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    discussion. Regarding religion and the lifestyle which accompanies it‚ I often defensively face opposition. Sean McDowell touched on the humbling action of loving our enemies and how this single action can affect entire relationships. If sharing our faith or even discussing it turns into a battle of the lifestyles‚ the entire point of sharing is lost. Seeing the individual as a human loved by God and trying to figure life out just as we all are is the only solution to self-righteous attitudes. Edifying

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    In the 21st Century when we consider the Greeks we think about the philosophers‚ the Greek language the Greek myths and legends‚ the architecture and of course the gods. We have studied the Philosophers in great depth and know a lot about their theories. We have a wide knowledge of Greek architecture‚ how they built the temples‚ specific styles they adopted. We know a lot of facts about the Greek gods‚ however the thought behind them is not considered in as much detail. We have not come up with a

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    witnesses believe that people do not have separately existing spirits and will either die and join Jehovah in Heaven or simply cease to exist. Aside from these differences‚ both religions believe in preaching the word of the Lord and spreading the faith‚ but both religions do so in very different ways. While Jehovah’s Witnesses preach from door to door‚ Catholics preach the Gospel at mass. Both Jehovah’s Witnesses and Catholics attend a service of some sort on Sundays and holy days of obligation.

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    I agreed because I had a little brother who was interested in attending and I would never discourage his faith because of my beliefs. What I didn’t know was that it was to be the most life changing experience I had to this day. I walked into camp thinking that I would hate it‚ and for the first few days I did‚ than I started making friends and things seemed

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    depending on the beliefs of that particular Religion. Religion can also be defined as a system of faith in which the ‘followers’ of these deities or deity pursue the higher being with great devotion; performing acts in which they believe will please the higher beings. Humans need faith as this is what sets ground rules for humans to follow. Faith succours human beings in gaining goodness and everlasting life. Faith is similar to belief. We can undoubtedly claim that belief exists in the minds of every human

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    Rebecca Salazar Phase 5 Individual Project 5 World Values and Cultures March 25‚ 2013 Instructor: Samuel Crockett Christian and Islam Religions Many religions have similar beliefs and traditions. Although they believe in the same God‚ there beliefs in other aspects may be different. Christian and Islamic religions have many of the same thoughts on how the world was created and how it will end. The middle may be a little different but yet the same. Christians believe that God created the

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    text Mary was solidly grounded in her faith making and well knowledgeable The Puritan Belief is one that was quite popular in the colonies at that time. Major Puritan beliefs are taken seriously. A Puritan had to be a hard worker‚ be honest about everything and to be able to be self sufficient even though they believed that life on this earth was of little importance‚ that they shouldn’t worry too much because life is temporary. That all people’s faith is already predetermined from the second

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    especially a system of political or social philosophy that rejects all forms of religious faith and worship The view that public education and other matters of civil policy should be conducted without the introduction of a religious element What is secularism? Secularism as a modern political and constitutional principle involves two basic propositions. The first is that people belonging to different faiths and sections of society are equal before the law‚ the Constitution and government policy

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    reasonable for Montezuma to believe anything that the god is telling him. May this in fact be his down fall? Gaining this knowledge and accepting that his own beliefs may be flawed‚ he allows Cortes to indoctrinate the Aztec people into the Christian faith forsaking their own belief and thereby forfeiting their way of life. Believing Cortes to be Quetzalcoatl‚ Montezuma begins to question the outcome of his actions

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    community called a Church‚ all those who adhere to them” –Durkheim (Henslin‚ 2009‚ p. 374). When sociologists do research on religion they’re goal is not to prove that one religion is better than another nor is it their goal to prove or disprove anyone’s faith but to analyze the relationship between society and religion and study the role religion plays in people’s lives (Henslin‚ 2009‚ p. 374). Religion can be important to people in many different ways. There are functional things like giving people an

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