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    Our hope for the future that in America‚ We should have Equality is one of the most important trait in America. The reason why equality is important because everyone should be able to feel good about themselves. We should be judging based on our character‚ not by our religious and color. If we didn’t have equality‚ everything would turn into chaos. Everyone would turn against each other and will hate each other. Everyone is equal and the same. There’s no difference between us. Everyone gets a job

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    Donating‚ giving‚ and sharing are three related values that the majority of households in America all claim to practice and believe in. If this is true‚ then why is it so often that charities are underfunded? The problem is that many people seek happiness for themselves over the happiness of others. I believe that this is natural in human beings. When we are already so busy taking care of ourselves‚ I think we forget that other people could use a hand as well. Another underlying factor may be that

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    RL ST 140Y.001 Polk Religion in American Life and Thought Spring 2013 COURSE POLICIES AND OVERVIEW Instructor: Senior Lecturer Bryan Polk Email: bep3@psu.edu Classroom: 208 Sutherland Class Times: 9:30-10:45 TR Office: 323 Sutherland Telephone: 215/881-7548 Office Hours: 11:00-12:00 MW; By Appointment 1:00-2:00 MW‚ 1:30-2:30 TR Catalogue Description: (GH; US) (3) “The function‚ contributions‚ tensions‚ and perspectives of religion in American culture.” The

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    I am going to delve into another sensitive area in this blog post. I grew up hearing from black people that we don’t have the ability to discriminate. This may come as a shock to every other race on the plant. In order to explain this unique perspective on the issue. Allow me to define the word discriminate. First the way the dictionary defines discrimination is: “the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things‚ especially on the grounds of race‚ age‚ or sex.”

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    bloodshed.” (Text 4 Line 1). Democracy is something we as a country have worked hard to achieve. It would only be smeared if the United States passed a law to make voting mandatory. It would be a direct violation of the Constitution and everything America stands for if voting was made mandatory. The right to vote should remain a choice not a compulsory decision. Compulsory voting just makes invalid results: “Voters who are voting against their free will may check off a candidate at random... ” (Text

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    have shown true bravery. In his inaugural address‚ President John F. Kennedy challenged his country with‚ “And so‚ my fellow Americans‚ ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what you can do for your country.” One obvious way of serving America is joining one of the forces of the United States Military- Air Force‚ Army‚ Navy‚ and Coast Guard. Out of all four branches‚ the American armed forces has a rough estimate of 1‚420‚000 people‚ and that number grows all the time. When signing up for

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    In this extract Belah defines civil religion not as the uncritical worship or allegiance to a nation state by its citizenry. Rather‚ it is a group of transcendental moral principles which function as a north star or frame of reference for a nations polis. In the case of the United States‚ the author explains that these principles are interwoven into the fabric of American identity. These “elements of religious orientation‚” in addition to being expressed through both informal and formal ceremonies

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    Ancient history Yr 11 assessment Religion played a very important part of Greek drama; the most important element underlying Greek drama was religion. It concerned the gods and was performed in honour of the gods at their particular religious festivals.1 The Greek drama began as a religious observance in honour of Dionysus. In the eyes of the Greeks‚ Dionysus embodied both spring and the vintage.2 He was a symbol to them of that power there is in man of rising out of himself

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    Using the following sources and your own knowledge‚ discuss the importance of religion and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Religion and death was an important part of everyday life in Pompeii and Herculaneum. Romans‚ like the Greeks and Egyptians were polytheists who worshipped a variety of gods. This is evident in the temples‚ household shrines‚ cults and tombs that were found in the cities. Proper worship of the gods was believed to ensure peace‚ fertility

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    A steward is a person who is employed to manage another person’s property. the idea here is that Christians are given the world‚ we are given time‚ we are given health‚ we are given money‚ we are given abilities and we are given energy and all of these things are given by God‚ all of these ultimately belong to God and we are to then invest these things generously in to God’s purposes in the world. In other words‚ we are supposed to be investing in eternity. But the idea of stewardship is not real

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