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- 24161: Homosexual Persecution In The
- ... two men, was not repealed until 1969. This meant that homosexuals who had been persecuted and sent to concentration camps could now be punished under the same law. Also, homosexuals were not counted among Hitler's victims. Neither post-war German state had a "relevant" record in this area (Burleigh and Wipperman, 183). In 1935, the Reichstag amended paragraph 175 of the Criminal Code to close what were seen as loopholes ... a recent study, at least 500,000 gays died in the Holocaust. As Stefan Lorant observed in 1935, the homosexuals "lived in a dream", hoping that the heyday of gays in Germany of the 1920's would last forever. Their awakening was terrible. Yet, the few survivors among them did not qualify for postwar restitution as the Jews or the politicians, because as homosexuals they were outside the law. By German ... had taken place. Over the years, more and more of my political friends disappeared, of my Jewish and my homosexual friends. Fear came over us with the increasingly coordinated pressure of the Nazis. For heaven's sake not to attract attention, to exercise restraint. 1933 was the starting-points for the persecution of homosexuals. Already in this year we heard of raids on homosexual pubs and meeting place. Maybe individual, ...
- 24162: Abolute Monarchs
- ... academy of Sciences. Tsar Peter I was the only one of the autocrats to build an entirely new capital, called ST. Petersburg. Policies were implemented to establish precedence. Louis XIV implemented polices to expand Frances s frontiers and to assert his superiority over other European states. In the early 1680s, Louis adopted the Marquis aim and asserted his right to a succession of territories on Frances s northeast border. Also, in 1685 Louis revoked the Edict of Nantes, he forced France s 1 million Huguenots either to leave the country or to convert to Catholicism. In 1648 Frederick William, backed by both the Dutch and the French, restrained Sweden in northern Europe during the negotiation leading ...
- 24163: Old Testament vs. Hellenic Divine Intervention
- ... way to explain why we have light, plants, animals, etc. Also in "Genesis," in the story of "Adam and Eve," the punishment that mankind receives for Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit explains man's hardships. "To the woman he said: ‘I shall give you great labour in childbearing...... You will desire your husband, but he will be your master,'" (Genesis 3:16). "To the man he said: ‘.... the earth ... the days of your life; it will yield thorns and thistles for you,'" (Genesis 3:17- 18). The Hellenic texts are different because certain events, good or bad, may only happen because of a god's fondness or dislike for a mortal, or just for the gods' own amusement. An instance of this occurs in The Illiad, when Paris and Menelaus are in combat in Book Three, Aphrodite saves Paris from defeat, and takes him away to his bedroom. She interfered because of her fondness of Paris for her own amusement. Also, in The Illiad, Zeus's fondness of Hector results in Hector's almost invincibility through most of the story. Zeus protects him in every way, except when the other "chosen one," Achilles, comes into battle, which results in Achilles ...
- 24164: A Speech Given By Frederick Do
- FREDERICK DOUGLASS S POWERS OF APPEAL After his escape from slavery, Frederick Douglass chose to promote the abolition of slavery by speaking about the actions and effects that result from that institution. In an excerpt from a July ... of life for the enslaved. He illustrates that the difference is the necessity for the black slave to prove his manhood. He asks how, with all of the activity and thinking life requires, the slave s manhood can be questioned (443). For the white man listening to this argument, it is required that he empathizes with the situation of the slave, because in actuality there is much in common between the free and the enslaved. This is precisely Douglass s point; bondage is the only hindrance of slaves abilities to lead a fulfilling life. Douglass s appeals to his audience are specifically directed toward white, Christian males. He is fully aware at all times ...
- 24165: Judaism and Christianity
- ... universe and still governs it, and everything has meaning. The same God who created the world revealed himself to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. The content of that disclosure is the Torah (“revealed instruction”), God's will for humankind stated in commandments (mitzvoth) by which individuals are to adjust their lives to interact with one another and with God. The exile of the Judeans to Babylonia in 586 BC was a ... the messiah already came, in the form of Jesus Christ. The core of the Christian message is that "All have sinned." Even in the sinful state though, every human being is still worthy of God's love. The Old Testament said about Christianity, that the law is good, but it could not save you. Failing just one in life is failing them all. Laws function to show that people are sinful ... is the Son of God, the second person of the Trinity of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; that his life on earth, his crucifixion, and his resurrection are proof of God's love for humanity and God's forgiveness of human sins. Christian ethics derive to a large extent from the Jewish tradition presented in the Old Testament, particularly the Ten Commandments. As you can see, ...
