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    that are so passionate in their beliefs; they become stagnant and make little forward progress. Further evidence for this is given in the exchange between Howard and Melinda. When Howard begins talking about evolution‚ he is fervently repudiated by Melinda (Lawrence 4-5). This is indicative of how everyone feels in Hillsboro: rejecting sciences. Reverend Brown’s character‚ constantly being shown as eager to be cruel and uncaring to everything except his beliefs‚ is another unfair representation

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    Agree to Disagree

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    It is so difficult to agree to disagree. However‚ it is something that I had to do. It did not make much sense‚ and it seemed also impossible to put my beliefs aside just to get along with someone. As a little girl‚ I have always loved‚ cherished‚ respected‚ and admired animals. I believe in animals receiving equality‚ meaning: animals who are abused‚ tortured‚ killed‚ and treated unkindly in any manner should receive the same justice that people do. Animals should not be slaughtered or chemically

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    the same religion and beliefs therefore‚ the majority picks on the ones who are different. Specific religions are sometimes automatically blamed for certain crimes or

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    My Birthday

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    plant beginning to grow into a tree. * She repeats the two words ‘my heart’ in every odd-numbered sentence in the first stanza. * She is expressing her emotions and feelings with natural things. * An apple tree: connects with religious belief; there was an apple tree in the Garden of Eden. It is a beautiful and sweet tree full of golden apples. It could also be her heart and the thicket fruits are her emotions and feelings that she could also fall down. * Rainbow shell: It is colourful

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    Situate

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    6/3/13 Situate Yourself Ever had your opinion shut down or told that it was wrong? If so then whoever told you that was wrong. Your outlook on things I believe comes from your personal beliefs and experiences. Everyone has their own philosophy and no one can be more right about one’s own philosophy than you. Loyalty is something that I take very serious to an extreme level. Believing in the things I believe in has helped me chose the crowds I hang with or associate myself with. My faith doesn’t

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    My Aim in Life

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    My aim in life – To be successful (having attained wealth‚ position‚ honor) A solid belief system can take us a long way.  Success has a belief system and when we can master such a system we are through half way to a successful life. Everything happens for a reason. Successful people believe that there is a purpose behind every event or situation.  Whether it’s a lesson to be learned or a change in your life’s direction‚ they believe that whatever happens was meant to happen.  Thus‚ they make

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    e Robert Suber Professor Gilbert Coon HMXP 102 31 February 2013 The Importance of Expression “If all mankind minus one‚ were of one opinion‚ and only one person were of the contrary opinion‚ mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person‚ than he‚ if he had the power‚ would be justified in silencing mankind”(Mill). This quote‚ by John Stuart Mill‚ is a quote that I originally disagreed with. Before reading the essay‚ I thought on all of the different examples in which the

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    Can Knowledge Be Bad?

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    cell research - Cloning - Drugs - Sex knowledge - Kill - Lie Knowledge can perceive to be bad when it makes us narrow-minded reject new truths. I feel that it will cause a person to become narrow-minded by their current belief. Our current knowledge/belief can cause us to reject new information/idea and so our education and knowledge that we have learnt might turn out to be a disadvantage rather than a benefit if we don’t control it properly. Should all knowledge be pursued? By

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    I Never Saw a Moor

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    “I never saw a Moor-” The poem “ I never saw a Moor-” by Emily Dickinson is a speaker professing their religious beliefs through comparison. In the first stanza she says that she has never seen a moor or the sea‚ but she knows that they exist. The first stanzas states the axiom that just because a person has never seen something does not mean that it doesn’t exist. In the last stanza she states that she has never spoken with God or visited Heaven‚ but again she knows that they exist. In response

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    is to consider the fact that it might be the case that different people value different aspects of beauty. For example people may respect the point that through graffiti people are enabled to express themselves and demonstrate their opinions and beliefs in collaboration with the modernized environment in which they live in; while not damaging themselves‚ others and the environment. The opinion of someone who lives in an Aristocratic and ‘polished’ environment may be contrary to someone who lives

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