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- 11731: Monotheism Vs. Polytheism; The
- ... Most traditions are polytheistic, or at least monotheistic with helper spirits; but there are a few monotheistic ones which posit a single Great Creator with no supporting cast. Except for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the world's religions are overwhelmingly polytheistic. One of the major problems of these monotheistic religions that polytheism characterized Abraham's ancestors (Josh. 24:2), kinsmen (Gen. 31:19), and descendants (Gen.35:2). Although all three ... unseemly and unwise to continue to "waver between two opinions" (I Kings 18:21). Polytheism characterizes Hinduism, Mahayana Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, and Shintoism in the East, and also contemporary African tribal religions. In the ancient world Egyptians, Babylonians, and Assyrians worshipped a plurality of deities, as did the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Norse. Belief in several distinct deities serves to provide a focus for popular religious devotion when the official deity ...
- 11732: Suicide Solution
- ... to form an exoskeleton, organs, and tissue. In this light, there really is not much to life. Out of the 5 billion who inhabit the planet, very few of them shall emerge to be true world leaders. The rest will just lead a mediocre life of work and little play. The taking of ones life can be argued from a populistic view as well. It makes little sense to preserve life in an over populated world. True, one less person here on there will not make a large dent. Yet if everyone who attempts or had attempted suicide were not stopped, the impact would be noticed. Another popular argument for stoppers ...
- 11733: Suicide Solution
- ... to form an exoskeleton, organs, and tissue. In this light, there really is not much to life. Out of the 5 billion who inhabit the planet, very few of them shall emerge to be true world leaders. The rest will just lead a mediocre life of work and little play. The taking of ones life can be argued from a populistic view as well. It makes little sense to preserve life in an over populated world. True, one less person here on there will not make a large dent. Yet if everyone who attempts or had attempted suicide were not stopped, the impact would be noticed. Another popular argument for stoppers ...
- 11734: Architecture Set In Motion
- ... is used by Victor Horta, in the Tassel House. 2.Hoare et al.: Stourhead, Wiltshire, England, redesign begun 1750s The English garden is one of the greatest gifts that English designers have contributed to the world of architecture, and the gardens that surround the Stourhead estate in Wiltshire England are massed with many forms of natural origin, and as containers of natural descent they incorporate curving elements, as in the cylinder ... layers, incorporating a dark foreground, light middle ground and light hazy background. Stooped in classical Roman tradition the garden is a place to break the rules, and Stourhead has architectural samples from all over the world incorporated into the landscape as temples, grottoes, and classical statues together with a Chinese bridge, and Turkish tent, which set a president from 1750 on where naughty architectural elements present themselves in architectural structures. This ...
- 11735: The Catcher in the Rye: Phoniness - The True Face And The False Face
- The Catcher in the Rye: Phoniness - The True Face And The False Face What happen if everyone in the world is wearing a mask? That is exactly what this world is; everyone wears a mask. Most people we see every day have their true identity hidden behind a facade. Although a true identity cannot be divulge just by looking, but with a careful scrutiny of ...
- 11736: Euthanasia
- ... most stick it out to the end, not giving up taking the easy way out. As long as a person still is able to know what is happening around them and can interact with the world around them it should be illegal for doctors to aid in their suicide. "Some say that doctor-aided death is widespread already, only covertly, and that the Netherlands is a model of how to establish ... a valid reason for leagalizing anything. Where would it end if the practice of euthanasia were to be legalized, how far would it go? Would it end with assisted death for the terminably ill? The world looks to the Netherlands as the only working model of assisted death, a nation known for its open aproach to abortion, prostitution and drug use. "A `coffieshop' next to an Amsterdam police station has on ...
- 11737: Hospitable Framwork
- ... that construction would be during the offseason-October through May." Located on Lake Erie in Sandusky, Ohio, the Cedar Point amusement park/resort boasts 13 roller coasters reportedly more than any other park in the world - and is ranked one of the largest seasonal facilities of its kind in the U.S. For 128 years, this park has attracted visitors from across the country and throughout the world. Each year, Cedar Point hosts 3 million+ guests. As attendance increases so does the demand for additional hotel rooms. The amusement park is owned and operated by Cedar Fair L.P, the company currently has ...
- 11738: Global Economy and the Environment
- ... this. When MNCUs come into a host country, this increases their revenue and their GDP. However this does not necessarily mean that everyone benefits from it. This is especially the case in the most third world countries. The benefits usually go to the elites or sometimes to the ones living a more urbanized areas. This disrupts the level of equality as the few rich individuals get richer and a great number ... trade. In this case, the Department of Commerce should have carefully reexamined the political and military criteria, before a high level of free trade took place between the U.S and France. But as the world becomes more integrated socially and economically, the idea of expanding the international trade will have numerous benefits, if they are carried out in an RappropriateS manner. After all, free trade promotes transfer of living in ...
- 11739: Battle Of Gettysburg
- ... pay for his initiative with his life, and one of his regimental commanders, Colonel Joshua Chamberlain, would earn the Medal of Honor for holding the Union left flank. Some of the greatest heroes of the War, Chamberlain and his men simply refused to succumb to repeated and determined attacks. The famous 1st Minnesota bought their fame with blood, incurring the highest casualty rate of any Union regiment during the War. A Confederate brigade was coming disastrously close to piercing the Union line when Hancock desperately looked for men to plug the gap. He found the 1st Minnesota. With only 262 men in their ranks, they ...
- 11740: Global Warming
- ... ago (-4.6, Fig. 1), humans had generated population mini-explosions all around the planet. Deevey's data for population size since 500 years ago have been replaced with more recent estimates taken from The World Almanac, (1992 - 1995) including population projections out to 2025. A vertical dashed-line has been placed at 1995. Filled symbols for the known values are to the left of it and open symbols on and ... Science, 262:27, 1993 Gribbin, J. , "Hothouse Earth", Grove Weidenfeld, New York, 1990 Kerr, R. A., Science, 266:544, 1994 Khalil, M. A. K. and R. A. Rasmussen, J. Geophys. Res., 97:4651, 1992 "The World Almanac", Pharos, New York, 1992 - 1995 Meyers, N. Science 269:358, 1995 Overpeck, J. T. Science, 271:1820, 1996 Post Script After this document was written (about a 2 years ago), two books came out ...
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