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Taoism And Confucianism
Number of Words: 356 / Number of Pages: 2
... humane, and just sensibilities, not by the passions of individuals arbitrarily empowered by hereditary status. He felt that this could be achieved through education and the unification of cultural beliefs. He believed that a nation would be benefited by citizens that were cultivated people whose intellects and emotions had been developed and matured by conscious people.
All purposes for betterment of man and society as one whole is known as Li. Li means the rationalized social order. Confucius felt that love and respect for authority was a key to a perfect society; this strict respect was practi ...
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The Churches Of Christ: A Comparative Essay
Number of Words: 812 / Number of Pages: 3
... It was then that Chuck
Lucas, a pastor at the Gainesville Church of Christ (mainline), met a young
college student, Kip McKean, and began discipling him. Kip was a bright student
and showed great potential for leadership in the church. However, something in
the discipling process went wrong. Kip was expelled from the Gainesville church
later that year for reasons dealing with departure from the CoC doctrine,
manipulative attitude, unclear motivation, and controlling of other's lives.
Kip and his wife Elena moved to Boston and started a small church that grew
rapidly from thirty to over three hundred ...
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Buddhism
Number of Words: 835 / Number of Pages: 4
... the way to escape this unhappy existence called life. After enlightenment, people called him the Buddha, which means, “enlightened one.” Various Buddhist schools have developed after the founding of . The two most common schools are the Mahayana and the Theravada. They have much in common. But also they differ in very important ways. The actual meaning of the word Theravada is “ Way of the Elders.” It is the oldest of all traditions. It is the primary practice in countries such as, Cambodia, Burma, Laos, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Theravada sees Buddha as a historical figure. This means instead of ...
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Text And Traditions: Work Requirement One Historical Reconstruction
Number of Words: 2398 / Number of Pages: 9
... of Christians.
66 AD Jews in Palestine tried to revolt. Were crushed by
Titus.
69 AD - 79 AD Vespasia Roman Emperor. He continued the persecution.
70 AD Jewish temple destroyed. Small part of the wall left
standing.
79 AD Titus Roman Emperor.
Detailed analysis of major Jewish groups of the time
Pharisees The Pharisees were a group of Jews, that believed strongly against the
adoption of Greek ways. They wanted to uphold and protect their fragile Jewish
culture, from the Greek ...
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Christianity
Number of Words: 1365 / Number of Pages: 5
... I decided there must be something wrong if the person who is supposed to be the mouth piece of God cant tell me the answers.
One problem that I have with is their bible. The bible says that a great flood took place to rid the world of sins and sinners. It also says that "even the tallest mountains were covered with water", which means that the water covering the earth was five and a half miles deep. If the earth had ever been covered with water that deep, it would still be covered with water that deep, since there is a finite amount of water on this planet that simply evaporates and falls back to ...
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Christianity, Islam, And Judaism
Number of Words: 237 / Number of Pages: 1
... was a
slide of the Kabah. It represents the Islam religion. The Kabah is found
inside Mecca and is supposed to house a meteorite. The third slide is for the
Jewish religion, Judaism.
All of the religions are monotheistic which means they believe in only
one God, the God of Abraham. Although they have the worship the dame God, they
have a few differences between them. One of which is the choice of the main
prophets. Christianity believes that Jesus was God's son and was the savior for
all. Islam believes that Muhammad lead the ideal life and everyone must base
their lives on him.
In class w ...
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Zeus, A Good God
Number of Words: 534 / Number of Pages: 2
... lives.
Zeus was the life giver to the people. He was the father of both Gods and men, although did not create either. He was a father in the sense of being the protector and ruler of both the Olympian family and of the human race. He preserved and ruled the world. Zeus was believed by the people to posses of almost every form of power and endued with great wisdom. Zeus observed attentively the general intercourse and dealing of people-everywhere demanding and rewarding uprightness, truth, faithfulness, and kindness; everywhere punishing wrong, falseness, faithlessness, and cruelty. As the eternal fathe ...
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Genesis As Myth: Different Views
Number of Words: 614 / Number of Pages: 3
... eight.” A quote from the bible that states “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord.” The German Theologian says that “God against the world and the world itself for ever dividing into opposites on either side: male and female, living and dead, good and evil, first and last.”
In a different example Edmund Leach stated that “Solomon the wise, the great king, the builder of the temple, nevertheless is a sinner in that he loved many strange woman, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, woman of the moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians and hittites.” Taken as its ...
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What Is A Gospel?
Number of Words: 587 / Number of Pages: 3
... while the sayings are more on
the complex side. The sayings contain apophthegmata, proverbs, parables,
and more.
They invite the reader to believe in and obey Christ as the Lord.
The meaning of the gospel changes from the coming of the kingdom to the
meaning of the coming of Jesus Himself, and of His life, death, and
resurrection. "The good news of the kingdom includes a call to repentance
(Mt. 4:17; Mk 1:15)"(McKenzie 320). It presents Jesus as the Messiah and
Savior.
The writers of these books are Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
These four Gospels were written down to preserve the sayings a ...
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What Is Buddhism?
Number of Words: 1037 / Number of Pages: 4
... of a creator in Buddhism. He was a human being who, thought tremendous
efforts, transformed himself.
The state of Enlightenment which he reached has three main facets. It
is a state of wisdom, of insight into the true nature of things. It is also a
source or boundless compassion, manifesting itself in activity for the benefit
of all beings. and it the total liberation of all the energies of the mind and
the body so they are at the service of the fully conscious mind.
What Happened After the Buddha's Death?
Buddhism died out in India a thousand years ago, though it has recently
revived ...
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