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Noah's Ark And The Great Flood
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1700.... indeed some are limited to a small island, forest, and/or mountain.
How could the ark cope with all the specialized requirements of food and environments for millions of creatures? 320 different species of hummingbird alone, for example, have very high metabolic rates and have to consume large amounts of nectar throughout the day. The Ark would have had to cater for 640 hummingbirds, requiring a constant supply of insects and nectar.
How could the ark cope with disposing of the waste products of all those creatures? It must have had an incredibly advanced plumbing a .....
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School Prayer Should Be Allowed
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 730.... is not upholding their part of the
constitution. They are trying to tell people that saying prayer in public school
is unconstitutional.
In fact, prayer in public school is legal, so is prayer in church and
prayer in stores etc... . The area which is not legal is when students or
teachers pray when engaged in school activities or instruction. This means
students or teachers may pray in an informal setting, such as cafeterias and
hallways. They may talk about and discuss problems with religion and their
beliefs at that time. A person may come to school early and si .....
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Hinduism
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 832.... worship of millions of different dieties to be another important aspect of individual devotional procedures. I like the fact that new dieties arise every day. The people choose what they worship for themselves. Hindus may be atheists, monotheists, or even polytheists - it is an all-encompassing perspective, as far as I can tell.
I believe the idea of Brahman, or the ultimate reality, to be very essential to the Hindu philosophy. Brahman can either be a god or a personal diety to a theist or a process or ultimate to an atheist. Hindus believe that when they go to Brahman, they .....
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Barnabas
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 972.... scattered, "On that day a great persecution broke out against the church at
Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and
Samaria. Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. But Saul began to
destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and
put them in prison" Acts 8:1-3. In Acts 9:26-27, "Saul tries to join the
disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a
disciple. But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them
how Saul on his journey had s .....
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What Is Buddhism?
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1037.... on to this present
day.
The Buddha was not a God, and he made no claim to divinity. There is no
concept of a creator in Buddhism. He was a human being who, thought tremendous
efforts, transformed himself.
The state of Enlightenment which he reached has three main facets. It
is a state of wisdom, of insight into the true nature of things. It is also a
source or boundless compassion, manifesting itself in activity for the benefit
of all beings. and it the total liberation of all the energies of the mind and
the body so they are at the service of the fully conscious min .....
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The Churches Of Christ: A Comparative Essay
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 812.... thousand registered churches in the world.
By 1979, the roots of the CoC were firmly in place. It was then that Chuck
Lucas, a pastor at the Gainesville Church of Christ (mainline), met a young
college student, Kip McKean, and began discipling him. Kip was a bright student
and showed great potential for leadership in the church. However, something in
the discipling process went wrong. Kip was expelled from the Gainesville church
later that year for reasons dealing with departure from the CoC doctrine,
manipulative attitude, unclear motivation, and controlling of other's .....
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Mayan Beliefs
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1365.... and Chiapas, British Honduras, Guatemala,
Honduras, and El Salvador (Burland 1770)
By 1200 B.C., they had dominated trade routes. The trade routes
extended from the modern Mexico state of Guerrero to Costa Rica (Miller "Maya"
Grolier). The Mayans had constant cultural and commercial contact from other
tribes such as the Aztecs. They were with the central and coastal Mexican
civilization that had influenced them and influenced other cultures (Harrison
"History of Latin America" Grolier).
The Mayans worshiped peace deities (Matthews 45). They also worshiped a
creator who .....
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Confucianism
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1096.... stabbing and a desire to be the best. The government promoted civilized and proper behavior. This environment created an ideal situation to invent things that would change the world. Wallpaper, compass, paper, printing press, and toilet paper all came from China. is the main reason China stayed together for so long. Unlike , Buddhism is a religion centered on developing a person to reach a spiritual fulfillment. Under this philosophy, a person strives to reach Nirvana. Until a person has reached it, he or she will keep reliving his or her life. It teaches the practice of m .....
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