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    I. A secular humanism worldview believes that there is no God. The Humanist Manifesto II states that there is no real evidence to prove that there is a God. Secular Humanism believes that man is made up of matter and that the answer to our existence can be seen in nature that surrounds us‚ in other words‚ evolution. As naturalists‚ secular humanists’ believe in evolution. That man evolved from the nature and animals around us. Humans are not believed to be more important than animals because

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    Stereotype Threat

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    Supplemental Reading: Stereotype Threat In the article “A Threat in the Air: How Stereotypes Shape Intellectual Identity and Performance‚” Claude Steele discusses the empirical methods used to test a psychological theory called stereotype threat. Stereotype threat offers a new method for interpreting “group differences in standardized test scores‚” particularly for African-Americans taking standardized verbal tests and for women taking standardized math tests (p. 613). It states that if someone is

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    Secular Versus Christian Dating Society today has a very loose interpretation of dating. Teenagers are sexually active at an early age and most think that a sexual relationship is what love is about. A commitment to one person seems to be a thing of the past. God instructions in I Corinthians 6:18 are to “flee from sexual immorality” (Holy Bible‚ NKJV). As a believer we should be very selective in the person we want to be our mate for life. Secular views are to choose based on appearance

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    Assignment 1 Threat: An unauthorized employee tries to access data that is hosted on the server. Vulnerability: The organization does not use authentication and access controls. Likelihood: The likelihood is very low‚ depending on the organization and its budget. For the most part‚ most organizations have IT specialists that are tasked to keep everything on the network secure. In the government most all data is protected by multiple forms of security. LAN DOMAIN: Weak passwords could be

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    CHRISTIAN WORLDVIEW VS. SECULAR WORLDVIEW Every system of thought‚ every worldview has a concept of God. This even applies to the atheist because whatever a philosophy or religion chooses as its foundation is its God. Our entire western civilization was built on Christian principles. Today there are many views of God and many views of the world. The majority of the worldviews can be summed up into two major worldviews: a Christian worldview and a secular humanist worldview. Most people in

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    Artwork featuring religious themes is extremely beautiful and meaningful. When religion is portrayed through art there is rich symbolism and iconography. Because religious art is so important I decided to use such works in my exhibit‚ each piece is a wonderful representation of religions in art. All the artwork I chose had to fit the theme of world religion in art‚ so I found art that displayed world religions. I found a myriad of different artworks from different religions. For example‚ the statue

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    Religious Terrorism

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    Introduction Religion based terrorism is defined as a group whose motivations have a predominant religious influence or goal. In the last 30 years there has been an increase in terrorist activity motivated by religious beliefs. The different forms of religious terrorism are communal‚ genocidal‚ nihilistic‚ or revolutionary. Religious terrorism can be committed by a person‚ large movements‚ organizations‚ or governments. Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher was quoted in 1980 as saying

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    Throughout history‚ the Catholic intellectual tradition has shown and defined itself through literature‚ music and art. Equally‚ within these means of expression are a means to connect the human consciousness as a whole: it is through the examination of the history of the Catholic intellectual tradition that one is able to find a joining of human spirit‚ intellect‚ soul and emotion. Indeed‚ it is also through these creative expressions that the many facets of this approach to understanding human

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    The Tradition of Lebaran

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    often abbreviated as Eid is a Muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan‚ the Islamic holy month of fasting. In Indonesia‚ Eid is known as Idul Fitri (or more informally as Lebaran) and is a national holiday. According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Indonesia)‚ as the largest Muslim population than any other country in the world‚ with approximately 202.9 million identified as Muslim (88.2% of the total population) as of 2009; lots of Indonesian celebrate Lebaran. In Indonesia‚ it

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    Ethical Issues in Health & Social Care Ethical Considerations of Religious as opposed to secular education in The United Kingdom Level 6 BA (Hons) Health & Applied Social Studies Word Count 3051 In December of 2011‚ the Prime Minister‚ David Cameron stated that the UK is a ’Christian Country ’ and staunchly defended the role of religion in politics in British values. He stated that the UK needed Christian values in order to counter Britain ’s "moral collapse" and that previous

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