often inhumane‚ causing suffering to animals. In the past‚ animals were raised mostly on small farms and were treated better than in today’s massive farms resembling factories. Such farms often lack sufficient space to mimic the conditions that animals require for their normal social and habitual life. Every year we read sad stories of how animals have been treated badly even resulting in their death in some cases. Another sad situation is the long-haul transport of animals even between countries
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During biblical times‚ Israel was ruled by the Greeks and Romans. The Israelites had to assimilate to the Greco-Roman culture and try to maintain their own culture. The Greco-Roman culture focused on ideality. People from this culture strived to be the best person they could be; they believed that they had to do everything to the extreme. The Israelites were ruled by their strict adherence to the Halakha which is also known as the 613 laws from the Old Testament. They believed that they had to follow
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The Dead Sea Scrolls are ancient manuscripts that were discovered in caves near Qumran. Qumran is an archaeological site located approximately a mile from the Dead Sea’s Northern Shore. The Dead Sea is actually a salt lake that is bordered by the countries of Jordan and Israel. It is one of the saltiest lakes in the word‚ with a salinity‚ or percentage of salt‚ at 34.2%‚ making it uninhabitable for animal life‚ hence the name “Dead Sea.” The scrolls are believed to be some of the original copies
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Bailey Shirley New Testament 12 October 2012 Nicodemus The miraculous wonders and miracles of Jesus made many question their lives‚ faith‚ and even their god’s. People took dramatic steps and completely turned their life 180 degrees in the other direction‚ while some people denied Jesus and His works. Those people were ignorant and had little faith that Jesus could do these miracles. Nicodemus was one of those people. Nicodemus is presented in the book of John. He is presented in such a way
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When Jesus told Levi to follow Him and attended a banquet with a large crowd of tax collectors‚ the Pharisees complained that He was breaking bread with tax collectors and sinners. Again‚ Jesus focus was not on the Pharisees and righteous but rather the sinners and tax collectors. His focus was continually drawn to those who needed Him‚ not the righteous and teachers of the law. His behavior displayed his humility
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the inward condition of the heart‚ rather than just outward actions. This is one of the main reasons that the Pharisees did not like Jesus’s teachings. He constantly rebuked their hard-heartedness‚ and in the Sermon on the Mount the Pharisees’ attitudes were used to contrast the right motives. The Pharisees were seen to be extremely moral Jews‚ so did Jesus’s stance against the Pharisees mean that he was going to abolish the law? Jesus answers this question in Matthew 5:17 when he claims‚ “I have
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and Pharisees ask Jesus "Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!" We learn that ancient Jews had taken their tradition very seriously‚ as put by Poole‚ “Many ancient Jews took this tradition of elders very seriously.” (Poole). And the Jewish Rabbi Jose puts it like this: “He sins as much who eats with unwashed hands‚ as he that lies with a harlot." (Poole) In this scene‚ we see Jesus responding to the Rabbis‚ Scribes and Pharisees with
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flashed around him‚” (Acts 9:3 NIV) the verse talks about God appearing right in front of Paul‚ and how soon after‚ Paul’s companions walked him towards Damascus. He soon gets healed by a man named Ananias‚ and realizes that he was doing the job the PHARISEES
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answer to this question in Mathew 12 and Mark 3. The Pharisees claimed that Jesus cast out demons by the power of Beelzebul‚ the ruler of demons. He knew what they were thinking and for that reason‚ he stated the unforgivable sin as that of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. “For this reason I tell you‚ people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy‚ but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven” (Mathew 12:31). The Pharisees refused to acknowledge Jesus as the messiah; instead‚
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as well and everyone was invited to throw stones. Although‚ in this passage‚ no one was able to throw stones because they were all sinners like the woman who committed adultery. Another thing I noticed in this passage was that the scribes and Pharisees brought the woman who committed adultery to Jesus‚ instead of an officer or someone of high authority. I believe that in this time vigilantes were very common. That shows that many people took matters into their own hands. If they see anyone doing
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