of the world. Immediately after the predicted time, multiple eyewitnesses proclaimed and later recorded that those predicted events had actually occurred. Those eyewitnesses endured persecution and death when they could have saved themselves by denying the events. Thousands of people in Jerusalem were then converted after seeing or hearing of these events, and this belief swept quickly across the ancient world. Ancient historians and writers allude to or confirm these events, and archaeology corroborates them. Having seen evidence from creation that God exists (point 1 above), Christians believe these multiple lines of evidence show beyond a reasonable doubt that God had a hand in these events. Atheists must have a lot more faith to explain away the predictions, the eyewitness testimony, the willingness of the eyewitnesses to suffer and die, the origin of the Christian church, and the corroborating testimony of the other writers, archeological finds, and other evidence that we’ll investigate later.
-The 3 points I referenced to are from a book called "I don't have enough faith to be an atheist" no matter what you belive, it is a great read.

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1) yuhpp from more than one thing... :/
2) acting smart and jumping over a really low fence (like 25cm high) but being sarcastic and smart.....then falling.....:$
3) I think its pretty obvious
4) I don't really understand this one......
5) I could name quite a few but it would only stir shit so now gonna
6) amy!! I love her to bits! she is the cutest bestest thing that ever happened to me and I love her!!<3
7) not sure yet but something to do with graphic design or archaeology I think probably
8) yuhhp:$
9) yesterday :(
10) purple or black
11) September 29th
12)5ft something...
13) bluey purpley apparently
14) naturally black but I had it died brown sine I was quite little because I hated it and I looked like the devils kid... I really want it black again now im older though
15) well here comes the huge list haha...
MUSIC! music is my life I couldn't live without it and without music I probably wouldn't have became close with my friend group now
tea!!!:D its just yummm
lynx... makes me sound like a guy but aw well it smells lush
necklaces, not huge blingy necklaces but a simple wee necklace from somebody special is cute as like
black skinny jeans
clothes in general are my first loveee!!!<3
money.... people say money cant buy happiness... but it can buy a pony and a pony is happiness
people... not many people because I trust hardly anybody since I was bullied at primary school... so if I like you... you are special and mean a lot to me....

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