Politics and religion often inspired new discoveries and perspectives in relation to science. ... Moreover, Jacob observes that the populace felt that "the discovery of nature would overcome the religious divisions and usher in a world reformation.""2 Through an expanded knowledge of nature the true religious doctrine would be located and the entire population would follow. This inspired scientists to reach new frontiers via scientific discoveries for the benefit of religion. ... Galileo supported this concept through his telescope discoveries of the orbiting moons and planets. ... The rule...

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In the Society's charter it stated that its experiments should "promote the knowledge of natural things and useful arts", also known as science and technology. ... He came up with ideas for many new inventions and discoveries such as lamps, telescopes, watches, and new theories about gravity and chemistry. In his work "Observation of a Flea" he shows the readers how useful the microscope was by magnifying the object and expanding their knowledge on a natural thing that may have never been seen or understood before. ... Whether a microscope is used or not the person is still gaining new k...

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The relationship between knowledge and happiness can be described as inversely proportional. As one gains knowledge, their simplistic satisfaction with life decreases. ... The lack of knowledge remains as the primary cause of many catastrophes in history. ... "Wise" invention and critical discoveries such as made by Galileo and Isaac Newton have the potential to endanger our lives by giving birth to curiosity. ... "For in much wisdom is much grief and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow." ...

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Upon discovery of the largest and most beautiful pearl the small village had ever seen, the life of Kino and his family is changed forever. ... For example, when Kino finds the pearl, he assumes that this is a gidt from God and thanks God for his discovery. ... The discovery of the pearl gives Kino and his family all sorts of power and economic advantages. ... Kazantzakis uses the form of power through knowledge. ...

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Knowledge, love and pleasure are transacted through the equipment of the intellect, mind and body. ... Vedanta teaches us this knowledge. ... Scientific knowledge means knowledge which is certain, exact, and fully organized. Religion is not opposed to knowledge, rather it is complementary to scientific knowledge. ... Swami Vivekananda "claimed that the vedantic world-view is in consonance with the discoveries of Science, that spirituality is as rational and rigorous as Science, only its object of study is different. ...

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The Quaran states that Mohammad invites anyone who wants to join the faith of Allah. Today, people wonder much about the religion of Islam. It it because it is found mostly in parts of the world which are so far away and distinct to ours? Or is it because they have encountered enemies because the po...

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The Quaran states that Mohammad invites anyone who wants to join the faith of Allah. Today, people wonder much about the religion of Islam. It it because it is found mostly in parts of the world which are so far away and distinct to ours? Or is it because they have encountered enemies because the po...

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In the colonies, at the time of Columbus's discovery they believed in the symbols of dreams and they used animals as a way of guiding their every action. ... They could have made their way, into parts of Europe or even the Caribbean and had gained some sort of knowledge about the christian religion(insert) thornton makes reference to the priests who came over on the slave ships (insertpg264) nad stayed at the coast until the slaves were actually on the ships. ... Thornton express knowledge of the afro - american culture using the Santeria of Cuba, Cuba is a spanish c...

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We have always fed that curiosity by expanding our boundaries for the purpose of knowledge. ... As our species advanced further up the evolutionary ladder we encountered even more things that we could not explain with our current knowledge, thus religion filled the gap in our understanding. ... Space exploration also holds great potential, new sciences and discoveries can be obtained, since we can only learn so much from earth. With a new frontier created there are many economical and industrial benefits, space exploration can make us rich, in knowledge and resources. ...

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He is transformed from being a mortal to becoming immortal by attaining the knowledge of a former state of being. ... After discovery, one can only realize that there must be more in man's mind as a common bond to formulate myths and religious stories which link the human race in what Jung called the collective unconscious. ...

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In a time when the Islamic World was making leaps and bounds intellectually, Western Europe was stagnate as a result of a very limited amount of knowledge taught. ... The capability of balancing the duality of intellectual advancements and scientific discoveries, while simultaneously maintaining strong religious beliefs made the expansion of Islam successful, especially compared to the stagnation of Western Europe. ...

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The last area of concern is the lack of knowledge in terms of the long-term effects of genetic engineering. ... In terms of science, new discoveries are made every day, but at some point, where does the human race draw the line between what is conceived as right and wrong? ...

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The greatest minds are often the most troubled, they work toward revolutionary discoveries and have to consider what could happen when their work is released to the public. ... He was eaten away by the guilt and knowledge of the fact that he had been part of the deaths of so many people. ...

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From what I understand, the advancements in science and technology had lead to the discoveries that events in the world happen for a reason. ... As stated in the take home midterm sheet, "As the knowledge gained in science is applied to other sectors of society the culture tends to grow more secular."" ...

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Because of me and my teams vast knowledge of both the the Old Testament and the Apocrypha we determined the scroll was very old . ... This was an excellent discovery and I hope to find something extraordinary such as this again one day. bring the devil out of people in the end. ...

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HUMAN CLONING Human nature has taught us that scientific breakthroughs have resulted in evil and dangerous exploitation. These exploitations can be seen in reality in military science. These breakthroughs have been manipulated into weapons of death and destruction against humanity and the use of...

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For Adah, adaptation comes in the form of unforgiving self-discovery, the realization that ''even the crooked girl believed her own life was precious.'' ... This was an idea Nathan Price could not comprehend, for the Baptist faith was the only faith he had ever been presented with, or given the knowledge of. ...

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