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- 9531: Comprehensive Arguements for the Existence of God
- ... faith. We all know that someday we will ‘physically’ die, Yet, we continuously deny the forces working inside ourselves which want to search out the true outcome of what may or may not come after death. It’s far easier for humanity to accept that they will go on to a safe haven and be forgiven for all, rather than to question the existence of a super omnipotent being. Fortunately, there ...
- 9532: Confucius and Confucianism
- ... which were developed around this time. These religions were to Confucianism as night is to day, in other words, they were exact opposites. Buddhism and Taoism were largely concerned with the meaning of suffering and death, while Confucianism largely ignored these. The revival of Confucianism began around the 600's and was fully revived by the 700's. In the 1100's, there was a movement lead by Zhu-Xi called ...
- 9533: Who is the Christ of First Corinthians?
- ... creator (3:10-15). The crucifixion of Christ was the final step in laying the foundation of the church. All through his life, Jesus was laying stone after stone, but it never was completed. His death and resurrection completed his work. Paul recognized that the Corinthians were real people with real problems. In an attempt to bring a sense of order to their lives, Paul founded a small church there. When ...
- 9534: The Reformation of European Religion
- ... time later and was succeeded by his older half-sister, Mary, a devout Roman Catholic. She tried to re-institute the Roman church in England and made it more unpopular in the process. Upon her death, Elizabeth, Anne Boleyn’’s daughter, took the throne and England became Protestant once more. England’’s Reformation was associated the least with the Italian Renaissance, making it a perfect example of the non-factor that ...
- 9535: Hinduism
- ... believe in Karma, a kind of belief in predestination where the law of cause and effect has great influence. Regardless of whether or not they believe in Karma or reincarnation, they do believe that upon death, whether it be after one life or many, they absorb into Brahman. Brahman is what makes Hinduism monotheistic despite the worship of many gods and goddesses. Brahman is all gods. “Though men call it by ...
- 9536: Early Roman Religion
- ... they played in civilization. In these next paragraphs a more in depth description of the gods and their roll in Roman civilization. Jupiter was the king of the gods and the lord of life and death. He was also called Jove. Jupiter was the son of Saturn and Rhea, the husband of Juno, and the father of Minerva. The Romans identified him with the Greek god Zeus, but he contained his ...
- 9537: Dualism In Christianity and Zoroastrianism
- ... Testament, where he is referred to as “the tempter,” “the slanderer,” “the enemy,” “the liar,” and “the angel of the bottomless pit.” Collectively, these titles present Satan as the one who has the power of death, rules with leis and deception, accuses human kind before God, and opposes the purpose of God in the world while remaining obedient to God. No where in the bible though is explained Satan’s origin ...
- 9538: Noah's Ark and The Great Flood
- ... there were only two (or seven, depending) of each species, how did they manage to travel thousands of miles back to their place of origin without being eaten, dying in accidents or of starving to death due to lack of their normal (specialized) food supply? The Dinosaurs and the Fossil Record This is an area that causes problems for Flood-theorists. They usually state that dinosaur bones we find today are ...
- 9539: The Essenes of Qumran
- ... their daily lifestyle was that no food should be eaten that was ceremonial unclean. This directly parallels the Hebrew tradition of eating kosher foods during Passover. If this rule was broken, the standard punishment was death by starvation. The Essenes were also one of the first communities to condemn slavery. They believed that every man was allowed to express his opinion and to vote. It has been reported that they bought ...
- 9540: Saint Thomas Aquinas: Proof of the Existence of God
- ... belief in a more powerful presence which either guided, foretold, or assisted in day-to-day life. Even the most primitive people, the earliest hominids, held notions of a place where they went after their death, as well as performing rituals before going on hunts - presumably in order to receive blessing and aid from somewhere or someone . They have also been known to bury their dead in the fetal position, reproducing ...
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