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    The Mission Chapel

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    May 15‚ 2012 La Purisima A.) The mission chapel is beautiful. The beauty of this chapel can compare to the Santa Barbara one. They both are bright in color. When in the chapels I get a warm feeling. Old artwork. Kind of built like an ancient style building. Candles light up the room. B.) The natives daily duties consisted of mixing mud with straws to make adobe bricks to build. The Spanish soldiers lived a more foreign like lifestyle because the mission and their teachings were rather new to

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    Wealth of Nations

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    “The Wealth of Nations” Adam’s Smith published The Wealth of Nations in 1776‚ which has been named one of the greatest works in the Political Economy. After nine years of extensive observations and personal experience‚ Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations that simply attacked government intervention in the economy. The word “Wealth” comes from “well- being”. In his book‚ Smith emphasizes material of well- being. The book also describes that government should not attempt to control or direct economic

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    Divine Comedy and Dante

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    These famous lines‚ narrated by Dante‚ open Inferno and immediately establish the allegorical plane on which the story’s meaning unfolds (I.1–2). The use of such potent words as “journey” and “right road” signifies the religious aspect of Dante’s impending adventure and quickly notifies us that we are leaving the realm of the literal. Likewise‚ the image of being lost in “dark woods” sets up a clear dichotomy between the unenlightened ignorance involved in a lack of faith in God and the clear radiance

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    In this essay I intend to give an account of the ‘Divine Command’ theory of morality‚ outline it’s main objections‚ in particular with regard to the ‘Euthyphro Dilemma’ and whether these objections can be answered. The ‘Divine Command’ theory‚ otherwise known as ‘Moral Transcendentalism’‚ is an ethical theory that holds the view that morality is dependent upon some form of transcendent being or God and that morality is ultimately based on the word of character of said God. Thus‚ according to this

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    Change Is Not Always Progress Let’s start off with something simple. Progress is “advancement” or “improvement”. Change? Change is “substituting/replacing” or “transforming”. So while change may not result in progress‚ progress definitely requires change. Change is inevitable‚ but whether or not this change is in the right direction‚ moving forward‚ is what determines if there is progress. Hence‚ it isn’t change‚ but progress‚ that we should be aiming for. Scientific and technological invention

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    Mission Trip

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    In June of 2015 I went on a mission trip with my Youth Group of First Baptist Church to London‚ England. When over there we would be staying in a tiny town outside of the city‚ Stanmore. Being religiously diverse town someone could have a Muslim neighbor on one side and a Jew on the other side. Some of us in the group felt the coordinator for our trip exaggerated. After months of fundraising and preparing for the trip it finally came and excitement filled the air. Two days before the plane ride

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    which americans commemorate the thirteen colonies claiming independence‚ as well as the events that led up to it. They recall the oppressed colonist who fought against the tyrannical King George and his army of redcoats. Heroes are commemorated‚ tyrants are cursed‚ and liberty is celebrated. En masse‚ this all accumulates to a jubilee of what would later be known as the American Revolution. Despite the regard to which the revolution is held‚ one questions still stands - just how influential was the

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    Imperial School. The Imperial School is the result of the clash of two empires‚ the British and the Americans‚ with different viewpoints. The British wanted to have control over the Americans while the Americans wanted to be independent from the British‚ a free nation. This clash in viewpoints resulted in revolution which later results in America’s independence and transformation in society. Americans were guided by the British having the same beliefs and doing what they were told. Shortly‚ this

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    THE UNITED NATIONS & The League of Nations Introduction: The United Nations is an international organization of independent states to promote international peace and security. Its stated aims are furthering cooperation in many international things using many different departments. On the other hand the league of Nations was an inter governmental organization in 1920. It was a cause from the Treaty of Versailles. Its main aims were the rights of man‚ women different colored‚ soldiers and avoiding

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    Why the American colonists should not have revolted against the British Throughout history their have been numerous revolts and rebellions against tyrannical kings and governments which were simply out of control. In other cases it has been a group of underprivileged‚ misunderstood‚ misrepresented‚ or oppressed groups of people. In this case these certain groups of people took it into their own hands to create the government they wished for. In most cases these groups of people had rational

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