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Learn about the Last Supper with iMinds insightful knowledge series.
"While they were eating, he took bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, and said, 'Take it; this is my body.' Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to them, 'This is my blood of the covenant, which will be shed for many."
In the Gospel according to Mark, we read of the night before Jesus was arrested, before
...2) Thanksgiving
Learn about the story behind the tradition of Thanksgiving with iMinds insightful knowledge series.
Thanksgiving is a North American festival. It commemorates the good fortune its founders encountered when they arrived in the New World. In Canada, Thanksgiving is held on the second Monday of October. In the United States of America, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.
The story of the pilgrims, and the first Thanksgiving,
...Learn about the history of Doomsday Cults with iMinds insightful knowledge series.
A doomsday cult is a quasi-religious group that believe the end of the world is imminent.
Doomsday cults are typically led by charismatic messiah-figures, who teach that their cult holds the secret to surviving the apocalypse. More recently the term has come to include cults who carry out acts of violence or terrorism in an attempt to bring about revolutionary
...4) Dalai Lama
Learn about the history of the Dalai Lama with iMinds insightful knowledge series.
The term 'Dalai Lama' refers to a lineage of religious leaders in Tibetan Buddhism in the region of Tibet. 'Lama' is a word which refers to a Tibetan Buddhist teacher; while 'Dalai' comes from the Tibetan word for ocean. So the term Dalai Lama can be interrupted as "ocean of wisdom"; which shows the confidence Tibetan Buddhists have in their leader.
Buddha was
...5) Creationism
Learn about the theory of Creationism with iMinds insightful knowledge series.
Creationism is the name given to the belief that God created the universe and everything in it, including life. In the West, the word is usually associated with the account of creation given in the book of Genesis in the Christian and Jewish bibles, but it can apply equally to the foundation stories of other religions, such as Islam and Hinduism. There are various
...6) Confucius
Learn about the teachings of Confucius with iMinds insightful knowledge series.
Confucius was a Chinese philosopher, teacher and political figure. His teachings have profoundly influenced Asian thought and life. The impact of his life and intellectual ideas have changed human history and it can be argued that he is the most influential philosopher who has ever lived. In China, he is known as K'ung Fu-Tzu, but in the West, he is more popularly
...Learn about the Seven Archangels with iMinds insightful knowledge series.
The history of Angels rests predominantly in the Middle East. Other cultures had gods, goddesses or faeries, but in the Middle East they worshiped angels as their gods. Once the idea of a single all powerful God evolved, however, it was necessary to create another space for angels. And so, they became known as mediators between the newly created all powerful God and his
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