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“The white man’s reality are his streets with their banks, shops, neon
lights and traffic, streets full of policemen, whores, and sad-faced people in a
hurry to punch a time clock. But this is unreal. The real reality is underneath
all this. Grandfather Peyote helps you find it.” - Crow Dog Peyote, a
hallucinogenic plant that is commonly used as a recreational drug, has a much
greater meaning for... Full-text essay
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The letter of Philemon was written by Paul the apostle along with Timothy. Paul
was definitely the author and nothing needs to confirm that. The “external
testimony is unimpeachable.” (Smith, p.510) The letter was written to Philemon
on behalf of Onesimus. Philemon lived in Colosse and we know this because
Onesimus was also Colossian which is confirmed in Colossians 4:9. Philemon was a
man of pro... Full-text essay
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This kids phenomenon began as a hand-held video game and exploded across the
globe, from trading cards to becoming the number one rated television kids' show
on the popular cartoon programming Kids' WB! The TV program is drawn in the
manner of the old speed racer cartoon with similar type voices. It began showing
in syndication in September 1998 and within a few months shot to the top of the
rati... Full-text essay
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It was for this achievement that Raphael has remained famous throughout the
centuries. Perhaps those who connect his name only with beautiful Madonnas and
idealized figures from the classical world may even be surprised to see
Raphael's portrait of his great patron Pope Leo X of the Medici family, in the
company of two cardinals. There is nothing idealized in the slightly puffed head
of the near-... Full-text essay
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Pope Urban II had called the Christians to join him in a Holy War to reclaim the
Holy Lands as an act of Christianity, but there were many activities that took
place that weren’t characteristics of Christianity. The Crusades were a
smokescreen for Pope’s craving for power and control. The Crusades were the
idea of Pope Urban II, a wise Frenchman. On November 18, 1095 AD, Pope Urban II
opened the ... Full-text essay
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The courts have ruled against prayer in school. Many agree with decision; yet
many disagree including myself. Prayer should be allowed in public school
because it is already practiced, it prevents immoral acts, and it enhances the
learning environment. The issue of prayer in school has been debated in the U.S.
since the North West Treaty (1787and 1789) which states: “ Religion, morality,
and the ... Full-text essay
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A very controversial widespread issue today is the right to have prayer in
public schools. The proposed amendment reads: “To secure the people’s right
to acknowledge God according to the dictates of conscience. The people’s
rights to pray and to recognize their belief, heritage or traditions on public
property, shall not be infringed. The government shall not require any person to
join in the pra... Full-text essay
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Prejudice has been apart of human beings since the beginning of time. People
hold disparaging views towards other groups because of sex, race, color and
religious beliefs. If our society hopes to move forward and continue to be
productive, prejudice must stop. In a time when the world is advanced as it ever
has been, prejudice still remains a major problem. Discovering the roots of
prejudice, and... Full-text essay
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What is the extent of prejudice? How far will it go until the entire world
realizes that it is wrong? Prejudice continues to infect and destroy the dreams
and minds of many people. A human being is not born with prejudice. Prejudice is
taught to children at an early age to make certain that their father’s beliefs
continue. By the time a child reaches adulthood, he or she might have the same
hatre... Full-text essay
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Puritans have had some bad press throughout the years. Often they have been
ridiculed by Christians and seculars alike for their seemingly legalism and
hypocritical attitude, but they also had some of the most interesting beliefs of
the early religious groups. "They sought an intellectual, moral, and
spiritual "clean-up" of institutionalized Christianity. Their standard
of purity w... Full-text essay
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The puritan religion is one that is hardly understood in today’s world of
never-ending excuses and finger pointing. This is human nature at it’s finest.
Puritanism probably couldn’t make it today. In fact, it probably wouldn’t
have a chance. Today’s society would not be willing to make the sacrifices of
chosen hardships to make the cut. One of the most demanding religions, puritan
belief forced i... Full-text essay
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Puritanism, a religious reform movement in the late 16th and 17th century which
sought to "purify" the Church of England, Anglican Church. Puritans
became noted for a spirit of moral and religious pledge that determined their
whole way of life, and they sought through church reform to make their lifestyle
the pattern for the whole nation. Their efforts to transform the nation led to a
c... Full-text essay
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Do human beings live only once, or are we granted the opportunity to return
after death and experience many different lives? The question of reincarnation
has been examined for thousands of years and has been embraced in various
degrees by numerous religions. Scientists speculate that even the people who
lived during the New Stone Age (10,000B.C.E - 5,000B.C.E.) believed that once a
person died, ... Full-text essay
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Biological death is defined and accepted. Winstead- Fry points out that within
sensory science, death is the termination of certain biophysical functions.
