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The Mormons
Number of Words: 714 / Number of Pages: 3
... wars, and
religious beliefs of a group of people who migrated from Jerusalem to America.
Smith attracted a small group of followers who settled in Kirtland, Ohio, and
Jackson County, Missouri. Because of persecution, the church moved to northern
Missouri, then to Nauvoo, Illinois. The people of Illinois welcomed the
persecuted Mormons, and Smith began to construct a temple and a hotel there. In
1843, Smith secretly instituted the practice of plural marriage among a group of
his followers. This could be because he himself had 50 wives. The Mormons
lived in relative peace until 1844 when a group b ...
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Hinduism
Number of Words: 742 / Number of Pages: 3
... by certain religious/social stages in life.
The Hindu beliefs in stages of life are more religious then the western philosophies of life stages. Hindu’s believe that the earliest stage of life begins around eight years old and last till around twenty, in this time period the person is “laying the religious foundation for life” (Malloy 72). Just about the same time as the ending of the Hindu’s first stage, the next begins with a prearranged marriage and ends with the “person fulfilling the demands of society by raising children” (Malloy 72). By the time a person is a grandparent the third stage b ...
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Buddhism
Number of Words: 572 / Number of Pages: 3
... is the
common part of humankind. He then met a beggar monk who was calm and
peaceful and decided to adopt his way of life and family, wealth, and power
in the search for truth. This decision, known in Buddhism as the Great
Renunciation, is celebrated by Buddhists as a turning point in history.
Gautama was then 29 years old, according to tradition.
Wandering as a beggar over northern India, Buddha first
investigated Hinduism. He took teachings from some famous Brahman teachers,
but he found the Hindu caste system insulting and Hindu cruelty useless. He
continued his search, attracting but late ...
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Religion
Number of Words: 550 / Number of Pages: 2
... non-
denominational Christianity. Though both groups believe in one God, the same
God, growing up in the midst of the bickering of the two groups can confuse a
child and bring bitterness toward this God that Christians believe is all-loving.
School is an area where temptations are thrown in people's faces each day.
Many people are challenged each day in these situations; children may be
challenged in their home or in school because of the issue of salvation and
trying to maintain a strong-willed mind as a young Christian.
Catholic children are taught their religion in CCD classes, and the result ...
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God And His Love
Number of Words: 463 / Number of Pages: 2
... and emotions and makes them your own. Spirituality is your life. It is the one and only, it is the absolute idea that can and will, reassure you of God, life, love and yourself. God is defined as the maker and ruler of the world; Supreme Being. God has at least a million different titles and maker of the world is one that is underestimated! God is love. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him, shall not perish but have everlasting life.” God is life. He saved us and kept us from our sins. All he asks in return is for ...
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Isaiah 10:1-6 The Hebrews Prophets: Isaiah & Amos
Number of Words: 814 / Number of Pages: 3
... the life of man and women today.
As I try to decipher this passage in my own words of Isaiah. One is speaking of
the oppression committed by man upon man. It is Jesus asking why man whom were
created as brother and sister making unjustly laws...deprive the poor of their
rights...withhold the justice from the oppressed of my people.
I strongly believe there is a judgment day. For all the wrongs committed in
society against one another and against oneself; as the sacred body that be.
Harming thy brethren, killing thy neighbor, steeling. All to satisfy the wants
for themselves. It is all competi ...
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Religion In American Life
Number of Words: 776 / Number of Pages: 3
... on issues that they are capable
of rationalizing for themselves. Among Catholics and Protestants, there is a
trend toward less rigid attendance of religious services. If we examine the
figures from Stark and Glock's 1968 survey, 54% of Americans surveyed at the
time attended church more often than once a month. This figure shrank to 40.7%
in the 1994 survey. Though the Catholic church insists on weekly attendance of
church, weekly attendance dropped from 52% in 1978 to 49% in 1986. Then,
attendance plummeted, with only 28.3% of Catholics surveyed in 1994 claiming to
have attended church in the las ...
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Amen: Does Prayer Play An Important Role In Our Lives Today?
Number of Words: 790 / Number of Pages: 3
... shall make no law respecting the
establishment of religion, nor prohibit the free exercise thereof,” (Encarta
96). The first part simply says that the federal government cannot establish
one religion for all of the people. The simple idea of everyone in our nation
being limited to one form of religion is inconceivable. The second section
insists that the government should do nothing to discourage religion. But
forbidding prayer in schools discourages religion, doesn't it?
Early congressional actions encouraged religion in public schools. For
example, the Northwest Treaty (1787 and 1789) dec ...
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God And A Divine Plan?
Number of Words: 1194 / Number of Pages: 5
... attended Lutheran and Protestant churches with friends. I feel that I have a close relationship with God even though I do not attend church on a regular basis. I was really never told by my parents that everything in life happens for a reason, nor was I told that what happens in life happens because of blind fate, they have always told me to make the best of my life and to go as far as I possibly can in life. So reasonably, I have always believed that I decide what happens in my life, and that there are many different paths to choose in life. I also, however, have always believed that God plays a ...
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An Analysis Of The Jehovah's Witnesses' Religion
Number of Words: 1011 / Number of Pages: 4
... no cross and no altar. First the
service started with singing, as any ordinary church would. We sung out of a
book of songs that they provided for us.
After the singing there was a guest speaker from Bagley, Minnesota.
The speaker spoke to the congregation about topics in the bible, his speech
lasted about three fourths of an hour. Afterwards the priest came to the
podium and thanked the guest for coming. Then the priest leaded another song,
sung from the song book. Next the congregation headed a bible discussion from
an article from a Jehovah's Witness weekly magazine The Watch Tower.
The a ...
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