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instructions, Moses told the people to slaughter a lamb and place its blood on the outside of their homes (Oakley, 2006). When God...

born to Mary, a virgin, lived among men, preached for three years, was crucified and rose from the dead. He did this to save human...

they were interested in seeing this story play out once again, and that they found meaning in it. It seems logical to assume that ...

be incorporated into our actions. The Book of Acts shows that the Apostles and the disciples followed through on this type of le...

them safe (1 Kings 18). Elijah once again confronts Ahab about the trouble he and his family have brought down on Israel (1 Kings ...

no historical value to the Book of Esther and that it is a "work of the imagination, written for the purpose of popularizing the f...

throughout most of Western history, Christianity has practiced active and persistent racism against Jews, as European pogroms agai...

about Revelation. Catholics are expected to obey the Church and her officers who are divinely appointed. Dulles points out that ...

it manages to combine the maximum of servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerou...

theories of evaluating this today, such as the Big Bang. That is, there may be a world that has come about, and a cause, but the c...

and too mysterious to be reduced to a slogan on a bumper sticker, and yet that is what has happened (Wells, 1994). The reason fo...

It appears that the village had a relatively high level of it received compared to the rest of Egypt, possibly in excess of 50% co...

to merge . This would seem to be a level in ones spiritual development, in fact, it would be the final level on earth since Nirvan...

Claire persisted - "But God will end good people to hell?" The Pastor also commented that since he did not know what was in the ma...

the hero receives the call to adventure, which he initially rejects before crossing the threshold into adventure. Next comes initi...

complex or larger than many families. In this basic setting one can see how the family is affected by the power of the nation an...

as a necessity of life as food, water, and comfort. The people who make no effort to know God cannot understand the world in whic...

forests and other vegetation; the teeming mass of life suggests that there is more than one god present. (This analysis of course ...

also suggests that battle was not only crucial, but perhaps desired. We also note that in some legends Odin sacrificed one of h...

knowledge is not as important as faith. That is a significant difference between the two. At the same time, neither admits that hu...

when he has found what he sought, he wanders before every mans door with his song and with his oration, that all may admire the he...

the conflict in terms of an insult to his personal honor. Homer writes that Achilles responded by telling Agamemnon, "Ah me, cloth...

been utilized in the protection of public interest, especially when issues of safety can be impacted by widespread public response...

and reflection question : In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus pictures a religious and moral orientation that draws on Jewish tradit...

main gods of the Sumerians included the god of water (Enki); the god of earth (Ki); the god of air (Enlil) and the god of heaven (...

As would be expected there has been a great deal of outcry about this particular ruling. For example, one senator stated, "This is...

born a Jew and lived under the Jewish law and system (Galatians 4:4). * Jesus life was characterized by service and humility (Phil...

the Big Bang, that was the "source of mystical illumination" (Henderson). This completely undermines the Church dogma that God is...

unimportant, appearing merely as part of the background and playing not real role in Janies life. In her introduction to the no...

encompassed as well. This view of good and evil has a very Eastern flavor to it, as Eastern religions, such as Hinduism, stress th...