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- 5491: Aztec Religion
- Aztec Religion At the time of the Spanish conquest, the religion of the Aztecs was polytheistic, based on the worship of a multitude of personal gods, most of them with well-defined attributes. Nevertheless, magic and the idea of certain impersonal and occult forces played an important role among the people. There was, in addition, among the uneducated classes tendency ...
- 5492: The Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca
- ... of Mecca, is the Shrine of Abraham. Abraham is considered as the first Muslim. The Shrine of Abraham is where people go to give a prayer of thanks, and is where every worshipper makes his personal supplication, asking Allah for that which is closest to his heart. The shrine is smaller (than the Ka'ba) and commemorates the ancient Patriarch's founding of the first house of worship. After the tawaf ...
- 5493: Religion in Ancient India and Rgypt
- ... contrast, the Egyptian religion, during this period was still dabbling with the worship of imaginary gods. Egypt and India made many achievements during this period in time. Egypt’s achievements included a development of a writing system, colossal architectures such as great temples and pyramids, and development of art including wall paintings. India’s achievements included the refinement and advancement of ancient Ayurvedic medicine and the development of the Upanishads and ...
- 5494: Technology And The Future Of W
- ... communities will participate voluntarily in shared goals and ideas. Barry Jones (1990) says we are passing through a post-service revolution into a post- service society - which could be a golden age of leisure and personal development based on the cooperative use of resources. Jeremy Rifkin (1995) uses the term ‘The Third Industrial Revolution’ which he believes is now beginning to have a significant impact on the way society organises its ...
- 5495: Islam
- ... everything Muhammad said and did was inspired by Allah, many reports of his sayings and deeds were collected. At first these were just remembered and spread by word of mouth. Later they were captured in writing, to serve as an additional guide for believers, along with the Koran. It was Muhammad's contention that Christianity had departed from belief in God's message as revealed in their Scriptures. God had sent ...
- 5496: Canada's Religion History
- ... Smith wrote to the Winnipeg Tribune arguing that it would be a horrible mistake to allow Jews into Canada since they ‘would be of no use agriculturally, instead they would use Canadian labour for their personal benefit.’ In its response the Tribune voiced its agreement by declaring, “If there is anything this country does not want, it is parasites!” In the future, Smith’s most significant impact would prove to be ...
- 5497: Christianity
- ... flexible. The ORTHODOX CATHOLICS, NAZARENES, WESLEYANS, BAPTISTS, ADVENTISTS, and members of the CHURCH OF CHRIST, FULL GOSPEL CHURCH, ASSEMBLY OF GOD, and UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH believe in Baptism of believers only who have made a personal confession of faith. Both EPISCOPALIANS and members of the UNITED PENTECOSTAL CHURCH believe that baptism indicates a finalization to the salvation process. In Baptisms, there are several different modes that may be used: sprinkling, pouring ...
- 5498: Why Does Man Create Anyway?
- ... shelter to bodies through eternity. We have cemetary's filled with graves as a way of recognition of our existence. As human beings we have a difficulty in accepting death and an ending of our personal existence. Different types of religions, beliefs and gods evolved, along with prayer. There are different types of prayer. From quiet contemplation to complete ectasy or chaos in my opinion. Religious orders, specifically, differentiate from contemplative ...
- 5499: Christianity
- ... is not, however, the case. Nowhere else in the Bible is this mentioned or even hinted at. These events are then, at best, highly unlikely to have occured. The fact that Matthew is alone in writing of the resurrection of the saints leads us to believe that certain writers of the Bible had differing views on christianity. The christian Bible is highly contradictory, not just to modern day christian beliefs, but ...
- 5500: The Scarlet Letter
- Adultery, betrayal, promiscuity, subterfuge, and intrigue, all of which would make an excellent coming attraction on the Hollywood scene and probably a pretty good book. Add Puritan ideals and writing styles, making it long, drawn out, tedious, wearisome, sleep inducing, insipidly asinine, and the end result is The Scarlet Letter. Despite all these things it is considered a classic and was a statement of the ...
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