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    Christianity and Justice

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    Christianity emphasises justice‚ while others emphasise compassion; this statement is fundamental in the belief of Christians. Justice means to have moral rightness that is based on ethics‚ civil laws‚ natural laws and religion. One of the Ten Commandments states‚ "Love thy neighbor as thy self". This Statement was repeated seven times in the Bible‚ once in the Old Testament and six times in the New Testament.  It is quite clear to me that our capacity to have this kind of love must be foremost in

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    Buddhism and Christianity

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    Buddhism Buddhism and Christianity have some slight similarities‚ but are vastly different in respect to the spiritual perspective and approach to healing. Buddhism does not necessarily encompass a spiritual perspective and is based on The Four Noble Truths set forth by founder‚ Siddhartha Gautama. Gautama achieved self-salvation through meditation and had an epiphany about how to be free of suffering. In doing so‚ he became the “Enlightened One” and was hence known as the Buddha. The truths

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    Tarsus it is unlikely that Christianity would be the major world religion that it is today. Originally called Saul‚ Paul was born in tarsus in southern turkey to a prominent Jewish family who could trace their roots back to the tribe of Benjamin‚ an of the 12 tribes of Israel. Paul was an apostle who had been thoroughly instructed by god and this had been made clear by his New Testament letters. There are various different aspects of rituals that are included in Christianity‚ with not only sexual ethics

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    Social Studies 9H Christianity and Islam Christianity and Islam In our society from the earliest times to now there has been religion. And these religions consisted of people who had a voice in how the organization in a way viewed something. In views and opinions there are both disagreeing parts and parts that agree. Christianity and Islam both had agreeing and disagreeing views on merchants. The higher classmen of Christianity and Islam agree and the scholars agree

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    Although there may be several theological disagreements between most denominations and Christians‚ there is one continuity‚ one thread‚ that is found in all of Christianity: the belief that the Bible is the infallible word of God‚ inspired by the Holy Spirit. This divine authorship is paramount in Christianity for multiple reasons. One reason being is that if the Bible‚ which is an authoritative and foundational collection of scripture‚ is the word of God given to His church‚ then the Church has

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    Tension between Jewish Christianity and Gentile Christianity was one big cat fight to say the least. The two groups did not get alone with each other‚ in fact they barely interacted with one another. The separation between the two led to misunderstanding‚ mistrust‚ and hostility even though Judaism had a major influence on Christianity. Jewish Christianity and Gentile Christianity had their similarities that they didn’t come to appreciate until years later. The division between the Jews and the

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    Introduction Since the crucifixion of Jesus‚ opponents of Christianity have directly criticized the religion’s foundation‚ attempting to belie the historicity of Christ’s physical resurrection. Aiming to nullify Christianity and confute the prospect of supernatural intervention or divine involvement‚ skeptics and opponents of Christianity continually disseminate naturalistic alternatives‚ or conspiracy theories‚ to contradict the resurrection account. One popular notion reasons against the validity

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    Political Context of Christianity The Christian religion was born in Palestine‚ a small stretch of land on the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The Jews considered Palestine their Promised Land‚ but because of its desirable location it had been ruled by a succession of foreign powers for most of its history. Egypt and Assyria fought over it for centuries‚ then Babylon conquered Assyria and Palestine with it. Next came the Persians led by Cyrus‚ who allowed the Jews to return to Palestine from exile‚ then

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    Green Christianity

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    Green Christianity; a sustainable future through faith Environmentalism is an advocacy toward protecting the natural environment from destruction or pollution. This is certainly not a static movement. Instead‚ it is constantly evolving in response to new scientific discoveries‚ leading to conscious awareness of an earth in danger. In the 1970s and 80s‚ environmentalism aimed at a candid approach by simply trying to preserve certain resources and nature reserves. Today‚ forward-looking environmentalists

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    The late Roman empire saw a significant increase of Christian followers. The majority of traditional Romans viewed this rapid growth as a threat to Roman tradition‚ and even a threat to the prosperity of the empire. In some instances it became such a large issue‚ that massive persecutions had been implemented against worshipers of the new faith. These persecutions took place on and off for hundreds of years‚ Christians remained unable to worship legally until the rise of Constantine the Great

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