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Islamic Religion
<view this essay>.... Muslims believe that God is One, indivisible, and they also believe in all the prophets of the Christians and Jews including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, Elias, Jonah, John the Baptist, and Jesus. In Islam there is no other individual like Him, and no one else worthy of worship.
The followers of Islam, called Muslims believe in one God ‘Allah’ in Arabic, and that Mohammed was His last prophet. Islam began in Arabia when the Prophet Mohammed 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 .....
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Buddhism
<view this essay>.... began in India where a scholar named Siddhatta Gotama (known as Buddha) wrote a religious doctrine that focused on being spiritual with one self as opposed to worshipping a god. Buddha meaning "one who is awake" is a scholar who preached to all of his followers first starting in Northern India. In his teachings Buddha praised mediation and reflection in order to see enlightenment in kindness and well being. To him this was a natural law that everybody should want to follow in his or her path through life. Buddha wanted to be known as someone who taught others kindness and wellness, he never wanted to be a god like others did in different religions .....
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The Role Of Women In The Church
<view this essay>.... apply that understanding to the church of the twentieth century.
Many people would dispute the Bible's relevance to contemporary
thought in general, and in particular to the role of women in worship. If
the Bible were not written under divine inspiration, a person or practice
is not bound by its teachings. He or she can therefor pick and choose
whatever corresponds to his/her point of view. However, if the Bible is of
divine inspiration, then a cautious consideration of passages relevant to
a particular issue must be undertaken. Traditions and customs that have
arisen after the Bible was written may thus be carefully scrutinized. Such
practices may o .....
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Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Roman Catholic Religion In Modern Society
<view this essay>.... one of few religions where punishments for sins
are not severe. In the Christian religion, even if you have lived a life
of sin, so long as you repent in the end, you will be saved and given
eternal life. This is not so in other religions. Such religions as
Hinduism for instance do not believe this. For everything you do wrong you
will be punished. For every action, there is an equal and opposite
reaction, if not in this life, then the next. Hindu's also believe that
punishing the body is part of the path to salvation. Christianity is
nothing like this. Many Christians live in high©class society.
Christianity is one of the most appealing in that any sin .....
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Sophist Teachings
<view this essay>.... and yet with little or no empirical proof all claims of faith seem rather unsubstantiated to me. And yet, this seems to displease many people taht I am close to. My parents are quietly disappointed, and some friends have acted self-righteous about their unwavering faiths, while as far as I can see, they preach Christianity, but don't come close to practicing it. Strangers I have met at work ahve invited me to join them in their worship. I get pamphlets on my car, and messages on my answering 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 "somethin .....
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Classics Oral Tradition
<view this essay>.... they'd previously had, but lost. Lastly I
will conclude by showing how all four Gods had to compromise and divide up
the honors amongst themselves. "Earth with its wide roads gaped and then
over the Nysian field the lord and
All receiver, the many named son of Kronos, sprang out upon her
with his immortal horses...Not an unseemly bridegroom among the immortals
is Aidoneus, Lord on Many, your own brother from the same seed; to his
share fell honor when in the beginning a triple division was made, and
he dwells among those over whom his lot made him lord" (To Demeter 16-
18, 83-87). I think that these two sets of lines show that Hades viewed
Perseph .....
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The Existence Of God
<view this essay>.... is convinced that something exists in the understanding,
at least, than which nothing greater can be conceived. (pg. 149)
In proving God’s existence I have combined Malcolm, Anselm, and
Descartes’ theories of how God exists. This is it:
1. God is that being that is absolutely perfect and no one more
perfect exists. {No one more perfect than God can exist} (Descarte)
2. If God exists, his existence is logically necessary
considering he is “all knowing, all powerful, and all good.” {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 .....
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Mind Over Matter
<view this essay>.... clutter and distractions, a monk can become in tune
with his inner being and body, which results in a greater understanding of the
barriers that need to collapse before nirvana can be achieved. This practice of
meditation was the Buddhist practice that I participated in, with the intent on
a greater understanding of what being a Buddhist means. This exercise taught me
the inherent difficulty in calming the mind, along with the negative effects
outside influences like other people have on the practice.
The first place I attempted to meditate was outside my dorm next to a
tree. This proved to be a comfortable place, yet full of distractions. I have
medita .....
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