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    power. Arguably the most influential of those was the Catholic Church‚ which was considered sacred and above the state in authority and importance. Although Voltaire was a deist‚ he despised the Church clergy for its corruption‚ impiousness‚ and hypocrisy. Having been sexually used by teachers while attending a Jesuit school‚ he harbored a special hatred towards the Jesuits. Yet his abhorrence of religion extended past Catholicism. Voltaire condemned Protestant clergy in much the same way as Catholic

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    Matthew 6: 1-15 Introduction: At one point of another we have all said or done things and then acted out the opposite‚ thus being a hypocrite. Hypocrisy is one of the underlying themes found in Matthew 6: 1-15. The Gospel of Matthew is a relatively easy passage to read‚ and according to Hauer and Young‚ “The Gospel of Matthew is nearly as overt as the Gospel of Mark is hidden.”[1] Matthew is organized into a fivefold pattern and two parts of the fivefold passage‚ “The higher Righteousness”

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    Voltaire and the Church Known for his wit and sarcasm‚ Voltaire was never afraid of letting his real views be seen. He commonly found ways to insult his rivals‚ or groups he detested‚ in not so secret ways. In his book Candide‚ Voltaire takes no exception to this precedent. Through his writing in Candide‚ Voltaire shows clear disdain for the institution of religion and the representatives of it. Through characters and plot events‚ Voltaire displays how‚ in his view‚ religion is driven by intolerance

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    age of politics and politicians are supreme everywhere. The gates of politics are wide open; anyone can join the vast society of politicians‚ learn their devious ways‚ especially their oratory‚ deceitful tactics and hypocrisy and thus become prosperous. Politics and hypocrisy have become inalienable from lies‚ change of color like the chameleon‚ and shift of loyalties to people who can pay them best. Consequently‚ politics has also become synonymous with endless graft and deep-rooted corruption

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    with precedent’. In these verses the use of metaphor is outlying the hypocrisy and sarcasm toward the Aboriginals. This is evident when the poet is relating to the ‘helpers’ in this case the ‘Christians’‚ (relating to Christianity or its teachings).They are suppose to be the righteous ones‚ the ones who help those in need‚ however when they come across the Aboriginals they ignore and say they have done enough. Overall hypocrisy is shown amongst the ‘Christians’‚ as they call themselves though they

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    The first and only time in U.S. history an amendment to the constitution was repealed occurred January 1919‚ in the United States. This amendment was based on the ban of the manufacture of alcohol. This ban of alcohol leads to many questions but there is one main question. Why did America change its mind? America changed its mind and repealed Prohibition for three reasons; crime‚ law enforcement‚ and economics. The first reason Americans changed their minds about Prohibition was that it led to many

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    (1621-95) Paradise Lost (1667) by John Milton‚ British author (1608-74)                    | 1660-1785  |  The Neoclassical Period1660-1700 The Restoration1700-1745 The Augustan Age (Age of Pope)1650-1750 Puritan/Colonial Literature (America) |  Tartuffe (1664) by French writer Moliere (1622-73)Alexander Pope (1688-1744)‚

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    merely liking dolls and declares “BE A MAN‚” yet wails at the death of his son‚ presents the hypocrisy of society. I don’t understand why the father cared when his son died‚ yet judged and deprived him of love based on a simple preference while he was alive. This is a lesson to love one another regardless of if our values or preferences relate‚ or differ. Overall‚ I enjoyed the poems irony and message of hypocrisy and neglect to further present the gravity of

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    To Kill a Mockingbird and the world today has many examples of evil‚ hypocrisy‚ and injustice. Many of the things wrong in today’s society are the same as they are in the book. One of the biggest evil themes is evil. One evil thing found in To Kill a Mockingbird is how Bob Ewell treats other people that aren’t his same race. Like the way he treated Helen when she was going to Link Deas to go to work and he kept on following her and saying mean things to her. Also‚ the way he was happy about Tom

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    autobiography is sincerity. “Use no hurtful deceit. Think innocently and justly‚ and if you speak‚ speak accordingly” (Franklin 80). Lets take a path through the journey of sincerity. Sincerity id being honest and telling the truth. Freedom from deceit‚ hypocrisy‚ or duplicity; probity in intention or in communicating; earnestness are other ways you can define sincerity. What really is sincerity? “Sincerity… Doesn’t mean sticking to a person when you don’t have any option. It means being in a relation with

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