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    Differences of a Baptists and Catholic church Growing up I was introduced to many different denomination of Christianity. The Baptist and Catholic church are the two that sticks out to me the most because of how they differ from each other. In the last four years I have experienced what it is like to attend a Baptist and Catholic church. My Christian denomination is Baptist but because I attended a Catholic high school‚ I gained a lot of knowledge about Catholicism. Theses two denominations differs

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    stationed in various locations with the military‚ the Baptist churches we have been a part of have been a stable place for me. Currently‚ I have the privilege of calling South Knollwood Baptist Church of Topeka‚ Kansas my home church. South Knollwood is under the leadership of Pastor Jeremiah Metsinger‚ a third generation preacher. South Knollwood Baptist Church started the third Sunday of May‚ 1957. Clyde Barnes‚ the planter of the church‚ along with a few families began to hold services in a

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    16th Street Baptist Church by: Reece Baxter On September fifteenth 1963‚ at 10:22 A.M‚ Sunday school was being held at at a local Birmingham church. The address was 16th street Sunday school was being held there. Over two-hundred members were attending this event‚ and many threats were said before the bombing. This is where most civil rights meetings were being held at the time. The Sunday service started at eleven o’clock that morning. The bomb was

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    group out of Kansas known as Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) travels around the country protesting at soldiers’ funerals that the death is God’s punishment to the U.S. for tolerating homosexuality in the country. This so called “church” is able to hold protests due to constitutional rights and express their freedom of speech; however they should not be allowed to protest at funerals out of respect for the deceased and disturbing the peace. The Westboro Baptist Church is disturbing the public’s peace‚ but

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    In 1955 Fred Phelps‚ started the Westboro Baptist Church. He thought that he needed to warn people that “America is doomed” so his church started protesting. Phelps states that natural disasters are signs from God to show his disapproval of homosexuality. The church community protest to save mankind. Some people called Phelps “harsh and unloving” (Chapman) however‚ he counteracts this statement by saying that he is just teaching what the bible says about homosexuality. He believes that he is just

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    Megan Phelps-Roper‚ an ex-member of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka‚ Kansas‚ serves to illuminate the nature of faith in an individual’s mind. Phelps-Roper grew up as a member of the Westboro Baptist Church ever since birth; however‚ as Phelps-Roper blossoms‚ she begins to interact beyond the secular community that she knew all her life; she starts questioning her own religion and slightly shifts away from it step-by-step. The Westboro Baptist Church is infamous for anti-semitic‚ prejudiced‚ unjust

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    based country; the commonly known argument against gay marriage refers to what the Bible states against it. But‚ the First Amendment of the Constitution states that Church and State must be separate‚ and some people have begun to argue against it. Baptist Pastor‚ Danny Holiday speaks openly against it by stating‚ “The separation of church and state actually means that the government has ‘no right to disregard what god says’” (Gay Marriage Violates). It should be clear that the First Amendment specifically

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    should win his lawsuit against a fundamentalist church group that picketed his son’s funeral. Westboro Church protest at military funerals because church members say God is angry at America for its general acceptance of homosexuality‚ and protesting at military funerals and many believe it an effective way to draw attention to their cause. This case started four years ago in Maryland at a Marine’s funeral‚ when members of Westboro Baptist Church protested disrupted the proceedings of the

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    | | The Baptist Religion - A Comparison To Islam Kimberly A. Carman Hum/130Do Muslims believe in Original Sin. (09‚ 11 08). Retrieved March 4‚ 2011‚ from Islamic-beliefs: http://islamic-beliefs.suite101.comBaptist Church History. (2002). Retrieved March 4‚ 2011‚ from allaboutreligion.org: www.allaboutreligion.orgDo Muslims Believe in Baptism. (2008‚ January 25). Retrieved March 6‚ 2011

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    homosexual student at the University of Wyoming named Matt Shepard that caused a media uproar‚ bringing attention to people on both sides of the spectrum‚ ranging from other LGBTQ community members to radical anti-homosexuality groups like the Westboro Baptist Church and other religious organizations. Different factors affect the way we do or do not identify with perpetrators and victims of violent acts in a variety of 2 ways depending on what they believe. If the relatable characteristic of the victim

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