Priesthood
.... as his or her own priest, with direct access to communication with God.
Protestants believe that the role of the priest is an "officiating
mediary"("Priesthood", 529), rather than a one who performs ritual sacrifices.
This stems from the Protestant belief that Jesus Christ served as "the ultimate"
sacrifice, and therefore there is no use in animal sacrifices. Protestants also
do not call their religious leaders "priests" because the name itself implies
that he is of a higher level than his fellow man or that he has more access to
God than others.
There exists two different forms of priesthood: hereditary and
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What Are The Main Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Rational Choice Approach To Religions Behavior?
.... markets are more efficient then
monopolistic markets and lead to the diversity of a product. Fourthly, a tax on
the output of a market reduces that output eg the punishment of criminals is a
tax on crime.
Finke and Iannaccone have applied this theory to religious behaviour and
understand that the high degree of religion in America is attributed to the
existence of a free market and therefore competition and diversification in
religion. Finke argues that in a free market start up costs are low and this
leads to new ideas and more diversity and therefore more chance of everyone
finding a religion they like. Also in a co .....
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Refutation To A Bias Suggestion
.... just as we are. Science today is
still discovering new evidence that proves the existence of a "mother of all
humanity." We all share a common gene pool, we are all descendants of Adam and
Eve.
Since the beginning of recorded history, religion has had a profound
impact on the present society. Romans, Greeks, Hindus, and Catholics have all
molded their societies and laws around religion. As far as impact goes, look at
the Spanish Inquisition. It is difficult for one to refute that Catholicism had
little or no impact on the Aztecs of modern day Mexico. Even our laws today
reflect the ten commandments given to Moses by God him .....
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Religion/Faith
.... we should be grateful everyday to
be Americans. In this country we can choose our own destination. We can be
whatever we want. I think that being a secular country brings us together and
makes us stronger.We don't have questions we can't answer. We don't hear
stories of people or things we can't prove exist. We know what we have overcome
to be where we are today, and we know what we want to plan for our future. As
quoted in Herbergs essay, "The things that make us proud to be Americans are of
the soul and of the spirit." That quote said by Mr. Eisenhower exemplifies an
American religion, or standard by which we look for guidan .....
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What Is Religion
.... not attain salvation. It is only through
Jesus Christ's death on the cross that one can repent, be forgiven, and attain
salvation.
Melissa feels that others who are non-Christians believe that their
religion is true. Afterall everyone is brought up to believe in the faith or
religion they are taught. If this was not the case, no one would have any
beliefs. Although their religions are not true religions Melissa respects their
views of being true.
Quite similar to Melissa's opinion, Jason feels that there is only one
true religion in the world, which is Christianity. However, he recognizes that
there are many other religions .....
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Religion In Public Schools
.... thanksgiving. Amen.
For some people in the Congress this raises serious questions about when
prayer is or is not appropriate. One of the Representatives from Oklahoma made
this comment in the Congressional Digest on November 30, 1994: Ò It was fine
for Rev. James David Ford to offer this prayer, yet it is a prayer our children
our not allowed to say in schoolÓ.
Since no amendment has been made allowing or prohibiting prayer, many
schools have gone ahead and recited verses from the bible and allowed prayer in
class. Another area of controversy has been the presence of religious symbols
on the school grounds. Schools suc .....
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Taoism And Buddhism
.... source is not a god or a
supreme being, as Taoism is not monotheistic. The focus is not to worship one
god, but instead on coming into harmony with tao (Hartz, 8).
Tao is the essence of everything that is right, and complications exist
only because people choose to complicate their own lives. Desire, ambition,
fame, and selfishness are seen as hindrances to a harmonious life. It is only
when a person rids himself of all desires can tao be achieved. By shunning
every earthly distraction, the Taoist is able to concentrate on life itself. The
longer the person's life, the more saintly the person is presumed to have become.
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Religious Meaning Of The Birthright Story
.... which God working through the author intends.
On the surface, we see a story of rivalry that is typical even in modern
times, yet we can also look to some valuable truths that are revealed about how
God sees our personal motives and actions through the characters of Jacob and
Esau. Gaining an understanding of the characters, their motives and the overall
big picture of God's plan, we can better find some spiritual lessons of our own
life.
Jacob was the third link in God's plan of the patriarchs. In Gn 25:23, the
Lord tells Jacob's mother, Rebekah, that she has twins. The Lord tells her that
the younger one will overta .....
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Definition For Satanism
.... exist and have existed in the recent past.
According to Statistic Canada, the 1991 census found 335 Canadians who
identified themselves as Satanists. The actual Number is probably significantly
larger. A United States Department of the Army pamphlet #165-13 "RELIGIOUS
REQUIREMENTS AND PRACTICES OF CERTAIN SELECTED GROUPS - A HANDBOOK FOR
CHAPLAINS" (1978 - April) estimated that there were 10 to 20 thousand members of
the Church of Satan in the United States. Accurate data is impossible to
estimate, since the largest group (The Church of Satan) does not release its
membership totals.
It is important to realize that the Satan they .....
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Schwa
.... Michigan, started came to be known as `The Union', a wave of
change that would sweep across the world over a period of two years, and would
result in united international Schwa religion.
"I had just been transferred from (the University of) Wisconsin in the
earlier part of that year," Krantz says. "I had attended regular meetings with
about half a dozen other believers. We met one night each week to talk about
stuff related to our belief - that the Earth, and everything on it, was created
by extraterrestrial beings. I guess you could say they're on the same level as
the gods of other religions, but we believe that our creators are .....
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Separation Of Church And State
.... prayer in schools.
The reason that this is a violation is because prayer, bible readings and
moments of silence are prohibited in public school systems.
The First Amendment has many different interpretations that people are
attaching to it. People took this amendment to mean that the government was not
intended to be banned from assisting religion or was intended to be erased from
public or government officials.
The Supreme Court case off 1962, Engel versus Vitale, was a case about
whether prayer should or should not be allowed in public schools. The argument
is drawn from the First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendmen .....
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Shintoism
.... the tribes were organized into coherent
states, they still retained their Shinto beliefs. Second, all Shinto cults
believe in Kami (“the divine”) Individual clans worshipped a single Kami which
was regarded as the principal ancestor of the clan. As the clan spread, it
still worshipped it's Kami, but when one clan conquered another clan-the
defeated clan had to worship the Kami of the victorious clan. What the Kami
consist of is hard to define. Kami refers to the gods of Heaven, Earth, and the
Underworld. But Kami also are all those things that have divinity in them to
some degree. Third, all Shinto involve some sort of shrin .....
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