The Polygamy Debate Is Polygamy Next? from the July 02‚ 2013 eNews issue Many homosexual activists claimed that Christians were promoting a “slippery slope” argument that did not exist‚ that legalizing homosexual marriage would lead to legalizing other forms of marital unions which‚ today‚ are outside of the mainstream. They contend that just because homosexuals would be able to marry‚ that does not mean that polygamous (same-sex) or polyamorous (many mixed-sex partners) unions would eventually
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solely upon the authority of the person who uttered the words. As such‚ in the OT‚ the phrase Word of God conveys that the words shared by the authors and “sacred writers” is drawing upon the ultimate authority. It is this context that many fundamentalist readers of the Old Testament fail to recognise. In considering the OT meaning of “the Word of God”‚ it is important to recognise that the voice of God found in the canon of scriptures known as the Old Testament still speaks strongly to us thousands
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The stories of Her origins are often somewhat climactic. In one very popular story She is said to have been ’born’ in a battle between the gods and the ’asuras’‚ or titans. I would not call these forces ’evil’ in the same way that some fundamentalist Christians might. The titans of Hindu mythos are necessary elements of the universal play (’lila’) that the Cosmos - the myriad manifestation of Brahman (tao) makes possible. Though Kali is associated with divinity‚ She has also been called
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the Muslim countries have been rendered totally ineffective and they are seen dancing to the tune set by ’Champions’ of the New World Order. On the other hand‚ those Muslim countries who have seen through their cunning game‚ are being dubbed as fundamentalists. They are denigrated as bigots and reactionaries and listed as rogue states. A strange irony of fate‚ indeed! Events of recent world history go to prove beyond doubt that Western World is in the grip of a nervous fear with regard to the resurgence
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Emma Birch Student ID: TUR14000993 ABC Level 3 Certificate in Counselling Skills Assignment 6: ‘person centred approach’. Course criteria covered: Unit 2 1.1 Explain the historical development of the person-centred approach to counselling‚ including the people influential in its development. 1.2 Explain the philosophical basis of the person-centred approach. 1.3 Explain
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Anthropology Essay – is neoliberalism the best way for advancement in globalisation Draft 1 Neoliberalism is a theory of political economic practices proposing that human well-being can best be advanced by the maximization of entrepreneurial freedoms within an institutional framework characterized by private property rights‚ individual liberty‚ unencumbered markets‚ and free trade. Neoliberalization has in effect swept across the world like a vast tidal wave of institutional reform and discursive
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it looks like Christian and Islam have oppressed female. However‚ as the article’s author says‚ it do not depend on what the religion praise‚ but on what believers think and do. I t means that the problem is not the religions itself‚ but the fundamentalists are the ones which lead other people to think that religion in special Islam is a source of negative treatment against women. The author which is a believer tries to portray that at the end the “gender roles” are not a problem‚ it is important
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Theme 1 - Lesson 1: TEXT: Clash of civilization? Salman Rushdie: Fighting the forces of Invisibility. From: Washington Post‚ October 2‚ 2001. Phase of presentation Ethos: Rushdie starts out referring to a newspaper column that he wrote in January 2000‚ here he makes clear that his predictions came true and that the worst case scenario might be to surrender all liberty rights for security and temporary safety. The main point he presents is fear of an invisible democracy after the terror
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which are ruled by traditional monarchies which dominate the people and have not yet permitted parties‚ or in another case none have emerged.# The three main branches of authoritarian government that have been seen in recent years are religious fundamentalist authoritarianism‚ Fascism‚ and Communist government. All branches are authoritarian‚ as both adhere to the basic definition of authoritarianism; they are ’characterised by‚ or favouring absolute obedience to authority‚ as against individual freedom
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Introduction The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) provide a new consensus for development towards 2015. They aim to "address the problems of extreme poverty in its many dimensions - income poverty‚ hunger‚ disease‚ lack of adequate shelter‚ and exclusion‚ while promoting gender equality‚ education‚ and environmental sustainability". These goals relate to various dimensions of fundamental human rights‚ as set out by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the rights and development frameworks
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