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Essay:Greatest Conservative Movies

2007-07-22T20:44:12Z

Orthodoxperson:

Conservative movies exist, and some are immensely popular. Here is our growing list (in no particular order):

#The first Spider-Man (2002), which praises moral virtue (hard-working teenager, devout aunt and well-meaning uncle) and pokes fun at assumed [[liberals]] (entertainers and journalist). Hero chooses [[abstinence]]. This was one of the most profitable films ever made.
#[[Gone With the Wind]]
#[[Ben-Hur]]
#[[Shawshank Redemption]]
#[[The Sound of Music]]
#[[It's a Wonderful Life]]
#[[The Ten Commandments]]
#[[Mr. Smith Goes To Washington]]
#[[The Passion of the Christ]]
#Star Wars and its sequels - simple truths about the triumph of good over evil
#[[King of Kings]]
#On The Waterfront - a simple but hardworking longshoreman takes on his Mafia-controlled union
#[[Sergeant York]]
#[[Knute Rockne: All-American]]
#[[Ninotchka]]
#[[Forbidden Planet]]
#[[Rudy]]
#[[The Prince of Egypt]]
#[[Red Dawn]]
#[[Harry's War]]
#[[The Patriot]] (2000) (the one starring Mel Gibson, there are several other movies with this name)
#[[Ladder 49]]
#[[Rocky]] (perseverance and God-given talent can overcome all odds)
#[[October Sky]]
#[[Amazing Grace (film)]]
#[[Bruce Almighty]]
#[[Home Alone]]

== References ==

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Essay:Greatest Conservative Songs

2007-07-22T20:40:35Z

Orthodoxperson:

Conservative songs exist, and some are immensely popular. Here is our growing list:

#"My Love" by [[Petula Clark]]. Christian love in secular form.
#"Starting All Over Again" by [[Petula Clark]]. Keep moving onward, even in the most difficult of times.
#"Thank You My Lord" by [[Petula Clark]]. The title says it all.
#"I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)". Its title says it all. The version by [[The Clash]] has a good tempo.
#"Fast Cars" by [[Tracy Chapman]]. Self-help with a criticism of alcohol.
#"You Can't Hurry Love (You Just Have to Wait)". Abstinence for rock fans. The versions by [[The Supremes]] and [[Phil Collins]] were popular.
#"In Your Eyes" by [[Peter Gabriel]]. Love and a thousand churches for those who are lost.
#"Pomp and Circumstance" ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOcvcBxrfN4 ''Land of Hope & Glory'']) By Freedom gain, by Truth maintain...
# "Jesus Christ Pose" by [[Sound Garden]]
#[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ0oCmDXrVk&mode=related&search= "Jerusalem"] Don't let the sword sleep in the hand.
#[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wahd2piIr4Q "Brothers In Arms"] by [[Dire Straits]]. We're fools to make war on our brothers in arms.
#"The Ascent of Stan" by [[Ben Folds]]. Tells the story of a former "textbook hippie man" who realizes that he has become everything that he was protesting against.
#"Brick" by [[Ben Folds Five]]. Shows the regret involved in abortion.
#"Revolution 1" by the [[Beatles]]: Against silly support of Communist revolutionaries.
#"Alive" by [[P.O.D]].: About being thankful for the gift of life.
#"Gotta Serve Somebody" by [[Bob Dylan]]. "It may be the devil or it may be the Lord."<ref>http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/serve.html</ref>
#"Stand By Your Man," by [[Tammy Wynette]]. Don't expect [[liberals]] to like that one!
#"I Can't Drive 55", by [[Sammy Hagar]]. A libertarian protest against highway speed limits.
#"Jesus Take The Wheel" by [[Carrie Underwood]]. A gospel-themed hit from the American Idol winner.
#"Sweet Home Alabama" by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]. Somewhat a response to hippie culture, as well as taking a potshot at liberal musician Neil Young.
#"Red Barchetta" by [[Rush]]. Tells the story of a future with excessive regulation, where even driving is illegal.
#"You Light Up My Life" by [[Debbie Boone]]. One of the biggest hits ever, but [[liberals]] omit that this song is about [[Jesus]].
#"Father of Mine" by [[Everclear]]. A reminder of the importance of good parenting. Everclear singer Art Alexakis wrote much of his material from his own perspective of a troubled childhood.
#"The Taxman" by the Beatles. George Harrison said, "Taxman was when I first realized that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes." [http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/Taxman_Lyrics.html]
#"Back in the U.S.A." by Chuck Berry. A patriotic song about missing life in the U.S.A.
#" Where the Streets Have no Name" by [[U2]].
# "Winds of change" by [[Scorpions]]. The theme song for the end of communism and the [[Iron curtain]]

== References ==

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Essay:Greatest Conservative Songs

2007-07-22T20:37:20Z

Orthodoxperson:

Conservative songs exist, and some are immensely popular. Here is our growing list:

#"My Love" by [[Petula Clark]]. Christian love in secular form.
#"Starting All Over Again" by [[Petula Clark]]. Keep moving onward, even in the most difficult of times.
#"Thank You My Lord" by [[Petula Clark]]. The title says it all.
#"I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)". Its title says it all. The version by [[The Clash]] has a good tempo.
#"Fast Cars" by [[Tracy Chapman]]. Self-help with a criticism of alcohol.
#"You Can't Hurry Love (You Just Have to Wait)". Abstinence for rock fans. The versions by [[The Supremes]] and [[Phil Collins]] were popular.
#"In Your Eyes" by [[Peter Gabriel]]. Love and a thousand churches for those who are lost.
#"Pomp and Circumstance" ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOcvcBxrfN4 ''Land of Hope & Glory'']) By Freedom gain, by Truth maintain...
#[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ0oCmDXrVk&mode=related&search= "Jerusalem"] Don't let the sword sleep in the hand.
#[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wahd2piIr4Q "Brothers In Arms"] by [[Dire Straits]]. We're fools to make war on our brothers in arms.
#"The Ascent of Stan" by [[Ben Folds]]. Tells the story of a former "textbook hippie man" who realizes that he has become everything that he was protesting against.
#"Brick" by [[Ben Folds Five]]. Shows the regret involved in abortion.
#"Revolution 1" by the [[Beatles]]: Against silly support of Communist revolutionaries.
#"Alive" by [[P.O.D]].: About being thankful for the gift of life.
#"Gotta Serve Somebody" by [[Bob Dylan]]. "It may be the devil or it may be the Lord."<ref>http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/serve.html</ref>
#"Stand By Your Man," by [[Tammy Wynette]]. Don't expect [[liberals]] to like that one!
#"I Can't Drive 55", by [[Sammy Hagar]]. A libertarian protest against highway speed limits.
#"Jesus Take The Wheel" by [[Carrie Underwood]]. A gospel-themed hit from the American Idol winner.
#"Sweet Home Alabama" by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]. Somewhat a response to hippie culture, as well as taking a potshot at liberal musician Neil Young.
#"Red Barchetta" by [[Rush]]. Tells the story of a future with excessive regulation, where even driving is illegal.
#"You Light Up My Life" by [[Debbie Boone]]. One of the biggest hits ever, but [[liberals]] omit that this song is about [[Jesus]].
#"Father of Mine" by [[Everclear]]. A reminder of the importance of good parenting. Everclear singer Art Alexakis wrote much of his material from his own perspective of a troubled childhood.
#"The Taxman" by the Beatles. George Harrison said, "Taxman was when I first realized that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes." [http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/Taxman_Lyrics.html]
#"Back in the U.S.A." by Chuck Berry. A patriotic song about missing life in the U.S.A.
#" Where the Streets Have no Name" by [[U2]].
# "Winds of change" by [[Scorpions]]. The theme song for the end of communism and the [[Iron curtain]]

== References ==

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Heart

2007-07-22T19:40:53Z

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A '''heart''' is an [[organ]] that pumps [[blood]] via the [[circulatory system]] to the rest of the body. The heart is a marvelously crafted [[muscle|muscular]] pump and in humans, the heart of an [[embryo]] begins beating 21 days after [[conception]]. According to the [[Bible]] the heart is the seat for our deepest emotions and wishes. Change in personality has been noted in Heart transplant survivors consistent with this.