- 24166: The Differences between Judaism and Christianity
- ... universe and still governs it, and everything has meaning. The same God who created the world revealed himself to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. The content of that disclosure is the Torah (“revealed instruction”), God's will for humankind stated in commandments (mitzvoth) by which individuals are to adjust their lives to interact with one another and with God. The exile of the Judeans to Babylonia in 586 BC was a ... the messiah already came, in the form of Jesus Christ. The core of the Christian message is that "All have sinned." Even in the sinful state though, every human being is still worthy of God's love. The Old Testament said about Christianity, that the law is good, but it could not save you. Failing just one in life is failing them all. Laws function to show that people are sinful ... is the Son of God, the second person of the Trinity of God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit; that his life on earth, his crucifixion, and his resurrection are proof of God's love for humanity and God's forgiveness of human sins.
- 24167: Buddhism
- ... the founder of Buddhism, born in Kapilavastu, India. He was the son of the head of the Sakya warrior caste, in later life he was known also as Sakyamuni. All the surviving accounts of Buddha's life were written many years after his death by followers rather than by objective historians. Therefore, it is difficult to separate facts from the myths and legend in which they are based. From the available evidence, Buddha apparently showed an early interest in meditation and image, angering his father, who wanted him to be a warrior and ruler rather than a religious philosopher. Giving in to his father's wishes, he married at an early age and participated in the common life of the court. Buddha found his carefree, dishonest life boring, and after a while he left home and began wandering in search ... Park near Benares. This sermon, the text of which is preserved, contains the main idea of Buddhism. Many scholars regard it as comparable, in its tone of truth and importance in history, to Jesus Christ's Sermon on the Mount. Beginning as a religious movement within the important Brahman tradition of the day, Buddhism quickly developed in a strange direction. The Buddha not only abandoned important conditions of Hindu philosophy, ...
- 24168: Ancient Greek Beliefs of Religion and Death Differs From Other Cultures
- ... Beliefs of Religion and Death Differs From Other Cultures How does the Ancient Greek beliefs of religion and death differ with the view of other cultural groups? Death, the way it is represented in Homer's book, The Odyssey, is always caused by human error. Whether their death was caused by greed, selfishness, or just being curious, many people died in The Odyssey. Still, the question of what happens after we ... represented in Judaism and Ancient Egyptian beliefs. Equally important are the Ancient Greek views of death. Death caused by human error is widespread throughout the book. Human error is encountered in each one of Odysseus's adventures on his return home. The Kyklopes represented the greediness, selfishness, and uncilvilization of Odysseus's men. Odysseus fell asleep and his men unleashed a bag of bad winds, throwing them off path (Homer 315). Skylla and Kharybdis was a representation of death from nature when Odysseus's men stopped ...
- 24169: How Social Tensions Led To Wit
- ... and Hugh Parsons lived in Springfield, Massachusetts. In chapter 2 of Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth Century New England, the introduction clearly conveys that relationships within the Parson family were filled with problems. With the town’s houses built so close to each other, it could be assumed that neighbors were able to hear every argument and fight that took place within the Parson household. In the Puritan community, the kind of ... especially when someone does not react to a situation they way society would. Many people were accused of witchcraft because they behaved abnormally to a death of a family member or a neighbor. When Moxon’s child died, Hugh did not have any emotions or sympathy. This attitude combined with the past argument that they had, Moxon immediately accused Hugh of witchcraft. Again, this case happened again when his wife Mary ... when inexplicable events took place, the people accused were the first on the blame list. This was the case in many seventeenth century New England towns. Again, this situation could easily be seen in Hugh’s case. After being tried as a witch, every move, action and word was taken as evidence of witchcraft. Combined with his bad luck, and family misfortune, Hugh was turned into the town’s social ...
- 24170: Cetaceans And Evolution
- ... flexible shape to underlying fibrous elastic tissue. The body is enveloped in a thick layer of blubber that aids in bouyancy, helps to preserve body heat, and is a source of stored energy. A cetacean’s skin is free of sweat glands, oil glands, or hair, and feels much like smooth, wet rubber to the touch. Cetaceans, like other mammals, have lungs. They breathe air through a single nostril, or pair ... size and weight, and they also have a greatly increased capacity to store oxygen in their blood and muscle tissue. Second, each breath provides an 80 to 90 percent renewal of air in the whale’s lung, compare with only 10 to 20 percent in most land mammals. Third, cetaceans have a resistance to the metabolic by-product carbon-dioxide, the buildup of which in the tissues, rather than the lack ... the forelimbs been modified into flippers, but the bones of the hind limbs have disappeared altogether. The pelvis girdle remains as a mere vestige buried in the ventral musculature. A large number of the cetacean’s ribs are “floating”, i.e. not attached to the sternum; ribs that are attached are often jointed, enabling the rib-cage to collapse under the extreme pressure of a deep dive without being damaged. ...
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