Sally R. Young Young1 Professor Carol Lawson Religion 101 March 25‚ 2013 GAY MARRIAGE ISSUES Gay Marriage is a controversial topic both in society and in churches in the United States today. Proponents for gay marriage believe that same sex couples are entitled to all the rights and benefits bestowed on traditional couples allowed by law and church to marry. Today‚ more states and churches are agreeing with this position and allowing civil unions between same gender couples;
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MCJ-202 Foundation of Criminology 1. Are there injurious acts in the society that are not considered and punished as crimes? Give at least 5 and explain. Answer: There are some injurious acts in the society that are not considered as crime‚ because our law is a Reactive and not Proactive mean: the we considered what is the result of what you have done and not the motive or reason of what you have done. Examples of these are: • Drunk Driving Traffic fatalities caused by drivers
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A Review of Eric Foner’s “Reconstruction Revisited” Jonathan Fetterley History 202: American History 1840-1900 August 4‚ 2014 In 1982 Eric Foner‚ a historian and writer‚ penned an article called “Reconstruction Revisited”. In this article he expressed his views on the Reconstruction period of American history‚ and how this period of time had become the subject of much debate. To begin this discussion Foner writes‚ "historians have failed to produce a coherent modern portrait of
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very important‚ according to Proverbs 3:5-6 "to trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him and he will direct thy paths." In defending inerrancy I chose to stand behind the Biblical Argument because as it states in Evangelical Dictionary of Theology‚ 2nd ed; “The scriptures are the breath of god; which guaranteed they are without error." John 1:1 reads "In the beginning was the word‚ the word was with God‚ and the word was
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s thou hast sent me into the world‚ even so have I also sent them into the world “(John 17:18‚ KJV). In this passage of scripture‚ Jesus is having a conversation with his heavenly father. They are discussing Jesus’ purpose for being on Earth-his mandate. Jesus informs his heavenly father that just as you have sent me into the world to tell men of you‚ I am doing the same. Jesus as our example. As Christian educators we are required to recognize our place in this world but not be overcome by this
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PRINCIPLE OF EPIKEIA Definition Epikeia. n. The principle in ethics that a law can be broken to achieve a greater good. Reasonable Ancient Greek Presented by Aristotle Explained and retained by St. Thomas Aquinas in Summa Theologica “It was not possible to lay down rules of law that would apply to every single case. Legislators attend to what commonly happens‚ although if the law be applied to certain cases it will frustrate the equality of justice and be injurious to the common good‚ which the
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Right now my degree is set as a General Business degree and I am in the process of eliminating core basic classes so I am not really sure what type of business degree I will be pursuing but I will be talking about my current career for this topic which I am a police officer. I know right now and recently with the news reports‚ cell phone clips‚ and stories from the public about police officers‚ they give all police officers a bad name. In my line of work‚ we are constantly in the public eye and
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A COVENANT IN BIBLICAL AND LEGAL TERMS The goal of this particular essay is to explain the various covenants in which the Bible mentions. This paper shall compare the Biblical covenants with the legal covenants. DEFINITION: Before the author of this paper can move forward one must first define what a covenant is. According to http://www.merriram-webster.com/dictionary/convenant it tells us this is merely a written promise/agreement between two or more parties. However‚ when referring to the Bible
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Biblical Integration and Counseling Practices Abstract The integration of biblical practices and counseling has been discussed for decades. There is an increased interest in spiritual and emotional health‚ among Christian counselors and with secular therapists as well. Understanding the differences between implicit and explicit integration practices in therapy help a therapist to decide which techniques should be used appropriately in therapy. There are critics who claim there is no way to
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Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof‚ Covering Her Head‚ and Calling Her Husband Master‚ author Rachel Held Evans records a year in which she pursues a life of absolute biblical womanhood. Through depictions of her own experiences and analyzing scripture‚ Held Evans concludes that an unconditional model of biblical womanhood does not exist‚ a much needed reassurance for many religious women. In response to the ever-growing notion of biblical womanhood
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