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What Is Satanism?
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1201.... mans relationship to others. Young
Satanist's believe that the strong will rule with Satan. Power has become an
obsession with young Satanists. It is sought after on the physical, mental, and
spiritual levels. Gaining knowledge that others do not posses is another aspect
of the occult. When an individual has more knowledge it allows them a degree of
power over those who do not have access to that knowledge. The Ouija Board has
proven particularly useful. The Ouija Board is an instrument for communication
with the spirits of the dead. The Ouija Board is an open door into the wor .....
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The Existence Of God
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1077.... being than God can be conceived. This is evident from his third and fourth statements. By the definition of God no greater being can be conceived. Hence it is false that God exists in the understanding but not in reality. This is evident from all of the previous statements.
By granting the fool's statement as true he's setting up the fool to contradict himself. He then leads the fool to a statement that he cannot deny. He says that the existence in reality would be greater than the existence in understanding alone. This statement cannot be denied because through reaso .....
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Hinduism
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 633.... of the Hindu god Krishna, the members are divided into two classes: brahmacatin ("students"), who live in temples and vow to abstain from sex, meat, intoxicants, and gabling, and grihasta, or lay members who marry and have families. They are proselytizers who actively seek converts. In the mid-1980s the Hare Krishna movement had more than 200 centers in the United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. In the United States it was troubled by internal disputes that reportedly led to several killings, and was accused by critics of other illegal activities as we .....
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Priests Of Ancient Israel
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 624.... hearing of his grievance according to the Canon Law. The churches were "places of refuge" where a fugitive could be safe until a proper Canon Law Court could hear his case. Priests were a class apart. They did not marry; they took vows of chastity and obedience to the bishop and Pope. Many even took vows of poverty. Most important, priests were not allowed to accept positions of temporal leadership. No matter how "high born", priests were not authorized to serve as a king, duke or baron. They might aspire to the office of abbot, bishop, cardinal or even Pope, but their influe .....
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Religion
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 415.... the key to life which is different for everybody. I believe has a different meaning to everyone, the way they feel about it. The way they think of it. The way they act in their and their beliefs in it.
I act in by frequently preying or talking to God. I will on occasions go to church but I feel to truly talk to some one it must be in a close private environment. perhaps for this reason I often spend time alone sorting out my thoughts doing absolutely nothing. Preying I often simply think however at times I will talk out loud. Not having any distractions people ar .....
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Alcohol And The Church
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 504.... this classification) I don't feel I have an alcohol
problem just because I enjoy a drink now and then. I do not abuse it and would
never put myself behind the wheel of a car to take the risk of taking someone
else's life. You don't need to be drunk to cause an accident, it's been proven
in many cases only a few drinks can impair someone's stability. If more thought
of this there would be less tragedies on our highways. When it comes to food and
there are people starving in the world, when we could help by not converting
food grains into alcohol, this should be made more awar .....
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The Reformation Of European Religion
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1499.... he was damned. He had problems convincing himself that his spirit was pure and that he would go to heaven; internal distress raged within him about the awful omnipotence of God, his own insignificant existence in comparison, and his apprehensiveness of the devil. His personal problems would not yield to the existing manners of assuring oneself that he/she was headed for heaven such as sacraments, alms, prayer attendance at Mass, and assorted "good works." Luther solved the problem, however, by believing that good works were the consequence and external evidence of an inner gr .....
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Who Was Jesus?
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1389.... to live by.
But, they reflected a time in history where that kind of love for one another
was hard to find because of the hardships inflicted upon the people.
I find some conflict in Jesus' actions, however. Jesus never (as far as I
know) says to ignore to commandments of God in the Hebrew Scriptures; however,
constantly breaks the Sabbath (Matt 12:13 and others), and gives VERY flimsy and
unconvincing explanations for it. I am not sure what his message was in those
actions. Perhaps he didn't care?
In general, Matthew was a good, entertaining story to read, w .....
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