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    Last Thursday‚ November 12th at 10:00‚ I attended the play Never the Sinner by John Logan at the Derryberry Auditorium. This play was directed by Mark Harry Creter and Joe Clark. I thought this play was phenomenal‚ even thought it was 2 hours and a half long‚ I was able to stay engaged the whole time. Personally I enjoy crime solving performances‚ and this play satisfied my desire. It consists of two characters who committed murder for no apparent reason. The play goes about with characters trying

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    Some false beliefs answered To think according to principle‚ to possess true faith and believe and accept the true Commands of Islam is known as “Aqeeda”. If one‟s Aqeeda is corrupt‚ then one‟s Imaan is improper and if one‟s Imaan is not proper‚ then his Amaal (actions) are useless. In other words‚ Aqeeda is the soul‚ Imaan is the body and Amal is the garb.To have good and strong Imaan‚ one must have the proper Aqeeda. It is for this reason that we quote a few un-Islamic beliefs together with the

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    Belief System Religion is commonly defined as a group of beliefs concerning the supernatural‚ sacred‚ or divine‚ and the moral codes‚ practices‚ values‚ institutions and rituals associated with such beliefs (Wikipedia‚ 2006). Most of the major religions have evolved over the centuries into what they are today. In many cultures and times‚ religion has been the basic foundation of life‚ permeating all aspects of human existence (Fisher‚ 2002). Religion is passed on from generation to generation

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    The Puritan and Transcendentalist movements emerged far apart in history‚ and both philosophies clash on various levels. However‚ the fundamentally important for the American literature history writers Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ralph Waldo Emerson lived during the same period of time‚ which was 19th Century American‚ and each of them presented their fundamental nature of thoughts and ideas through these conflicting philosophies. Emerson‚ in addition to Henry David Thoreau discussed realities through

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    Ethics of Belief” by William K. Clifford Clifford’s main thesis in “The Ethics of belief” is it it always wrong to believe something without sufficient evidence. It means people cannot believe and trust anything with no evidence to prove if it’s wrong or right. And also no matter what evidence is‚ wrong belief is wrong event. Like you can’t believe God because there’s no such evidence to prove the God is really exists. No one actually see the God and talk to s/he‚ to prove that God is a person

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    Hand Sanitizers Done By: Natalie Belle Class: 6E2 Introduction If you were outside‚ your hands got dirty and there was no water and soap available‚ what would you do to clean your hands? You need to have hand sanitizer with you wherever you go because your hands will always catch bacteria and you will need to use a sanitizer in order to lessen their effect. If you share items used by many people‚ chances are you will catch an infection or get bacteria on your hands

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    there was hysteria over finding communist‚ much like the Puritans‚ who were obsessed with finding the devil and his servants. The first act in The Crucible depicts the values‚ fears‚ and actions of the Puritans in Salem who thought the devil existed amongst them. One value the puritans held above all other values was to be very religious. The Puritans thought they had to prove to their neighbors they were the chosen ones because the Puritans believed those chosen to go to Heaven were already picked

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    Who should punish a sinner? Should it be religion‚ society‚ or the individual? In Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter the main character Hester Prynne is tormented by judgments passed on her by these three entities. Religion punishes her with the Scarlet Letter‚ society ostracizes her as punishment‚ and individually she was able to move on in life but still returned to her haunting past where she died. Who actually ha the authority to decide whether a person is a sinner? Once he is condemned‚ who has the

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    have fit in perfectly in the 1700’s‚ where these two extremes were quite common. The difference between Puritan and Humanist ideals is that Puritans believe in duty and heavy labor for the rewards of Heaven that a fierce and just God could provide‚ while the Humanist believe that performing acts of kindness is simply the nature of the human being‚ while receiving immediate rewards. The Puritans started in the 1600’s‚ when religious folk realized that religion was slowly dwindling in society‚ and ran

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    When the Puritans first settled in New England‚ they sought religious freedom from England‚ but by no means did their no civilization separate church and state. Their church and government interwove and they used religion to keep people in line. For instance‚ the Puritans required everyone to attend church every Sunday and the government could punish parents who did not teach their children about Puritanism (Dolan‚ 1995). In addition‚ anyone who dissented from the Puritans‚ such as the Quakers

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