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  2. Portrayals of God in popular media - Wikipedia

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    A filmmaker thus faces a choice about the voice to use, with no scriptural guidance to work from. This conflicts with the filmmaker's perceived task, in the case of biblical epics, of presenting scripture without interpretation or exegesis. [2] God's voice is generally cast in biblical epics and similar movies to provide a sense of authority.

  3. Tashlikh - Wikipedia

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    Tashlikh or Tashlich (Hebrew: תשליך "cast off") is a customary Jewish atonement ritual performed during the High Holy Days on Rosh Hashanah. In some Judaeo-Spanish -speaking communities the practice is referred to as sakudirse las faldas ('to shake the flaps [of clothing]') or simply as faldas .

  4. Cleromancy - Wikipedia

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    In the Book of Jonah 1:7, the desperate sailors cast lots to see whose god was responsible for creating the storm: "Then the sailors said to each other, 'Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.' They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah." Other places in the Hebrew Bible relevant to divination include:

  5. Perceptions of religious imagery in natural phenomena

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    People have been found to perceive images with spiritual or religious themes or import, sometimes called iconoplasms or simulacra, in the shapes of natural phenomena. The images perceived, whether iconic or aniconic , may be the faces of religious notables or the manifestation of spiritual symbols in the natural, organic media or phenomena of ...

  6. Matthew 12:27 - Wikipedia

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    In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. The New International Version translates the passage as: And if I drive out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

  7. List of films based on the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Greatest Heroes of the Bible: The Story of Moses (1978, TV episode) Greatest Heroes of the Bible: The Ten Commandments (1978, TV episode) Animated Stories from the Bible: Moses: From Birth to Burning Bush (1993, TBN, TV episode) Moses (1995, TNT Bible Series) The Prince of Egypt (1998) The Ten Commandments: The Musical (2006) The Ten ...

  8. The Bible in film - Wikipedia

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    According to author Diane Apostolos-Cappadona, in the 1950s and 1960s, during the era of the production code, "the most acceptable cinematic path for movies to incorporate sex and violence was the biblical epic". [6] Basing a film on the Bible allowed it to be more risqué than would normally have been accepted.

  9. Deliverance ministry - Wikipedia

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    Deliverance is meant to cast out evil spirits (a.k.a. "demons"), helping people overcome negative behaviors, feelings, and experiences through the power of the Holy Spirit. [2] Each event is different, but many include some or all of these significant steps: diagnosis, naming the demon, expulsion, and some form of action taken by the afflicted ...