Buddha
.... the Shakyas.
(Encyclopedia Americana, page 687) Queen Maya soon became pregnant and had a
dream shortly before she gave birth. In this dream a beautiful, white elephant
with six tusks entered her room and touched her side. This dream was soon
interpreted by the wisest Brahmin, or Priest of Brahmanism, that she was to give
birth to a son that would, if he were to remain in the castle, become the wisest
king in the world, but if he were ever to leave the castle he would then become
the wisest prophet far into future generations. (Encyclopedia Americana, page
410)
In around the year 563 BC, Siddhartha Gautama was born into a lif .....
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Three Important Qualities Of Christ's Life
.... Jesus had flesh was of the Spirit he still did have
matter. He had flesh which is matter. In this flesh was very important
qualities. God still possesses all of these qualities even though He does
not have flesh. These characteristics would fit for either God the Father,
God the Son, or God the Holy Spirit. They all work in the triunity and
have these qualities even though one might display it in a different manner
than the other.
In the thirty-three years of Jesus' life, He had three very important
characteristics that are something we all should try and follow: Loveliness,
Faithfulness, and Forgiveness.
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Existentialism
.... movement. Other popular
playwrights were Albert Camus, and Jean Anouilh. Just like Anouilh, Camus
accidentally became the spokesman for the French Underground when he wrote
his famous essay, "Le Mythe de Sisyphe" or "The Myth of Sisyphus". Sisyphus
was the man condemned by the gods to roll a rock to the top of a mountain,
only to have it roll back down again. For Camus, this related heavily to
everyday life, and he saw Sisyphus an "absurd" hero, with a pointless
existence. Camus felt that it was necessary to wonder what the meaning of
life was, and that the human being longed for some sense of clarity in the
world, si .....
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Bar Mitzvah
.... a definite similarity between those who have power but do
not have moral standards today and Aaron's sons thousands of years ago. In
all these years people have not changed. Now people have technology that
allows them to break laws even easier than thousands of years ago. Without
pressure on law and morals, people do what they want. I WILL NOT BE ONE OF
THOSE PEOPLE!
There have been many individuals who are helping me to achieve this
goal. My Mother and Father mostly. Also my friends and relatives. I would
like to thank my Aunt Jackie and Uncle Jerry for helping with the
decorations for my Bar Mitzvah. I would also like to t .....
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George Berkeley: His View Of God
.... not exist is George Berkeley. In truth, it is the
immaterialist position that seems the most logical when placed under close
scrutiny.
The initial groundwork for Berkeley's position is the truism that the
materialist is a skeptic. In the writing of his three dialogues, Berkeley
develops two characters: Hylas (the materialist) and Philonous (Berkeley
himself). Philonous draws upon one central supposition of the materialist
to formulate his argument of skepticism against him; this idea is that one
can never perceive the real essence of anything. In short, the materialist
feels that the information received through sense expe .....
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Jesus Christ's Life
.... Jesus had flesh was of the Spir it he still did have matter. He had
flesh which ismatter. In this flesh was ve ry important qualities. God
still possesses all of these qualities even though He does not have flesh.
These characteristics would fit for either God the Fath er, ŒGod the Son,
or God the Holy Spirit. They all work in the triunity and have these
qualities even though one might display it in a different manner than the
other. In the thirty©three years of Jesus' life, He had three very
important characteristics that are something we all should try and followÐ
Love liness, Faithfulness, and Forgiveness. Ver .....
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End Of The World As Told In The New Testament
.... increase lately in all of the natural disasters
happening.
When Jesus comes down in the second coming, I feel that all nations
will mourn, just like others have done when they learn of their wrongs. It
is then in which all Christians will go up Heaven and begin to reign up
there, at which at the same time down on Earth will be the great war,
Armageddon. I do not know if this will be the time in which the Sun, Moon,
and Stars will all fall and turn to darkness.
Well, we really will not know what the true belief is until the end of
the world. There has been many intense discussions between scholars, but
if they are C .....
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The Case For The Existence Of God
.... their knowledge and thus have become vain in their reasonings and
foolish in their philosophy (Romans 1:21,22,28). They do not see the folly
(Psalm 14:1) of saying there is no God.
The Christian has not only the obligation to "give answer to every man
that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you..." (I Peter
3:15), but an obligation to carry the Gospel message to a lost and dying
world (Mark 16:15-16, et al.).
There will be times when carrying the Gospel message to the world will
entail setting forth the case for the existence of God. In addition, we
need to remember that Christians are not agnostic .....
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Religion In Public Schools
.... not to exceed one minute, shall
be observed for meditation." This law did not work for long, because it
still allowed oral prayer in public high schools. Later in 1981, the
Alabama State Senator D onald G. Holmes successfully passed a bill that
included all grades calling it "the moment of silence" this law said that
"the teacher (was) to announce that the silent moment may be used for
voluntary prayer." Although it would have to be si lent prayer. Even after
this new law started the lawyers that were opposed to this were trying to
say that students "do not have a right to pray in school" silently or
otherwise because of g .....
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Religion And Motivation In Learning
.... us to explore our heritage and our
beliefs, something we may never had fully understood. The course helps us
to fully understand why we go to a catholic school, for one thing.
The course gives an overview of the history of the religion, and
what has happened through centuries. It shows us what we believe in, how
DO WE understand creation, and then gives us an understanding of creation.
This is the first unit. The following units gives us an explanation of de-
creation, re- creation, the covenant, nationhood, and division. All of
these will contribute to our fully understanding our religion. The course
goes over 6 u .....
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Strengths And Weaknesses Of The Roman Catholic Religion In Modern Society
.... society.
Christianity is one of the most appealing in that any sins may easily be
corrected and that Christians may live comfortable, if not wealthy lives
without guilt.
Christianity, like other religions though, has many weaknesses.
Although as time goes on, Christianity is slowly evolving and trying to
become even more appealing to society, there are still many downfalls. One
thing with Christianity is that from day one we are given a guilt trip. We
are born evil. We are born with "the original sin". We are at the mercy
of God. If we beg forgiveness however, it shall be granted. My
grandmother for instance has b .....
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The Transcendental Movement Of 1830s
.... they see nothing higher."7 Followers also
believed in a spiritual hunger, or the need to find themselves one with the
world. In addition, they believed in "an ascending hierarchy of spiritual
values rising to absolute good, truth, and beauty."8 Transcendentalists
also believed in a supreme being, the Oversoul, and felt that "if the
Oversoul is all powerful and at the same time good, then evil does not
exist."9
Transcendentalism "appealed to the best side of human nature,
confident in the divine spark in all men, and it was a clarion call to
throw off the shackles of custom and tradition, and go forward to the
developm .....
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