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Religion: Judaism Or Judaisms?
Number of Words: 1987 / Number of Pages: 8
... 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 groups.
Jerusalem is where the temple of the Jews once stood; the only place on the
whole Earth where one co ...
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Christmas History
Number of Words: 1237 / Number of Pages: 5
... The very first gifts were simple items such as twigs
from a sacred grove as good luck emblems. Soon that escalated to food, small
items of jewelry, candles, and statues of gods. To the early Church, gift-
giving at this time was a pagan holdover and therefore severely frowned upon.
However, people would not part with it, and some justification was found in the
original gift giving of the Magi, and from figures such as St. Nicholas. By the
middle ages gift giving was accepted. Before then it was more common to
exchange gifts on New Year's Day or Twelfth Night.
Santa Claus is known by British ...
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Ezekial
Number of Words: 1307 / Number of Pages: 5
... The resurrection of the church from an afflicted
state, to liberty and peace; 3. The resurrection of the body at the great
day, especially the bodies of the believers to life eternal. [Wesley] As
Ezekial prophesied to the dead and dry bones, he heard a rattling of bones
in their motion. A shaking, trembling or commotion among the bones,
enough to manifest a divine presence, working among them. They came
nearer and nearer, till each bone met the bone to which it to be joined.
Of all the bones of all the numerous slain, not one was missing, not one
missed its way, not one missed its place, but eac ...
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George Berkeley: His View Of God
Number of Words: 2565 / Number of Pages: 10
... the materialist position. The main figure who believed that material
substance did not exist is George Berkeley. In truth, it is the
immaterialist position that seems the most logical when placed under close
scrutiny.
The initial groundwork for Berkeley's position is the truism that the
materialist is a skeptic. In the writing of his three dialogues, Berkeley
develops two characters: Hylas (the materialist) and Philonous (Berkeley
himself). Philonous draws upon one central supposition of the materialist
to formulate his argument of skepticism against him; this idea is that one
can n ...
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Wicca
Number of Words: 698 / Number of Pages: 3
... including several town ministers, publicly voiced their
objections to the couples business venture. The Riley's gathered fellow Pagans
from surrounding areas and marched down the towns main street publicly
displaying their beliefs. People began to compare this incident to the Salem
Witch Hunts. Just as Jan Phillips ancestor was tortured because of she
allegedly chose to practice her beliefs, so were the Riley's for choosing to go
public with their beliefs.
The third article I read was about an average American woman who is also
a High Priestess of a Boston area coven. She tells of ho ...
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Confucius And Confucianism
Number of Words: 748 / Number of Pages: 3
... and attitudes toward behavior in public and private life. Confucianism is not a religion, but it is more a philosophy and a guide to morality and good government. At the time Confucius was born, China was in a constant state of war, and rapid political change altered the structure of Chinese society so much that people no longer respected the established behavioral guidelines. Confucius stated that the ideal person was one of good moral character. The ideal person was also truly reverent in worship and sincerely respected his father and his ruler. He was expected to think for himself, ...
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Do Christians Sin?
Number of Words: 1104 / Number of Pages: 5
... does sin," there is forgiveness in
Jesus Christ. Sin in this passage is something within us that we have all
at one time acted on, but now, as followers of Christ, must flee from.
Chapter 5 brings yet another complication to this whole process. Here in
v.16 is brought in the difference between mortal and not-mortal sin. The
Johannine community believed that one could intercede for a brother or
sister for forgiveness of a sin that is not mortal. The author goes so far
as to say that you should not pray about the sin that is mortal. These
verses give support to the fact that there is and can be sin i ...
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David And Goliath
Number of Words: 423 / Number of Pages: 2
... of their Lord was stronger than was any weapon. I
gathered this, since one of the statements mentioned in 1 Samuel was: "the Lord
does not save by sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord's and he will give
you into our hand" (17:47). Since the Lord's followers were the Israelites, the
Lord savedhis people from harm through sending David to conquer Goliath.
The story of David and Goliath is a tale still told in modern day. I assume it
signifies the fact that the winner of a battle isn't always the strongest, the
fastest, or the one with the most weapons. The winner, instead, is the one wh ...
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Religious Meaning Of The Birthright Story
Number of Words: 1384 / Number of Pages: 6
... it has as it relates to our own lives, we can hopefully derive some
deeper meaning which God working through the author intends.
On the surface, we see a story of rivalry that is typical even in modern
times, yet we can also look to some valuable truths that are revealed about how
God sees our personal motives and actions through the characters of Jacob and
Esau. Gaining an understanding of the characters, their motives and the overall
big picture of God's plan, we can better find some spiritual lessons of our own
life.
Jacob was the third link in God's plan of the patriarchs. In ...
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The Existence Of God
Number of Words: 927 / Number of Pages: 4
... {Since he
is all knowing, all powerful, and all good he must exist because his
powers are unlimited} (Malcolm)
3. Therefore the possibility of conceiving a being than which
nothing greater can be conceived entails the logical necessity of the real
existence of such a being. (Anselm)
4. Therefore to say that God does not exist is to contradict
oneself. (Malcolm and Descarte)
5. The concept of God though, is not self contradictory,
therefore Gods existence is logically true. (Malcolm)
6. In conclusion God DOES exist.
The objection to this argument can be that existence is not a
char ...
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