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- 2501: Hinduism
- ... whole force. The idea of Brahman in the human soul is called Atman - it is the individual reality. Many Hindus believe in Karma, a kind of belief in predestination where the law of cause and effect has great influence. Regardless of whether or not they believe in Karma or reincarnation, they do believe that upon death, whether it be after one life or many, they absorb into Brahman. Brahman is what ...
- 2502: God And A Divine Plan?
- ... the past and I cant remember the majority of them. Over the years I know I have learned that somehow everything works itself out, and worrying about what has or will happen has no effect. Many people that I have talked to said that God has a divine plan, and we are here only to worship or glorify him. I am not sure that I completely agree with that statement ...
- 2503: Brief Look at Jewish History
- ... generations. This, however, led to four major conflicts between Israel and the Arab countries. One of the most meaningful wars was the Six-Day War. Events such as the holocaust have also had a dramatic effect on world history and whose mysteries are still being unravelled. For twelve years following 1933 the Jews were persecuted by the Nazi's. Jewish businesses were boycotted and vandalized. By 1939,Jews were no longer ...
- 2504: Theme: The Bible
- ... binding and solemn agreement between two or more parties; in this case, it is between God and mankind. It provides for the Lord's reconciling of mankind's sins. The covenant is established for the effect sins have on the human race. It was to bring about change in attitude toward the Creator's authority. Setting mankind at variance with the divine will, causing separation and alienation. God's response to ...
- 2505: The Roots of Western Civilization
- ... so little few of the missionaries. However, there were many conversions to Christianity within short period so this religion dominated. In the Western Civilization Society, the Hebrews were a culture that kept their maintenance in effect. In the Book of Exodus, Yahweh chose Moses to guide the slaved people in Egypt to Palestine. Yahweh destroyed the pursuing Egyptian army, a sign of his great presence. Moses was also given the Ten ...
- 2506: Christianity
- ... accepted by Christians that god created everything. If this is true, then this same god created evil. It is written in the Bible that god is all-knowing (1 John 3:20). God is, in effect, omniscient. If god is omniscient and creates, he then knows all possible outcomes of all possible creations of all possible universes. If he created our universe, he chose what its destiny would be. In doing ...
- 2507: Eve and the Apple
- ... fruit? Why should such intellectual food be reserved for beasts? But her main reason for eating their fruit is to acquire greater power, to become a "goddess". She tells Adam that "it was a divine effect which will open our eyes and makes us Gods." She tells Adam that the snake ate the fruit and nothing bad happened to it. Adam in return eats the fruit because he doesn't believe ...
- 2508: The Roots of Judaism and Christianity
- ... few Jews had any idea of the cultural revival of the Renaissance. Even in the field of Jewish law they tended to a rigid conservatism. In Poland and Lithuania, social conditions also had a segregatory effect. The Jews continued to speak a German dialect, mixed with many Hebrew words and with borrowings from Slavic languages--now known as Yiddish). Intellectual life was focused on study of the Talmud, in which they ...
- 2509: The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
- ... were all written while people, other than Christians, who had been eyewitnesses to the life of Christ were still alive. For the most part the non-Christian eyewitnesses were opponents of the faith. The resulting effect of this would be the necessity for the disciples to relate the life of Christ accurately due to the fact that any inaccuracies would have allowed opponents to discredit Christianity right from the beginning (McDowell ...
- 2510: Religion Support and Education
- ... With the realization that society rests on the stability of families, this divorce rate is very damaging to the upbringing of our children. The transition from religious based education, and support by the government, directly effect the increase in the problems stated previously. The literature does not state this is the only reason why our society is suffering. But- it states that the absence of religion in our society is a ...
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