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    Jewish Beliefs

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    Judaism is one (if not the) oldest practiced religions in the world. It is at over 2000 years old. It was started in Israel and is now practiced throughout the world. The Hebrew book helps us to understand the history of Jewish laws and faith. It is made up of several different books and it was not completed until 90 C.E.. It is divided into three separate sections: The Torrah ( The Teaching)‚ Ne’vim ( The Prophet)‚ and Ketuvim ( The Writings). The Torrah was once believed to have been wrote by Moses

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    Muslim Beliefs

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    the beliefs have primary position; they are the roots‚ and the practices are branches that are dependent for their existence on the roots. The primary belief is that of the Unity and Supreme Sovereignty of Allah‚ the Almighty‚ the Everpresent‚ the Everlasting‚ the All-knowing. Allah is Just. He sent prophets to convey His message. He ordained a Day of Judgement when the deeds of His creatures will be measured and rewarded or punished accordingly. Belief in Allah‚ therefore‚ entails belief in all

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    Families and Its Beliefs

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    Families and its beliefs A family is a group of people who help and care for each other and will stay together. In this generation many people do not have a blood related family. Families can be made with other relatives and friends. Families are the people to help when they are in need and have no one else to turn too. In the book‚ “Reviving Ophelia: saving the selves of adolescent girls‚” the author‚ Mary Pipher is trying to say that the community as a whole is the reason why so many families

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    The Ethics Of Belief

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    The Comparison of Ethics and Will in Belief Socrates is quoted as saying “ I cannot teach anybody anything‚ I can only make them think.” and that is what we are asked to do for this end of the term writing assignment. Philosophy‚ at least in my own case‚ has never been easy to understand‚ especially when talking about the religious implication. When it comes to those aspects I always tend to look in the direction of faith because I was born and raised a Christian. This is why comparing William

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    Dionysus Beliefs

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    Dionysus appears in all traditions as the representative of some power of nature. This productive‚ overflowing and intoxicating power of nature carries man away from his usual quiet and sober mode of living. Dionysus can be compared to his brother‚ Apollo (Nietszche in the Birth

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    BELIEF SYSTEM

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    Belief System Introduction Each country has its own culture as each person has his/her own religion. Belief system of a person or a society is the set of beliefs that they have about what things are right‚ wrong and what things are true‚ false. The personal beliefs of us play a small part in each religion‚ which it points out the special of it that no others can have. Religion is certainly a type of belief system‚ but not all belief systems are religion. Each individual person has different

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    Irrational Beliefs

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    Report on some of your own irrational beliefs that have gotten you off course and lowered your self-esteem.  Offer rational beliefs that you can take on to dispute your stinkin’ thinkin’.  How will changing your irrational beliefs help you to achieve your academic goals? Our upsets are caused not so much by our problems as by what we think about our problems. When our thinking is full of irrational beliefs‚ what Ellis calls "stinkin’ thinkin’"‚ we feel awful even when the circumstances don’t warrant

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    Customs Traditions and Rituals of the Indian Culture Nearly every country in the world possesses some form of religion. With religion comes the need for people to express their beliefs. Often times‚ these expressions are seen as religious customs and traditions. Along with these religious customs and traditions‚ most countries also posses customs and traditions practiced by even the average non-religious citizen. These customs can be enormous milestones in the lives of young-adults‚ or something

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    Katana Beliefs

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    Katana swords emerged around the fifteenth century in Japan‚ they are known for their sharp cutting single edge structure and curved shape. Around this same time‚ the European longsword‚ which is known for its long doubled edged blade‚ emerged. Separated by distance and cultures‚ the Japanese katana and European longswords are very different from each other. Human systems present at the time in Europe and Japan can account for the differences between the swords. Culturally‚ the katana was associated

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    The Ethics of Belief

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    “The Ethics of Belief” by William K. Clifford Clifford’s main thesis in “The Ethics of belief” is it it always wrong to believe something without sufficient evidence. It means people cannot believe and trust anything with no evidence to prove if it’s wrong or right. And also no matter what evidence is‚ wrong belief is wrong event. Like you can’t believe God because there’s no such evidence to prove the God is really exists. No one actually see the God and talk to s/he‚ to prove that God is

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