There was god called apollo and he is the god of many things especially medicine. There once was a simple and kind town person his name was john. But in mountain Olympus‚ the gods were fighting because Ares want to give a plague to a town because they didn’t worship him like the other gods. “I think it should go here‚” said Ares “You just want it to go there bc they don’t worship you munch‚” said Apollo “He has point Ares‚” said Zeus “Who says we don’t plague this town say I‚ Olympic‚” said‚ Zeus
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The God Stealer: Filipino Identity in Fiction The story God Stealer‚ like F. Sionil Jose’s other novels concentrates on the debilitating effect of the colonial rule in the Filipino identity formation. The story begins with two officemates Philip Latak (an Ifugao from the Mountain Province now working in Manila) and Sam Cristie‚ an American on the bus to Baguio. Philip (Ip-pig) now lives in Manila against the wishes of his immediate family‚ particularly his grandfather who intended to bequeth
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Hypnos DId you ever wonder about sleep? How you fall asleep? How long you will sleep? Well‚ Hypnos is the answer! He is the god of sleep. He puts people to sleep and helps them forget all their problems that they had when they were awake. It is said that Hypnos lived in a cave palace in the realm of Hades‚ the Underworld of Greek mythology. There are many stories about Hypnos. One is that the goddess of the Moon Selene fell in love with a shepherd named Endymion. She wanted him to live forever
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point in the past there exists a great mystery in the human minds viz. God. Human mind had always been baffled with the concept of God. Many curious seekers have tried to put their reasoning in black and white either to prove or disprove the existence of God. Still these intellectual arguments often prove inadequate; either to prove or disprove. Through this seminar I intend to compare two different stands on the existence of God; that of Thomas Aquinas‚ the medieval philosopher‚ and Richard Dawkins
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In the film City of God‚ director Fernando Meirelles and Kàtia Lund utilize subtle yet effective cimatography techniques to call attention to the inequality that lies within the favelas of Brazil. City of God‚ released on January 17‚ 2003‚ focuses on the lives of two black boys‚ Lil Zé and Rocket‚ from the City of God. Rocket is the ambitious‚ kind‚ and charming photographer while Lil Zé is the as the callous‚ sinister‚ and selfish drug lord. Meirelles and Lund utilize this film in order to expose
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mass international recognition to the long neglected favelas of Rio de Janeiro through his directing of movies such as City of God (2003)‚ but he has also asserted a solid position within the North American film industry with films such 360 (2011). The response the former received after its release was unprecedented in national cinema. Internationally speaking‚ City of God‚ or Cidade de Deus‚ was also very well recognized by critics as well as the general public. More than simply national and international
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Does God exist? Does God exist? This seemingly simple question is in fact loaded with a myriad of twists and turns that scientists and theologians have debated for years without reaching an accepted conclusion. Part of the problem lies in the many definitions of God. Traditionally it is accepted that God is a supreme being‚ infallible‚ perfect‚ and existing outside of the material world of humanity. It is this definition that is generally used when debating God’s existence. There have been several
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Business for the Glory of God Abstract It is not a secret to anyone that the USA has adopted western European business ethic model. Considering the dominance of Judeo-Christian culture in that region‚ it is of small wonder that quite a few moral principles from the Bible have entered the field of international affairs. I suggest that we compare the two sets of morals: the one hidden beneath the texts of the Bible and the one widely applied in business. The work in the world of negotiation
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Let’s begin with his notorious declaration that “God is dead” (first in The Gay Science‚ 1872). Secular thinking is a commonplace today‚ but in Nietzsche’s time this declaration was strikingly prophetic. The point of the claim is not so much to assert atheism: although Nietzsche was certainly an atheist‚ he was far from being a pioneer of European atheism. Rather‚ his observation is sociological‚ in a way: he means that Western culture no longer places God at the center of things. In another way‚ the
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The movie the Gods Must Be Crazy is about cultural diffusion. In the beginning of the movie we are introduced to a tribe that is isolated from everything else. One of the tribe members happens to find an empty glass bottle that apparently fell from a plane‚ but the tribe member believes that it fell from the sky and that it was a gift from the gods. Excitedly he shows all the other tribe members the gift from the gods but none of them seem to know what it is. So they immediately find various uses
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