Heart is situated inside the [[thorax]] in vertebrates and in human body is slightly to the left. Human heart consists of 4 main chambres, 2 [[atria]] and 2 [[ventricles]]. The right side of the heart receives blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs where it is oxygenated and returns to the left side of the heart. The left side of the heart pumps the oxygen carrying blood to the rest of the body.

==References to the Heart in the Bible==

Genesis 6:5 ''The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become,
and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all
the time.''

Genesis 8:21 ''The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never
again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination
of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all
living creatures, as I have done.''

Exodus 4:21 ''The LORD said to Moses, "When you return to Egypt, see that you
perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do.
But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.''

Exodus 7:3 ''But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my miraculous
signs and wonders in Egypt,''

Exodus 13 ''Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just
as the LORD had said.''

Exodus 22 ''But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts,
and Pharaoh's heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron,
just as the LORD had said.''

Exodus 32 ''But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the
people go.''

Exodus 34 ''When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he
sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts.''

Exodus 35 ''So Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go,
just as the LORD had said through Moses.''

Deuteronomy 2:30 ''But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the
LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order
to give him into your hands, as he has now done.''

Deuteronomy 5:29 ''Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my
commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children
forever!''

Deuteronomy 6:5 ''Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and
with all your strength.''

Deuteronomy 6 ''These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.''

Deuteronomy 10:12 ''And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to
fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the
LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,''

Deuteronomy 11:13 ''So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today--to
love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all
your soul--''

Deuteronomy 26:16 ''The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and
laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.''

Deuteronomy 29:18 ''Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today
whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of
those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such
bitter poison.''

Deuteronomy 30:2 ''and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey
him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I
command you today,''

Joshua 11:20 ''For it was the LORD himself who hardened their hearts to wage
war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating
them without mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.''

1saiah 1:13 ''Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her
voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk''

1saiah 2:1 ''Then Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the
LORD my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight
in your deliverance.''

1saiah 6:6 ''Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When
he treated them harshly, did they not send the Israelites out so they could
go on their way?''

1saiah 10:9 ''As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul's heart, and all
these signs were fulfilled that day.''

1saiah 26 ''Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, accompanied by valiant men whose
hearts God had touched.''

1st Kings 2:4 ''and that the LORD may keep his promise to me: 'If your descendants
watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their
heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'''

1st Kings 3:9 '' So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to
distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great
people of yours?"''

1st Kings 12 ''I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning
heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there
ever be.''

2nd Kings 22:19 ''Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before
the LORD when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its
people, that they would become accursed and laid waste, and because you
tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the
LORD.''

1st Chronicles 28:9 ''"And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and
serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD
searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If
you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will
reject you forever.''

1st Chronicles 29:17 ''I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with
integrity. All these things have I given willingly and with honest intent.
And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have
given to you.''

2nd Chronicles 12:14 ''He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the
LORD.''

2nd Chronicles 19:3 ''There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the
Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God."''

2nd Chronicles 30:19 ''who sets his heart on seeking God--the LORD, the God of his fathers-
-even if he is not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary."''

Ezra 27 ''Praise be to the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put it into the
king's heart to bring honor to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem in this
way''

Nehemiah 9:8 ''You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with
him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites,
Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept your promise
because you are righteous.''

Job 23:16 ''God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.''

Psalms 4:4 ''In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your
hearts and be silent. Selah''

Psalms 7 ''You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new
wine abound.''

Psalms 7:9 ''O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the
violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.''

Psalms 9:1 ''I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your
wonders.''

Psalms 22:14 ''I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My
heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.''

Psalms 26 ''The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise
him--may your hearts live forever!''

Psalms 24:4 ''He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his
soul to an idol or swear by what is false.''

Psalms 26:2 ''Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;''

Psalms 27:3 ''Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break
out against me, even then will I be confident.''

Proverbs 3:5 ''Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding;''

Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

Proverbs 6:14 who plots evil with deceit in his heart--he always stirs up
dissension.

Proverbs 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into
evil,

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Essay:Greatest Conservative Songs

2007-07-22T18:00:39Z

Orthodoxperson:

Conservative songs exist, and some are immensely popular. Here is our growing list:

#"My Love" by [[Petula Clark]]. Christian love in secular form.
#"Starting All Over Again" by [[Petula Clark]]. Keep moving onward, even in the most difficult of times.
#"Thank You My Lord" by [[Petula Clark]]. The title says it all.
#"I Fought the Law (and the Law Won)". Its title says it all. The version by [[The Clash]] has a good tempo.
#"Fast Cars" by [[Tracy Chapman]]. Self-help with a criticism of alcohol.
#"You Can't Hurry Love (You Just Have to Wait)". Abstinence for rock fans. The versions by [[The Supremes]] and [[Phil Collins]] were popular.
#"In Your Eyes" by [[Peter Gabriel]]. Love and a thousand churches for those who are lost.
#"Pomp and Circumstance" ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOcvcBxrfN4 ''Land of Hope & Glory'']) By Freedom gain, by Truth maintain...
#[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ0oCmDXrVk&mode=related&search= "Jerusalem"] Don't let the sword sleep in the hand.
#[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wahd2piIr4Q "Brothers In Arms"] by [[Dire Straits]]. We're fools to make war on our brothers in arms.
#"The Ascent of Stan" by [[Ben Folds]]. Tells the story of a former "textbook hippie man" who realizes that he has become everything that he was protesting against.
#"Brick" by [[Ben Folds Five]]. Shows the regret involved in abortion.
#"Revolution 1" by the [[Beatles]]: Against silly support of Communist revolutionaries.
#"Alive" by [[P.O.D]].: About being thankful for the gift of life.
#"Gotta Serve Somebody" by [[Bob Dylan]]. "It may be the devil or it may be the Lord."<ref>http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/serve.html</ref>
#"Stand By Your Man," by [[Tammy Wynette]]. Don't expect [[liberals]] to like that one!
#"I Can't Drive 55", by [[Sammy Hagar]]. A libertarian protest against highway speed limits.
#"Jesus Take The Wheel" by [[Carrie Underwood]]. A gospel-themed hit from the American Idol winner.
#"Sweet Home Alabama" by [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]]. Somewhat a response to hippie culture, as well as taking a potshot at liberal musician Neil Young.
#"Red Barchetta" by [[Rush]]. Tells the story of a future with excessive regulation, where even driving is illegal.
#"You Light Up My Life" by [[Debbie Boone]]. One of the biggest hits ever, but [[liberals]] omit that this song is about [[Jesus]].
#"Father of Mine" by [[Everclear]]. A reminder of the importance of good parenting. Everclear singer Art Alexakis wrote much of his material from his own perspective of a troubled childhood.
#"The Taxman" by the Beatles. George Harrison said, "Taxman was when I first realized that even though we had started earning money, we were actually giving most of it away in taxes." [http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/Taxman_Lyrics.html]
#"Back in the U.S.A." by Chuck Berry.A patriotic song about missing life in the U.S.A
#" Where streets have no name" by U2 an Irish christian rock group.

