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The Essenes Of Qumran
Number of Words: 1028 / Number of Pages: 4
... centuries A.D.
Qumran, the home of the Essenes, was a settlement in Palestine on the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea. The Essenes lived in caves within the cliffs bordering the sea. "After….Qumran was carefully excavated, archaeologists were able to identify some rooms that had been used for study and worship, others apparently used for communal meals, a spacious chamber with inkpots (perhaps the scriptorium where scrolls were copied), and pools for bathing. The bathing pools that were discovered were most likely used in the required ceremonial bathing that was part of the Essene lifestyle. A cemet ...
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Moses, A Chosen Leader
Number of Words: 1596 / Number of Pages: 6
... enormous purge would wipe out the evil in the world.
Noah had to undergo many trials and tribulations. He had to experience embarrassment and ridicule because of the nature of God’s requests. His neighbors and friends thought he was nuts because it is not everyday that a man constructs a huge boat made of gopher wood and claims that a flood will come to rid the world of evil. After Noah obeyed all Gods commands, he was rewarded.
Noah became like Adam, in that he would be responsible for starting life on earth over. Noah was rewarded because of his faith in God and his ability to obey. God’s covenan ...
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The Journey To New England And Religion's Future
Number of Words: 960 / Number of Pages: 4
... been part of a religious community that was established throughout England. This made it so there was an organized group of people with a purpose already established. The purpose of starting a whole new religious community.
The first few settlements of New England had many hardships and established a very close community. As more ships arrived every year the original settlements wanted to keep the same tight nit communities intact. The community was so close because everything was based around religion. Every house once established made an effort to keep to the religious ties close to their ...
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An Evening With The Pagans: A Brief History Of Paganism
Number of Words: 896 / Number of Pages: 4
... Greek, Norse ,roman etc...... Focusing on a Greek Wiccan
tradition ,this will be describing the pagan festival of Hectare.
The Festival of Hecate
The festival of Hecate is celebrated between the 3rd and 4th Saturday of
August. (which ever is closest to the new moon) It is in honor of the Greek
goddess Hecate. She was first worshipped in ancient Greece -called the
triple goddess of magic. She is often represented in triple form ; maiden
(youth) ,mother (fertility) and crone (the wise woman). In ancient Rome ,
she was known as trevia ,the cross road with three paths.
Hecate is symbolized by the ...
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Comprehensive Arguements For The Existence Of God
Number of Words: 1588 / Number of Pages: 6
... to be the ontological argument. He began his argument by saying that even a fool can grasp or understand the concept of “a being than of which nothing greater can be conceived.” He continues to state that a fool would say that the concept of this being’s existence is only in his mind and in the mind of others but not in reality. However he also admits to the possibility of this being existing in reality. Whatever is understood by the fool is argued that than which nothing is greater can be conceived cannot solely exist in the mind but also in reality, hence, God exists. This personally sounds like ...
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School Prayer Should Be Allowed
Number of Words: 730 / Number of Pages: 3
... in public school is unconstitutional.
In fact, prayer in public school is legal, so is prayer in church
and prayer in stores etc... . The area which is not legal is when students
or teachers pray when engaged in school activities or instruction. This
means students or teachers may pray in an informal setting, such as
cafeterias and hallways. They may talk about and discuss problems with
religion and their beliefs at that time. A person may come to school early
and sit quietly and pray. With the permission of the school a group of
students could establish a prayer club. All these things ...
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Exogetical Essay On Matthew 11:25-30
Number of Words: 467 / Number of Pages: 2
... himself to that person, by the Son's choice. How
fortunate we are that Jesus has clearly revealed to us God, his truth, and how
we can know him.
The last major section of this passage reads, "Come to me, all you who
are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and
learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for
your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." A yoke is a heavy
wooden harness that fits over the shoulders of an ox or oxen. It is attached to
a piece of equipment the oxen are to pull. A person may be carrying he ...
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Sufism
Number of Words: 1968 / Number of Pages: 8
... so that you may enter Paradise. Normally these people who give their good
deeds away are known as dervishes (this is quite different from the belief in
Islam).
Sufi's also stress the remembrance of God, which is called Zikr. They
try to get close to God, to be one with God. They define God as something that
is close to you but you can't see it. That God is all around us, but His
presence is too overwhelming to see. An example is like fish who is in water.
The fish can't really see the water, even though it is all around the fish. Once
a person realizes the presence of God, he or she will fe ...
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The Greek Orthodox Church
Number of Words: 502 / Number of Pages: 2
... (381), Ephesus(431), Chalcedon(451),
Constantinople II (553), Constantinople III (680), and Nicaea II (787) (Encarta
1996). The power of teaching and guiding the community is bestowed on certain
ministries, particularly that of the bishop of each diocese or is directed
through certain institutions, such as councils. Because the church is composed
not only of bishops, or of clergy, but of the whole laity as well, "the Orthodox
church strongly affirms that the guardian of truth is the entire people of God"
(Encarta 96).
The doctrine of seven sacraments is accepted in the Greek Orthodox
church, alt ...
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Judaism: One Religion Or Many Small Religions?
Number of Words: 2003 / Number of Pages: 8
... then the multiple Judaism arguments will be presented. In this way, it is possible to keep a common focus in mind when reading about all the other situations in which the religion has found itself. A brief conclusion follows the discussion. A Place to Call Home No other religion has ever been so attached to its birthplace as Judaism. Perhaps this is because Jews have been exiled and restricted from this place for most of their history. Jerusalem is not only home to Judaism, but to the Muslim and Christian religions as well. Historically this has made it quite a busy place for the various gro ...
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