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  2. Divine madness - Wikipedia

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    Divine madness, also known as theia mania and crazy wisdom, is unconventional, outrageous, unexpected, or unpredictable behavior linked to religious or spiritual pursuits. Examples of divine madness can be found in Buddhism , Christianity , Hellenism , Hinduism , Islam , Judaism and Shamanism .

  3. List of religious slurs - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] Bible thumper United States: Christian people Someone perceived as aggressively imposing their Christian beliefs upon others. The term derives from preachers thumping their hands down on the Bible, or thumping the Bible itself, to emphasize a point during a sermon. The term's target domain is broad and can often extend to anyone ...

  4. Formation (association football) - Wikipedia

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    4321 formation. The 4321, commonly described as the "Christmas tree" formation, has another forward brought on for a midfielder to play "in the hole", so leaving two forwards slightly behind the most forward striker. Terry Venables and Christian Gross used this formation during their time in charge of Tottenham Hotspur.

  5. Glossary of association football terms - Wikipedia

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    For instance, the role of an inside forward in variants of a 5–32 formation has many parallels to that of an attacking midfielder, although the positions are nonetheless distinct. [2] Similarly, a 5–32 centre half can in many ways be compared to a holding midfielder in a 4132. [3] In many cases, multiple terms exist for the ...

  6. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    List of things to do before dying Popular culture derivation Derived from the older phrase "kick the bucket"; popularized by the 2007 film The Bucket List: Cargo 200: Corpses of soldiers Military slang: Military code word used in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet states referring to the transportation of military casualties Cark-it [4] To die

  7. Deathbed phenomena - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of a person seeing visions of "a bright world of angels, with the Redeemer in the midst" while lying ill in bed, from the 1844 short story A Forlorn Hope. Deathbed phenomena refers to a range of paranormal experiences claimed by people who are dying. There are many examples of deathbed phenomena in both non-fiction and fictional ...

  8. Psychopomp - Wikipedia

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    Psychopomps (from the Greek word ψυχοπομπός, psychopompós, literally meaning the 'guide of souls') [1] are creatures, spirits, angels, demons, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls from Earth to the afterlife. [2] Their role is not to judge the deceased, but simply to guide them.

  9. Spiritual death - Wikipedia

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    Spiritual death is dealt with in the Bhagavad Gita Chapter 16, which says that those of demoniac nature engage in harmful, horrible works meant to destroy the world. They become envious of God, who is situated in their own bodies.