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Whale shark

2007-07-22T17:52:09Z

Orthodoxperson: New page: Whale shark is the largest fish in the world.

Whale shark is the largest fish in the world.

Syncope

2007-07-22T17:48:09Z

Orthodoxperson: New page: Syncope (fainting) is the sudden temporary loss of consciousness usually due to heart stopping for a short time. This can result in death some times if the heart does not re-start again. ...

Syncope (fainting) is the sudden temporary loss of consciousness usually due to heart stopping for a short time. This can result in death some times if the heart does not re-start again.

Biblical reference:

"God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me."
Job 23:15-17

Heart

2007-07-01T16:19:40Z

Orthodoxperson:

Creation Museum

2007-05-27T07:40:40Z

Orthodoxperson: New page: The Creation Museum is a multi million dollar museum in the United States designed to promote young Earth creationism. It will open its doors to the public on May 28, 2007. The museum p...

The Creation Museum is a multi million dollar museum in the United States designed to promote young Earth creationism. It will open its doors to the public on May 28, 2007.

The museum presents a literal interpretation of the genesis in the origin of universe and life. The exhibits prove that the planet is just a few thousand years old and that man and dinosaurs once coexisted. Evolution scientists do not agree with this and claim that the universe is billions of years old even though it contradicts with scientific evidence.

Date of creation

2007-05-26T04:52:31Z

Orthodoxperson: no reference cited

Calculating the '''date of creation''' has exercised many minds for hundreds of years.

== Basis of calculation ==

The Bible contains [[chronogenealogies]] from Adam to Abraham, listing the age at which each person in the genealogy gave birth to the next person in the list, thus allowing by simple addition a determination of how many years passed between [[creation story|creation]] and Abraham. There are other chronological indications also, allowing that calculation to be extended into the times of the kings, when the dates can be correlated with other events in history for which the absolute date is known. By this means, in theory, one can calculate the date of creation.

There are, however, some uncertainties in this. For example, Genesis lists the age of Terah when the first of his sons was born, but was Abraham this son, or the second or third son?
Different researchers have proposed different answers to this and similar problems, but none of these problems change the result by a very significant amount.

An objection that has often been raised is whether the chronogenealogies were ''intended'' to be used this way, or whether, for example, generations have been missed.
[[Henry Morris]], a pioneer of modern creationism, allowed for the possibility of gaps in the genealogies, but claimed that it was unreasonable to stretch the date back further than about 10,000 B.C.
In more recent times, however, creationists have concluded that there is no reason to think that there are gaps, and this view is supported by the consensus of the experts, according to [[James Barr]], then regius professor of Hebrew at [[Oxford University]], and not a young-Earth creationist (he also wrote a book attacking [[biblical inerrancy]]), who wrote in 1984: "… probably, so far as I know, there is no professor of Hebrew or Old Testament at any world-class university who does not believe that the writer(s) of Genesis 1–11 intended to convey to their readers the ideas that: … the figures contained in the Genesis genealogies provided by simple addition a chronology from the beginning of the world up to later stages in the biblical story." <ref>Quoted in [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1606/ Biblical chronogenealogies], by Jonathan Sarfati.</ref>

Old-earth creationists do not accept this date, proposing that there may be gaps in the genealogies.<ref>[http://www.reasons.org/resources/apologetics/other_papers/primeval_chronology.shtml Are There Gaps in the Biblical Genealogies?], by William Henry Green.</ref>

== Calculated dates ==

The best known date of creation is the one calculated by Archbishop [[James Ussher]] in the 17th century - namely 6:00 p.m. Saturday, [[October 22]], [[4004]] BC.<ref>The Annals of the World, by James Ussher.</ref> However, only the year was based on the Biblical ages; the date and time were based on other considerations. Another to calculate the date of creation was [[Johannes Kepler]], who worked it out to be 3992 B.C.

But such calculations in fact date from at least the Middle Ages, and offer a range of dates from around 5000 to 4000 BC. Judaic tradition (to which the Old Testament of course belongs) reckons the date of creation at 3760 BC. Another calculation, beginning with the date of the destruction of Jerusalem known from secular history and working backwards, arrives at 4163 BC. <ref> http://web.newsguy.com/rubyredinger/age.html Biblical age of the Earth</ref>

== Geological dating ==
Based on [[geology|geological]] dating methods and their inherent controversial assumptions, however, secular scientific research dates the formation of the Earth to around 4.5 [[billion]] (4.5 * 10<sup>9</sup>) years ago.<ref>[http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/age.html USGS, ''Geologic Time: Age of the Earth.''] Accessed April 18, 2007.</ref> And according to the [[Big Bang Theory|Big Bang theory]], the universe began even earlier, about 13.7 billion years ago.

== Notes ==
<small><references /></small>

[[Category:Creationism]]

Slavery

2007-05-25T06:03:01Z

Orthodoxperson: /* Slavery in the Bible */

'''Slavery''' was a peculiar institution found in all [[civilization]]s which diminished a person's value to the point where they would be regarded as a "thing" to be owned.
The value of a slave was typically about the same as that of a [[race horse]]. The master controls and commands the slave, either through ownership of the slave like property, or by right to command him.

The slavery system reduces a person to the status of an animal who can be owned by another person. Some say it is a contradiction of our God-given human rights. Yet the Bible states that thieves should be sold into slavery.<ref>Exodus 22:3 "He should make a full restitution; and if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.</ref> In general, slaves can be kept for six years. <ref>Exodus 21:1-4 "If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing."</ref>
== Ancient History ==
[[Image:Ruslavery.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Painting of a slave market in early medieval Eastern Europe.]]
Slavery has existed at least since ancient [[Greece]] and ancient [[Egypt]], where, according to the Bible, Hebrews were slaves (although no other historical accounts mention Hebrew slaves in Egypt). The primary slave market in ancient Greece was on an island in the Aegean sea known as "Delos". From there slaves were traded and used throughout the Greek city-states.

Often prisoners-of-wars in ancient history were used as slaves, particularly during the [[Roman Empire]]. [[Christianity]] helped lessen the harshness by which Romans treated slaves; however, later Christian nations like Spain, England, and the Netherlands would continue in the use of slaves. Slavery was also pervasive among [[Arabs]] into the twentieth century.

==Recent History==

In 1455, a "papal bull" (formal letter by the [[pope]]) justified a "right" of Christian nations to enslave any non-Christian in the name of exploration. The [[Spain|Spanish]] had already been enslaving [[South America|South American]] natives on a limited basis, but with the rise of sugar plantations the need for a larger slave force arose. Millions of [[Africa|African]] slaves were brought by the Spanish and [[Portugal|Portuguese]] to [[Mexico]], [[Peru]], the [[Caribbean]] and [[Brazil]]. The growth of [[sugar]]—which had first been introduced to [[Europe]] when the [[Muslims]] ruled Spain—was exploding in popularity throughout the entire western world. Soon [[France]], the Netherlands and Great Britain were also establishing profitable sugar plantations in the new world. The plantation system began in Brazil, where rich white plantation owners were the highest rung in the social hierarchy and black slaves were at the bottom. Obviously life on a sugar plantation was very hard work for a slave.

