As the end of the year 2012 approached‚ the passing of the Sin Tax Bill grew into being the “talk of the town” – or perhaps‚ of the entire country. On the 20th of December of the same year‚ President Noynoy Aquino finally signed Republic Act No. 10351‚ better known as the Sin Tax Reform Act of 2012 which was implemented on January of the year 2013.The sin tax law is expected to raise 30 billion pesos ($750 million) which will be used for the health care services for over 5 million poor families just
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In her article entitled “Abortion is Not a Sin”‚ Poppy Dixon makes the claim that abortion is not a sin because the Bible does not label it as a sin. In fact‚ Dixon boldly states that those who regard abortion as sinful are committing the sins of idolatry and blasphemy. This controversial statement stirs up a very heated argument. As a Christian‚ I strongly disagree with this statement. The idea of abortion not being a sin is totally unbiblical. Dixon‚ takes scriptures and twists them to justify
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Occasion of Sin Diarmaid Ferriter was born in Dublin 1972‚ and is one of Ireland’s prominent historians. Ferriter is a ‘professor of modern Irish history at University City Dublin’[1] and a “broadcaster with RTÉ radio and television.”[2] The book ‘Occasions of Sin’ covers a range of subjects including: abortion‚ pregnancy‚ celibacy‚ contraception‚ censorship‚ infanticide‚ homosexuality‚ prostitution‚ marriage‚ popular culture‚ and social life. He also explores various ‘hidden Ireland’s’[3] associated
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Grace and Sin Introduction (Grace is a liberating force that frees us from sin but in order to discover it we must first encounter radical sinfulness) In order to understand grace we need to develop a deep sense and understanding of sin. The nature of sin stems from original sin within Genesis. We were created free with the capacity for moral badness. In order to become good we need to be trained to see what is missing. Those who seek will find. The nature of sin results in personal‚ cultural
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Sin Tax: Form Your Own Opinion Use complete sentences and save this form to KSpall’s folder on www.saveschoolwork.com. Lastname.Sintax.doc or write our your answers and turn in at end of period. Reference Websites: Use these websites and others you find on your own. http://micurl.com/dvEii (Sin Taxes in Chicago) http://micurl.com/jejjk (History of Sin Taxes) http://micurl.com/bnlzt (President Obama’s recent comments on taxing soda) http://nofoodtaxes.com (Americans Against Food Taxes)
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the events in this couple’s daily life. Yet‚ it is obviously a woman‚ due to the tone of the poem: how she sees the careless husband and notices household disorder. Being in variance with many modern text analysts‚ I must say that the poem ‘Living in Sin’ is completely autobiographic. It has been written by Adrienne Rich during the first months of her own marriage and conveys her own disappointment in what is left after the romantic prelude. To understand the poem one must notice that it is wholly
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authors have portrayed their versions in their works. One of the best known authors is Dante Alighieri who wrote “The Divine Comedy”. In “Volume I: Inferno” Dante describes his version of hell in detail. There are nine circles of hell according to Dante; some even have multiple levels within themselves. Each level is centered on a specific kind of sinner that has to spend eternity in hell and they suffer a punishment that they have to endure for eternity. In the beginning of civilization in the Mediterranean
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According to The Psychology of Emotions in Dante`s Inferno by John Alcorn in the Pedagogy he states that “Dante brings to life pain and suffering in Hell”. Throughout the story Dante describes what he experiences throughout the levels of hell and what is happening in each level. In order to better understand and appreciate Dante’s Inferno‚ one must examine the setting‚ language‚ and male roles. In the beginning of the story Dante describes the setting of where he wakes up as “this wood of wilderness
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Taylor Bleth Johns World Lit. 10-6 15 February 2012 Dante’s Inferno Research: The Fifth Circle In Dante’s Inferno‚ there are nine levels of Hell which are distinguished based upon the specific sin of a mortal being. In the Inferno‚ the fifth circle is the realm where the wrathful and the sullen sinners reside. “Wrath and sullenness are basically two forms of a single sin: anger that is expressed (wrath) and anger that is repressed (sullenness)” (danteworlds.com). These sinners are the beings
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Dante ’s Inferno Vs. Milton ’s Paradise Lost The two stories‚ Inferno by Dante and Paradise Lost by Milton‚ were written about the biblical hell and its keeper: Satan. Both of these authors had different views about the hell and Satan. In Paradis Lost‚ Milton wrote that Satan used to be an angel of God. The devil believed that he was equal to the Lord and he wanted to be greater than him. For this‚ God banished him to hell. Milton ’s physical description of Satan is interesting. Since he
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