Chief Seattle’s Letter "The President in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land. But how can you buy or sell the sky? the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water‚ how can you buy them? Every part of the earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle‚ every sandy shore‚ every mist in the dark woods‚ every meadow‚ every humming insect. All are holy in the memory and experience of my people. We know the sap
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Rodjanét Williams History 101 Professor Panski March 13‚ 2013 A Model of Christian Charity by John Winthrop Essay John Winthrop began his and his fellow Puritan’s journey to the New World with words meant for comfort‚ guidance‚ and inspiration. Instead‚ what he delivers is a speech of timeless philosophy and life guiding principles. “A Model of Christian Charity” was a sermon delivered to the passengers aboard the Arabella in 1630. Winthrop delivered this sermon as he led a massive expedition
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RAELISM In1974‚ Claude Vorilhon a French racecar driver‚ journalist‚ and pop star‚ founded an atheistic religion that denies the existence of true supernatural gods. On December 13‚ 1973‚ Claude Vorilhon experienced an alien abduction by Yahweh an Elohim who renamed him Rael and instructed him to act as their prophet. Rael (Claude Vorilhon) believe that various mythologies (Abrahamic God) based upon experiences with an alien race called the Elohim . Various religious prophets and founders such as Buddha
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Eris Greek mythology is a vast subject with a seemingly infinite number of members. Consequently‚ only the chief individuals such as‚ Zeus‚ Hera‚ Athena and Ares‚ are well-known. Often forgotten are the so-called minor goddesses‚ the goddesses who lurk behind the curtains. Surprisingly‚ such a “negligible” goddess caused the greatest dispute in all of Greek mythology. The Greek Word ‘Eris’ means strife. Although Strife is an abstract idea‚ Eris is referred to as a goddess (Blackwell 72). Although
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In the mystical world‚ Homer’s “Iliad” portrays very distinct and personal relationships between gods and mortals. In “my world”‚ there is a relationship with a god‚ the God. Unlike the “Iliad‚” my relationship with God is not very much distinct but is very much personal. In my world‚ there is only one god‚ God. God is known as the creator of all things: the Alpha and Omega: the Beginning and the End‚ the Creator‚ the Father‚ Son‚ and Holy Spirit‚ the Bread of Life‚ and so forth. He is the only
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La Tisha Johnson October 10‚ 2010 Civilization 1 Why does the flood happen? Why is Utnapishtim singled out to be saved? Why does the flood happen? The flood happens because the counselor Enlil wanted to kill off all humans that lived in Shuruppak. He wanted to punish all of the humans for their sins and crimes they have committed. “It is right to punish the sinner for his sins‚ to punish the criminal for his crime”(pg 189-190 book xi. ) Five of the Gods in secret agreed to flood Shuruppak
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| | Egyptian Gods | | | | | | | | God of | Name | Appearance | Sun | Ra | head of falcon and sun disk | Music | Hathor | horns of cow and sun disk | Destruction | Sekhmet | head of lion | Sky | Nut | blue with golden stars | Earth | Geb | colour of plants and Nile mud | Dead | Osiris | dressed in white with crook and flail | Desert | Seth | animal head with long curved snout | Pharoah | Horus | head of hawk and crown of Egypt | Magic | Isis | throne on head or
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Morpheus-Greek God Morpheus is the Greek god of sleep and dreams. To me Morpheus has this cool ability to appear in dream people in any form. Also Morpheus is the god responsible for dreams of people. Another cool ability is that when a person is in the arms of Morpheus they fall into a sleep‚ and can see upcoming event in their lives or there future. Since Morpheus was the master of dreams he could copy any person in their dreams‚ and was able to take whatever they thought of wanted and keep it
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There are many religion on this Earth ‚ but finding the one that fits you could be the hardest part. Every Religion has different interactions with a Sacred. In defining Religions ‚ there are technical terms that apply to all of them. The arche‚ cosmos‚ ethos‚ and telos of religions define religion as a whole. The arche refers to a traditional understanding of why and how the world or universe exist. The arche is the leader or scared of the religion. The cosmos refers to a “ ordered totality”. The
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The King James bible tells us “And it repented the Lord that he had made man on earth‚ and it grieved him at his heart” (Genesis 6:6). But also as Nietzche’s comment suggests‚ perhaps God was created by us humans and an atheist might contend that we have done so mainly as a means to cope with thoughts about our own mortality. This report analyses and compares the Catholic religious tradition‚ in which God and the afterlife are key beliefs‚ with the secular world view of atheism‚ which in this
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