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God's Character Traits
Words: 369 / Pages: 2 .... goodness) and Psalm 119:137
(O Lord, you are fair and righteous) tell about God's righteousness. God is
a spiritual God. Romans 12:1 (Give your bodies to God) and 1 Corinthians
2:13 (his words were given to us by the Holy Spirit) tells of God's
spirituality. God is very just.
He judges all that sin with eternal punishment. But God is also a
fair God and allows us to repent and trust in him to get forgiveness and
eternal life. Psalm 9:16 (The Lord punishes the wicked justly) and 101:1 (I
will sing about your kindness and justness) tell of how God is just. God is
very truthful. He never lies or breaks his promises to us. 1 Kings 17:24
(Every .....
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Roman Religion
Words: 241 / Pages: 1 .... over the fireplace
were icons crowned with flowers representing the gods and spirits of the family.
The two faced god Janus who sat over the doorways watched the entry and exit of
every door in the house. Penates, god of the interior, protected accumulations
of the family in its storerooms, cupboards, and barns. The father and mother,
the child was taught, are the embodimentof Genius and Juno, respectively. Both
had to be treated and nourished divinely. Hung on the walls were death masks of
the Di Manes, warning him to stick to tradition. Other gods included: Cuba,
protector of sheep; Abeona, guiding the first steps; Fabulina who taught speech; .....
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Does God Exist?
Words: 1000 / Pages: 4 .... will.
In the text Medieval Philosophy, St. Thomas Aquinas' article entitled
Does God Exist? , Aquinas tries to show the different steps that can prove God
does exist and that the world had to have been created by God. This article is
comprised of five different ways in which Aquinas tries to prove that we can be
sure that God exists. In the third way, Aquinas tries to show that God exists
if it is true that we exist.
In the article Aquinas says that it is possible for things to exist and
for them not to exist. He means that living things will one day become non-
living things. Aquinas believes that all things can not be mortal because if it
w .....
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Burial Rituals In Judaism
Words: 1172 / Pages: 5 .... woman in labor, is
not permitted to fast on Yom Kippur, because fasting at such a time would
endanger the person's life.
Doctors are permitted to answer emergency calls on the Sabbath, even
though this may violate the day's whole meaning. Abortions, when necessary
to save the mother, are mandatory. In Jewish law, the unborn are not yet
considered human, thus the mother's life is far more important.
Because life is so valuable, we are not permitted to do anything that
may hasten death, not even to prevent suffering. Euthanasia, suicide and
assisted suicide are strictly forbidden by Jewish law. Their laws are so
strict that you are not ev .....
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Dualism In Christianity And Zoroastrianism
Words: 1061 / Pages: 4 .... dwelt on high in omniscience and goodness. He is said to be forever held in the light. The second of these spirits was Ahriman. He dwelled in the deepest depths of darkness. HE had a lust to destroy, and would take every opportunity to cause others to commit evil. The battle ground for the great confrontation between these two cosmic powers is the universe itself. Ahura Mazda created the world as a trap for Ahriman. Human beings draw him into this world creating a chance for him to cause others to do evil. As he enters the world he is now on Ahura Mazda’s battle ground. As the people from the world choose good over evil voluntarily, Ahri .....
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Episcopalianism / Anglicanism
Words: 3440 / Pages: 13 .... granted permission to bring a Bishop, her chaplain, to Kent. They encouraged the King to allow Christian missionaries to come to Kent (Wakeman, 2-9). In the year 585, Gregory, a missionary, saw some white skinned, blue-eyed, blonde haired slaves for sale in Italy. He then sought permission to leave Rome and devote himself to missionary work among the heathen English. He was not allowed to leave until years later when he became pope. He then chose his friend, Augustine, a monk, to be the one to go to England. Augustine and his group met the King of Kent and were allowed to make converts. Eventually, the King even allowed himself to be baptized .....
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The Symbolism Of Religion And Comparison
Words: 1111 / Pages: 5 .... had a problem with his sister Nora. Nora believed
that Jackie was always lying and being bad. On his confession day his mother
sent Nora go with Jackie. Nora ordered Jackie to tell all of his sins, including
how he was mean to the grandmother who lived with them.
Ozzie seemed troubled to Rabbi Binder in "Conversion of the Jews". In
reality Jackie wasn't bad at all, he was just a boy who wanted answers to his
questions. And that was proved when Ozzie asked a question in class and Rabbi
Binder went crazy and hit Ozzie because he thought Ozzie was trying to be a wise
guy. So Ozzie tried to prove a point to Rabbi Binder and his fellow classmates
by .....
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The Case For The Existence Of God
Words: 6252 / Pages: 23 .... fears, inspires so many hopes, gives
such sublimity to all things, and such spring to all noble powers, we
might presume would, as soon as it was announced, be received by every
healthy mind."
Some, however, contrary to their higher interests, have refused to have God
in their knowledge and thus have become vain in their reasonings and
foolish in their philosophy (Romans 1:21,22,28). They do not see the folly
(Psalm 14:1) of saying there is no God.
The Christian has not only the obligation to "give answer to every man
that asketh you a reason concerning the hope that is in you..." (I Peter
3:15), but an obligation to carry the Go .....
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The Longest Day
Words: 658 / Pages: 3 .... and planets have to be calculated precisely for
all space shots to avoid problems in establishing the satellite's orbit. The
orbit has to be calculated for the life of the satellite to avoid its running
into something else in space.
Using computers, scientists can tell the exact location of the planets and their
moons for years into the future. By the same means, they have been able to
backtrack and determine these specific locations in the past. It was during one
such search that the extra day appeared.
From various accounts of the incident, it appears that something "did not
compute." The extra day was just there. There was no computer malfunctio .....
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Do Christians Sin?
Words: 1104 / Pages: 5 .... talks about sin being removed from us in
Christ, but then v. 10 refers to the act of sin and the fact that we have
all been there. The author uses strong language to let the audience know
that we have all sinned and that there is sin in us. Chapter 2 begins with
an admonition to not sin, "but if anyone does sin," there is forgiveness in
Jesus Christ. Sin in this passage is something within us that we have all
at one time acted on, but now, as followers of Christ, must flee from.
Chapter 5 brings yet another complication to this whole process. Here in
v.16 is brought in the difference between mortal and not-mortal sin. The
Johannine community believed .....
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