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- 2481: Confucianism
- ... 7) right concentration -be mindful at all times 8) right ecstasy -meditate or concentration If each individual in the society is striving for this, the culture would be peaceful and it would have a low crime rate. There would not be any stealing because people would be happy with what they have already. Families would do their own thing. It is not like Confucianism because nothing was private for them. Also ...
- 2482: Popes
- ... into an empty war on Urbino, leaving the Papacy in financial wreck. The Papacy was too entrenched in its own lack of morality to provide any sort of spiritual guide for the commoners. The biggest crime of the Renaissance papacy, according to Tuchman, was politicization of the Holy See. As a major landowner in Europe the Church also functioned as a political power. The popes' greatest mistake was to entangle themselves ...
- 2483: The Roots of Judaism and Christianity
- ... was the revolt of Palestinian Jewry led by Bar Kochba in 132; it was put down after three years of savage fighting. For a time thereafter observance of basic Jewish practices was made a capital crime, and Jews were banned from Jerusalem. Under the Antonine emperors (138-92), however, milder policies were restored, and the work of the scholars was resumed, particularly in Galilee, which became the seat of the partriarchate ...
- 2484: The Greek Orthodox Church
- ... future. If each church is willing to make small corrections in their doctrine, the two churches that have been separated for hundreds of years, could possibly combine in the decades ahead. Works Cited Microsoft Encarta. Computer software. Microsoft, 1996. Gateway PC-DOS Meyendorff, Rev John. The Orthodox Church. New York: Ballantine, 1984.
- 2485: Religion Support and Education
- ... family was their greatest joy, also felt Canadian families are in great distress. They pointed to the rate of divorce and instability of the family unit; financial difficulties; lack of values in society; violence and crime; and unemployment, as their feeling this way. 4 There are over 28 million people in Canada, and close to seven and one-half million families. However, there is no longer one typical family in Canada ...
- 2486: Religion in Public Schools
- ... walk at night,Σ there is the need to improve the nationΥs values. These Pros feel that reciting prayers will help to restore respect for themselves and others. The Pros hope it will reduce the crime and instill morals that will improve their life. The other reason why the majority of the United States wants to regain the right to pray in schools because they feel that our founding fathers didnΥt ...
- 2487: What Are The Main Strengths and Weaknesses of The Rational Choice Approach To Religions Behavior?
- ... are more efficient then monopolistic markets and lead to the diversity of a product. Fourthly, a tax on the output of a market reduces that output eg the punishment of criminals is a tax on crime. Finke and Iannaccone have applied this theory to religious behaviour and understand that the high degree of religion in America is attributed to the existence of a free market and therefore competition and diversification in ...
- 2488: Mark's Theology Reflected In Writing
- ... the other evangelists used basically five ways to change, edit or enhance Jesus' sayings to reflect their own views of Christianity. According to the Five Gospels Book, plagiarism and changing of writing was not a crime, but actually very common Mark's time. Besides, Mark never knew Jesus first-hand, he somehow had to make a 'story' from basically Hearsay! Mark groups different parables and sayings of Jesus by topic; making ...
- 2489: Kadelphianism
- ... example on how to fashion their own lives. It is painfully obvious that the basic principles set forth in Kadelphianism are rare, or in some cases, completely non-existent throughout the universities of this nation. Crime rates are at an all time high, drop out rates are extraordinary, and there is an overall absence of direction and identity in the students across the world. Perhaps, with the examples set forth here ...
- 2490: Contradictions In The Puritan Religion
- ... to the duty of the Lord. The Puritans valued themselves above others, because they felt that they were representatives of God. They saw themselves as compassionate, forgiving people, who believed that no matter what the crime, a man could do right in the eyes of God as long as he/she admitted their wrong. This completely nullified the doctrine of elect,' because why would someone attempt to right their wrong if ...
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