Slavery was widespread within Africa itself, and the richest in Africa were not those owning the most land, but those who owned the most slaves. In the Sahara Desert, slaves worked in caravans and were used in gold and salt mining. Slaves were usually prisoners of war from other areas of Africa, or debtors, or enemies or the king, but many women outside of those three categories were also enslaved in African societies. Polygamy—the practice of having more than one wife—was common in Africa, as was the existence of harems, from which African women were often sold to join Arabian or Middle Eastern harems.

The trading of slaves with other countries was encouraged in Africa, and was considered an important component of the African economy. Slave trade across the Atlantic (the Trans-Atlantic slave trade) became a booming business for Europeans and Africans alike, by which African rulers sold their people to Europeans for goods such as iron, alcohol, tobacco and most importantly, guns. Trans-Atlantic trade led to the degrading use of "chattel" slaves, whereby the slaves were treated purely as property of the owner. The slaves served as sailors, skilled craftsmen or farmers. The journey across the Atlantic, known as the Middle Passage, led to the death of 10-20% of the African slaves. But an even higher percentage lost their lives in the journey from their homes in Africa to the African coast, where they were to board the slave ships.

The Trans-Atlantic slave trade was one component in a system of routes known as the "Triangular Trade" between South America, New England, and the West Coast of Africa. The three main items that were exchanged were sugar, rum and slaves. European goods, mainly guns, were used to buy slaves from Africa. The slaves were then shipped to the Americas. Then, from America, sugar, rum and tobacco were brought back to Europe, completing the "triangle" of trade. Slavery is one of the less noble aspects of American history.

Between 1530 and 1780, Europeans including Britons and even some Americans were frequently taken captive and enslaved by privateers from the [[Barbary States]]. Estimates of so-called "white slavery" vary from as little as 50,000 to in the millions <ref>http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/whtslav.htm</ref>. Generally Europeans enslaved by the [[corsairs]] were usually poorer sea merchants and city dwellers whose families were unable to pay the ransom necessary to free them. Often the [[Pasha]] would purchase the female captives into his harem. Many were forced to "go turk" or convert to "mohammadism" in order to stay with their children who were raised as Muslims. Occasionally slaves would convert in order to escape harsher labors such as tending the oars in the corsairs <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/white_slaves_print.html</ref>.

==End of European and American Slavery==

The end of slavery in Europe was not to come until the beginning of the 1800s, when abolitionists such as William Wilberforce and John Wesley began speaking out against the evils of the system. The slave trade was abolished in the [[British Empire]] in 1807, however slavery was not abolished in the Empire until 1832.

The British ban on the slave trade enforced by the British navy did undermine the slave trade globally. This led to the the United States banning the slave trade in the early 1800s. However, slavery itself was not abolished until decades later in 1865 when the U.S. government passed the [[13th Amendment]], and in South America when it was ended in Brazil in 1888.

==Slavery in the Bible ==
[[Image:Boulanger Gustave Clarence Rudolphe The Slave Market.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Boulanger Gustave Clarence Rudolphe's painting ''The Slave Market'']]
Slavery is also referenced, permitted and regulated in the Bible. Some English translations use the term 'slave' while others use 'servant,' but the meanings are equivalent. For example:

* "A father can sell a daughter into slavery to pay a debt. A daughter sold into slavery is not released at the end of six years as is an ordinary male slave." -- Exodus 21:7-11

* "And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant." -- Genesis 17:12-13, showing that slaves were considered subject to the Old Covenant.

* "A slave owner is to be punished if he strikes his slave and the slave dies shortly thereafter. If the slave lives a day or to and then dies, the slave owner is not to be punished. A slave is the same as money to his owner." -- Exodus 21:20-21

* "If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever." -- Exodus 21:2-6. Hebrews may be slaves for a maximum of seven years, then must be freed. Any children produced during the period of slavery shall however remain the property of his owner.

* "Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour." -- Leviticus 25:44-46 (Leviticus 25 contains more detailed rules regarding who may or may not be enslaved)

* "And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice (slavery) unto this day. But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen." -- I Kings 9:20-22

* "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant (slave)? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather." -- I Corintians 7:20-21

* "Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward." -- 1 Peter 2:18

* "Let as many servants (slaves) as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort." -- I Timothy 6:1-2

* The book of Philemon is a record of Paul sending a slave back to his master "no longer as a slave but more than a slave-- a beloved brother." (Philemon 1: 16)

The Old Testament alone, prior to New Testament considerations, broadly prohibits the permanent enslavement of the native inhabitants of Israel but permits the enslavement of immigrants and the occupants of other countries. Depending on the precise circumstances, ethnicity, nationality and any enslaved relatives of a slave, some must be freed after a specified time, while others remain slaves for life. Though physical violence to slaves is permitted, murder is not.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:History]]
[[Category:Economics]]
[[Category:Sociology]]

Slavery

2007-05-25T05:57:46Z

Orthodoxperson: /* Slavery in the Bible */

'''Slavery''' was a peculiar institution found in all [[civilization]]s which diminished a person's value to the point where they would be regarded as a "thing" to be owned.
The value of a slave was typically about the same as that of a [[race horse]]. The master controls and commands the slave, either through ownership of the slave like property, or by right to command him.

The slavery system reduces a person to the status of an animal who can be owned by another person. Some say it is a contradiction of our God-given human rights. Yet the Bible states that thieves should be sold into slavery.<ref>Exodus 22:3 "He should make a full restitution; and if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.</ref> In general, slaves can be kept for six years. <ref>Exodus 21:1-4 "If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing."</ref>
== Ancient History ==
[[Image:Ruslavery.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Painting of a slave market in early medieval Eastern Europe.]]
Slavery has existed at least since ancient [[Greece]] and ancient [[Egypt]], where, according to the Bible, Hebrews were slaves (although no other historical accounts mention Hebrew slaves in Egypt). The primary slave market in ancient Greece was on an island in the Aegean sea known as "Delos". From there slaves were traded and used throughout the Greek city-states.

Often prisoners-of-wars in ancient history were used as slaves, particularly during the [[Roman Empire]]. [[Christianity]] helped lessen the harshness by which Romans treated slaves; however, later Christian nations like Spain, England, and the Netherlands would continue in the use of slaves. Slavery was also pervasive among [[Arabs]] into the twentieth century.

==Recent History==

In 1455, a "papal bull" (formal letter by the [[pope]]) justified a "right" of Christian nations to enslave any non-Christian in the name of exploration. The [[Spain|Spanish]] had already been enslaving [[South America|South American]] natives on a limited basis, but with the rise of sugar plantations the need for a larger slave force arose. Millions of [[Africa|African]] slaves were brought by the Spanish and [[Portugal|Portuguese]] to [[Mexico]], [[Peru]], the [[Caribbean]] and [[Brazil]]. The growth of [[sugar]]—which had first been introduced to [[Europe]] when the [[Muslims]] ruled Spain—was exploding in popularity throughout the entire western world. Soon [[France]], the Netherlands and Great Britain were also establishing profitable sugar plantations in the new world. The plantation system began in Brazil, where rich white plantation owners were the highest rung in the social hierarchy and black slaves were at the bottom. Obviously life on a sugar plantation was very hard work for a slave.

Slavery was widespread within Africa itself, and the richest in Africa were not those owning the most land, but those who owned the most slaves. In the Sahara Desert, slaves worked in caravans and were used in gold and salt mining. Slaves were usually prisoners of war from other areas of Africa, or debtors, or enemies or the king, but many women outside of those three categories were also enslaved in African societies. Polygamy—the practice of having more than one wife—was common in Africa, as was the existence of harems, from which African women were often sold to join Arabian or Middle Eastern harems.

