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    LGBT History February 13‚ 2013 Emic Idenitity V. Etic identity Emic - How you perceive yourself. Etic - Is the external pressures‚ how does others see us. We as humans sort of live between the two. The British Colonials The first BC that are coming here are the Roanoke. They quickly disappeared. Probably killed by Indians. More well know BC was Jamestown VA 1607 (Pocahontas and John Smith) Plymouth Rock‚ MA 1620 (Naragnaset) Non Calvinist colonies - Follow the

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    Thomas Paine (1937-1809) was 72 years of age when he passed‚ he was born in England and was an influential 18th-century author. He was an English writer not only of essays but pamphlets too‚ among them included‚ “Common Sense‚” which was one of his most influential pieces‚ “Rights of Man‚” a piece where he defended the French Revolution; and “The Age of Reason‚” regarding his place of religion in society. Thomas Paine brought his ideas to a huge audience‚ confusing the public opinions and views of

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    As for the upper-classes‚ who were also the highly-educated people‚ had already been edified during Deism and the Enlightenment period. Deism and the Enlightenment period‚ against the rigid doctrines of Puritanism‚ awakened those high-level people to become open-minded. They tended to trust nature and their own power instead of religious faiths. Thus‚ it was British governors’

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    refused to accept ideas on the strength of religion or tradition alone. Thinkers and philosophers of the time included‚ Ben Franklin‚ Thomas Hobbes‚ John Locke‚ and many more. The belief that appealed to most political figures of the time‚ was deism. Deism was the belief that God created the universe in such a way that no divine intervention was necessary for its continued operation. Most thinkers of the time believed that humans were basically good. In today’s life it is noticeable that this believe

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    The Enlightenment is a turning point in European society. It challenged the church and it’s practices. New ideas‚ beliefs‚ and discoveries were becoming more common. There were many more philosophers‚ and other thinkers that helped create a better society for generations to come. Before the Enlightenment society was centered around the church. The church believed in original sin‚this means that when you were born you were born with sin. If you disagreed with the church you could get punished

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    1.) There were many benefits and problems as a result of colonization in the Atlantic World. They included but were not limited to the following in which I decided to discuss. The Columbian Exchange‚ transatlantic slave trade‚ mercantilism and the European overseas exchange. The Columbian Exchange was after Columbus’ arrived in America‚ the animal‚ plant‚ and bacterial life of these two worlds began to mix. There were dramatic and lasting effects on the world as a result of the Columbian Exchange

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    “power and profit” and to “enslave mankind” Deism- 18th century religious doctrine that emphasized reasoned moral behavior and the scientific pursuit of knowledge. Most deists rejected biblical inerrancy and the divinity of Christ‚ but they did believe that a Supreme Being created the universe Unitarians- Believe in a unitary deity‚ reject the divinity of Christ‚ and emphasize the inherent goodness of mankind. Unitarianism‚ inspired in part by Deism‚ first caught on in New England at the end of

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    the scholarly‚ artistic and political realms. Thus‚ there was a movement away from the constant goal of the fulfillment of the afterlife and towards the fulfillment of everyday individualistic needs. In contrast‚ with the Scientific Revolution came Deism - the belief in a powerful god who

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    evolutionary theory. He justifies the Death’s becoming natural through the transition from deism to catastrophism. The displacement towards catastrophism is therefore shown as the explanation of the extinction of living forms and the reason why death became natural. From Eighteenth century until toward the final decade of the century‚ people did not accept the idea that the species could be “utterly extinguished”(42). Deism was certainly the philosophy they believed to explain the extinction; They believed

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    Christian definition‚ could act so unfairly upon such a morally sound man as Candide. Such religious skepticism was the foundation of Voltaire’s Deism philosophy. Deism did not deny the existence of God‚ but rather the existence of divine intervention. Deism‚ therefore‚ begged for an increase in human accountability and action as a means of progress. In Deism‚ there existed no divine hand to arbitrate man’s problems (Spielvogel‚ 2010). After a long series of events‚ Candide arrives in Turkey. For an

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