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- 6501: All About Ants (almost)
- ... species where necessary, foraging for food. While the minima or smaller workers tend the larvae and queen. Once or twice each year, commonly on a warm summer day, every ant colony becomes the source of great excitement. Well rested and cared for young alates begin to make for the escapes and exits from deep within the colony. Large soldiers guard the door as the young winged members are escorted to the ... single summer. They have been here for approximately 53 million years, and 56 percent of genera represented among the extensive Baltic amber are living today, and show no sign of dying out soon. In our great pursuit of knowledge it is my hope that we can derive something of value from studying the culture and life-style of the hardest working organisms in the world. (With the exception, of course, of ...
- 6502: The Hindu and Muslim Religions
- ... million (97%), Bangladesh-97 million (85%), and India-93 million (11%) Muslims in their countries” (Halverson 103). Both the Hindus and Muslims have a history that dates back considerably far, and that also reveals a great deal about their culture. The live-styles of Hindus and Muslims are unique and can be diverse. First, lets look at the Hindu life. Concerning the issue of the Hindu life, Halverson quotes: ...family is ... Stone in it’s wall...The pilgrimage is concluded with the Festival of Sacrifice, when the Muslims sacrifice a sheep, goat, or camel, and usually give the meat to the poor. This is the Muslims’ Great Festival, while Little Bairam is the Lesser Festival. Muslims celebrate both of these festivals by visiting, wearing new clothes, and by exchanging gifts. So, as one can see, the customs of the Hindus and Muslims ...
- 6503: Ancient Egypt Gods & Goddesses
- ... interest of her son. When Horus came of age, Isis returned to his life. She was present at one of the many battles between Horus and Set. Horus nearly had Set beat and Isis felt great sorrow for Set so she ordered Horus to release him. Horus was so angry by his mother's betrayal that he cut off her head. Thoth promptly replaced it with the head of a cow ... is also the very ancient sun god Horus the Elder. In this aspect he is said to predate Ra and some interpertations contend that Horus, son of Osiris, is an earthly reincarnation of the once great sun god Horus the Elder. Horus, son of Osiris, was conceived under extraordinary circumstances. His father had been murdered, but partially brought back to life by Isis. Horus' conception had taken place during this time ...
- 6504: Religions' Views on Life After Death
- ... all living things in his image and with his own characteristics (Ariel 16). Despite a biased evaluation that Hinduism attracts the less instructed members of their community, it is apparent that Hinduism has a very great influence (Stevenson 131). Under Hinduism they worshiped many gods. Some worshiped gods that presented powers in nature, such as the rain and sun gods. Hindus also worshiped some gods in the form of animals. The ... deal with death and life after death. Works Cited Ariel, David. What do Jews Believe? New York: Schocken Books, 1995. Cassels, Louis. What's the Difference? New York: Doubleday Company, Inc., 1965. Cavendish, Richard. The Great Religions. New York: Arco Publishing, Inc., 1980. Eerdmans' Handbook to the World's Religions. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1982. Ellwood, Robert. Many People, Many Faiths. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall Inc., 1992. Haneef ...
- 6505: Hinduism and Buddhism
- ... and “adopted a life of radical asceticism.” He soon gave up this way of thinking and focused on “a middle path between the life of indulgence and that of self-denial.” After a time of great inner struggle, he began to wander to different places and preach and organized a monastic community know as the sangha. The Buddha started the movement for all different peoples and denied that a person’s ... of creati0n and destruction. She is also known as Durga and Kali, the Black and she is worshiped by the Shaktas, those devoted to Shakti, the female power. She is also seen as wives of great gods. She is known as Lakshmi, the meek wife of Vishnu and Parvati, the wife of Shiva. The different gods are worshiped in different ways. The most fundamental ceremonies for every Hindu involve the rites ...
- 6506: Christians: Criminals or Not?
- ... an harmless group . I discovered nothing more than an innocuous superstition . Christians faced persecution with courage, a very large percentage with heroism, but they did not submit to it without opposition. They defended themselves with great strength by confuting the accusations of those crimes as being false and groundless and by producing the contents of their faith ( What they believed in ) and describing their identity (What they were and what they ... culture , religion is embedded with everyday life and there is a diversity of gods . It is more of a social aspect than individual . That is the reason why the Christians did not participate in a great many of not only the religious , but the civic functions , which emerged in the ordinary society. I should continue the practices of giving Christians a variety of tests by which to demonstrate their loyalty to ...
- 6507: Should The Ten Commandments Be Posted In Public Schools?
- ... children” commented Louisiana State representative Robert Alderholt (Williams, T). The truth of the matter is that these killings are not going to stop until we start to constitute morality back into the country and a great start would be by posting the Ten Commandments in public schools. Until this country does take these seriously and see that the problem in the system is a extreme lack of morals in this country. Posting the Ten Commandments in public schools will be a great way to begin addressing this problem. With all the advantages and lack of disadvantages anyone should see that there should be no reason to prohibit the displaying of the Ten Commandments in public schools.
- 6508: Taoism
- ... charge of all the priests (Hodous 139). Even though Taoism is on the verge of extinction, there are still temples to worship the religion in countries outside of China (Wolcott 77). Taoism still has a great impact on life and the human race, even though it is almost gone and forgotten. The ideas of Taoism influenced many other religions. For instance, Taoism and Buddhism share many of their ideas on the ... of their household items and their food. Chinese people make their medicines mostly from the nature around them (Bishop 283-287). They seldom use artificial substances in anything they use. The Chinese also have a great respect for the earth and what it can give them. In conclusion, if Taoism were never made a religion by Lao-tzu, maybe life on earth would be different. People wouldn’t even care about ...
- 6509: Christianity
- ... something wrong if the person who is supposed to be the mouth piece of God cant tell me the answers. One problem that I have with Christianity is their bible. The bible says that a great flood took place to rid the world of sins and sinners. It also says that "even the tallest mountains were covered with water", which means that the water covering the earth was five and a ... the Inquisition, and the pogroms against Jews unparallel in the prior human history. No other civilization ever has developed a comparable variety of execution and torture methods. The Christians world experienced the rise of the Great Witch Hunts which reach their heights in the Early Modern Era and prevailed until the late eighteenth century. Christians in this era practiced execution by burning, death by hanging, and drowning. They also cut peoples ...
- 6510: Taoism
- Taoism It is always present in you. You can use it anyway you want. -- Lao-tzu Taoism is one of the two great philosophical and religious traditions that originated in China. The other philosophy native to China is Confucianism. Both Taoism and Confucianism began at about the same time, around the sixth century B.C. China's third great religion, Buddhism, came to China from India around the second century of the common era. Together, these three faiths have shaped Chinese life and thought for nearly twenty-five hundred years. One dominate concept in ...
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