Christianity, Islam, And Judaism
.... the information that was handed to us we had to fill out a
spoke diagram about it. On it we wrote about a certain religion's God,
Holy book, practices and rituals, sects worship services, and key beliefs.
Then we put up all the spokes from the groups and reviewed them.
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Eve And The Apple
.... would be a sin.
The main reason Eve eats the apple is because she wants to become a
Goddess. The serpent said that he was a beast and after eating the fruit
from the tree of knowledge of good and evil he became more human like. Eve
was enticed by the words of the serpent who said that "If the fruit makes a
serpent like a man, it should make men like gods." (Line 710: "That ye
should be as Gods, since I as man, Internal Man, is but proportion meet; I,
of brute, human; ye, of human, Gods.)
Other .....
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School Prayer Should Be Allowed
.... is not upholding their part of the constitution. They are trying
to tell people that saying prayer in public school is unconstitutional.
In fact, prayer in public school is legal, so is prayer in church
and prayer in stores etc... . The area which is not legal is when students
or teachers pray when engaged in school activities or instruction. This
means students or teachers may pray in an informal setting, such as
cafeterias and hallways. They may talk about and discuss problems with
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The Importance Of Having Several Different Translations Of The Bible
.... There should be
translations in every language. Everyone should be able to read this great
book. Different translations for different people sounds very good.
The Bible has been translated into different languages and forms.
Some of which have been made easier to understand. This necessity enables
different people to read it. Having different versions of our holy book is
a privilege that we should all be grateful for.
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The Unholy Crusade
.... belief by sending troops over to
thwart the communist attempts. Stone uses the war to portray the failed
attempt due to the exploits of the American soldiers. In one scene, Barnes
(Tom Berenger) and Bunny (Kevin Dillon), mercilessly kill several innocent
villagers. Later in the same scene, some soldiers are caught raping a
village woman. The actions taken by the soldiers are Stone's comparison to
the Spanish explorers' actions, which finally led to both nation's failed
expeditions.
To add depth to .....
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Religions
.... territorial
conquests (Sudo, 4)." However, upon examination, it is not fair to make
the generalization that Islam is a religion of violence, and one notices
when looking at world religion on a whole, one finds that Islam was no
more violent than any other religion. In fact, not only is Islam not a
fundamentally violent philosophy, but we can also see that many other
religions normally considered "non-violent," such as Christianity or
Hinduism, have been spread through bloody conquest. Thus, in searching .....
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Liberty In The Gospel: Galations 5:1-12
.... tendency
to classify worshippers by the way the act during worship. Or the way they
pray out loud. Or the way the speak in church. Some are considered first
class, others second class. In nearly every case, the segregation of the
church results from add-ons to the simple, pure gospel of Christ. But when
believers hold on to Christ alone, Their faith and the church will grow.
That is the basic message of this great book Galations. So simple yet so
potent. In Galations chapter 5, verses 1-12, Paul de .....
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Revealing The Mistakes Of Puritanism
.... awaiting
him. The forest is very dark and dreary and these words help create the
eerie mood. These words create an insecure and unsure feeling in the
reader's mind. The reader feels as if he stands right there on the
outskirts of the forest along with Brown. That type of feeling scares even
the bravest of men. Hawthorne also describes the events taking place in
the forest as “devilish,” “horrid,” and “evil.” Evil completely surrounds
Brown in the forest. It puts a thought in him which drives him c .....
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The Rise And Down Fall Of Major Beliefs
.... Paine
believed that the mind is the church. Deists also believed that the bible
was hearsay. Thomas Paine thought that a revelation could only effect the
person that it was directed to because after that the people that listen to
the revelation have the right not to believe it because it can not be
proven. The Deists also believe that through nature God is revealed.
Puritanism is a religion and believe that god is active. They also believe
in providence. They believe that god guides them through l .....
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The Koran, The Bible, And Joseph
.... "Let us
not kill him" (Genesis 37:21). Joseph is not killed by his brothers, but
sold into Egypt. The Bible states Joseph was sold for twenty pieces of
silver while the Koran does not tell of a specific amount. After Joseph
was sold into Egypt, both accounts tell of how, his brothers had his
clothes stained with an animal's blood and told their father that Joseph
was devoured by a wild beast.
After Joseph was sold into Egypt he became very favored by his
master, the Pharaoh. In the Biblical account, .....
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Eastern Rite Of The Catholic Church
.... was the Roman Papal said he
was the leader and the authority over the entire church. The conflict came
about between Photius, the Patriarch of Constantinople, and Pope Nicholas I.
These same conflicts continued until 1054 when Pope Leo the IV
excommunicated the Patriarch of Constantinoble. Later the Patriarchs
called together a council to excommunicate the papal delegates and the new
Eastern Rite of the church was born.
The Eastern Rite church is made up of eastern Christians that are
in unison wi .....
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Experiences Of God
.... down there ever since I was like six or seven.
When I was big enough, my dad bought a dirt bike for me and my brother.
After that, we owned the woods. We would go down there every Friday after
school, and we would hit the woods as soon as we got down there to make
some new trails to ride on. During the summer, there is nothing I like
better than to sit back in the woods, with the sun shining through the
trees, a nice cool breeze blowing, and think about stuff. You always see
those Christian pictures of .....
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"Woe Be To Thee, O Constantinople, Seated On Seven Hills, Thou Shall Not
.... its attractiveness had necessitated a rigorous fortification
and protection from attacks and raids. In spite of being for more than 1000
years the unconquerable and surely the wealthiest city, it stood on the
crossroads of the East and the West which proved to be an incessant source
of troubles, always being entangled in the interests of foreign peoples. It
was the conveyor of eastern and roman culture, the most significant
commercial and religious center and it can undoubtedly regarded as the
heart of .....
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The History Of Christianity
.... The Bible is Christianity's holy book. This book is divided up into
two parts, the Old Testament and the New Testament. The New Testament was
written about and after the birth of Jesus Christ. The two sections are
divided up into 66 separate books in all. The most famous books are the
Gospels, which are the first four books in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark,
Luke, and John. Other famous books in the Bible are Genesis, Exodus, Acts,
and Revelation. Revelation is the last book in the Bible and tells abo .....
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Burial Rituals In Judaism
.... this may violate the day's whole meaning. Abortions, when necessary
to save the mother, are mandatory. In Jewish law, the unborn are not yet
considered human, thus the mother's life is far more important.
Because life is so valuable, we are not permitted to do anything that
may hasten death, not even to prevent suffering. Euthanasia, suicide and
assisted suicide are strictly forbidden by Jewish law. Their laws are so
strict that you are not even allowed to move a dying person's arm or le .....
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