have a horse-like head and a curled tail. They have developed many unique adaptations such as mobile eyes and a long snout that help them survive in the seas and oceans. The most interesting thing about seahorses to most people though‚ is that the male becomes pregnant. Many people are fascinated by the seahorse and they begin to keep them as pets. Because of their removal from the ocean for this reason and many others such as Chinese medicine and beach souvenirs‚ they have become highly demanded
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Himself to humanity. Thus the doctrine of divine revelation is espoused: It pleased God‚ in his goodness and wisdom‚ to reveal himself and to make known the mystery of his will. (DV 1)[1] Further‚ the Church teaches that it is through Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition‚ closely bound together‚ that this revelatory communication takes place. (cf. DV 9)[2] It is from this point of view that we have looked‚ in this paper‚ on the discussion of divine revelation. Realising that this is a wide
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Orissa Review * December - 2008 Female Foeticide in India : A Serious Challenge for the Society Dr. Krushna Chandra Jena Introduction : Women who constitute half a human population have been discriminated‚ harassed and exploited irrespective of the country to which they belong‚ unmindful of the religion which they profess and oblivious of the timeframe in which they live.1 Everywhere women are confronted with many challenges. Female foeticide is perhaps one of the worst forms of violence
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Analysis of The Divine Comedy The selected text comes from The Divine Comedy‚ written by Dante Alighieri‚ an Italian poet. It is a part of Canto XXIV‚ where Dante goes down to the seventh chasm of the eighth cycle in Hell with Virgil’s help. The seventh chasm is the Thieves’ place which is filled with “a terrible confusion of serpents‚ and Thieves madly running.” This short selected text links the previous passages with later passages by developing of the scenario of The Divine Comedy. In this
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Topic: Universities should accept equal numbers of male and female students in every subject. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience. Write at least 250 words. Gender equality has become a hot topic all over the world recently. Some people claim that this should begin with universities’ accepting equal number of males and females in every subject. Though this claim may well have merit‚ it only
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The divine intervention of the gods in human affairs is a familiar aspect in the epic poem‚ The Odyssey by Homer. Throughout the first five books of the tale‚ there are several occurrences where gods interfere in the lives of both Odysseus and his son Telémakhos. Sometimes these interferences are to push forwards Odysseus’ nostros‚ for example Athena encouraging Telémakhos of the possibilities of his father being alive and to go out and find him; however Poseidon‚ Odysseus’ divine antagonist strives
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The Divine Comedy‚ written by Dante Alighieri‚ analyzes life after death in aspects that many beings do not consciously admire. Dante takes the reader along on an adventure through Hell‚ Purgatory‚ and Paradise. Though Dante is the author‚ he is also the main character of this journey through the afterlife. Dante uses both first person point of view and impeccable imagery in his developing of the themes of The Divine Comedy. There are three main themes throughout the poem: the perfection of God
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The Divine Right Monarchy was a concept of government. It stated that all power comes from God‚ God has absolute power‚ the king represents God and is all powerful‚ to disobey God is a sin and to disobey the king is a crime. Therefore‚ kings were not held liable for their behavior by any physical government. The Divine Right theory can be traced back to the Bible; specifically Romans chapter 13. It states‚ “Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except
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the Will‚ p. 73) Free will is the ability to make our own choices in issues regarding all aspects of life. It is a power that enables us to make our own choices that are not affected by external factors such as divine will. Therefore‚ each one sins by his/her own will. While‚ divine foreknowledge is the fact that God has complete knowledge of what will happen in the future. In “On Free Choice of the Will”‚ St. Augustine discusses a critical issue which is the incompatibility of man’s free will
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The Divine Command Theory The Divine Command Theory states that whatever God says is so‚ simply because God said so. Meaning X is morally right because God says so and Y is morally wrong because God says so. This theory states that things are wrong or right simply because God says‚ not because of what we consider to be morally right or wrong‚ but just because of what God says. One argument that goes against the Divine Command Theory is the right becomes wrong argument. Example: If the DCT
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