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The concept of altruism has always been thought of as being at the center of Judeo-Christian religion but is it really? We all kno...
throughout most of Western history, Christianity has practiced active and persistent racism against Jews, as European pogroms agai...
Buddha perceived many faults with the status quo approach to religion. He consequently proposed radical alternatives advocating i...
increasingly marginalized from public and private spheres. Once upon a time, prayer was permitted in public schools, and no one t...
of God were those of the Old Testament, then came Jesus, whom they consider to be another divine prophet, and then Mohammad, the l...
tomatoes and carrots: eating the tomato does not adversely affect the tomato plant; eating a carrot kills the plant. Buddhism ...
painful as are disease and old age. It is painful not to have what we would like to have (Lorentz, 2007). In other words, life is ...
revelations of Judaism and then Christianity, but draws the story onward to yet another climax" (Neusner, 2006). Neusner says that...
the rulers. The differences between the Sunni and Shiite branches of Islam developed over a number of centuries, for many y...
prayers. This is very different in Islam. As most of us should know by now, Muslims pray five times each day, each time facing Me...
is linked is a fallacy. Fanaticism is associated with terrorism. Just the notorious murderer Son of Sam blamed his actions on his ...
it nearly incomprehensible to man. There are strong differences of opinion regarding what one must do to be saved but there is a...
comes from soter, which is translated as savior (Keathley, 2007). Christ saved humankind with His sacrifice. In other words, Chris...
thee tribes have been encroached by modernity and some are now seeking more theological complexity. Robin Wright says that "cultur...
The intent of this paper is to explore the so-called six commonalities that exist between religions specifically for the religions...
womans role in relation to her society in somewhat different ways. The differences between the Shia and Sunni sects are particula...
happen to good people?" is basically addressing the problem of evil, and why an omnipotent divine being would allow evil to exist...
faith, new scientific discoveries and theories appear to be offering support for many traditional religious views, particularly in...
its members. From this perspective it is easy to see that Scientology has more than likely had as negative of an impact on Tom Cr...
conditions as they relate to the white man instilling religion into the slaves of the South. "In the 1780s, Methodists--who repr...
however, which is present in all Native American Religions. That element is the integral tie between Native American spirituality...
in the physical world was a constant battle between good and evil (Traditional Zoroastrianism). The major source for the teachings...
to religion and instead evaluates religion solely on how well a particular form of religion serves the purposes of the state. Rous...
study the primitive, not because there was any one point in time at which religion could have been said to have begun, but because...
7 with "A General Doctrine of the Sacraments." When we think about the sacraments and what the doctrine of these might be we often...
body, so, too, can the thought of God(or what he/she expects of a person) possibly influence the world, or motivate a culture into...
of voluntary association, such as union membership (Bruce, 2002). He also discusses the advent of television evangelism and the da...
America, they worked very hard to convert the Native American Indians, who obviously did not believe in Jesus Christ. The new set...
developments underscores their importance for the progression of artistry and authorship in many cultures. Essentially, many of t...
To Kennedy, religion is personal and private and the nation should really not scrutinize his religious activity nor any other poli...