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  • Christianity

    Christianity

    Christianity is one of the major religions of mankind and to the rest of the world. In Europe and America Christianity has been the dominant religion. Christianity has also spread throughout the world and has a greater number of supporters then any other religion. Christianity was founded by a Jewish teacher known as Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus was born in Bethlehem, near Jerusalem, and grew up in the town of Nazareth. Jesus was educated

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    Submitted: December 15, 2009 By: Mike
  • Why Buddhism Appeal to Me

    Why Buddhism Appeal to Me

    One of the reasons why I took the course of for religion this semester is to perhaps come closer with my God again. After growing up in an Episcopalian household, it seemed that Christianity was the only accepted religion. I was very much encouraged by my parents, family, and society to say my prayers, attend Sunday school and church services, and be involved in the youth groups within my church. Religion, in some way, became

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    Submitted: December 16, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Hinduism and Buddhism

    Hinduism and Buddhism

    Hinduism and Buddhism Hinduism and Buddhism have different similarities and are in some ways connected to each other. Some of the practices of the two religions are similar in various ways and there are several examples to show this. Hinduism first started in India around 1500 BC. The word Hindu comes from the Sanskrit word sindhu, or river. The Hindu community define themselves as those who believe in the Vedas, or also those who follow

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    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Christianity

    Christianity

    Problem of Evil Evil is in the eyes of the beholder, if you are a Theist you believe that evil is wrong and God is all powerful and is able to rid the world of its evil. Though he does not because he gives us the free will to decide whether or not follows the ways of evil. If you view evil as the way David Hume views evil then you believe that since there

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    Essay Length: 1,006 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 17, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Christianity

    Christianity

    Christianity Christianity is a religion in which events are claimed to have occurred but which can never be proved. Those who practice it live by different morals than are preached by the most holy texts. It is an institution in which the most Holy Scripture is contradictory, and wherein the Supreme Being, by the very definition, cannot exist. Christianity is, therefore, a fundamentally flawed religion. According to the Bible, events have occurred which are even

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    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Mike
  • Divorce: Christian Tradition and Culture Versus Scripture

    Divorce: Christian Tradition and Culture Versus Scripture

    Religion 314 Christian Ethics Divorce: Christian Tradition and Culture versus Scripture Should Christianity permit divorce? This is a question that has been debated for years, but no one answer has been found. One way to address this question is to turn to the most recognized and respected sources of knowledge on the topic of Christian tradition, The Bible. It seems most efficient to start from the beginning of Christianity’s holy text, The Bible; since the

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    Essay Length: 3,236 Words / 13 Pages
    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Mike
  • Christianity and Islam

    Christianity and Islam

    CHRISTIANITY and ISLAM There are many different religions on all over the world and all people are free to choose their own religion. However, unfortunately, in spite of the fact that all people should choose religion that what they want to believe with theirs’ own will; environment, family and close friends play the first fiddle to choose religion. Therefore, many people don’t know the concept of the religion and don’t interpret the logical and

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    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Janna
  • Christianity and the Roman World

    Christianity and the Roman World

    Christianity and the Roman World When it came to religion the Roman Empire did not have a problem with the many religions that were being practiced at the time, as long as these religions not threaten public order and morality. At one point the empire thought about combining the gods from each religion to make it a Roman pantheon. Though the empire was tolerant on the many religions, there was one that fell upon total

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    Essay Length: 1,015 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 18, 2009 By: Edward
  • A Look at Buddhism

    A Look at Buddhism

    A Look at Buddhism Jaclyn Tate Axia College University of Phoenix Buddhism is a set of philosophies and teachings that is often described as a religion. It is also known as “Buddha Dharma” or “Dhamma”, which means “teachings of the awakened one”. The earliest known origin of Buddhism began in the 5th century BCE (before the current or common era) with the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, also referred to as Buddha. The primary teachings of