“We can empirically confirm the existence and ending of life.” ( 163) The
criteria for brain death are accepted as proof of biological death. Of course if
one considers the human being and the human body as one, then death must be a
definite en... Full-text essay
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Webster Dictionary describes relativism as a view that ethical truths depend on
the individuals and groups holding them. The United States has the idea that
they have the right to stick their noses into other countries’ business
because something else is morally wrong. But cultures vary greatly regarding
what is morally right and wrong. Quotes related to relativism saturate prime
time drama’s lik... Full-text essay
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The belief systems of the modern world have helped determine the policies and
politics of nations around the world. For centuries before, and almost
definitely for decades after now, there will be disputed between people and
countries on account of their faith. Religions have started wars, ended them,
impacted, and persuaded people. Needless to say, beliefs are very influential on
the world today... Full-text essay
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Religion has played a vital role in the settling of many pre-industrial North
American towns and cities. In fact, religion proved to be one of the main
reasons Europeans broke their affiliation with the dictatorial and the
monarchial rule in Europe and came to settle the Americas. Generally, these
particular religious settlers incorporated town-planning ideas developed in
Europe and translated th... Full-text essay
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Religion is considered a very important part of life by a large part of the
world's population. Determining moral issues and influencing every day
decisions, it resides in everyday life and gives people something in which to
believe. Often, the aspects of religion are passed down from parent to child,
and the child automatically believes that which his parents believed. I too
experienced this inf... Full-text essay
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My religious consciousness is different from my ordinary consciousness. There
are a lot of actions that some people consider to be acceptable and ordinary,
but religious people consider to be a sin. There are also certain objects,
places, and times of the year that a non-religious person would think of as
ordinary, but a some religious people would view as very special. From a
Christian viewpoint... Full-text essay
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On Wednesday, March 29, 2000 my friendand I attended the Morning Prayer service
at the Hare Krishna Farm. The worship began at 7:15 A.M and lasted until 8:45
A.M. Breakfast then followed. At the Hare Krishna Farm wemet Indulekha Devi dasi
who explained to us many aspects of their worship. The temple room itself was
very impressive. On one side of the temple was a statue of Srila Prabhubada, the
s... Full-text essay
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The Renaissance was considered to be a great period of change in the culture and
society of Western Europe. The Renaissance started in Italy and slowly spread
throughout Europe. The church was still a major political, social and economic
power as well as primary patron of the arts. An emerging middle class began to
question the old foundations. Education, especially the literary aspects began
to ... Full-text essay
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The Book of Revelation appears to be an account of things that take place beyond
the earth where Jesus of Nazareth lived and died as well as where John’s
community was living. It is a vision of events in the heavens or the sky. If we
do not assume that all the details about the sky and those who live in the sky
were immediately and supernaturally revealed to John, then John and his readers
could ... Full-text essay
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Among those commemorated in new statues on the west front of Westminster Abbey
"I am bound, as a pastor, by divine command to give my life for those whom
I love, and that is all Salvadoreans, even those who are going to kill me."
These words appeared in a newspaper just two weeks before Archbishop Romero was
shot while celebrating Holy Communion in the hospital which had been his home
s... Full-text essay
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In the movie Romero, Archbishop Romero changes very much in his understanding of
love and in his understanding of true conscience. At first Romero is just a
priest who isn’t really concerned about the poor and how they are being
oppressed, but when Romero is chosen to be the new Archbishop his friend, who is
assassinated, I think has a slight impact on him. But I think when his friend is
assassin... Full-text essay
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The Book of Ruth sensitively portrays bonding and devotion between two women.
