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Confucianism
Number of Words: 1096 / Number of Pages: 4
... environment created an ideal situation to invent things that would change the world. Wallpaper, compass, paper, printing press, and toilet paper all came from China. is the main reason China stayed together for so long. Unlike , Buddhism is a religion centered on developing a person to reach a spiritual fulfillment. Under this philosophy, a person strives to reach Nirvana. Until a person has reached it, he or she will keep reliving his or her life. It teaches the practice of meditation and the observance of moral principles. According to Buddhist, desire is bad and it has to be eliminated because it ...
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Tactics Of A Revolution: The Protestant Reformation
Number of Words: 1343 / Number of Pages: 5
... desired the right to hunt and fish as they had been able to in the past, and disapproved of the rising taxes being imposed on them by their landlords. The common people were also unhappy with the church, feeling that the clergy were greedy and more interested in acquiring wealth than being the spiritual leaders they were appointed to be. Landlords were forced to sit idly by as the prices of manufactured goods rose rapidly, and blamed merchants and bankers-also affected by a greedy atmosphere. Those who owned small plots of land were in even worse shape and were often forced to sell their land, especi ...
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The Longest Day
Number of Words: 658 / Number of Pages: 3
... and their
moons for years into the future. By the same means, they have been able to
backtrack and determine these specific locations in the past. It was during one
such search that the extra day appeared.
From various accounts of the incident, it appears that something "did not
compute." The extra day was just there. There was no computer malfunction; there
was no explanation for the interruption of normal time patterns.
When this apparent error appeared and no explanation was forthcoming, one of the
scientists related that he had studied in Sunday School about time standing
still. A preposter ...
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Sophist Teachings
Number of Words: 1057 / Number of Pages: 4
... machine. It seems taht everyone is trying to "save" me. From myself? From eternal damnations? I have a lingering suspicion that I am supposed to bleive in "something", so I try to reach deep within me for some spiritual faith. The futile attempt for absolute truth leaves me feeling frustrated. What the search has left me with is faith in myself, faith to make my own decisions and to choose my own destiny. I am not limited by chance. I can and will rely on my own mind to find my way in this life.
The are logical to me. Every person has his or her own reality. (TARNAS 27) The world is best ...
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Early Roman Religion
Number of Words: 1399 / Number of Pages: 6
... the most even though they worshiped all of the gods. The Relationship between the Greek and the Roman religion is that the Greek's had different names for the gods and they contained some different details of how they were and what roll they played in civilization. In these next paragraphs a more in depth description of the gods and their roll in Roman civilization.
Jupiter was the king of the gods and the lord of life and death. He was also called Jove. Jupiter was the son of Saturn and Rhea, the husband of Juno, and the father of Minerva. The Romans identified him with the Greek god Zeus, bu ...
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Islamic Religion
Number of Words: 1793 / Number of Pages: 7
... heard the word of God. Mohammed was born in Mecca in 570AD. When he was forty he was called to become God’s messenger. The Angel Gabriel came to Mohammed and taught him the verses of the Holy Quaran, which is the Holy Book of Islam. At that time the Arabs had many beliefs and gods, but Mohammed taught that there was only one god. In Islam they are not allowed to make pictures of God, because it is said that an artist can only express him/herself based on experience. Muslims don’t see God as an "old man wise and bearded," nor do they describe God as a "Spirit." Because they believe that the "spirit" ...
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Victory
Number of Words: 618 / Number of Pages: 3
... be saved. In
Romans 5 it says that Jesus died for All Sinners! We are all sinners so
his death was for all.
When Jesus says that "It is finished", he can also be reffering to the
older predictions of Christs' life. There is one in particular that it
might have been talking about in Isaiah. That is the one in which Isaiah
talks of the life of Jesus and the crusifiction, in very short and brief
detail.
The suffering in which Jesus took for us lasted all through the night,
and then in the morning the thrusted a sword into His side to see if he was
alive. After the water poored out of Hi ...
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Hinduism
Number of Words: 1299 / Number of Pages: 5
... it has no
founder. Its origins are lost in a very distant past. In 1500 BC the Indo-Aryan
tribes invaded India and took over the Mahenjo-daro. From the combination of
these two tribes came the worship of goddesses. The Hindus started practices
such as bathing in temple tanks and the postures of yoga. Soon gods of war
started being created and worshipped. Sakas then began invading the Hindus and
made a large impact on the religion. The sacred temples started to be built and
the sacred laws were codified and myths and legends were preserved in the
Puranas. Soon great devotional movements began ...
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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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Hinduism
Number of Words: 2502 / Number of Pages: 10
... has no founder. It is a religion that has slowly developed over a
period of time.
Hindu Beliefs
Hindu Gods
The Hindus have four gods Brahman, Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. There
main god is Brahman. He is the origin and the sustainer of all life, and the
goal of all things. He is eternal and omnipotent and only he is real. They
believe that Brahman is so great that he cannot be explained in human words
because all humans are imperfect and Brahman is perfect.
Shiva
Shiva is usually depicted with six arms each one representing a
different function to preform. He is known as the destroyer ...
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