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- 731: Capital Punishment
- ... tooth for a tooth." They also use verses from the Bible like, "Whosoever sheds a man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed" (Genesis 9:6), and Exodus 21:12 to show that Christianity supports it. They claim that executions deter other criminals from killing in fear of being executed. However, this could never been proven since it would be very difficult to link a drop in murders to ...
- 732: Capital Punishment: Against
- ... which, in the original Hebrew reads, "Thou Shall Not Commit Murder." However, these literal interpretations of selected passages from the Bible which are often quoted out of context corrupt the compassionate attitude of Judaism and Christianity, which clearly focuses on redemption and forgiveness, and urges humane and effective ways of dealing with crime and violence. Those who use the Bible to support the death penalty are by themselves since almost all ...
- 733: Capital Punishment: Injustice of Society
- ... Cases." Boston University Law Review 75 (1995): 768-69. Cavanagh, Suzanne, and David Teasley. "Capital Punishment: A Brief Overview." CRS Report For Congress 95-505GOV (1995): 4. Frame, Randy. "A Matter Of Life and Death." Christianity Today 14 Aug. 1995: 50 Grisham, John. The Chamber. New York: Island Books, 1994. Stewart, David O. "Dealing with Death." American Bar Association Journal 80.11 (1994): 50 Tabak, Ronald J. "Report: Ineffective Assistance of ...
- 734: What Is Meant By The Era Of Good Feelings
- ... where it had once been typically weak. Churches became essential and influential to the development of these new American communities. Through the efforts of those who followed this religious movement, many slaves were converted to Christianity. At the same time black people founded the African Methodist Episcopal Church and black Baptists became active among the free blacks and slaves. The Second Great Awakening gave religion a more enthusiastic tone. It crossed ...
- 735: Cocaine
- ... was in decline and the use of the leaves was widespread throughout the empire. The Spaniards tried to prevent the Indians from using the leaves because they believed it was a barrier to conversion to Christianity. Later they paid the Indians with the leaves. It was discovered that the leaves reduced mountain sickness symptoms and they could barely work without them. So it came to be cultivated by the Catholic Church ...
- 736: The Plague in 1347
- ... an importance in the past. This event in our history left many with psychological and moral scares for years to come. Because of this plague, people lost their Faith in God creating a ripple in Christianity. Works Cited Winks W., Robin. A History of Civilization. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: 1996. http://www.byu.edu/ipt/projects/middleages/LifeTimes/Plague.html
- 737: Homosexuality and the Healthcare Profession
- ... deviant and abhorrent. They only occur for the purpose of pleasure and not for the true, therefore, natural, god-given purpose of sex, namely to bear children. As Weinberg (1972) suggests, "for hundreds of years Christianity set itself to distinguishing possible sources of pleasure and prohibiting them." This view can be seen to be further supported in the book of Leviticus which describes homosexual acts as unnatural, immoral and punishable by ...
- 738: Vegetarians
- ... undesirables to the lions, vegetarian ideas survived throughout Roman times The poet Ovid and the philosopher Seneca are examples of Romans who expounded the cause of vegetarianism. The fall of Rome and the spread of Christianity across Europe led to a "dark ages" in vegetarian thought. During this time, Christian thinkers such as Saint Augustine and Saint Thomas Aquinas provided intellectual rationalizations for the killing, eating, and general exploitation of animals ...
- 739: Interpretation Of The Human Body
- ... is the religious subject matter. After a slow start the Christians introduced something new, the mosaic. Mosaics became a favorite medium for decorating churches. Man was viewed in religious scenes due to the spread of Christianity. Byzantine and medieval art was very representative. The artists ability to produce lifelike figures had regressed. The emphasis was not on man anymore. Their art was made to glorify God. The fifteenth century marked the ...
- 740: Euthanasia
- ... give pain medication to relieve suffering, even if it may hasten a patient's death."(R-2) Antithesis Argument That Euthanasia Is Unacceptable With the rise of organized religion, euthanasia became morally and ethically abhorrent. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all hold human life sacred and condemn euthanasia in any form . The American Medical Association continues to condemn assisted suicide . Western laws have generally considered the act of helping someone to die ...
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