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    Essay Length: 2,009 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Janna
  • Homosexuality in Orthodox Christianity

    Homosexuality in Orthodox Christianity

    Homosexuality today is becoming an ever growing problem in American Society. I believe that the Orthodox Church had a strong opinion about homosexuality before there was such an uproar of homosexual rights in America and changed their ideas to suit others. It says in the Bible specifically "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.  And they were both naked, the

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    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Fonta
  • Comparing Buddhism and Taoism

    Comparing Buddhism and Taoism

    The belief in some higher presence, other than our own, has existed since man can recollect. Religion was established from this belief, and it can survive and flourish because of this belief. In Chinese history, Taoism and Buddhism are two great philosophical and religious traditions along with Confucianism. Taoism, originated in China around the sixth century B.C.E. and Buddhism, came to China from India around the second century of the Common Era, Together have shaped

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    Essay Length: 2,351 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: December 19, 2009 By: Mikki
  • Christian Reflections

    Christian Reflections

    Christianity and Literature Lewis here writes about Christianity and literature, specifically what is Christian literature and how does it differ with secular literature. He read this paper to a religious society at Oxford fairly early in his Christian walk. The question he seems to be answering is, "What is Christian literature?" His main argument is that the rules for good literature are the same for both Christian and non-Christian. He writes, "The rules for writing

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    Submitted: December 21, 2009 By: Stenly
  • Ch’an and Zen Buddhism

    Ch’an and Zen Buddhism

    Ch’an and Zen Buddhism Throughout the early years in many East Asian countries, there were many people who were looking for answers to this world’s, and otherworldly, questions. When Gotama became enlightened, and began preaching the practices of Buddhism, it came at such a time when the Han dynasty was collapsing, citizens were tired of Confucianism and looking for a new ideology that they could put there hearts and souls into. Over the years, Buddhism

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    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Jack
  • Resposibilities of a Christian/catholic in a Free Society

    Resposibilities of a Christian/catholic in a Free Society

    RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CHRISTIAN/CATHOLIC IN A FREE SOCIETY Living as a Catholic in a free society is a great responsibility, one that is shared by all Catholics. Our actions need to match our principles, our values, and our ethics to be true to our Catholic ideals. It is our duty and responsibility to do all that we can to follow the Catholic teachings in order for us to be a positive Catholic influence on ourselves

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    Submitted: December 22, 2009 By: Victor
  • Buddhism

    Buddhism

    Buddhism Alejandro Rueda Western International University Religions of the World/Hum 127 Edward Sinclair November 20, 2005 Buddhism Buddhism was founded by Siddartha Gautama, and eventually, he became the Buddha. His intentions were not to form a new religion, only to modify an older one. Brahmanism, or Hinduism, had become very orthodox and Siddartha was a minor king of Northern India. One day, he ventured outside the palace walls and saw how life really was.

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    Submitted: December 23, 2009 By: Venidikt
  • Christianity

    Christianity

    Christianity is a diverse religion with an emphasis on teacher-student, parent- children relationship. The New Testament is composed of many books, a few short and others extensive. In the book of Mark some of the key elements were the beatitudes which stated that those who are meek, merciful, hunger for righteousness, and pure in heart are blessed. Christians shouldn’t murder, commit adultery, divorce or hate their enemies. In the book of Luke uplifts the poor

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: regina
  • My Christian Believe Has Changed

    My Christian Believe Has Changed

    Different cultures usually have different moral values and most of them are tie to the tradition. African culture has perhaps the best approach on that though. I come from an African country called Angola, located in the Southeast of Africa. Like almost all African countries my country’s territorial division made at the Berlin Conference of 1884-85 that regulated European colonization and trade in Africa just brought upon us confusion, because they divided disregarding the people

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    Submitted: December 24, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Hinduism & Buddhism

