can also be applied to the concept of abortion. As one can tell by the name of this ethical system‚ Christianity is the main proponent of this system through its direct application of the Great Commandment. The Great Commandment states that one should love God and that one should love his/her neighbor as one loves his/herself. Following the Great Commandment without the applications of Christianity as a whole‚ abortion could be seen as a viable and moral choice. The reasoning for this is that if one
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understand your surroundings to be safe. Yet‚ people abused this act and use it towards plenty of innocent people. Many researchers and sociologist broke down the origins of prejudice to four different theories: Scapegoat Theory‚ Authoritarian Personality Theory‚ Culture Theory‚ and Conflict Theory. The theory that best describes the origin of prejudice is the Culture Theory. The Culture Theory explains how even though extreme prejudice may be found in some people‚ some prejudice is found in everyone
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Topic: That Jesus Christ is saviour is one of the core beliefs of Christianity. Outline and critically evaluate some traditional ways of understanding salvation. Outline and critically evaluate some contemporary theologians’ thinking on salvation. Briefly address the implications of this for teaching salvation in schools. The Oxford English Dictionary defines salvation as “deliverance from sin and its consequences‚ believed by Christians to be brought about by faith in Christ” . “Sin”‚ in turn
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Critical Response to Beowulf After reading the story Beowulf as translated by Burton Raffel‚ I saw two aspects of this story written in the Anglo-Saxon period. When reading the story you notice that there are multiple aspects of paganism and of Christianity included in the story. Many scholars have debated whether of not a monk might have written it during the paganism period or whether a second author might have added to the story later on in history. I believe that it might have been written by
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Interestingly Christianity is a religion that came out of yet another ancient religion “Judaism” in the 1st century C.E. This religion revolves around the life‚ death‚ resurrection and also teachings of Jesus Christ who was said to be born through immaculate conception through Mary‚ grew up as a humble carpenter’s time and began his teachings as early as when he was twelve years old. This religion believes in trinity‚ God the Father‚ the Son and the Holy Spirit. According to Christianity‚ the Universe
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Introduction Since the crucifixion of Jesus‚ opponents of Christianity have directly criticized the religion’s foundation‚ attempting to belie the historicity of Christ’s physical resurrection. Aiming to nullify Christianity and confute the prospect of supernatural intervention or divine involvement‚ skeptics and opponents of Christianity continually disseminate naturalistic alternatives‚ or conspiracy theories‚ to contradict the resurrection account. One popular notion reasons against the validity
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D’Erizans Week #7 1. What factors accounted for the rapid spread of Christianity? Christianity stared in Jerusalem‚ where the romans killed Jesus trying to stop his teaching from spreading. A persecution broke down against the Jewish Christians or nazarians who were Jesus followers‚ causing them to run out of Jerusalem into Syria and other countries making them spread. These persecutions were one of the causes why Christianity begins to spread a few hundredth miles from the city and the establishments
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Monotheism religions are religions that follow and believe in the existence of only one God. Islam and Christianity are both examples of monotheistic religions. They have many similarities and differences‚ and it is only through comparing these that we can understand both religions. I will be comparing them on their laws‚ their pastes‚ and what they are like today. Both Christianity and Islam had received laws from their founding prophets. Christians live according to the Ten Commandments. These
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Humanism and Christianity The Renaissance was a time period which originated in the city-states of Italy that marked the starting point of the modern era. The Renaissance was characterized by a rebirth of interest in the humanistic culture and outlook of classical Greece and Rome. During this time period‚ a secular attitude was achieved‚ thus causing Western Civilization to deviate from the strict religious atmosphere of the Middle Ages. Although religion was not forgotten‚ it was no longer
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Pentecostalism has become the fastest growing segment of Christianity. "It is growing at a rate of 13 million a year‚ or 35‚000 a day. With nearly a half billion adherents‚ it is‚ after Roman Catholicism‚ the largest Christian tradition" (Christian History‚ "The Rise of Pentecostalism‚" issue no. 58‚ vol.17 no. 2‚ p.3). In addition‚ the largest church in the world‚ the Yoi Do Full Gospel Church‚ is a Pentecostal church in Korea‚ with a weekly worship attendance of 240‚000. Two Pentecostal Churches
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