5 World Values and Cultures March 25‚ 2013 Instructor: Samuel Crockett Christian and Islam Religions Many religions have similar beliefs and traditions. Although they believe in the same God‚ there beliefs in other aspects may be different. Christian and Islamic religions have many of the same thoughts on how the world was created and how it will end. The middle may be a little different but yet the same. Christians believe that God created the heavens and the earth‚ God created day and night
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The Mayan Religion Tiffany Frost English III Teacher Shirley Malett April 24‚ 2013 Tiffany Frost Frost 1 Shirley Malett English III 3 April 2013 The Mayan Religion With its variety of temples‚ gods‚ and astounding astronomical data‚ the Mayan religion certainly draws our attention to it today. The Mayans had varying thoughts about life which was probably influenced‚ at least in part‚ by their interest in the horrifying Underworld. This interest was also sometimes
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the video we watched we saw a respected pagan Roman citizen and an early Christian arguing about misconceptions that outsiders have about the Christian faith. In the past as we saw there were many misconceptions about Christians‚ their practices‚ and the people who were involved with the faith. I believe that there are many similarities to the conversation they were having about the faith to some questions that non- christians ask today. The questions may be different because rumors like cannibalism
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Western Religions: Differences and Similarities On this vast planet with billions of people occupying its space‚ we can see that people have many differences‚ yet we are similar at our core. People always strive to find why who put us on this Earth and and we have gone to many lengths to find those answers. Religion has answered many of those particular questions for use. People feel at peace knowing that through religion we have found purpose in life and death. Much like people‚ religion is very
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with their soul mate. Also‚ the single woman should be open and honest about her abstinence and choice to remain single until she changes her mind. To help a single mother of any race reconcile her desires to be a mother within the context of the Christian faith‚ the writer as the counselor would as Brenner states‚ "its goal is growth in one’s relationship
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The Aztec and Mayan civilizations were the most important civilizations from the new world. The Europeans were amazed with the Aztec and Mayan cultures‚ their ways of life‚ and their technology. Today we find that the Aztecs and the Mayans were similar in some ways of life like their culture‚ their technology‚ and some religious beliefs; but as we go further into the study of Aztec and Mayan worlds we see that there are many more differences than first accredited. The Aztec civilization dominated
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Mathematics and religion are two very different concepts. Scientist and Theologians have had conflicts involving the two that are usually based off of an argument that encompasses logic versus faith. However‚ using reason‚ we can come to the conclusion that it is possible for both mathematics and reason to have many different similarities. Mathematics relies on reason and logic. Although Mathematics is based off of axioms that are rarely questioned‚ we still need to justify our methods and answers
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Most Christian scripture speaks of peace and love rather than of war. Little that is attributed to Jesus really advocates violence; most advocates peace‚ love‚ and service to others. How‚ then‚ has Christianity managed to be so violent? Justifying violence and war hasn’t been very hard‚ unfortunately. The fact that these religions also offer many statements on behalf of peace‚ love‚ and non-violence doesn’t change this. Religions offer contradictory statements on all issues‚ allowing people to find
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how the gods help. The most common belief of Christians is that there is only one true God‚ who saves everyone from their sins. Even though there is only one God‚ he appears in various ways. Christians believe there is a trinity‚ consisting of the Father‚ Son‚ and Holy Spirit. Christians believe that The Father is the God in heaven. Jesus is The Son who saved us from our sins. The Holy Spirit is the power of God within believers. In Christian religion‚ God Loves us‚ and he was willing to send his
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to be by a Christian monk. This poem was most likely altered to assist new Christian’s in seeing that Beowulf’s belief was changing from polytheism to monotheism. In the poem‚ the poet’s use of the Christian religion does not take away from the pagan heroic code. The poet made the legendary Beowulf that Scandinavian people idealized slightly different by inserting new doctrine to help the evolution of the Christian beliefs‚ without destroying the poem. It was a way for the two religions to combine
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