the Abortion‚ the question of whether women should be allowed to have abortions has been an incredibly controversial question; so controversial that there have in the past been bombings of abortion clinics by "Pro-Life" extremist protesters‚ and the debate is still going on. Some people believe that abortion is an abomination and a sin and should never be carried out‚ while others believe that it is a natural right of every woman to have access to an abortion if needed. On one hand‚ from a religious
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Pro-life groups and abortion rights activists have long been debating the moral status of embryos. Moral status refers to the intrinsic value of a person‚ animal‚ or in this case an embryo. If an entity has interests that morally matter so that it could be wronged‚ then it is considered to have moral status. The debate over whether embryos boils down to whether they have moral status or not. Pro-life groups believe that embryos do have moral status and that destroying it would be indistinguishable
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prime examples include Baptists‚ Methodists‚ Presbyterians‚ Pentecostals Lutherans‚ and Mormons. It has been something that all Christians alive today grew up with and have become the norm in Christian society. Each denomination has a certain characteristic that distinguishes themselves from each other‚ but no one ever asks why do we have denominations or are they necessary. These questions‚ when asked‚ produce some rather disturbing results. Denominations are unnecessary and are actually detrimental
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Yorker. As a former Ivy League professor‚ Menand was never questioned about what he was teaching his students. But while teaching at a public university‚ he was shocked after a number of students continued to ask him questions such as “Why did we have to read this book?” The interesting question allowed him to create three theories that explain different views of the modern college education. Menand’s first theory explains that college is a sorting-out mechanism that is based on intelligence. He
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Stereotypes and misconceptions are all brought upon by people who have little to no knowledge of that group. Misconceptions are faulty views or opinions of a certain group such as owning passed down companies and being happier or smarter than everyone else‚ which Millionaires are often misconceptualized as. Stereotypes are fixed and oversimplified images or ideas of a group‚ many have‚ the fixed idea that millionaires are greedy‚ arrogant‚ and lucky. Stereotypes start usually started to narrow down
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2 Should Wild Animals Be Pets At Home? Many people have questioned whether they would ever consider to buy a wildlife animal as a pet. Although owning a wildlife animal would seem out of this world‚ it’s not worth risking the lives of these poor animals who are meant to be out in the wild. Wildlife animals are not as domesticated as dogs. They have wildlife instincts even when they are in captivity; this is very dangerous for us humans who would own one of these exotic animals. By owning a wildlife
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DO VOLCANOES HAVE A DESTRUCTIVE POWER AS WELL AS POTENTIAL BENEFIT Volcanoes are usually depicted as towering mountains missing a chunk out of the top from which steam‚ ash and lava spew forth. In reality‚ a volcano is any spot on the surface of the Earth where lava flows. Magma finds its way upwards along fissures or cracks in the planet ’s crust and bursts out onto the surface‚ resulting in a volcano. Magma that flows out of a volcano is called lava. If it comes out of the volcano in an explosive
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“The Singer Solution to World Poverty” You bought those new Jordans yet? How about the new iPad? What if I told you that you could possibly save a child’s life with that money? In his September 5‚ 1999 New York Times Magazine article “The Singer Solution to World Poverty‚” Peter Singer goes in on American consumerism and its connection to world poverty. He also explains how donating $200 to overseas aid organizations like UNICEF and Oxfam America is enough to “help a sickly 2-year-old transform
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Is Peter the Rock? It is a significant position that divides the Christian religion. For nearly five hundred years‚ Catholics and Protestants have quarreled over the meaning behind a verse in the gospel of Matthew‚ "That thou art Peter‚ and upon this rock I will build my church" (Matt. 16:18‚ KJV). This essay will argue that the Apostle Peter is the rock in the sixteenth chapter of Matthew. It is apparent that Christ gave Peter primacy among the other disciples‚ declaring him the rock to which his
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I suddenly‚ and quite strangely‚ have found myself conflicted about Peter Pan. I thought I knew the story‚ believed I was familiar with it. My Mother has used the term "Peter Pan Syndrome" to describe nearly every young member of our family at one time or another. It means you never want to grow up‚ just like the boy in Walt Disney’s animation. Peter wants to play in Never Land forever and avoid responsibility while careening through the air amid pirates and redskins and a strange yet hopeful band
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