    Hinduism & Buddhism

    Hinduism and Buddhism are two influential religions of the world. Both holding philosophical traditions and originating in India. Hinduism dating back to about 2500 B.C.E. identifies four central themes in its belief system. They include spiritual aspect, conduct of life, truth and reality and intuition. “Hindus consider all of creation worthy of worship, and thus religious activity in Hinduism takes many forms” ( http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761555715&pn=2&s=17#s17). Buddhism dating back to 65 A.D. is similar in that it

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    Submitted: December 25, 2009 By: Janna
  • Christian Dior

    Christian Dior

    Women all over the world have been embraced with Christian Dior’s “New Look” which has changed fashion in many ways for the better. Christian Dior was born was born on January 21, 1905 in Granville, Normandy. When Christian was young, he and his family, that consisted of, Madeline and Maurice Dior his parents, and his four siblings, lived in Paris, France. The family also had a home in Granville on the coast near St. Malo,

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    Submitted: December 27, 2009 By: Kevin
  • Buddhism: Instant Zen

    Buddhism: Instant Zen

    Buddhism is about finding ones way to nirvana. It is a journey that could take thousands of lifetimes. Zen Buddhism is a direct pointing to reality, of a faster path to enlightenment. In Instant Zen, he short aphorisms all contain different Buddhist truths and “life realities”. By understanding the short passages, one can see the messages hidden in the parables. The messages in these parables all relate to the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path,

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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Fatih
  • How Does Buddhism Relate and Help to Formulate a Local Understanding of Transsexuals in Thailand?

    How Does Buddhism Relate and Help to Formulate a Local Understanding of Transsexuals in Thailand?

    How does Buddhism relate and help to formulate a local understanding of Transsexuals in Thailand? Thailand beholds the highest rate of Transsexuals throughout the world. According to Sam Winter, the numbers differ from about 10,000 to (unofficial) 300,000. Even if the number of 10,000 was “an accurate one, it would still represent an incidence substantially above that estimated for transgender in most other parts of the world” (6). To explain the case for this high

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    Submitted: December 28, 2009 By: Yan
  • Basis of Christian Teachings

    Basis of Christian Teachings

    Explain what is the basis of Christian ethical beliefs and teachings. Christian ethics is defined as the systematic study of the way of life set forth by Jesus Christ applied to the daily demands and decisions of human existence. Christian ethics developed while early Christians were under persecution by the Roman Empire. From the time when Nero blamed Christians for setting Rome ablaze (64AD), until Galerius (311AD), persecution was erupted periodically. Consequently, early Christian ethics

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Christianity Vs. Materialism

    Christianity Vs. Materialism

    A Study in Materialism and it’s antidote… Giving Often people attempt to live their lives backwards; they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want, so they will be happier. The way it actually works is the reverse. ~Margaret Young By: Jon Winslow Intro: Just two weeks ago I was in Radio Shack looking at a pair of head phones I wanted. Though merely forty dollars,

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    Submitted: December 29, 2009 By: Max
  • The Influence of the Psychedelic Movement on the Rise of Buddhism in the American Experience

    The Influence of the Psychedelic Movement on the Rise of Buddhism in the American Experience

    THE INFLUENCE OF THE PSYCHEDELIC MOVEMENT ON THE RISE OF BUDDHISM IN THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE by Jacob Curtis A study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Asian Religions course Warren Wilson College 2003 In an attempt to synthesize my own personal academic area of interest, that is: the history of the psychedelic movement in twentieth century America, with the content of the Asian Religions course, I have elected to study the

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    Submitted: January 1, 2010 By: Monika
  • Christian and Muslim View on Marriage

    Christian and Muslim View on Marriage

    Marriage What are the Christian teachings on remarriage? Christians look to the bible for advice. I found a passage about divorce. In the bible it says: Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery. (St Mark 10:11-12) This means that remarriage isn’t allowed in the eyes of the Lord brought them together and nothing should part them.

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    Submitted: January 2, 2010 By: Yan

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