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    Religion divides rather than unites‚ and destroys rather than save.” How far do your agree with this statement? Religion is an organized collection of beliefs‚ cultural systems and world views that relate humanity to the supernatural and spirituality. Every human in the world have their own religion. But some of them don’t have religion (atheist)‚ atheist is Anti-religion or opposite of religion‚ this atheist is group of people that don’t have religion‚ don’t belief in any religion and hate religion

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    world (BNW) and religion a dialogue is that people are sheep and are consumed by physical needs and desires. Advertising/ consumption is like religion it deceives the masses‚ shapes young minds‚ the end result don’t ask questions just consume. In the BNW the masses are trained to performer creation task and consume. In Affluenza people are trained to consume trough advertisement. In religion a dialogue people are trained philosophically by questing truths and are trained by religion to not question

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    again‚ while other feared the big “C”…Communism and the Soviet Union would attack. In order to rebuild the continent‚ leaders decided on one solution: the unification of Europe. What they couldn’t decide on was which path to take: federalism or functionalism. Federalism‚ on one hand‚ is the Big Bang Theory of Europe‚ the idea to rebuild the continent all at once. This comes from the notion of popular sovereignty. If there are European people‚ they can build an European government. This provokes

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    to believe in this wide universe that there is only one chance to live in a lifetime. There are many controversial issues surrounding the subject of reincarnation. Who created those ideas? Were these ideas created to steer people away from their religion? Did reincarnation exist before the New Testament? The Bible‚ the Quaran? Or can the truth of reincarnation be traced to the Holy Scriptures? What is reincarnation? Answer to this question can be different for different people‚ but the basic meaning

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    sense to me: functionalism and behaviorism. I believe that both psychologist perspectives make the most sense to me because I’ve experienced them in my life. In the 1800’s‚ functionalism was developed by William James. By studying human behaviors‚ thoughts‚ and feelings‚ William James created a new perspective in psychology. In other words‚ he focused on both the function of consciousness and how consciousness influences behavior. Being in pain is great example to demonstrate functionalism. When my brother

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    As hard as it is to understand what it was like to be a slave everyday for the rest of your life‚ people today can share similar interests and feelings with them. For many of us‚ religion plays a huge amount of importance in our lives. It can be used as a backbone for our struggles. Religion similarity between people also has the power to bring them together in congregation. We turn to God for help and advice‚ as people have done for years. Having a connection with God and the bible was considered

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    intensity of social change negatively affected the connection throughout the community. As more residents discover their full potential and true selves‚ the more organic this otherwise mechanical society becomes. This adds complexity and enhances the gap between the interaction of the individual and the group as a whole because the residents in color are consequently polarized from their black and white

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    3) According to Nagel‚ Functionalism is the view that the brain is a physical substance but all its conscious states are not just physical states. It consists of mental processes as well. On the other hand‚ Dualism states that we consist of a body and a soul and the mental life takes place in our soul. Functionalism is a form of dualism because the core idea behind functionalism is that there are dual aspects of the brain as it is concerned with only the functional states of the brain. It solves

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    A COMPARISON OF JAINISM AND BUDDHISM 3 A Comparison of Jainism and Buddhism and an Explanation of their Spiritual Beliefs and Spiritual Practices During my research of these two very interesting religions that derived from Hinduism‚ I examined the Encyclopedia Britannica whose contributors were many. For Jainism‚ Dundas (2013)‚Shah (2013)‚ and Strohl (2013). Their information was very helpful when I write about its origination

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    As a sociological discipline‚ functionalism is counterposed to Marxism. However it shares with Marxism the importance of ‘totality’ and the corresponding view that scientific inquiry is based upon the interdependence of parts within a whole. It is important to distinguish why the Marxian use of the totality differs significantly from functionalist systems. Primarily this involves the Marxian emphasis on the contradictory character of the whole and the treatment of the social totality from the perspective

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