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Whether or not Xenophanes was the first monotheist among Greek philosophers or remained a polytheist is still highly controversial. What is sure is that he rejected the traditional deities. He conceived of God as one, unchanging and motionless. Omnipresent, “He is all sight, all mind, all ear.” For Xenophanes, God creates everything but is himself not created, for He is eternal. He eludes our limited human understanding as he is beyond description. Therefore, God cannot be modelled after humans: "There is one God, greatest among gods and men, neither in shape nor in thought like unto mortals …” http://www.egs.edu/library/xenophanes/biography/

It is a time when the Israelites are very concerned with the role of the Grecian empire. The Israelites and the Grecian empire disagree about worshipping a God or Gods. They disagree about a day of worship. These differences cause a civil war atmosphere in the homes of the Israelites, brother against brother, etc. It is definitely a time of chaos and upheaval.

http://www.bermudaonion.wordpress.com She'd laid in patterns. Moss            let it go, let it go Turns the bricks green, softening them          By the gray rocks          Where hollyhocks That lofted while she lived, stem by tall stem,           Dwindle in loss. edenbrothers.com/store/queeny-mix-hollyhock-seeds lofted ] To raise aloft; to send into the air;

My memory died on the day I saw you die. Your hands wrinkled, cold. hn

In a slave's cabin, I was born on newspaper. I lived there always.

But as anxious as she was, she'd promised herself she wouldn't cry, or try to hug him, or do anything else that might make a teenage boy feel uncomfortable. She was a stranger to him. Although she hoped to change that now that she was back in town, she couldn't come on too strong or he'd likely shut her out--even if his father didn't make sure he kept her at arm's length. http://www.rosecityreader.blogspot.com The memory of Phoenix sitting at Just Like Mom's in probably the only nice outfit she owned, counting out the money to cover his breakfast, made him squirm. http://www.fredasvoice.com

Up the mountain path I saw a hummingbird bush. Below a bee buzzed.