The trading of slaves with other countries was encouraged in Africa, and was considered an important component of the African economy. Slave trade across the Atlantic (the Trans-Atlantic slave trade) became a booming business for Europeans and Africans alike, by which African rulers sold their people to Europeans for goods such as iron, alcohol, tobacco and most importantly, guns. Trans-Atlantic trade led to the degrading use of "chattel" slaves, whereby the slaves were treated purely as property of the owner. The slaves served as sailors, skilled craftsmen or farmers. The journey across the Atlantic, known as the Middle Passage, led to the death of 10-20% of the African slaves. But an even higher percentage lost their lives in the journey from their homes in Africa to the African coast, where they were to board the slave ships.

The Trans-Atlantic slave trade was one component in a system of routes known as the "Triangular Trade" between South America, New England, and the West Coast of Africa. The three main items that were exchanged were sugar, rum and slaves. European goods, mainly guns, were used to buy slaves from Africa. The slaves were then shipped to the Americas. Then, from America, sugar, rum and tobacco were brought back to Europe, completing the "triangle" of trade. Slavery is one of the less noble aspects of American history.

Between 1530 and 1780, Europeans including Britons and even some Americans were frequently taken captive and enslaved by privateers from the [[Barbary States]]. Estimates of so-called "white slavery" vary from as little as 50,000 to in the millions <ref>http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/whtslav.htm</ref>. Generally Europeans enslaved by the [[corsairs]] were usually poorer sea merchants and city dwellers whose families were unable to pay the ransom necessary to free them. Often the [[Pasha]] would purchase the female captives into his harem. Many were forced to "go turk" or convert to "mohammadism" in order to stay with their children who were raised as Muslims. Occasionally slaves would convert in order to escape harsher labors such as tending the oars in the corsairs <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/white_slaves_print.html</ref>.

==End of European and American Slavery==

The end of slavery in Europe was not to come until the beginning of the 1800s, when abolitionists such as William Wilberforce and John Wesley began speaking out against the evils of the system. The slave trade was abolished in the [[British Empire]] in 1807, however slavery was not abolished in the Empire until 1832.

The British ban on the slave trade enforced by the British navy did undermine the slave trade globally. This led to the the United States banning the slave trade in the early 1800s. However, slavery itself was not abolished until decades later in 1865 when the U.S. government passed the [[13th Amendment]], and in South America when it was ended in Brazil in 1888.

==Slavery in the Bible ==
[[Image:Boulanger Gustave Clarence Rudolphe The Slave Market.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Boulanger Gustave Clarence Rudolphe's painting ''The Slave Market'']]
Slavery is also referenced, permitted and regulated in the Bible. Some English translations use the term 'slave' while others use 'servant,' but the meanings are equivalent. For example:

* "A father can sell a daughter into slavery to pay a debt. A daughter sold into slavery is not released at the end of six years as is an ordinary male slave." -- Exodus 21:7-11

* "And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant." -- Genesis 17:12-13, showing that slaves were considered subject to the Old Covenant.

* "If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever." -- Exodus 21:2-6. Hebrews may be slaves for a maximum of seven years, then must be freed. Any children produced during the period of slavery shall however remain the property of his owner.

* "Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour." -- Leviticus 25:44-46 (Leviticus 25 contains more detailed rules regarding who may or may not be enslaved)

* "And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice (slavery) unto this day. But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen." -- I Kings 9:20-22

* "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant (slave)? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather." -- I Corintians 7:20-21

* "Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward." -- 1 Peter 2:18

* "Let as many servants (slaves) as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort." -- I Timothy 6:1-2

* The book of Philemon is a record of Paul sending a slave back to his master "no longer as a slave but more than a slave-- a beloved brother." (Philemon 1: 16)

The Old Testament alone, prior to New Testament considerations, broadly prohibits the permanent enslavement of the native inhabitants of Israel but permits the enslavement of immigrants and the occupants of other countries. Depending on the precise circumstances, ethnicity, nationality and any enslaved relatives of a slave, some must be freed after a specified time, while others remain slaves for life. Though physical violence to slaves is permitted, murder is not.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:History]]
[[Category:Economics]]
[[Category:Sociology]]

Slavery

2007-05-25T05:53:45Z

Orthodoxperson: /* Slavery in the Bible */

'''Slavery''' was a peculiar institution found in all [[civilization]]s which diminished a person's value to the point where they would be regarded as a "thing" to be owned.
The value of a slave was typically about the same as that of a [[race horse]]. The master controls and commands the slave, either through ownership of the slave like property, or by right to command him.

The slavery system reduces a person to the status of an animal who can be owned by another person. Some say it is a contradiction of our God-given human rights. Yet the Bible states that thieves should be sold into slavery.<ref>Exodus 22:3 "He should make a full restitution; and if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.</ref> In general, slaves can be kept for six years. <ref>Exodus 21:1-4 "If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing."</ref>
== Ancient History ==
[[Image:Ruslavery.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Painting of a slave market in early medieval Eastern Europe.]]
Slavery has existed at least since ancient [[Greece]] and ancient [[Egypt]], where, according to the Bible, Hebrews were slaves (although no other historical accounts mention Hebrew slaves in Egypt). The primary slave market in ancient Greece was on an island in the Aegean sea known as "Delos". From there slaves were traded and used throughout the Greek city-states.

Often prisoners-of-wars in ancient history were used as slaves, particularly during the [[Roman Empire]]. [[Christianity]] helped lessen the harshness by which Romans treated slaves; however, later Christian nations like Spain, England, and the Netherlands would continue in the use of slaves. Slavery was also pervasive among [[Arabs]] into the twentieth century.

==Recent History==

In 1455, a "papal bull" (formal letter by the [[pope]]) justified a "right" of Christian nations to enslave any non-Christian in the name of exploration. The [[Spain|Spanish]] had already been enslaving [[South America|South American]] natives on a limited basis, but with the rise of sugar plantations the need for a larger slave force arose. Millions of [[Africa|African]] slaves were brought by the Spanish and [[Portugal|Portuguese]] to [[Mexico]], [[Peru]], the [[Caribbean]] and [[Brazil]]. The growth of [[sugar]]—which had first been introduced to [[Europe]] when the [[Muslims]] ruled Spain—was exploding in popularity throughout the entire western world. Soon [[France]], the Netherlands and Great Britain were also establishing profitable sugar plantations in the new world. The plantation system began in Brazil, where rich white plantation owners were the highest rung in the social hierarchy and black slaves were at the bottom. Obviously life on a sugar plantation was very hard work for a slave.

Slavery was widespread within Africa itself, and the richest in Africa were not those owning the most land, but those who owned the most slaves. In the Sahara Desert, slaves worked in caravans and were used in gold and salt mining. Slaves were usually prisoners of war from other areas of Africa, or debtors, or enemies or the king, but many women outside of those three categories were also enslaved in African societies. Polygamy—the practice of having more than one wife—was common in Africa, as was the existence of harems, from which African women were often sold to join Arabian or Middle Eastern harems.

The trading of slaves with other countries was encouraged in Africa, and was considered an important component of the African economy. Slave trade across the Atlantic (the Trans-Atlantic slave trade) became a booming business for Europeans and Africans alike, by which African rulers sold their people to Europeans for goods such as iron, alcohol, tobacco and most importantly, guns. Trans-Atlantic trade led to the degrading use of "chattel" slaves, whereby the slaves were treated purely as property of the owner. The slaves served as sailors, skilled craftsmen or farmers. The journey across the Atlantic, known as the Middle Passage, led to the death of 10-20% of the African slaves. But an even higher percentage lost their lives in the journey from their homes in Africa to the African coast, where they were to board the slave ships.

