is called the canon. BELIEF OPTIONS: 1. Agnoticism: “I don’t know if there is a God.” 2. Atheism: “I don’t believe there is a God.” 3. Polytheism: “I believe in many gods.” 4. Pantheism: “I believe God is everything and everything is God.” 5. Deism: “I believe God is real but remote; he has not made himself known to us.” 6. Unitarianism: “I believe God is one person.” 7. Belief: “I claim to know something.” 8. Theism: “I believe in some kind of God or gods.” 9. Monotheism: “I believe in one
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themselves and to the greater society. The music video I will be discussing is from a 1990’s Hip Hop group named De La Soul‚ and the song is titled “Stakes is High”. The music video for this song illustrates Elijah Anderson analysis of inner city deism and examines the micro and macro circumstances that entail the philosophy of “The Code of the Streets”. This code that Anderson describes are the unwritten laws of urban neighborhoods—the norms that reflect the extensive social and economic complexities
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influences the society of America. America is the most diverse and democratic country of the world with 1st amendment of the constitution prohibiting congress from passing any law that would establish any religion in the state‚ but the traditional-deism of Americans has changed the meaning of law in its entirety. I am going to illustrate this point by examining the influence of religion on culture‚ politics‚ and sports. American culture and history was shaped by the influence of religion. "God in
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1450 part C Globalization Spices Sugar was HUGE in America • New Guinea • Arabs were first to take it – med • Europeans wanted it o All they had was honey and fruits • First international mass market product o Capital from Europe/production in America/ African slaves • Sugar Belt • Slave labor o Many Indians died o Many African were resistant to disease o Horrendous conditions o Many Africans in Brazil o Spread t Caribbean • There was Spanish‚ Friend‚ English‚ Dutch
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Atheism What is Atheism? Where did it come from? Who was the first to mention it in the public? All these and other questions arouse in my head only after the greater and more meaningful question: is there a GOD? Or if we paraphrase it and cite the famous rock group Pink Floyd “Is there anybody out there?” (1) This issue has dominated among my other thoughts in my head for my whole lifetime and maybe that was the reason why I chose to write about atheism. Yes‚ precisely about atheism‚ the idea
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Reconquista – reconquest of Spain Aztec/Inca Empires – native people of central America Cahokia/Mound Builders – failed because of weather changes “Christian liberty” – Christian’s duty to have civil liberty Hernán Cortés / Montezuma – killed Aztecs (Montezuma) no gold‚ just corn Gutenberg’s press – first standardized printing press Bartolomé de Las Casas – priest who documented the destruction of indians New Laws of 1542/ repartimiento – Indians were legally free‚ but still required to work
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Essay Prompts and Info. 1. Assess the validity: “Jacksonian Democracy was a myth”- Thesis: Some argue that Jacksonian Democracy was a myth but examples such as the spoils system‚ the universal white male suffrage‚ and increase in voter turnout prove that it was in fact Democratic. Paragraph 1: Spoils system- rewarded political supporters with public office‚ gave more “common” people a chance to be a part of the public office and lessened the amount of “literate” men. Paragraph 2: Universal
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Chapter 4: Early Nineteenth Century - American Transcendentalism (AT): A Brief Introduction Paul P. Reuben Note: Nineteenth Century American Transcendentalism is not a religion (in the traditional sense of the word); it is a pragmatic philosophy‚ a state of mind‚ and a form of spirituality. It is not a religion because it does not adhere to the three concepts common in major religions: a. a belief in a God; b. a belief in an afterlife (dualism); and c. a belief that this life has consequences
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now as far as my convictions and where those convictions are going to and coming from. Most recently I’d say I was convicted of very little in the realm of God and the divine. I was truly an agnostic. On some days I would lean a little towards deism and others atheism. However‚ I did not feel convicted by theism (at least the idea of a personal or relational God). This conviction is what I will call backlash; it is a semi-extreme reaction to my church-laden youth. If I was not so timid when it
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Constituent Courts of the Portuguese Nation" abolished the Portuguese inquisition in 1821. The last execution of the Inquisition was in Spain in 1826. This was the execution by garroting of the school teacher‚ Cayetano Ripoll for purportedly teaching Deism in his school. In Spain the practices of the Inquisition were finally outlawed in 1834. In Italy‚ after the restoration of the Pope as the ruler of the Papal States in 1814‚ the activity of the Papal States Inquisition continued on until the mid-19th
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