Week 5 Reference: According to Cloud (2007)‚ “Successful people do not hang on to bad stuff for too long. Déjà vu people get rid of bad stuff. Period. Sometimes quickly and sometimes through a process‚ but they get rid of it” (45). Reflection: As I read this passage I was immediately reminded of Paul’s words in Philippians 4:8 encouraging the Philippians to guard their thinking and guard their mind. Cloud reiterates in another fashion‚ the importance of focusing on the positives or solutions
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Eid al-Adha is a celebration to commemorate and remember Abraham’s trials. The act of sacrificing an animal symbolizes our willingness to give up things that are of benefit to us or close to our hearts‚ in order to follow Allah’s commands. The meat from the sacrifice of of an animal on this day is mostly given away to others. One-third is eaten by immediate family and relatives‚ one-third is given away to friends‚ and one-third is distributed among the poor. So‚ this act also symbolizes our willingness
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Egypt was governed by pharaohs and the pharaohs were given the authority at the command of the Egyptian gods. This belief was so powerful in ancient Egypt that all through the nation’s chaotic history various pharaohs discontinue his reign to assure the public that they had obtained the power to reign from the ancient Egyptian gods. "One pharaoh‚ a female nonetheless‚ even went so far as to concoct a wild story to insure her subjects saw her as divinely appointed by Hatshepsut." (The World of the
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Religious Holy books Beliefs‚ Teachings Conversions Sin/ Salvations Deities The holy books of Islam is the Al-Qur’a A belief in a single‚ unitary God who is all-powerful‚ all-knowing‚ and without any children or family of any kind. A belief in angels who are made of light and who can assume any form they wish‚ much like a hologram. A belief in revealed scriptures (oral or written) that are given to prophets. These include the Torah of Moses‚ the Psalms of David‚ the Gospel
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Israel and Greece are cradles to two great ancient civilization. However‚ people from these two cultural entities have very distinct ideas of want kind of “perfect” society they want to build up. Briefly‚ an ideal society in Israeli’s heart is a “pure” world with one ultimate god and peoples with pure devotion to this god. On the opposite side‚ classical Athens is more likely to build a “state of conscious” where there are powerful gods and wise human beings. The book of Amos is basically a story
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WHAT IS TRIBUNAL ? Tribunal is a board established under the law to adjudicate in a certain matter such as claims by an individual. In Malaysia‚ there is the Tribunal for consumer claims. The Tribunal for consumer claims is established under Part XII of the Consumer Protection Act 1999. It is an independent body and its primary function is to hear and determine claims lodged by consumers for losses suffered in respect of any goods or services acquired. It provides a speedy manner for the settlement
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The idea of God being omnipotent is a central‚ or vital‚ part of the core beliefs of the main monotheistic religions of the world today: Christianity‚ Islam and Judaism. Contemporary theism demands that believers in God accept the notion that He is all-powerful and not subject to limitations on this power; as the Christian Evangelist Matthew puts it in his Gospel: Jesus looked at them and said “With man this is impossible‚ but with God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26). In Judaism also the
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Hanging On: The Description of Eliezer’s Relationship with God in Night World War II breaks out in Europe during the conclusion of the 1930s. Adolph Hitler plunges Germany into darkness while quickly moving to take over bordering countries with his army of Nazis. Eliezer‚ a boy no more than 15 years old‚ lives in Hungary‚ which is dangerously close to Germany. Along with many other Jews‚ Eliezer is deported from his home and into a world of unimaginable terror. Night is a memoir of those experiences
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One Sunday‚ as I was driving back home from visiting my family‚ it began to rain. It was just me and the boys and they had finally settled down from fighting sleep and I entered into a place of worship and dialogue with God. He began to take me back to the moment when I wanted to mend the broken pieces of my life and fill the voids with a relationship with my father so bad‚ that I came so close to meeting him but God blocked it. I began to reminisce back on the moment I visited Texas for the first
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People all over the world worship many gods‚ goddesses‚ and other higher beings. Some religions are monotheistic‚ worship one god or goddess‚ others are polytheistic‚ worship multiple gods and goddesses. In the book “Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe‚ the author demonstrates the Igbo tribes polytheistic religion by showing the people worshiping many gods‚ goddesses‚ and spirits; such as‚ they worship a god named Chukwu‚ two minor gods‚ a minor goddess‚ and six different spirits. The first and
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