The Trans-Atlantic slave trade was one component in a system of routes known as the "Triangular Trade" between South America, New England, and the West Coast of Africa. The three main items that were exchanged were sugar, rum and slaves. European goods, mainly guns, were used to buy slaves from Africa. The slaves were then shipped to the Americas. Then, from America, sugar, rum and tobacco were brought back to Europe, completing the "triangle" of trade. Slavery is one of the less noble aspects of American history.

Between 1530 and 1780, Europeans including Britons and even some Americans were frequently taken captive and enslaved by privateers from the [[Barbary States]]. Estimates of so-called "white slavery" vary from as little as 50,000 to in the millions <ref>http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/whtslav.htm</ref>. Generally Europeans enslaved by the [[corsairs]] were usually poorer sea merchants and city dwellers whose families were unable to pay the ransom necessary to free them. Often the [[Pasha]] would purchase the female captives into his harem. Many were forced to "go turk" or convert to "mohammadism" in order to stay with their children who were raised as Muslims. Occasionally slaves would convert in order to escape harsher labors such as tending the oars in the corsairs <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/white_slaves_print.html</ref>.

==End of European and American Slavery==

The end of slavery in Europe was not to come until the beginning of the 1800s, when abolitionists such as William Wilberforce and John Wesley began speaking out against the evils of the system. The slave trade was abolished in the [[British Empire]] in 1807, however slavery was not abolished in the Empire until 1832.

The British ban on the slave trade enforced by the British navy did undermine the slave trade globally. This led to the the United States banning the slave trade in the early 1800s. However, slavery itself was not abolished until decades later in 1865 when the U.S. government passed the [[13th Amendment]], and in South America when it was ended in Brazil in 1888.

==Slavery in the Bible ==
[[Image:Boulanger Gustave Clarence Rudolphe The Slave Market.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Boulanger Gustave Clarence Rudolphe's painting ''The Slave Market'']]
Slavery is also referenced, permitted and regulated in the Bible. Some English translations use the term 'slave' while others use 'servant,' but the meanings are equivalent. For example:

* "And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant." -- Genesis 17:12-13, showing that slaves were considered subject to the Old Covenant.

* "If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever." -- Exodus 21:2-6. Hebrews may be slaves for a maximum of seven years, then must be freed. Any children produced during the period of slavery shall however remain the property of his owner.

* "Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour." -- Leviticus 25:44-46 (Leviticus 25 contains more detailed rules regarding who may or may not be enslaved)

* "And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice (slavery) unto this day. But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen." -- I Kings 9:20-22

* "Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Art thou called being a servant (slave)? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather." -- I Corintians 7:20-21

* "Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward." -- 1 Peter 2:18

* "Let as many servants (slaves) as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort." -- I Timothy 6:1-2

* The book of Philemon is a record of Paul sending a slave back to his master "no longer as a slave but more than a slave-- a beloved brother." (Philemon 1: 16)

The Old Testament alone, prior to New Testament considerations, broadly prohibits the permanent enslavement of the native inhabitants of Israel but permits the enslavement of immigrants and the occupants of other countries. Depending on the precise circumstances, ethnicity, nationality and any enslaved relatives of a slave, some must be freed after a specified time, while others remain slaves for life. Though physical violence to slaves is permitted, murder is not.

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:History]]
[[Category:Economics]]
[[Category:Sociology]]

Heart

2007-05-21T06:41:24Z

Orthodoxperson:

A '''heart''' is an [[organ]] that pumps [[blood]] via the [[circulatory system]] to the rest of the body. The heart is a marvelously crafted [[muscle|muscular]] pump and in humans, the heart of an [[embryo]] begins beating 21 days after [[conception]]. According to the [[Bible]] the heart is the seat for our deepest emotions and wishes.

Heart is situated inside the [[thorax]] in vertebrates and in human body is slightly to the left. Human heart consists of 4 main chambres, 2 [[atria]] and 2 [[ventricles]]. The right side of the heart receives blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs where it is oxygenated and returns to the left side of the heart. The left side of the heart pumps the oxygen carrying blood to the rest of the body.

==References to the Heart in the Bible==

Genesis 6:5 ''The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become,
and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all
the time.''

Genesis 8:21 ''The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never
again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination
of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all
living creatures, as I have done.''

Exodus 4:21 ''The LORD said to Moses, "When you return to Egypt, see that you
perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do.
But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.''

Exodus 7:3 ''But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my miraculous
signs and wonders in Egypt,''

Exodus 13 ''Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just
as the LORD had said.''

Exodus 22 ''But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts,
and Pharaoh's heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron,
just as the LORD had said.''

Exodus 32 ''But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the
people go.''

Exodus 34 ''When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he
sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts.''

Exodus 35 ''So Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go,
just as the LORD had said through Moses.''

Deuteronomy 2:30 ''But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the
LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order
to give him into your hands, as he has now done.''

Deuteronomy 5:29 ''Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my
commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children
forever!''

Deuteronomy 6:5 ''Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and
with all your strength.''

Deuteronomy 6 ''These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.''

Deuteronomy 10:12 ''And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to
fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the
LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,''

Deuteronomy 11:13 ''So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today--to
love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all
your soul--''

Deuteronomy 26:16 ''The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and
laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.''

Deuteronomy 29:18 ''Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today
whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of
those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such
bitter poison.''

Deuteronomy 30:2 ''and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey
him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I
command you today,''

Joshua 11:20 ''For it was the LORD himself who hardened their hearts to wage
war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating
them without mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.''

1saiah 1:13 ''Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her
voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk''

1saiah 2:1 ''Then Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the
LORD my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight
in your deliverance.''

1saiah 6:6 ''Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When
he treated them harshly, did they not send the Israelites out so they could
go on their way?''

1saiah 10:9 ''As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul's heart, and all
these signs were fulfilled that day.''

1saiah 26 ''Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, accompanied by valiant men whose
hearts God had touched.''

1st Kings 2:4 ''and that the LORD may keep his promise to me: 'If your descendants
watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their
heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'''

1st Kings 3:9 '' So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to
distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great
people of yours?"''

1st Kings 12 ''I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning
heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there
ever be.''

2nd Kings 22:19 ''Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before
the LORD when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its
people, that they would become accursed and laid waste, and because you
tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the
LORD.''

1st Chronicles 28:9 ''"And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and
serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD
searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If
you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will
reject you forever.''

1st Chronicles 29:17 ''I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with
integrity. All these things have I given willingly and with honest intent.
And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have
given to you.''

2nd Chronicles 12:14 ''He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the
LORD.''

2nd Chronicles 19:3 ''There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the
Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God."''

2nd Chronicles 30:19 ''who sets his heart on seeking God--the LORD, the God of his fathers-
-even if he is not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary."''

Ezra 27 ''Praise be to the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put it into the
king's heart to bring honor to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem in this
way''

Nehemiah 9:8 ''You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with
him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites,
Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept your promise
because you are righteous.''

Job 23:16 ''God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.''

Psalms 4:4 ''In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your
hearts and be silent. Selah''

Psalms 7 ''You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new
wine abound.''

Psalms 7:9 ''O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the
violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.''

Psalms 9:1 ''I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your
wonders.''

