Have you heard the quip that says, "people in customer services understand why Noah only let animals on the ark"? If you’ve had to deal with the ire of someone sent pears instead of apples, or whose ...

Buddhist gods are often artistically depicted as fierce and ferocious. But despite their scary appearances, the "Demonic Divine in Himalayan Art" exhibit at the Phoenix Art Museum shows that they are ...

Ancestors, ghosts, and gods in ancient China -- The Han cult of the dead and salvific religion -- Shanxiao: mountain goblins -- Plague demons and epidemic gods -- The song transformation of Chinese ...

Shinra evolves from demon to savior, embracing both divinity and demonhood for cosmic balance. Acceptance of being viewed as a devil empowers Shinra to wield humanity's despair as hope.

There’s a famous quote often attributed to writer G.K. Chesterton that says, “When men stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing; they believe in anything.” That, according to minister and ...

“Ghost” is defined as the spirit of a dead person imagined as visiting the living; while “demons” are considered malevolent supernatural entities; and “evil spirits” are seen as envoys of chaos. Many ...