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- 2121: Sacred Cow, Holy Bull
- ... has harmed . If someone does things out of the kindness of their own heart, like giving money to the poor or working for an elder, then the karmic law will pay the person in higher interest then money could ever make. With Hindu beliefs such as Ahimsa and Karma, it would be impossible to believe in the slaughtering of cows. If they believe that all life is sacred, then they could ...
- 2122: Sophist Teachings
- Sophist Teachings Despite years of traditional religious education, I find myself learning the delicate art of self interest. The empowering knowledge that I am indeed the captian of my own ship leaves me with feelings of control and peace and undoubtedly a measure of guilt. While I do most certainly believe in a ...
- 2123: Taoism
- ... quest that the ordinary man could afford. A man must have had great wealth to try to find the elixir. Ssu maChien said that all of the emperors seemed to have a great interest in the quest for immortality. People believed that there was a land of immortals. The land was supposed to be in the Eastern Sea. It was an island with tree covered mountains all around like ...
- 2124: Myth In the Bible
- ... We use metaphors in this way to confront the world, and the scripture is written this way. Older myths of creation that are more primitive and ultimately closer to human nature show a more pronounced interest in humans and their immediate environment. The Bible has been shown to adopt aspects of mythical imagery. It distinguishes itself from the myths through its theological statement as taken from Bernhard Anderson, "the one God ...
- 2125: Back to Religion?
- ... parents trying so hard to keep up with the fast lane its hard for them to instill these qualities that faded through the generations. The morals fade do to a gradual decline in the interest throughout the generations. I have also noticed that the Church has become a money market. The Church I belong to has gone through four ministers in the last seven years. Each one of the former ...
- 2126: Noah's Ark and The Great Flood
- ... island, forest, and/or mountain. How could the ark cope with all the specialized requirements of food and environments for millions of creatures? 320 different species of hummingbird alone, for example, have very high metabolic rates and have to consume large amounts of nectar throughout the day. The Ark would have had to cater for 640 hummingbirds, requiring a constant supply of insects and nectar. How could the ark cope with ...
- 2127: Religion in Ancient India and Rgypt
- ... the city, he noticed many miseries of life including an old man crippled with age, a funeral procession of a dead person, and a wife mourning for her husbands death. This made him lose interest in worldly life, and he left the luxuries of the palace , left his wife and son, and went on a search for a way of escaping from the miseries of life he saw. Buddha went ...
- 2128: The Essenes of Qumran
- ... in the history of the Essenes. Josephus at one time was an Essene, as he himself testifies. He has dedicated three important accounts to the community. Now one detail that he provides is of great interest: namely, that outside of Qumran itself, many Essenes were scattered throughout Palestine. It was not necessary, therefore, to go to Qumran to find them" (Helicon (91). It can also be shown that the Apostle John ...
- 2129: The Roots of Western Civilization
- ... own nation. The prophet Isaiah told the Jewish people that a messiah would come to stop the suffering of the Jews which brought about brotherhood (p. 29-30). The Greeks were utilitarian. They showed practical interest in their society. They were given the Ten Commandments for a special reason; that they were the chosen people. Yahweh chose to guide them to the chosen land in Palestine. The Hebrews all believed that ...
- 2130: Wicca
- Wicca Jan Phillips article The Craft of the Wise tells of how she came to learn of one of her ancestors who was hung during the Salem Witch Hunts. This lit an interest in her mind to further research the subject of Wicca, the craft of the wise. By consulting many books about witchcraft, she learned that Wicca is more of a nature and imagination based religion than ...
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