questions in detail. Answer each question with a 1- or 2-paragraph response that includes a reference citation. Make use of Experiencing the World’s Religions and other sources in your research as you complete the questions. 1. Describe the principles of yang and yin. The principles of yin and yang is the balance between two things. Just having one makes it incomplete without the other one‚ although nothing is seen as completely yin or yang. The female facet is known as Yin which means that it is cold
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Christian Symbolism in The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe C. S. Lewis was a brilliant author known for his fictional novels as well as his Christian apologetics works. Religion was a large part of his life‚ and he utilized such themes throughout his fiction books. The first book in The Chronicles of Narnia series‚ The Lion‚ the Witch‚ and the Wardrobe‚ exemplifies such overlap. Lewis inserted fundamental Christian themes into this novel‚ allowing his religion to influence his work. C. S
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Christianity is just an alternative religion to Islam. Sometime in 1999‚ in Lagos‚ Nigeria‚ I was invited to a church – Redeem Christian Church Of God - by a female friend. While in the church I heard the gospel preached to me and was deeply moved by the words I heard. I responded to the alter call made by the preacher and was told am now born again. After my initial encounter I did not attend any church service at the church where I got born again despite numerous follow up attempts by the church members
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The Purpose of Suffering: A Christian Perspective The concept of suffering plays an important role in Christianity‚ regarding such matters as moral conduct‚ spiritual advancement and ultimate destiny. Indeed an emphasis on suffering pervades the Gospel of Mark where‚ it can be argued‚ we are shown how to “journey through suffering” (Ditzel 2001) in the image of the “Suffering Son of Man” (Mark 8:32)‚ Jesus Christ. Although theologians have suggested that Mark was written to strengthen the resolve
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Divorce within Christian Marriage Most of us have grown accustomed to the normality and legal ease of divorce. We are no longer shocked when people divorce‚ and we even have many support systems to help people recover from it. Even though I realize there are victims of divorce who didn’t want it and need love and care to help them heal‚ there is also in very divorce at least one person who is sinning against God by violating
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shouted by numerous Christians who are being persecuted. These persecutions‚ once only found sporadically throughout the Middle East‚ can now be found virtually anywhere in the world. Also‚ these sporadic persecutions in the Middle East have also turned into what seems like a mass execution of the religion. The persecution of Christians in the Middle East‚ a persecution much like the Holocaust‚ has become a problem in a world today as it is exploding into an epidemic that is much like a genocide that
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the guidance and support that Christian teachings give to people in need. The prime example of suffering in the bible is that of Jesus. He suffered the ultimate sacrifice of death to save mankind from death for their sins. This gives a comparison for someone who is suffering; it shows that however bad the suffering of that person is it is nothing compared to the suffering felt by Jesus. The bible also says that we should be happy that we are suffering just as Jesus did‚ ‘be happy that you are sharing
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America‚ a Second Great Awakening swept the nation through fervorous Protestant religious revivals. As a matter of fact‚ 75% of Americans attended church regularly during this time. The Second Great Awakening was an important period in history because many religions‚ denominations‚ and utopian societies were founded‚ it shaped the way churches are now‚ and it influenced many more important movements in American history. The Second Great Awakening was a time in which Protestant revivals spread like wildfire
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A Comparison of Buddhist and Christian Monasticism By what means does an individual seeking relief from the vicissitudes of everyday life attain salvation? Monasticism is a form of religious practice that provides a distinct method for obtaining the absolute by seeking spiritual perfection within a religion either through union with God or through the attainment of Nirvana. Monasticism is a way of life in which persons decides to leave their worldly lives behind to join a community and take religious
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with or capable of distinguishing between right and wrong‚ of teaching or in accordance with the principles of right and wrong" (2002). As it pertains to the Christian perspective‚ Nelson’s Bible Dictionary states that biblical ethics is "living righteously‚ doing what is good and refraining from what is evil in accordance with the will of God. The term refers not to human theories or opinions about what is right or wrong but to God’s revealed truth about these matters" (1995). Ethics are derived
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