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Sexuality and Personal Beliefs

This has been emphasized through very public opposition to gay marriage and the national debate over the rights of same-sex partne...

Traditional and Non-Traditional Cultres: A Comparison

newly unchanging societal conditions, and passing this culture down to their children, who largely lived in the same geographical ...

Corinthian Church and Paul's Beliefs

Paul wrote several letters to the Corinthians, addressing his concerns (Pauls First Letter to the Corinthians, 2003). First, he...

Animism Religion

that a spiritual reality exists. "The concepts that humans possess souls and that souls have life apart from human bodies befor...

Slavery and Thomas Jefferson

a slave owner. Regardless of his commitment to democracy, such commitment did not extend to include slaves in that process. Vali...

Maintaining Order Through Law

role to play, on its own it does not give a moral framework, only a legal framework. However, in the opinion of Devlin it was more...

Overview of Taoism

life" which "surrounds everyone and therefore everyone must listen to find enlightenment" (Robinson, 2003). The many gods which ar...

Belief and Knowledge According to Plato

of innate knowledge, he was adamant that nothing could be learned except through experience and sensory input: "How comes [the mi...

Beliefs in Confucianism

to think about it, ritual, or the act of performing ritual cannot be faked or deceptive. For example, one may be throwing a birt...

Machiavelli's Views Regarding the Welfare of the People

He did not believe that methodology was particularly important as different rulers have different styles. Above all, Machiavelli b...

Developing and Marketing New Services and Products and Consumer Attitudes

fair Trade, or received a good review in a food and drink magazine. It is worth noting that this will also reflect political chang...

Taco Bell's LMS

be a good one to shoot for. What information was collected to build the labor-management system (LMS) and how was that...

Theological Analysis of Night by Elie Wiesel

the figure of Christ. It must be remembered, also, in this context, that one of the most important principles of Judaism is the co...

Reincarnation and Past Life Regression

investigation that Dr. Weiss found Catherine, a patient who "started to channel wisdom Weiss believed to be from beyond the scope ...

Subjectivist vs. Rationalist Philosophical Theories

here on Earth. This of course, did not go over well with the Church who was used to organizing everyones life on Earth. Reason, th...

The Ethics of Belief by W.K. Clifford

the only way to arrive at this point, he seems to be saying, is to carefully examine anything that one believes with the yardstick...

Culture and Social Change in China

introduced many economic reforms which took into account global markets and the output of China increased nearly four times. Overa...

The Realist Perspective in Dickens' Hard Times

view of reality that emphasizes a more Biblical approach to life. Through the "good" characters of the novel, principally Sissy, S...

Toys 'R Us Financial Analysis

In order to do this, we need to examine the ratios for the company. Ratios basically help us determine if a company is making...

Asians and Beliefs on Health

of the true nature of their illnesses. While keeping such facts from the patients may be considered merciful it does, at times, en...

A Dialogue on Believing in God's Existence

argue Gods existence within its own definition. Without any sort of relationship with other concrete statements, the entire argume...

Arthur Paul Boers' 'Never Call Them Jerks'

in the end of his first chapter Boers leaves the reader with an even deeper understanding of the purpose of the book, stating, "An...

Aloofness and Human Disinterest of the Greek Gods

them somehow" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003). For example, "The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athe...

Lutheranism Overview

always existed whether it was called "Israel or Christian" (Snyder, 1997). Luther argued that it was not he who had broken away fr...

Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity on the Afterlife

eternal soul and reap what you sow....Christianity" maintains "the notion of an eternal soul, a single lifetime, and eternal bliss...

Afterlife in Christianity and Buddhism

the way it was lived" (BBC World Service, 2003). If an individual has lived a bad life, refusing to accept Jesus as Savior and God...

Modern Mind and Concepts of Doubt and Belief

human environment" (Freud NA). This would indicate that Freud felt that in a secular world, it may well be the case that mankind i...

Lincoln Community Hosptial Cost Regression

$4,722,847 (anticipated revenue) and then dividing that by 25 (number of beds) x $119,655 (the cost for each additional bed added)...

Social Attitudes and the 'Mirror' of Religion

its way into common acceptance among the general public. While the current attitude toward this practice might still view it with...

Social Transgressions in D.H. Lawrence's Sons and Lovers

years old. Much of his literary talent was applied to the task of making mankind aware of his intimate attachment to nature. Law...