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    Christianity and Islam have a lot of rules of Religions and Codes of Conduct. What is a Religion and a Code of Conduct? A religion is a particular system of faith and worship. A code of conduct is a set of rules outlining the social norms and religious rules and responsibilities. If Christianity and Islam didn’t have a code of conduct than this two subjects wouldn’t be important; therefore people wouldn’t have something to follow. Does Christianity and Islam have more similarities or more differences

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    Kuala Lumpur‚ on top of that he send his associates that is Sri Thiruvengadam Pillai and Sri Kanthapa Thevar to do a research for an suitable place of worship for Lord Sri Murugan. It was in that year‚ that the influential descendant of Indian immigrants from Tamil Nadu‚ India‚ Mr. K. Thamboosamy Pillai installed the ‘murti’ or consecrated idol of Lord Murugan in the 400 ft high Temple Cave. At the following year ahead‚ the Thaipusam festival in the Tamil month of Thai during the month of

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    The Protestant Reformation was one of the first times in history that the power and authority of the Pope was challenged. With the Protestant Reformation came a switch from public to private artwork. One major innovation that facilitated this change was the printing press. The printing press was responsible for the distribution of the 95 theses which is what first led to the questioning of the Popes authority. The printing press also allowed art to be reproduced‚ a quality that was very important

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    Now‚ what is the reason why God had so much trust for Moses? First‚ when Moses was in Egypt and learned that he was a Hebrew‚ he chose to serve God rather than to be called the son of the Egypt and defile himself with the pleasures of sin and worship their idols (Hebrews 11:24); Second‚ Moses loved God that he loved the Jews and defended them from the tyranny of the lawless Egyptians; Finally‚ Moses revered‚ believed‚ trusted‚ sought God earnestly‚ obeyed His commands unconditionally‚ worshipped Him

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    Sumerians are distinctly different politically. While the Sumerians developed the world’s first monarchy‚ the Harappans may have developed the first democracy. Very little evidence has been found of a king in the Indus Valley‚ only one white priest-king idol and a silver crown; not enough to establish that the "royalty" were the rulers. Instead the empire was divided into regions with half a dozen cities functioning as capitals and was governed by a group of people. Archeologist Jonathan Mark Kenoyed has

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    also worshipped as Gods. Among his appearances‚ he appeared as Rama‚ Krishna‚ and Buddha. Not all of these Gods are worshiped by all Hindus. Some Hindus worship only Vishnu. Others worship only Shiva. Others worship only the Goddesses and call these Goddesses collectively as “Shakti” meaning strength. Though these Hindus worship different idols‚ many Hindus believe in one God and perceive these different Gods and Goddesses as different images of the same one God. According to their beliefs‚ idolatry

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    Antonio resolves his conflicts between the Catholic God and the Golden Carp. The Catholic God refuses to let Antonio in to heaven during his dream because he worships the golden carp before God. God deems that “I can have [one] who has golden idols before [me]” (165) thereby forbidding Antonio from heaven because he had an idol‚ the golden carp‚ before God. God does not forgive Antonio because he is a “not a God of forgiveness” but when he does offer forgiveness God claims

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    believe me! Strong drink and games of chance and idols and divining arrows are only infamy of Satan’s handiwork. Leave it aside in order that ye may succeed. Stan seeketh only to cast among you enmity and hatred by means of strong drink and games of chance‚ and to turn you from remembrance of Allah and from (His) worship. Will ye then have done?”(Al- Ma’idah: 90-91) In these two verses‚ Allah strictly prohibits wine and gambling‚ linking them to idols and seeking omens by means of divining arrows

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    centre of the Muslim faith. Forced into exile in Medina in 622‚ Mohammad established a model Islamic community in Medina but returned to take Mecca (Makkah) in 629‚ purifying the Ka’aba of its idols before spreading the word of Islam. The Ka’aba is enclosed by the Great Mosque‚ the focus of Muslim worship. The healing waters of the Zam Zam well flow nearby‚ miraculously appearing over 4‚000 years ago to save Abraham’s son Ishmael from dehydration in the Meccan desert. In a city where the inhabitants

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    video performance of this song by Forever Jones. Forever Jones is a Christian gospel group that is made up of a family that originated 30 years ago in Yakima‚ Washington as Dewitt and Kim Jones began to “cultivate the habit of family prayer and worship” (emigospel.com). They have recently

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