The human race is made up of people of all kinds‚ from all walks of life‚ don’t you agree? From different nationalities‚ religions‚ genders‚ ethnicities‚ races to lifestyles‚ philosophies and classes. We are so wonderfully diverse yet we don’t seem to realize or appreciate this. We choose instead to embrace discrimination‚ racism and prejudice‚ towards others that we perceive as different from us. This should not be so as Dorothy Height once said‚ “We cannot afford to be separate…..We have to see
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Why believe in God? For my adult Catholic trying to lead the Christ-life‚ it is useful to recall the reasons for believing. It is helpful to review why we know that God is exists. Is there a God? Is there a God above and beyond us all? Above our life and death‚ above our joys and sorrows‚ above our world and space program? For thinking people‚ this is really the important question. Is there a God? People have been asking this questions for as long as people have been thinking‚ but now so much
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Why do people lie? Do you dislike people who lie? Why do you dislike being lied to? It is a matter of trust. There is really nothing more sacred in a relationship than trust for one another. We all lie from time to time. It is almost reasonable to say that lying is an instinct because even young children lie without realizing it. Being lied to is frustrating and it breaks a bond of trust between two people‚ causing problems in their relationship. Why do people lie? For self-defense‚ to spare feelings
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Islam is one of the biggest religions in the modern world. Islam was created in the 600s and grew quickly over the next few decades. However‚ the question is‚ why did Islam spread so quickly? Islam spread quickly because of flourishing trade routes‚ military conquests out of Mecca‚ and the appeal of its central ideology. One of the biggest reasons that Islam spread so quickly was because of the connecting trade routes. Mecca was a very prosperous and important city‚ that was the crossroads of a
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resurrection of the dead‚ but it does not specify whether this resurrection included the flesh or not. The Pharisees maintained an incredible influence among the people for many generations‚ so that even Herod the Great‚ was careful not to offend them. He had no regard for their religious teachings but was well aware of the power they had with the people and the threat they posed to the stability of his kingdom if he were to attack them. the Pharisees and Jesus objected to the way the Temple in Jerusalem
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Why did people want to come to the ’land of opportunity?’ Are you looking for a distant place that provides great opportunity and employment? You’ve hit jackpot! America‚ land of the free. Why America you ask? well‚ First of all‚ it offers vast plains for farm settlements and plenty of room. It has massive natural resources of oil‚timber and minerals as well as cheap land. American industries are leading the world with a grown economy and a need of constant supply of labour‚ therefore good
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I noted that Greece has always been a beautiful country that many people want to visit‚ but I asked‚ “Has it always been glamorous?” I believe there were many reasons why individuals should not have moved to ancient Greece during 430-429 BC. Four themes were used to support how war and diseases affect this civilization; the themes used were geography‚ science and technology‚ history‚ and culture. Generally‚ I would not have recommended someone move to ancient Greece because the Peloponnesian War
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World War One or ’The Great War’ as it got to be known happened because of numerous reasons‚ some of which are unexposed till today. The clear trigger for the war was the death of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on 28th June 1914. The death happened amid the Archduke’s visit to Sarajevo. The Archduke was focused because of the general feeling among Serbians that‚ once named to the throne‚ Ferdinand would proceed with the mistreatment of Serbs living inside the fringes of the Austro-Hungarian
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If Scientific Management is as outdated and inhuman as many organizational theorists believe‚ why is it so prevalent in contemporary organizations? Raymond Leung 1 Introduction Scientific management was first developed by an American‚ Frederick Winslow Taylor in the1880s ~1910s and has evolved a lot since then. It is a theory or school of thoughts about process improvement and management. It aims at maximizing efficiency‚ productivity‚ output with least cost and minimizing wastes. It was
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arrived in Jamestown. But by 1611‚ over three hundred would be dead! There are three main reasons why this horrible incident would have happened. There was not enough food‚ the water was unusable‚ and they didn’t have enough skillful workers to help them survive. One of the biggest problems for the colonists is that the droughts decreased their chances for growing crops‚ (Doc. B) and the food that they did have‚ wouldn’t have been enough to last the winter. (Doc. D) From about 1607 to 1612‚ Jamestown
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