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The Cult of the Supreme Being (French: Culte de l'Être suprême) [note 1] was a form of deism established by Maximilien Robespierre during the French Revolution as the intended state religion of France and a replacement for its rival, the Cult of Reason, and of Roman Catholicism.
Rudra's evolution from a minor Vedic deity to a supreme being is first evidenced in the Shvetashvatara Upanishad (400–200 BCE), according to Gavin Flood, presenting the earliest seeds of theistic devotion to Rudra-Shiva. [127] Here Rudra-Shiva is identified as the creator of the cosmos and liberator of Selfs from the birth-rebirth cycle. The ...
Elliot Oliver Robertson Rodger (July 24, 1991 – May 23, 2014) was an English-American mass murderer who was responsible for the 2014 Isla Vista killings.On May 23, 2014, Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others using knives, semi-automatic pistols and his car near the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in Isla Vista, California.
Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini [b] (17 May 1900 or 24 September 1902 [a] – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian Islamic revolutionary, politician and religious leader who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989.
In Rama-centric Hindu traditions, he is considered the Supreme Being. Also considered as the ideal man ( maryāda puruṣottama ), Rama is the male protagonist of the Hindu epic Ramayana . His birth is celebrated every year on Rama Navami , which falls on the ninth day of the bright half ( Shukla Paksha ) of the lunar cycle of Chaitra (March ...
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The description of Dantin, possessing a twisted trunk (vakratuṇḍa) and holding a corn-sheaf, a sugar cane, [187] and a club, [188] is so characteristic of the Puranic Ganapati that Heras says "we cannot resist to accept his full identification with this Vedic Dantin". [189] However, Krishan considers these hymns to be post-Vedic additions ...
The date of Krishna's birth is celebrated every year as Janmashtami. [ 145 ] [ page needed ] According to Guy Beck, "most scholars of Hinduism and Indian history accept the historicity of Krishna – that he was a real male person, whether human or divine, who lived on Indian soil by at least 1000 BCE and interacted with many other historical ...