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    The theistic argument that I think is most plausible is the Cosmological Argument. I think this because to me this is the only argument that is plausible because things do not exist without a cause. For example‚ people and animals do not exist without reproduction. People must have a first cause to be created and exist. “The cosmological argument for God’s existence goes like this: The world could not exist on its own so there must have been a first cause that brought it into being. This first

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    century that people live in today‚ people are always carrying around water bottles. Whether they be in a Tervis Tumblr‚ or in plastic bottle people always have water with them. While people think most people may drink tap water‚ they would be wrong. Most people drink tap water because is it safer for the environment. And it does not take as much water as people think it takes to produce bottled water. And it also is a healthier choice than any other drink‚ even over tap water. Most people think that

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    People do acts of kindness for a reason. People help others because they are in need and because they can get a benefit out of it. For example‚ I live in Texas and over the summer we had many catastrophic events. Including hurricanes through the Houston and Corpus Christi area. There was another through Puerto Rico and many earthquakes happened in Mexico. Many people lost their lives‚ homes‚ and all of their belongings. As a close church community‚ we were able to incorporate other church communities

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    Prisons are places where people give up their freedom‚ privacy‚ control and sometimes even their dignity. Losing your minds in prison is a common occurrence due to the restriction of movement and isolation that many prisoners experience. There are many people around them but they feel alone because they are away from their friends and family. If they are in prison for a lesser crime or a crime committed out of necessity then they feel alone in their ideals because they consider themselves a “regular”

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    I believe that people are naturally good to others‚ because there isn’t as much cold-hearted people as there is with the good-people. In the world there is a lot of good people that will go out of there way to help anyone that they can. During hurricane Harvey majority of the people that were stuck at there homes couldn’t go anywhere they would have to stay out there house till someone came to get them. People say there isn’t enough people good people in the world but after everything that happened

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    People who willingly put themselves in life-or-death situations should have to pay for their cost of rescue. When they violate safety regulations in an obvious way‚ people should be taught a lesson. While some people violate the safety regulations‚ others are too scared to call because they fear the bill. When they delay the call‚ they make their situation worse. Above all‚ the mission is to save everyone‚ and you can’t put a price on that. First of all‚ people who violate safety regulations in

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    1. African-Americans comprise only 13% of the U.S. population and 14% of the monthly drug users‚ but are 37% of the people arrested for drug-related offenses in America. 2. Studies show that police are more likely to pull over blacks or Latinos than whites. After being arrested‚ African-Americans are 33% more likely than whites to be detained while facing a felony trial in New York. 3. In 2010‚ the U.S. Sentencing Commission reported that African Americans receive 10% longer sentences than whites

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    different marshmallows. My hypothesis was correct. I had 7 people out of 14 people choose marshmallow three. I believe they chose marshmallow three because it had the most sugar. The first marshmallow came next in the highest votes. The first marshmallow didn’t have a lot of sugar‚ it only had ½ cup of sugar and 1/3 cup of corn syrup which balanced out and made the marshmallow taste better than the second marshmallow. I was confused when only two people chose the second marshmallow. I got responses that

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    Tick‚ tick‚ tick. Forty minutes had passed since Chief Parker dragged me into the police station though to the rest of the officers‚ it looked like I was there of my own free will. He grabbed my phone from my jacket pocket before leaving me alone in the small interrogation room: four blank concrete walls with a metal table‚ three uncomfortable chairs that were plucked from Hell itself‚ a two way mirror‚ and a table lamp that shined brightly on my face. ’ A camera was perched high in the left corner

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    Long time ago‚ majority of the people of the United States would agree that a person with a blue uniform with a bright yellow badge is mostly known as a police officer‚ which is an individual who helps the people in need of their assistance; however‚ these images have changed during the 21st century‚ violence between deputies and civilians as they battle each other to extreme measures. Having the media to record the situation‚ and spiralling into a heated debate on who had the fault; however‚ with

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