Why People Choose Religion One of the most debated ideas in the world is religion. There has been bloodshed in countries over religion. Religion is a sensitive topic to some people because it is the reason people live their lives like they do. What is the reason people really choose religion? Is it because they truly believe in every detail of a religion or is it because they were told to believe it? It is a question I have thought about for a long time. So‚ what is religion anyway? According
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4.1.1. United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at its 62nd session in September 2007. (UN Portal) It is not a legally binding instrument but represents a very important political step towards a binding recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples. The declaration explicitly guarantees indigenous peoples - as collectives but also for individual members - a right to the enjoyment
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“The status of Indigenous health in contemporary Australia is a result of historic factors as well as contemporary socio-economic issues” (Hampton & Toombs‚ 2013‚ p. 1). The poor health position of Indigenous Australians is a contemporary reflection of their historical treatment as Australia’s traditional owners. This treatment has led to Indigenous Australians experiencing social disadvantages‚ significantly low socio-economic status‚ dispossession‚ poverty and powerlessness as a direct result
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• Religions make people bad. While consciously pursuing your spiritual development is commendable‚ joining an established religion such as Christianity‚ Islam‚ or Hinduism is one of the worst ways to go about it. In this talk I’ll share some reasons why you must eventually abandon the baggage of organized religion if you wish to pursue conscious living in earnest. Examples: On Easter Sunday of 2008‚ 11-year-old Kara Neumann of Weston‚ Wisconsin‚ suffered waves of nausea as she lay motionless
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Strait Islander People Why are Indigenous people in Australia still disadvantaged with regard to health care and services? For the last 200 years Indigenous people have been victims of discrimination‚ prejudice and disadvantage. Poor education‚ poor living conditions and general poverty are still overwhelming issues for a large percentage of our people and we remain ‘as a group‚ the most poverty stricken sector of the working class’ in Australia (Cuthoys 1983). As a people‚ our rate of
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Richard How the Royal Proclamation benefited the indigenous people After the seven year war‚ the British had won‚ but were they to do with 70 000 French colonist and indigenous people who had sided with the French? The British government had decided to create a treaty called The Royal Proclamation which the French people had signed and had affected the French colonist and indigenous people as well. This treaty benefited the indigenous people in many different ways. The British government had created
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State of Indigenous languages in Australia - 2001 by Patrick McConvell Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Nicholas Thieberger The University of Melbourne November 2001 Australia: State of the Environment Second Technical Paper Series No. 2 (Natural and Cultural Heritage) Environment Australia‚ part of the Department of the Environment and Heritage © Commonwealth of Australia 2001 This work is copyright. It may be reproduced in whole or in
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Religion is a unified system of beliefs‚ rituals‚ and practices that typically involve a broader community of believers who share common definitions of the sacred and the profane. Anthropologists study religion because they want to evaluate the relation to other social institutions‚ and the comparison of religious beliefs and practices across cultures. In “Around the World in 80 Faiths‚” a faith that I learned about is "Islam and spirit worship" the sword stabbing ritual performed by the Bugis people
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“This is the welfare generation‚ and that is incredibly sad. That will be judged in history as being far worse; I believe‚ than the stolen generation‚ because we are literally losing thousands and thousands of our indigenous brothers and sisters to the effect of welfare- drugs‚ gunja‚ low morale‚ alcoholism. I see it every day and it can stop. The solution is education‚ training and a guaranteed opportunity.” – Andrew Forrest Andrew Forrest suggests that aboriginal Australians are worse off now
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Indigenous communities have been the targets of many groups that believe they are superior; this belief has resulted in them to be mistreated‚ and ignored. However‚ their principles have allowed them to view humanity differently and appreciate their surroundings. In the article‚ The Study of Indigenous Political Economies and Colonialism in Native California: Implication for Contemporary Tribal Groups and Federal Recognition‚ Lightfoot et al. showed that Native Californians lost their traditions
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