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- 581: The Philosophical Foundations
- ... of mankind. What makes her so? Look at the facts of her life: born, raised, educated in a dictatorship, she yearns for political freedom and, alone, defects to America. Raised in a culture dominated by Christianity, by the doctrine of man's sinfulness, she rejects it and fights for the glory of man's mind. Through years of exhausting effort, she writes two of the greatest novels in the history of ...
- 582: The Relationship Between Sin A
- ... in Africa. They suffer terribly, but there is no evidence that they haved sinned to the extent of being starved to death. Sin and suffering have been interpreted in different ways by different aspects of Christianity. Conservative Christians believe the Adam and Eve story to be literal history, and suffering is a direct consequence of their breaking of the covenant that Adam had with God. The Old Testament gives us an ...
- 583: Buddhism
- Buddhism Buddhism is one of the major religions of the world. Like Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, it has influenced many live and many cultures. Buddhism has also been a driving social force in many countries, including India, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and Tibet. In all these areas, Buddhism ...
- 584: No Name Woman: Bewitching Creation
- ... versatility to take place only in that church because no religious barriers were barricading people's self expression. Since there are many cultures with different religions applying to them, varying from Judaism, to Buddhism, to Christianity, etc. , in this world, many cannot interact with each other sensually or spiritually because of different Gods or religious rules. In liberating these religious rules by allowing more self expression in art and sensuality, the ...
- 585: Islamic Religion
- ... in life. All areas of their practice including prayer, fasting, charity, and pilgrimage are meant to help them meet this goal. Islam is a monotheistic religion with about one billion followers. "Along with Judaism and Christianity, the three are the largest monotheistic religions in world." Muslims believe that God is One, indivisible, and they also believe in all the prophets of the Christians and Jews including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac ...
- 586: Hinduism and Buddhism
- ... afterlife. God offers His children a Nirvana, but this one is more of a paradise than it is a freedom from suffering. One thing that I noticed in Hinduism/Buddhism that is significantly different from Christianity is that there is no evil force. The samsara could be considered an enemy and I read of Mara trying to tempt the Buddha, but there is no constant battle of good versus evil. It ...
- 587: The Search For God In Eight Ch
- ... attributes"(94). One cannot even try to imagine a God so great that he is incomprehensible, and it seems to me that this would not, or should not be the God embraced and praised in Christianity. Why would it be that we were created in God's image, and yet were are so below him that nothing about him is comprehensible to us? In all his supreme power, why would he ...
- 588: The Uncertainty Of Knowledge
- ... without these 'absolute faiths' (an oxymoron in itself due to the fact that though these are universal and widely accepted truths, they are not based on any evidence or facts.). Whether the faith be Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, or even atheism, each person categorized in one of these subjects must have an arrogance in their faith otherwise there would be no innovation or movement in this world today. People would find no ...
- 589: Should The Ten Commandments Be Posted In Public Schools?
- ... a new one (Fallwell). When one actually thinks about it they will see that this country and constitution were not based on Freedom from religion but freedom of religion. Our very constitution is based on Christianity. The Constitution of the United States, for instance, is a marvelous document for self-government by Christian people. But, the minute you turn it into the hands of Non-Christian and atheistic people they can ...
- 590: Wicca Versus Witchcraft
- ... comes back to you three times over. Witches do not believe in or worship Satan, and do not perform any sort of human or animal sacrifices. Satan is a relatively new concept that originated with Christianity. When the Christian Church decided to obliterate religions that were a threat to it s power (including Witchcraft), they decided that their "Satan" had horns and that Witches were actually worshipping the Devil. This became ...
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