[But also don't miss Book of Judith for a surprising overturning of male/female
roles: Judith sneaks into the enemy camps, cuts off the head of Holofernes, the
leader of the enemy army, returns and receives a hero's welcome, and then lives
out the remainder of her days with her maidservants, rejecting all male suitors]
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This biography had a lot of information on St. Francis of Assisi. He was a very
generous man who founded the Friars. Along the way he accomplished many good
deeds. He gave all that he had to the poor so that they could live a better
life. The only things he needed were food, shelter, and companionship. St.
Francis of Assisi was born in September of the year 1182. He was born to a rich
merchant na... Full-text essay
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Saint John of the Cross - "I abandoned and forgot myself, laying my face on
my Beloved; all things ceased; I went out from myself, leaving my cares
forgotten among the lilies." John of the Cross is one of the acknowledged
masters of mystical theology. It is thought among present day theologians that
there is no other writer who has had a greater influence on Catholic
spirituality than J... Full-text essay
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Saint Thomas Aquinas, as a philosopher, wrote several works that
justified Christianity in a philosophical context, taking cue on Aristotle's old
writings. Naturally, Aquinas took up on the Church's
"ultra-conservative" views on sexuality and worked to rationalize them
through his own theory of natural law. Aquinas argues against any form of sex
where the intention to produce childr... Full-text essay
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I am attempting to write one coherent essay discussing questions three and two.
I propose to first characterize the opposing views of the savior in Gnosticism
and in Orthodoxy. Secondly, I will compare the Valentinian and classic Gnostics
in how they differ and how the Gospel of Truth exemplifies the features of
Valentinian Gnosticism. The Orthodox view the church as a necessary medium
between th... Full-text essay
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Contrary to the claims, students have the Constitutional right to pray in
school, either individually or in informal groups so long as the prayer is not
organized by the school. But if the students only knew what they were really
doing by praying in school. II. First of all they are going against the Bible.
As to quote, Matthew 6:5-6: "And when you pray, do not be like the
hypocrites, for th... Full-text essay
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Scientology is a fairly new religion. Founded in the twentieth-century by a man
by the name of L. Ron Hubbard. He began his studies long ago and wrote a book in
1950 called Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. He claimed that this
book was one of the first tools used to solve the problems of the mind. This
book focused on irrational mind, war, crime, and insanity. Mr. Hubbard designed
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"...The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the
Lord for the body...Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ
himself? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a
prostitute? Never! Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute
is one with her in body? For it is said 'the two will become one flesh'
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A major misconception that many people have is what they think the church’s
opinion is on sexual intercourse. Most people believe that the church thinks sex
is a sinful act that should only be done in privacy for procreation reason and
should never be discussed about in public. This belief though is incorrect
because the church since the beginning of time has believed that sex is a God
given gift... Full-text essay
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It has been said that the two most powerful drives in a human, besides the
practical need for food and shelter, are sex and religion. The sexual urge is
strong in nearly everyone, as advertisers of everything from chocolates to cars
can tell you, and the urge to worship the divine (by whatever name) is also
strongly present in many. In early religions and Neo-Paganism, sex was
celebrated as an af... Full-text essay
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For my book report I chose the topic of sex in the Bible. I thought that it
would be a very interesting topic because in many churches discussion of sex and
sexuality is taboo. I thought that by reading this book I could become more
informed of what the Bible truly says on the subject. I also chose this topic
because I felt that it would be easier reading a book about the bible on a topic
I was i... Full-text essay
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For my book report I chose the topic of sex in the Bible. I thought that it
would be a very interesting topic because in many churches discussion of sex and
sexuality is taboo. I thought that by reading this book I could become more
informed of what the Bible truly says on the subject. I also chose this topic
because I felt that it would be easier reading a book about the bible on a topic
I was i... Full-text essay
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In today’s society women are looked upon ignorantly by the male gender. This
attitude derived from the naïve men of the Old Testament. They did not see
women as being an important part of history and therefore hardly spoke of them.