Psalms 22:14 ''I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My
heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.''

Psalms 26 ''The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise
him--may your hearts live forever!''

Psalms 24:4 ''He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his
soul to an idol or swear by what is false.''

Psalms 26:2 ''Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;''

Psalms 27:3 ''Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break
out against me, even then will I be confident.''

Proverbs 3:5 ''Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding;''

Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

Proverbs 6:14 who plots evil with deceit in his heart--he always stirs up
dissension.

Proverbs 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into
evil,

[[Category:Anatomy]]

Heart

2007-05-21T06:40:45Z

Orthodoxperson:

A '''heart''' is an [[organ]] that pumps [[blood]] via the [[circulatory system]] to the rest of the body. The heart is a marvelously crafted [[muscle|muscular]] pump and in humans, the heart of an [[embryo]] begins beating 21 days after [[conception]]. According to the [[Bible]] the heart as a seat for our deepest emotions and wishes.

Heart is situated inside the [[thorax]] in vertebrates and in human body is slightly to the left. Human heart consists of 4 main chambres, 2 [[atria]] and 2 [[ventricles]]. The right side of the heart receives blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs where it is oxygenated and returns to the left side of the heart. The left side of the heart pumps the oxygen carrying blood to the rest of the body.

==References to the Heart in the Bible==

Genesis 6:5 ''The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become,
and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all
the time.''

Genesis 8:21 ''The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never
again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination
of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all
living creatures, as I have done.''

Exodus 4:21 ''The LORD said to Moses, "When you return to Egypt, see that you
perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do.
But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.''

Exodus 7:3 ''But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my miraculous
signs and wonders in Egypt,''

Exodus 13 ''Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just
as the LORD had said.''

Exodus 22 ''But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts,
and Pharaoh's heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron,
just as the LORD had said.''

Exodus 32 ''But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the
people go.''

Exodus 34 ''When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he
sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts.''

Exodus 35 ''So Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go,
just as the LORD had said through Moses.''

Deuteronomy 2:30 ''But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the
LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order
to give him into your hands, as he has now done.''

Deuteronomy 5:29 ''Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my
commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children
forever!''

Deuteronomy 6:5 ''Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and
with all your strength.''

Deuteronomy 6 ''These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.''

Deuteronomy 10:12 ''And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to
fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the
LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,''

Deuteronomy 11:13 ''So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today--to
love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all
your soul--''

Deuteronomy 26:16 ''The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and
laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.''

Deuteronomy 29:18 ''Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today
whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of
those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such
bitter poison.''

Deuteronomy 30:2 ''and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey
him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I
command you today,''

Joshua 11:20 ''For it was the LORD himself who hardened their hearts to wage
war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating
them without mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.''

1saiah 1:13 ''Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her
voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk''

1saiah 2:1 ''Then Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the
LORD my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight
in your deliverance.''

1saiah 6:6 ''Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When
he treated them harshly, did they not send the Israelites out so they could
go on their way?''

1saiah 10:9 ''As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul's heart, and all
these signs were fulfilled that day.''

1saiah 26 ''Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, accompanied by valiant men whose
hearts God had touched.''

1st Kings 2:4 ''and that the LORD may keep his promise to me: 'If your descendants
watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their
heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'''

1st Kings 3:9 '' So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to
distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great
people of yours?"''

1st Kings 12 ''I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning
heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there
ever be.''

2nd Kings 22:19 ''Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before
the LORD when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its
people, that they would become accursed and laid waste, and because you
tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the
LORD.''

1st Chronicles 28:9 ''"And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and
serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD
searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If
you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will
reject you forever.''

1st Chronicles 29:17 ''I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with
integrity. All these things have I given willingly and with honest intent.
And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have
given to you.''

2nd Chronicles 12:14 ''He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the
LORD.''

2nd Chronicles 19:3 ''There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the
Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God."''

2nd Chronicles 30:19 ''who sets his heart on seeking God--the LORD, the God of his fathers-
-even if he is not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary."''

Ezra 27 ''Praise be to the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put it into the
king's heart to bring honor to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem in this
way''

Nehemiah 9:8 ''You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with
him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites,
Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept your promise
because you are righteous.''

Job 23:16 ''God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.''

Psalms 4:4 ''In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your
hearts and be silent. Selah''

Psalms 7 ''You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new
wine abound.''

Psalms 7:9 ''O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the
violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.''

Psalms 9:1 ''I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your
wonders.''

Psalms 22:14 ''I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My
heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.''

Psalms 26 ''The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise
him--may your hearts live forever!''

Psalms 24:4 ''He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his
soul to an idol or swear by what is false.''

Psalms 26:2 ''Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;''

Psalms 27:3 ''Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break
out against me, even then will I be confident.''

Proverbs 3:5 ''Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding;''

Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

Proverbs 6:14 who plots evil with deceit in his heart--he always stirs up
dissension.

Proverbs 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into
evil,

[[Category:Anatomy]]

Heart

2007-05-21T06:40:12Z

Orthodoxperson:

A '''heart''' is an [[organ]] that pumps [[blood]] via the [[circulatory system]] to the rest of the body. The heart is a marvelously crafted [[muscle|muscular]] pump and in humans, the heart of an [[embryo]] begins beating 21 days after [[conception]]. According to the [[Bible]]the heart as a seat for our deepest emotions and wishes.

Heart is situated inside the [[thorax]] in vertebrates and in human body is slightly to the left. Human heart consists of 4 main chambres, 2 [[atria]] and 2 [[ventricles]]. The right side of the heart receives blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs where it is oxygenated and returns to the left side of the heart. The left side of the heart pumps the oxygen carrying blood to the rest of the body.

==References to the Heart in the Bible==

Genesis 6:5 ''The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become,
and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all
the time.''

Genesis 8:21 ''The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never
again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination
of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all
living creatures, as I have done.''

Exodus 4:21 ''The LORD said to Moses, "When you return to Egypt, see that you
perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do.
But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.''

Exodus 7:3 ''But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my miraculous
signs and wonders in Egypt,''

Exodus 13 ''Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just
as the LORD had said.''

Exodus 22 ''But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts,
and Pharaoh's heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron,
just as the LORD had said.''

Exodus 32 ''But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the
people go.''

Exodus 34 ''When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he
sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts.''

Exodus 35 ''So Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go,
just as the LORD had said through Moses.''

Deuteronomy 2:30 ''But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the
LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order
to give him into your hands, as he has now done.''

Deuteronomy 5:29 ''Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my
commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children
forever!''

Deuteronomy 6:5 ''Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and
with all your strength.''

Deuteronomy 6 ''These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.''

Deuteronomy 10:12 ''And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to
fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the
LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,''

Deuteronomy 11:13 ''So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today--to
love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all
your soul--''

Deuteronomy 26:16 ''The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and
laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.''

Deuteronomy 29:18 ''Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today
whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of
those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such
bitter poison.''

Deuteronomy 30:2 ''and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey
him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I
command you today,''

Joshua 11:20 ''For it was the LORD himself who hardened their hearts to wage
war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating
them without mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.''

1saiah 1:13 ''Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her
voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk''

1saiah 2:1 ''Then Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the
LORD my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight
in your deliverance.''

1saiah 6:6 ''Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When
he treated them harshly, did they not send the Israelites out so they could
go on their way?''

1saiah 10:9 ''As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul's heart, and all
these signs were fulfilled that day.''

1saiah 26 ''Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, accompanied by valiant men whose
hearts God had touched.''

