Religion in the World Today As Victor Hugo once said‚ “I am religiously opposed to religion” and I agree with him completely. Religion has been a part of our world for centuries but not everyone has to believe in the same thing or even have a religion of any kind‚ it is all a choice and a right that we are granted. When I was younger my parents decided that I could believe in anything I wanted to when I grew up and that they weren’t going to push a specific religion on me with explicit beliefs
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Religion and control of stress for national development Religion plays important roles in human’s life‚ activities and cultural practices. It restructures and influences his other endeavours including stress control. In Nigerian traditional ethnic groups‚ traditional religion plays important role in controlling the total life of the people. Today‚ apart from the traditional religion‚ Christianity and Islam are the two predominant religions practiced. Their cumulative effects of long patronage
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Religion has a negative impact on society. According to researchers‚ it decreases people’s motivation to pursue goals. Researchers believe that religious people rely very much on God and are hence unable to effectively drive themselves towards their goals. Religion has also been faulted for the rise of extremist terrorist groups. It has contributed to the social‚ cultural and economic development of many societies. Religion has been used as a tool to maintain political dominance of the world order
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PARADISE ROAD PARADISE ROAD: WORKSHEEETS Identify three characters in the film “paradise road” Adrienne Pargeted Daisy Margret Drummond Rosemary Leighton Jones In a paragraph‚ record the details of what happened in the film The film begins at Raffles hotel in Singapore‚ minutes prior to the Japanese invasion. After the sound of a bombing and the instructions of military officials‚ the women and children and boarded onto a boat set for safety but‚ after it was bombed‚ meant that the
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necessary for everyone to learn science? What is science? “Science is the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.” Science can be known as a subject‚ explanation and possibly our underlying belief. Among the humanity‚ there are diverse of religions; some believe in Buddhism‚ some believe in Christian‚ some believe in Science‚ because science is proved with mathematical methods
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their choices. Even in societies that do not function this way‚ the majority’s ways of thinking are reflected in how they act. Is this majority decision always right‚ however? Can the majority be trusted to make decisions and behave in ways that are considered "right"‚ "moral"‚ and "justified"? In my opinion‚ believing that the majority will always be right is a questionable and debatable belief‚ as it can often be a false assumption‚ and it should also be acknowledged that the majority itself will
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How to organize a commentary – general tips Structurally‚ the commentary is similar to the essays you have written in the IB program. There is an introduction‚ a body‚ and (to a lesser degree) a conclusion. In your introduction‚ put the extract in context‚ present a central assertion‚ and indicate the main developments or thematic clusters of the passage you will discuss INTRODUCTION You may very briefly summarize the piece. What’s the occasion here? For pieces studied in advance‚ provide context
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The conflict in Northern Ireland is likely one of the most closely watched and hotly debated disputes of our time. Spanning now for over a century‚ what remains at the root of the conflict is unclear. Many theories have developed over time‚ yet no one theory seems to adequately describe the complex struggle. The conflict has been divided down many lines; ethnically between the British and the Irish‚ geographically‚ between the North and the South of Ireland‚ and religiously between Protestants and
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Change Is Not Always Progress Let’s start off with something simple. Progress is “advancement” or “improvement”. Change? Change is “substituting/replacing” or “transforming”. So while change may not result in progress‚ progress definitely requires change. Change is inevitable‚ but whether or not this change is in the right direction‚ moving forward‚ is what determines if there is progress. Hence‚ it isn’t change‚ but progress‚ that we should be aiming for. Scientific and technological invention
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“Science not Religion explains the origins of the universe.” Do you agree? As far back as recorded history goes‚ there have been two sets of opposing ideas about beliefs and theories of the origin of the universe. It has either existed eternally with no beginning or end‚ or it was created at some point in time eventually coming to an end. There has been many various theories that science has put forth to explain the origin of the universe. But the question is “are they true and have enough evidence
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