God or Gain Introduction In Mark 8:36 it says “For what shall it profit a man‚ if he shall gain the whole world‚ and lose his own soul?” Gain appears 29 times in scripture‚ 13 times in the Old Testament and 16 times in the New. According to Merriam – Webster’s dictionary gain means “resource or advantage acquired or increased‚ an increase in amount.” Gain is term used commonly in our day and age‚ people who have big business‚ even those who work for others. Gain is a business term. The writer
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How democratic was Britain by 1914? Britain was a democracy to a certain extent by 1914. By "a democracy" we mean that there should be several certain features present. These features consist of universal adult suffrage‚ equal constituencies‚ every adult being able to stand as a candidate‚ a secret ballot‚ regular elections‚ a choice of political parties and freedom of speech/press. There is a debate over when exactly Britain actually became a representative liberal democracy. This essay will show
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American Indians have been around for more than 15‚000 years. Although Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492‚ there were already people living in what is now called the United States. During the 1800s‚ American Indians had to deal with all the immigrants from Europe “invading their land”. The Native Americans tried to resist relocation due to the Westward Expansion‚ but because of reduced population through disease and warfare and assimilation with the immigrants‚ they didn’t have much
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and had many advantages over the creoles‚ Mestizos‚ Native Americans‚ and Africans. They were able to hold higher offices and were had fewer restrictions on business and trade. 4. Creoles were Europeans who were born in the New World and were below the Penninsulares in the Colonial class system. They were not allowed to hold higher offices and
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Despite what the British initially accomplished in aiding the colonies‚ Britain eventually became a government that the colonists were not content with. Acquainted with freedoms such as self-government‚ colonists were hesitant and resistant when the British imposed any act upon them that might threaten their freedoms. Just because the British were used to their ways of government operation‚ doesn’t mean that the colonists were willing to allow themselves to be subjected to the same treatment. For
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The American Founders‚ and the American people generally did not trust a king. The Founders believed that liberty was necessary to human progress‚ and that we all have essential rights to make decisions about ourselves and our property rights. The people themselves have a voice‚ and we don’t need to simply submit to rulers who violate their rights. If there were no king‚ the founding fathers could not settle on a pure democracy‚ in which the majority gets whatever it wants. They believed history
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Framers of the Constitution did not really represent the American people. Also known as the country’s Founding Fathers‚ these men from the original states were responsible for many important decisions. However‚ they did not represent America’s people because they only represented the Elite leaders‚ they represented the ideas for America’s government‚ and they did not have a true democracy. The Constitution’s Framers represented the Elite leaders‚ rather than the American People. Most of the Founding
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After World War II ended‚ the postwar began and Americans life changed drastically in a radical way. This brought new innovations to the United States‚ which led people have more leisure time than ever before. At that time‚ leisure was an activity people wanted to do because it didn’t implicate working‚ due to all the hard work during World War II. Leisure time flourished‚ largely due to technological innovations. In the early 1950s‚ the American population was in real need of entertainment and leisure
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cruel and messed up for some people‚ especially African Americans. They were treated like slaves and had to do work for the Whites and the British people. It was hard for them to live during this kind of life‚ they must have been really brave to go through all of the misery and suffering. African Americans had survived through torture‚ pain‚ and suffering. They were separated from their friends and families‚ whenever two African Americans get married and one gets sold to a white person the other
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men in a voyage. Frances west left his own people to die. He started a war and left his people to fight his battles. Many colonist died because of lack of food‚ water‚ and the native american attacks. In fact the first reason people died was because of lack of food. They didn’t have many animals around because of how dirty the land was because of them throwing out their poop (Blanton 55). “it was plenty to get them fatly home to england.‚ And headed out into the atlantic.”(61). They didn’t have
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