1st Kings 2:4 ''and that the LORD may keep his promise to me: 'If your descendants
watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their
heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'''

1st Kings 3:9 '' So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to
distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great
people of yours?"''

1st Kings 12 ''I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning
heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there
ever be.''

2nd Kings 22:19 ''Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before
the LORD when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its
people, that they would become accursed and laid waste, and because you
tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the
LORD.''

1st Chronicles 28:9 ''"And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and
serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD
searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If
you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will
reject you forever.''

1st Chronicles 29:17 ''I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with
integrity. All these things have I given willingly and with honest intent.
And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have
given to you.''

2nd Chronicles 12:14 ''He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the
LORD.''

2nd Chronicles 19:3 ''There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the
Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God."''

2nd Chronicles 30:19 ''who sets his heart on seeking God--the LORD, the God of his fathers-
-even if he is not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary."''

Ezra 27 ''Praise be to the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put it into the
king's heart to bring honor to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem in this
way''

Nehemiah 9:8 ''You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with
him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites,
Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept your promise
because you are righteous.''

Job 23:16 ''God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.''

Psalms 4:4 ''In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your
hearts and be silent. Selah''

Psalms 7 ''You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new
wine abound.''

Psalms 7:9 ''O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the
violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.''

Psalms 9:1 ''I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your
wonders.''

Psalms 22:14 ''I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My
heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.''

Psalms 26 ''The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise
him--may your hearts live forever!''

Psalms 24:4 ''He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his
soul to an idol or swear by what is false.''

Psalms 26:2 ''Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;''

Psalms 27:3 ''Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break
out against me, even then will I be confident.''

Proverbs 3:5 ''Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding;''

Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

Proverbs 6:14 who plots evil with deceit in his heart--he always stirs up
dissension.

Proverbs 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into
evil,

[[Category:Anatomy]]

Heart

2007-05-07T17:06:47Z

Orthodoxperson:

A '''heart''' is an [[organ]] that pumps [[blood]] via the [[circulatory system]] to the rest of the body. The heart is a marvelously crafted [[muscle|muscular]] pump and in humans, the heart of an [[embryo]] begins beating 21 days after [[conception]]. The [[Bible]] mentions the heart as a seat for our deepest emotions and wishes.

Heart is situated inside the [[thorax]] in vertebrates and in human body is slightly to the left. Human heart consists of 4 main chambres, 2 [[atria]] and 2 [[ventricles]]. The right side of the heart receives blood from the body and pumps it to the lungs where it is oxygenated and returns to the left side of the heart. The left side of the heart pumps the oxygen carrying blood to the rest of the body.

==References to the Heart in the Bible==

Genesis 6:5 ''The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become,
and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all
the time.''

Genesis 8:21 ''The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: "Never
again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination
of his heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all
living creatures, as I have done.''

Exodus 4:21 ''The LORD said to Moses, "When you return to Egypt, see that you
perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do.
But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.''

Exodus 7:3 ''But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and though I multiply my miraculous
signs and wonders in Egypt,''

Exodus 13 ''Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard and he would not listen to them, just
as the LORD had said.''

Exodus 22 ''But the Egyptian magicians did the same things by their secret arts,
and Pharaoh's heart became hard; he would not listen to Moses and Aaron,
just as the LORD had said.''

Exodus 32 ''But this time also Pharaoh hardened his heart and would not let the
people go.''

Exodus 34 ''When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had stopped, he
sinned again: He and his officials hardened their hearts.''

Exodus 35 ''So Pharaoh's heart was hard and he would not let the Israelites go,
just as the LORD had said through Moses.''

Deuteronomy 2:30 ''But Sihon king of Heshbon refused to let us pass through. For the
LORD your God had made his spirit stubborn and his heart obstinate in order
to give him into your hands, as he has now done.''

Deuteronomy 5:29 ''Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my
commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children
forever!''

Deuteronomy 6:5 ''Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and
with all your strength.''

Deuteronomy 6 ''These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts.''

Deuteronomy 10:12 ''And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to
fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the
LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,''

Deuteronomy 11:13 ''So if you faithfully obey the commands I am giving you today--to
love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all
your soul--''

Deuteronomy 26:16 ''The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these decrees and
laws; carefully observe them with all your heart and with all your soul.''

Deuteronomy 29:18 ''Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today
whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of
those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such
bitter poison.''

Deuteronomy 30:2 ''and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey
him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I
command you today,''

Joshua 11:20 ''For it was the LORD himself who hardened their hearts to wage
war against Israel, so that he might destroy them totally, exterminating
them without mercy, as the LORD had commanded Moses.''

1saiah 1:13 ''Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her
voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk''

1saiah 2:1 ''Then Hannah prayed and said: "My heart rejoices in the LORD; in the
LORD my horn is lifted high. My mouth boasts over my enemies, for I delight
in your deliverance.''

1saiah 6:6 ''Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When
he treated them harshly, did they not send the Israelites out so they could
go on their way?''

1saiah 10:9 ''As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul's heart, and all
these signs were fulfilled that day.''

1saiah 26 ''Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, accompanied by valiant men whose
hearts God had touched.''

1st Kings 2:4 ''and that the LORD may keep his promise to me: 'If your descendants
watch how they live, and if they walk faithfully before me with all their
heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'''

1st Kings 3:9 '' So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to
distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great
people of yours?"''

1st Kings 12 ''I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning
heart, so that there will never have been anyone like you, nor will there
ever be.''

2nd Kings 22:19 ''Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before
the LORD when you heard what I have spoken against this place and its
people, that they would become accursed and laid waste, and because you
tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the
LORD.''

1st Chronicles 28:9 ''"And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and
serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD
searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If
you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will
reject you forever.''

1st Chronicles 29:17 ''I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with
integrity. All these things have I given willingly and with honest intent.
And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have
given to you.''

2nd Chronicles 12:14 ''He did evil because he had not set his heart on seeking the
LORD.''

2nd Chronicles 19:3 ''There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the
Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God."''

2nd Chronicles 30:19 ''who sets his heart on seeking God--the LORD, the God of his fathers-
-even if he is not clean according to the rules of the sanctuary."''

Ezra 27 ''Praise be to the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put it into the
king's heart to bring honor to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem in this
way''

Nehemiah 9:8 ''You found his heart faithful to you, and you made a covenant with
him to give to his descendants the land of the Canaanites, Hittites,
Amorites, Perizzites, Jebusites and Girgashites. You have kept your promise
because you are righteous.''

Job 23:16 ''God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.''

Psalms 4:4 ''In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your
hearts and be silent. Selah''

Psalms 7 ''You have filled my heart with greater joy than when their grain and new
wine abound.''

Psalms 7:9 ''O righteous God, who searches minds and hearts, bring to an end the
violence of the wicked and make the righteous secure.''

Psalms 9:1 ''I will praise you, O LORD, with all my heart; I will tell of all your
wonders.''

Psalms 22:14 ''I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My
heart has turned to wax; it has melted away within me.''

Psalms 26 ''The poor will eat and be satisfied; they who seek the LORD will praise
him--may your hearts live forever!''

Psalms 24:4 ''He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his
soul to an idol or swear by what is false.''

Psalms 26:2 ''Test me, O LORD, and try me, examine my heart and my mind;''

Psalms 27:3 ''Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break
out against me, even then will I be confident.''

Proverbs 3:5 ''Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own
understanding;''

Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.

Proverbs 6:14 who plots evil with deceit in his heart--he always stirs up
dissension.

Proverbs 18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into
evil,

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