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Islam
<view this essay>.... slam 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.
The life of each Muslim is always within the community of the faithful, all are declared to be "brothers to each other," with he mission to "enjoin good and forbid evil." Within the community, Muslims are expected to establish social and economic justice. They .....
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The Wiccan Religion
<view this essay>.... Shamansistic Nature Religion, adapting it to fit our modern lives.
Witches are worshippers of the Earth and it^Òs many cycles. We believe
that deity is found not only outside to our realm, or plane of existence,
but that is found within every living thing and all that support it.
Therefore, we attempt to live in harmony with the Earth and each of it’s
creatures. Wiccan tend to involve themselves with ecological pursuits.
Wicca observe the holidays of Pagan Europe; Eight festivals spaced evenly
about the wheel of the year, at the quarters (equinox^Òs and solstices)
and the cross-quarters (midpoints between the equinox^Òs and solstices).
They are called: Yu .....
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The Future Of Religion
<view this essay>.... essay will examine this question and the compatibility of science and religion.
One reason why followers believe in a religion is because that particular religion gives its believers comfort that everything will be for the best (even after death), because everything that happens in this world is an expression of the intentions of a higher being. This comfort comes from the belief that if you worship this higher being you will be protected from the evils of this world (or the afterlife). "And God said to him, I am God, the Ruler of all: be fertile, and have increase; a nation, truly a group of nations, will come from you, and kings will be your offspring (G .....
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Episcopalianism / Anglicanism
<view this essay>.... the Celtic inhabitants and imposing their own Civilization upon those that remained. At the end of century, the King of Kent married the daughter of the King of Paris. She was a Christian and was granted permission to bring a Bishop, her chaplain, to Kent. They encouraged the King to allow Christian missionaries to come to Kent (Wakeman, 2-9). In the year 585, Gregory, a missionary, saw some white skinned, blue-eyed, blonde haired slaves for sale in Italy. He then sought permission to leave Rome and devote himself to missionary work among the heathen English. He was not allowed to leave until years later when he became pope. He then chose his friend, .....
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Prayer In Schools: To Pray, Or Not To Pray?
<view this essay>.... school that opened their football games with a prayer,
and recently replaced it with a moment of silence. And the third tells
about a school who has a moment of silence after the pledge of allegiance,
and the community is angered because this is supposedly just another form
of prayer.
My personal belief is that prayer should not be aloud in our nation
schools. I myself am a practicing Christian, and choose to pray on my own
before tests, and at other times, but I strongly feel that people with
other beliefs should not be subjected to my, or even the majority of the
class's beliefs. In America, it is a right of the people to choose their
belief, or lack the .....
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What Do Buddhism And Christianity Teach About The Significance, Purpose And Value Of Human Life?
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the ocean, popping up for air every thousand years or so. It is claimed that
the chance of being incarnated human are the same as that of the turtle putting
his head through the yoke (which also floats around the ocean) on one of his
trips to the top. It follows, therefore, that to waste it is to waste numberless
lives spent trying to gain this precious rebirth and also the chance of
enlightenment. The law of Karma says: All actions will entail consequences in
the next life, so a Buddhist's freedom could be said to be somewhat compromised.
This law means that, to be reincarnated human, you must live a near-perfect life.
Any wrong doing on our part is .....
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Buddhism
<view this essay>.... animals around you. Buddha teaches you to love yourself and
others, even your enemies. Violence is not an answer. Must we kill
another to achieve happiness? One must forgive and forget.
Meditation is a key factor in the Buddhist religion. Meditation
is a way of developing more positive states of mind. The awareness
obtained from meditation helps one have a fuller understanding of oneself.
Buddha taught "the Four Noble Truths." The first is "Life is
Suffering," which means everyone suffers jealously, pain, sickness, etc.
even enlightened ones. The second is "Suffering is Caused by Attachment,"
which basically says one must accept respon .....
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Great Religions And Philosophies. : Greek Philosophy.
<view this essay>.... and mental nature of man and dealing with
the practical problems of life.
The ancient Greeks mirrored their nature, beliefs, morals and customs in
Greek Philosophy. Through understanding Greek Philosophy, we can see how the
ancient Greeks regard the world around them. Greek Philosophy filled the void
in the spiritual and moral life of the ancient Greeks, where in the same place
other cultures had their belief in a religion. Wisdom, in the Greek sense,
included not only a theoretical explanation of the world around them, but also
provided a practical guide to life.
From Homer to Hesiod, we see the reflections of the ancient Greeks and
their use of Gods .....
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