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Mithraism
Number of Words: 757 / Number of Pages: 3
... have, putting their most holy of days on the
same day as ours (197). This must be some sort of conspiracy in trying to
finish off a dying religion. If that is not enough, they even tore down my place
of worship and built a church of their own in place of it (197). Now I must
travel two hours by horse just to fulfill my spiritual needs.
My wife, she cannot understand anything. We argue continuously over how
to raise our son. Before my church was torn down there was little to fuss over,
now all she does is complain. She says that it is to far of a trip for him to
journey with me every week, an ...
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History Of Catholicism
Number of Words: 1062 / Number of Pages: 4
... and community that bonds them?
The end of the fifteenth and start of the sixteenth centuries ushered in the introduction of Christian-Trinitarian-monotheism to the Americans. Preachers and friars of Spain evangelized the scriptures and sacraments to the indigenous peoples. Yet, the central theme of Christ and the Trinity, the very foundation upon which Catholicism sits was the largest obstacle to its reception in sixteenth century Mexico and the Americas. The Christians, who were now frontrunners marching in the trampling of America were reassigning her religion and demanding her to defy her cu ...
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Religion
Number of Words: 410 / Number of Pages: 2
... enemies of the state. The penalty for heresy was torture and death.
The crucifixion of Jesus Christ, "Jesus was taken to Golgotha and nailed to a
cross, the Roman punishment for political offenders and criminals."2 The
Crusades, "The name Crusade (from Latin, "Cross") was also applied, to the wars
against pagan peoples, Christian heretics, and political foes of the papacy."2
All three examples illustrate how man has used God to justify his greed and
quest for power. When the leadership was challenged, it used devine decree to
justify the murder and torture of the innocent. We are expecte ...
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Ancient Egypt Gods & Goddesses
Number of Words: 1098 / Number of Pages: 4
... the news, Isis was once again thrown into a state of mourning. She, along with Nephthys and Anubis, traveled up and down the Nile in search of the pieces of Osiris. They were able to find 13 pieces. Wherever they found a piece they erected a temple to Osiris. Isis asked Thoth for his assistance in resurrecting Osiris. He taught Isis the process of mummification. This process insured the deceased a life after death and in the case of Osiris, it secured him the position of King of the Underworld. Isis was greatly saddened by the death of her true love, but she was consoled by two things: 1) Osiris lived ...
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Crucifixion And Jesus
Number of Words: 839 / Number of Pages: 4
... The procession to the site of crucifixion was led by a complete Roman military guard, headed by a centurion. One of the soldiers carried a sign, titulus, on which the condemned man's name and crime were displayed. Later, the titulus would be attached to the top of the cross.
At the site of execution, by law, the victim was given a bitter drink of wine mixed with myrrh, gall, as a mild analgesic. The criminal was then thrown to the ground on his back, with his arms outstretched along the patibulum, the hands could be nailed or tied to the crossbar, but nailing apparently was preferred by the Rom ...
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A Comparison Of Islam And Christianity
Number of Words: 2135 / Number of Pages: 8
... to the
will of Allah, the one God. Muslims are those who have submitted themselves.
The basic creed of Islam is brief: There is no God but Allah, and Muhammad
is the Prophet of Allah. Islam teaches that there is one God, the creator
and sustainer of the universe. This God, Allah, is compassionate and just.
Because He is compassionate, He calls all people to believe in Him and
worship Him. Because He is also just, on the Last Day He will judge every
person according to his deeds. On the Last Day, all the dead will be
resurrected and either rewarded with heaven or punished with hell. In
Christia ...
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The Bible
Number of Words: 925 / Number of Pages: 4
... innocence - blaming parents and their unjust
upbringing. They scream to the jury that it really wasn't their fault, but the
fault of their parents because if they had a perfect childhood then they
wouldn't have committed the crime. It is true that the values that children
develop in their early years are important in influencing future decisions but
how does this explain the many adults that climb above their horrible childhood
and become successful happy individuals. This proves that the individual is in
charge of his every move and every action in life - he is in charge of his own
destiny. Sin i ...
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Women And The Bible
Number of Words: 879 / Number of Pages: 4
... a time when women were property and were “trained” to be weak and
fragile. This stopped only about 30 years ago. Before this time, society taught
women from birth to be submissive to men. What does this mean to us today? It
means that although American Society is no longer training women to be
submissive, the problem is still present in our belief system. Many churches do
not believe that women should be part of the clergy. This is because they
interpret parts of the Bible, such as 1 Timothy 2:11-12, as saying that only men
should preach. In 1848, women made a retaliation to these sentimen ...
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Eve And The Apple
Number of Words: 779 / Number of Pages: 3
... serpent said that he was a beast and after eating the fruit
from the tree of knowledge of good and evil he became more human like. Eve
was enticed by the words of the serpent who said that "If the fruit makes a
serpent like a man, it should make men like gods." (Line 710: "That ye
should be as Gods, since I as man, Internal Man, is but proportion meet; I,
of brute, human; ye, of human, Gods.)
Other arguments that the serpent used to manipulate Eve included;
1,) You shall not die, look at me, I have touched and tasted and I have
not died. 2,) Should man not be allowed a fruit that a beast has? ...
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God's Character Traits
Number of Words: 369 / Number of Pages: 2
... that sin with eternal punishment. But God is also a
fair God and allows us to repent and trust in him to get forgiveness and
eternal life. Psalm 9:16 (The Lord punishes the wicked justly) and 101:1 (I
will sing about your kindness and justness) tell of how God is just. God is
very truthful. He never lies or breaks his promises to us. 1 Kings 17:24
(Everything from the Lord is truthful) and Isaiah 45:19 (I Jehovah speak
only truthfulness) say that God is truthful and he will keep all of his
promises with us. Last but not least God has a lot of mercy for us. No
matter how big we sin, if we repent of o ...
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