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- 2721: George Washington
- ... presided over the formation and initial operation of the new government. His stiff dignity and sense of propriety postponed the emergence of the fierce partisanship that would characterize the administrations of his three immediate successorsβ"John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. He also made several decisions of far-reaching importance. He instituted the cabinet, although no such body was envisioned by the Constitution. He remained socially aloof from Congress, thus ...
- 2722: Religions' Views on Life After Death
- ... York: Kennikat Press, Inc., 1967. Rinpoche, Sogyal. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992. Stevenson, Sinclair. The Heart of Jainism. New York: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1915. Young, John. Christianity. Chicago: NTC Publishing Group, 1996.
- 2723: Islamic Religion
- ... Muslims believe that God is One, indivisible, and they also believe in all the prophets of the Christians and Jews including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, Elias, Jonah, John the Baptist, and Jesus. In Islam there is no other individual like Him, and no one else worthy of worship. The followers of Islam, called Muslims believe in one God Allah in Arabic, and that ...
- 2724: The Protestant Reformation
- ... oppression, which came from the authorities trying to maintain control over them. Lutheranism was the first major group, but following it were the rise of the Calvinists. Calvinism was very strong in Switzerland and Scotland. John Calvin was born in Switzerland and began as a Lutheran. He had a very stern faith in which he believed strongly in predestination, it influenced political developments and relations with other Protestant states as well ...
- 2725: The Journey of Lewis and Clark
- ... Blackfeet Indians and killed two of them. Clark's group returned by way of the Yellowstone River. The groups met where the Yellowstone joins the Missouri. At Mandan Indian villages, one member of the party, John Colter, got permission to leave the party for life of a trapper, and returned to the Mountains. Sacajawea, whose service had been very valuable, also left the party with her family. The expedition reached St ...
- 2726: Christianity
- ... total extermination of the Indians was common. U.S. President Jackson a Christian,-after his presidency was over- still was recommending that American troops specifically seek out and systematically kill Indian women and children. Col. John Chivington, a former Methodist minister, lead 700 heavily armed soldiers in to a Arapaho a Cheyenne village named Sand Creek, Colorado on a mission, which he announced was to "kill and scalp all, little and ...
- 2727: Buddha
- ... be forgotten. "Everything that has been created is subject to decay and death. Everything is transitory. Work out your own salvation with diligence." -Buddha (Wangu, page 31) Bibliography "Buddha and Buddhism." Encyclopedia Americana. 1990. Cohen, John Lebold. Buddha. Mary Frank, 1969. Pardue, Peter A. "Buddha." Encyclopedia of World Biography. McGraw Hill, 1973. "The Buddha and Buddhism." The New Encyclopedia Britannica. 1990. Wangu, Madhu Bazaz. Buddhism. New York: Facts On File, 1993 ...
- 2728: Your Journey Toward Christ
- Your Journey Toward Christ The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy (John 10:10). How do evil spirits interfere with our lives? Let me answer with a simple illustration. Imagine that you are standing at one end of a long, narrow street lined on both sides with ...
- 2729: Christianity and Racism
- ... As punishment God makes them "white as snow", or leprous. This passage makes it clear that God was angry at Aaron and Miriam for rejecting Moses' wife on the basis of her ethnicity (Holder, 5). John 4: 7-38 describes Jesus' encounter with the woman from Samaria. This woman was obviously not of Jewish decent; she also had had five husbands and was currently living with a man who was not ...
- 2730: George Washington
- ... presided over the formation and initial operation of the new government. His stiff dignity and sense of propriety postponed the emergence of the fierce replacement that would characterize the administrations of his three immediate successorsJohn Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. He also made very important decisions. He also establised the cabinet, although no such body was never thought of by the Constitution. He remained as a low socially standered ...
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