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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...

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...

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...

John Demos' The Unredeemed Captive and Puritan Beliefs

similar theme: Though hast cast off and put us to shame...and has scattered us among the heathen."2 In this simple illustration ...

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...

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...

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...

Comparison of Pablo Picasso's Massacre in Korea and Guernica and Francisco Goya's The Shootings of May 3, 1808

the most defiant aspect of its symbolist tendencies; without uttering but a single word, this work of art is fully able to communi...

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...

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...

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...

Overview of Chinese Beliefs

2002). In addition, dietary practices in Asia are often associated with religious practices and customs (Gifford, 2002). R...

Animism Religion

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

Njabulo Ndebele's The Prophetess

a good character is that they are three dimensional. They are that curious blend of good and evil, saint and sinner, and have the ...

Emotions and Health

in a joint effort by the American Psychological Association and the Mayo Clinic demonstrated that there are significant advantages...

A Comparison of Machiavelli and Hobbes

idea of a virtuous republican citizen similar to how one might consider a citizen today. To give power and authority to the indivi...

Black American Perspectives on Death and Dying from a Religious View

traditions carried down through the generations (Ruark, 2003). Dr. Ronald K. Barrett has spent many years studying how African Am...

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...

The Nature of Machiavelli

forces which existed during his time. Some of those forces could be interpreted as evil, as could the impact they had on Machiave...

Examining Rituals and Beliefs of Islam

provides a non-ethnocentric view of Islam. A number of Western writers, however, have attempted to approach Islam in an honest an...

Life After Death in Hindu and Christian Beliefs

we think of as ourselves continue to exist in the soul body. Death is a most natural experience, not to be feared. It is a quick t...

Secular Society and Doubt and Belief

In five pages society's incorporation of religion is discussed in terms of several philosophical views that include mainstream rel...

Morals, Beliefs, and Ethics

Ethics is concerned with how a moral person should behave, whereas values are the inner judgments that determine how a person actu...

Sunnis, Shiites and Differences in Their Religious Beliefs

the Muslims(Guillaume, 1955). The Shiites seem to have begun as a family feud of sorts. When the prophet Mohammad (PBUH) died, th...

Hinduism vs. Buddhism

four different occasions away from his palace he encountered the true pervasiveness of human suffering. When Prince Siddartha went...