When women were mentioned it was usually in a condescending fashion. Even with
genealogies in the Old Testament women were not listed as if to show that they
were not ... Full-text essay
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"God sends His messengers into the world from time to time to guide
humanity," states Professor Gobind Singh Mansukhani, author of the book,
The Quintessence of Sikhism. Although Jesus Christ was considered to be sent to
Earth between 8 BC and 4 BC by god, the ten Guru's, who found the Sikh religion
five hundred years ago in the Punjab region of India, were also considered to be
messeng... Full-text essay
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Sikhism is a Religion of uniqueness. It has beliefs from two other religions;
Hinduism and Islam (Borak 53). This religion is very scarce in the United
States. The main area for Sikhs is in the Northwest India (Borak 53). I had
never heard of this religion before, so that is the main reason why I chose to
study this religion. I have found it very interesting and different. The Sikhs
have many uni... Full-text essay
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Sikhism is a Religion of uniqueness. It has beliefs from two other religions;
Hinduism and Islam (Borak 53). This religion is very scarce in the United
States. The main area for Sikhs is in the Northwest India (Borak 53). I had
never heard of this religion before, so that is the main reason why I chose to
study this religion. I have found it very interesting and different. The Sikhs
have many uni... Full-text essay
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Covenants can be found all through history. Even today covenants are created all
the time between individuals and whole societies. The United States is under the
obligation of covenants with nearly every nation of the world, either concerning
military treaties or trade embargos. So too can covenants be found in the
histories of all the world's great civilizations. These historical covenants can
v... Full-text essay
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Being raised in a Catholic family, I have always been told that my body contains
a soul. I have often wondered where my soul is and how it functions. Being asked
by my friends questions about the soul, I could not answer because I never
really knew myself, so I looked to the writings of the church. According the
Catechism of the Catholic Church, written by Pope John Paul II, the soul is not
just ... Full-text essay
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Out of all the philosophers we have examined in this unit, Rene Descartes (On
Thinking and the Soul) presents the best argument about what a soul and body
are. In contrast, I believe that Locke`s interpretation of the body, mind, soul
and self was my least favorite interpretation. Rene Descartes believed the soul
is a pure, unitary thinking thing that has no weight and occupies no space. The
soul... Full-text essay
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To get to spiritual growth that one must follow steps to go by Love, discipline,
Responsibility problem and pain. Spiritual growth is not achieved easily. A
person must, learn to love, love him self, and to love to achieve love.
Discipline without it he has no responsibility. To achieve discipline one has to
have love. Parents whom do not desire so to love and their children will result
in the ch... Full-text essay
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St. Francis’s life began as any other man of his time. He was a wealthy
individual who was preoccupied with material comforts. This preoccupation also
led him to fear the poor, especially lepers. St. Francis then entered into a
conversion that led him to be an alter Christus. He gave up all his material
possessions and embraced poverty and welcomed the poor and needy into his life
with open a... Full-text essay
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Civilization is defined as “a state that binds people together to transcend
tides of family, clan, tribe, and village.” (Woolf, H.B., 1974, p.141) By
using this definition, one can compare and contrast the many different traits
that the Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations had. Both The Epic of Gilgamesh
and the three Egyptian funerary documents are very good examples of written
documents that... Full-text essay
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In The Tao of Pooh, Benjamin Hoff uses the characters from Winnie the Pooh to
explain the fundamentals of Taoism. By observing the actions of Eeyore, Piglet,
Rabbit, Owl, Tigger, and Pooh, he decides that the action of the character Pooh
best describes Taoism. The most important principle of Taoism is the Uncarved
Block. Hoff uses Pooh to best explain the Uncarved Block. The principle of the
Unca... Full-text essay
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“The Ancient Masters were profound and subtle. Their wisdom was unfathomable.
There is no way to describe it; all we can describe is their appearance.”
“The best athlete wants his opponent at his best. The best general enters the
mind of his enemy. The best businessman serves the communal food. The best
leader follows the will of the people .” The teachings from the book, Tao Te
Ching helped infl... Full-text essay
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The original form of Taoism is sometimes called philosophical Taoism or
classical Taoism. Taoism never even had a name until Buddhism came to China. It
was nameless. Lao Tzu even states that “Tao” is only used because it is the
closest word in meaning. Nothing can be said about the Tao without taking away
from the meaning. When Taoism finally was acknowledged, it changed from its
strict philosoph... Full-text essay
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Classical Chinese theory of mind is similar to Western "folk
psychology" in that both mirror their respective background view of
language. They differ in ways that fit those folk theories of language. The core
Chinese concept is xin (the heart-mind). As the translation suggests, Chinese
folk psychology lacked a contrast between cognitive and affective states
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