Religion Support And Education
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religion. Statistics tend to show a different result than what our present
society feels. This paper is dealing with several different valid sources,
which mesh together to make a collective statement. This statement is that the
lack of religious support is one of the main reasons why society and its morals
are decreasing.
World Vision of Canada has published as of November 1993 statistics
dealing with the attendance of church and youth, which states; Canada's church
attendance, in all den .....
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The Bible
.... United States, like the colorful leaves scattered across peoples' yards
during autumn, have pleaded innocence - blaming parents and their unjust
upbringing. They scream to the jury that it really wasn't their fault, but the
fault of their parents because if they had a perfect childhood then they
wouldn't have committed the crime. It is true that the values that children
develop in their early years are important in influencing future decisions but
how does this explain the many adults that climb abov .....
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The Buddha's Four Noble Truths: A Logical Basis For Philosophy
.... several millennia after its
formulation.{1}
"What we call a 'being,' or an 'individual,' or 'I,' according to Buddhist
philosophy, is only a combination of ever-changing physical and mental forces or
energies...." - Walpola Rahula{2}
In order to fully understand the Four Noble Truths, it is necessary to
investigate the Buddhist view of the individual and its makeup. In some
respects, the manner in which Buddhism deals with the mind/body problem is much
more advanced than most religious views, .....
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The Spaniard Quietist Miguel De Molinos
.... what he believed and taught. His accusers said that his
recanting was a proof of his guilt.
What were real motives why Molinos admitted his "guilt"? Molinos once
said: "The true quietists are always quiet, serene and eve-minded in Graces and
in extraordinary favors as also in the most rigorous and bitter torments. No
news causes them to rejoice, no event saddens them". Was Miguel de Molinos
trying to be consistent way with his mystical teachings of total passivity?, or
was he really guilty as charg .....
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The Churches Of Christ: A Comparative Essay
.... thousand registered churches in the world.
By 1979, the roots of the CoC were firmly in place. It was then that Chuck
Lucas, a pastor at the Gainesville Church of Christ (mainline), met a young
college student, Kip McKean, and began discipling him. Kip was a bright student
and showed great potential for leadership in the church. However, something in
the discipling process went wrong. Kip was expelled from the Gainesville church
later that year for reasons dealing with departure from the CoC doctr .....
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The Effect Of The Russian Orthodox Religion On The Cult
.... and preserved the culture of Russia during
centuries of internal strife and foreign intervention. Orthodox people feel a
strong sense of community and brotherhood towards one another through a shared
bond of faith. As a result of this emphasis on community, the rights of the
group tend to take precedence over the rights of the individual in Russian
culture. The Orthodox and Catholic faiths had an adversarial relationship for
years. As this rift deepened and grew increasingly antagonistic, the rift
betw .....
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The First Crusade
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not return. Some pilgrims did return from the Holy Land. They came back with
tales that planted the seeds for a Crusade.
"The pilgrims that returned from the Holy City of Jerusalem recounted
tales, often grossly exaggerated, of the horrible pollution of the sacred places
at the hands of the Turks" (Campbell p23). Other stories of the destruction of
the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the burial place of Jesus, by the Turks
surfaced in the early eleventh century. The news of the destruction of the
S .....
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Matthew, Mark, Luke, And John
.... childhood of Jesus
(Matthew 1:14-9:1, Luke 1:5-4:13). Matthew and Mark dwell on the Galilean
Ministry; Luke, the Perean; John, the Judean. John omits most of the Galilean
Ministry, and records visits to Jerusalem that the others omit (Luke 9:51-19:27).
The others omit the Judean Ministry, except the Last Week, which all four cover
rather extensively. The Last Week occupies one-third of Matthew, approximately
one-third of Mark, one-quarter of Luke, and one-half of John. John devotes
seven chapters, .....
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The Greek Orthodox Church
.... the ecumenical
councils at which East and West were represented together. These were the
councils of Nicaea I (325), Constantinople (381), Ephesus(431), Chalcedon(451),
Constantinople II (553), Constantinople III (680), and Nicaea II (787) (Encarta
1996). The power of teaching and guiding the community is bestowed on certain
ministries, particularly that of the bishop of each diocese or is directed
through certain institutions, such as councils. Because the church is composed
not only of bishops, or of c .....
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Isaiah 10:1-6 The Hebrews Prophets: Isaiah & Amos
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way of life of Moses and the Hebrews, I am puzzled by how certain writings
pertain to society, culture and the life of man and women today.
As I try to decipher this passage in my own words of Isaiah. One is speaking of
the oppression committed by man upon man. It is Jesus asking why man whom were
created as brother and sister making unjustly laws...deprive the poor of their
rights...withhold the justice from the oppressed of my people.
I strongly believe there is a judgment day. For all .....
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The Bible And The Word "Inspire"
.... rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the man
of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." Here Timothy is
relating a charge given to him by Paul. As a story that is being told, it can be
easily inferred that Paul had confronted opposition to the belief that scripture
was in fact inspired by God, and therefore valid. Using literary criticism
allows us to stay on the surface of what is being said, and not necessarily have
to dig behind it to find the true mean .....
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Succot: The Jewish Holiday
.... of the date
palm, stands for the Jewish people who have knowledge but no good deeds. The
Hadas,or myrtle, symbolizes the people who do good deeds, but are not educated.
The Aravah, or willow, stands for the people who have no good deeds and no
education. These plants are carried around the synagogue in a procession while
prayers are recited for blessings on the land and fruit of Israel. In biblical
times, the willow, the palm, and the Etrog were used in decorating the Succot.
At the end of the Autu .....
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The Life Of Jesus
.... Thaddaeus, Simon and Judas. They all came from different
backgrounds. Judas was the apostle who betrayed Jesus. It was time for the last
supper. Jesus sat down with his disciples at the table to share the bread and
wine. Jesus went to pray in Gethsemane with his disciples when Judas arrived
with an armed crowd sent by the chief priests. They arrested him. Jesus was
brought to Pilate and he sentenced him to death. Then he was crucified. When he
died, a man named Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the .....
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The New Age Movement
.... values. These values are based on mysticism
and monism which is the world view that "all is one".
The New Age movement is not a cult by any accepted sociological
definition. Although there are several cults which could be classified within,
such as the Transcendental Meditation and the followers of deported Indian guru
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. Cult membership is by far the exception and not the
rule for New Agers. New Agers tend to be eclectic which means that they draw
what they think is the best .....
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The Resurrection Of Jesus Christ
.... have reached us. The reliability of the copies of the New
Testament is tested by the number of manuscripts (MSS) and the time intervals
between the time in which the piece of literature was written and our earliest
copy. There are more than 5,300 Greek manuscripts of the New Testament and
10,000 Latin vulgate manuscripts, not to mention the other various translations.
Totally there are around 24,000 total MSS for the New Testament. The next
closest document in respect to MSS is the "Illiad" by Homer, wi .....
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