Sacred texts and scriptures have always played a leading role in Hinduism. Even today, Hinduism is known to be the world's only religion to have that many texts. The Bhagavad-Gita and the Puranas are some of the most revered texts among Hindus today. ... Another distinguishable point is the context of these two texts. ... Most Hindus are familiarized with the Puranic myths and the teachings of the Gita through television series, movies and texts. ...

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It will also contrast the other, and account for the visible differences of the two texts. ... In both texts the orders to build the arch are divinely ordained. ... Many comparisons can also be drawn from both texts about how and what happen to the earth, who was on the boat, and how they stepped onto dry land. ... A great comparison arises from the texts also, Utnapishim takes alone for the ride, "beasts and birds and babies wet and loud" (T. ... Once out of the arch they both make burnt offerings to their God or gods and in both of the texts they tell how the gods and God smelled the burnt...

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In the text, 'Elli – Coming of age in the Holocaust' written by Livia E. ... In the text there are several instances where Elli is in a situation and has both luck and her instincts to aid her survival. ... In the text, the audience is able to identify the amount of will to survive and will to keep her mother alive she has, "Mummy cannot survive a day without help" (pg. 144). ... The mention of the will of God is something that has a significant recurrence throughout the text. ... An example in the text of the combination of faith and luck is when Elli's block i...

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The scribes believed they were working with sacred text. ... Conclusion: Biblical Scholars-still human Those who ultimately decided what would be sacred text were biblical scholars. ... Certainly, stories weren't told for their truthfulness, so I don't understand why they all weren't put in the Sacred Text. ...

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This element becomes a recurring theme in a great portion of religious texts, especially in the Bible and the Koran, both of which are celebrated in a wide construct as being among the main sources of religious literature. ... Throughout history, individuals and governments have interpreted the holy texts in many different ways. People often look to these texts not only in time of need for answers and understanding, but for inspiration as well. ... Among the separate scriptures, they hold similar pivotal figures that make up the religious doctrine texts. These pivotal figures show how the te...

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This section of the text is very eye opening to me and reflective of the main ideas of the text. It's because of this text that I believe his story is quite parallel to the Parable of the Prodigal Son, he seems very lost without a deeper connection to his god and wants desperately to be united with him in a more concrete sense. ...

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During one of the tribal dances Jack's hunters do, the text describes how Jack, "began to dance and his laughing became a bloodthirsty snarling.... It is obvious in the imagery and the diction of the text that in the forest with Simon, it is peaceful and seemingly happy; making Simon's relation to Christ evident. ... The way the text describes Simon as so weak that he staggers down the mountain shows the reader how much pain he must be suffering. ... As the text describes, Ralph's "desire tohurt" (115), was unmistakably powerful. ...

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Judaism and Hinduism both have religious scriptures and texts, Hinduism's being considerably more diverse, fluctuating from sect to sect. ... Scriptures and religious texts are also an important part for both religions. The Torah is what followers of Judaism consider their primary religious text, while Buddhism's primary text depends on the branch of Buddhism. ...

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Exegesis deals with what a scriptural text meant to its author and intended reader in their socio-cultural context. ... Hermeneutics, a pseudo-science, involves the interpretation of a scriptural text to provide meaning for the present-day world. Keep in mind that the explication or the interpretation of a text in isolation from its cultural and literary context leads to distorted, and sometimes harmful, results. At the very least it does violence to the text. ...

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Hidden Knowledge As readers of a story, we are granted a kind of insight and a perspective over many issues that the characters within the text lack. ... Early on in the text, we see one of the many less than truthful interactions between mortals and gods when Zeus, in hopes to turn the tides of war, sends a false dream to Agamemnon. ... With esoteric knowledge only available to certain characters, others in the text are tested and defined. ... The only account of the first two characters of the text depicts Adam and Eve faltering at what seems a simple task. ... Another c...

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Zoroastrianism Zoroastrianism is a small religion with about 140,000 members. The religion was founded by Zarathushtra (Zoroaster in Greek). Conservative Zoroastrians believe that their religion was founded around 6000 BCE; other followers estimate 600 ...

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Relating to religion, this example from the text proves how gods had the strength to do whatever they wished, whether it be good or bad. ... Later in the text there is another instance where manipulation takes place. ...

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In our text, Zastrow and Kirt-Ashman cite, we have defined spirituality as " the view and behaviors that express a sense of relatedness to something greater than self" (Beckett & Johnson, 1995, p. 1393). ... Our text further states that spirituality is often manifested in the form of religion (Canda, 1989). ...

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A summary of possible conclusions one may draw from the preceding text is as follows: From a religious standpoint, a person must either accept that God's commands are arbitrary and also admit that the doctrine of the goodness of God is meaningless or he must abandon the theological conception of right and wrong and admit that a standard of right and wrong exists separate from God's will. ... The preceding text proposes that the Divine Command Theory itself leads to impious conclusions and that any truly devout person should in fact reject the theory. ...

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To approach any text we must first have some understanding of what it is we hope to take away from it. In approaching a religious text this understanding becomes even more muddled due to the vast complexities and differences that exist between religion and contemporary thought. ... God in Search of Man, a text written almost half a century ago by Abraham Joshua Heschel, is the subject of our present inquiry. This text will, no doubt, take various forms and give different insight to it's many present day readers. ... Yet we can still hope to acquire knowledge through a sort of hermeneut...

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My first argument comes from the text " Now everything that is produced through the will of an agent is directed to an end by that agent, because the good and the end are the proper object of the will; and therefore whatever proceeds from a will must needs be directed to an end" (Saint Aquinas pg 78). ... As we approached the Saint Augustine section of the text, I was in belief that in order to achieve the ultimate good you had to be benevolent, virtuous, and wise. When we read further into the Buddhist text, I gained the understanding of the cyclic existence and that's where ...

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This is due to the high Asian immigration rate during the 1930's. 1 One might think that there is no connection between sociology and religion; moreover, sociology interferes with religion since sociology is the system study of human society (as stated in the first chapter of the text book) and that what it explore is "real" and "scientific". ...

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Hinduism is the world's third largest religion. It differs from other religions in that it dos not have a single founder, a specific system, a single system of morality, or a central religious organization. Hinduism actually consists of many different religious groups that came about in India sinc...

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God's Gift of Speech Our tongue is a God given gift, and as Christian we must use it wisely. In the Bible there are many texts that illustrate how we should speak with our tongues, and how we shouldn't speak with it. God has given man a tongue to speak with, but we have abused the gift of speec...

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Unfortunately, when it comes to Bible text, use of exaggeration is often times yet another cause for disagreement and controversy. ... Also, a rare example of how a few lines of simple text can turn brother against brother and cause more than a few a sleepless night. ... Again, these and other statistics should not be taken too seriously; behind them is the imagination of a storyteller, not the figures of a census taker. ( Gabel, Wheeler, & York, 1986, p. 21) In reference to the motive of the many writers and redactors that worked on the composition of the Bible, the authors of...

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Stoker presents Dracula as the anti-Christ by strategically placing bits of superstition and Christianity throughout the text in order to make the reader gradually come to the understanding of whom Dracula represents. ...

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Charlotte Bronte's own religious upbringing is very significant to the text. Her Father was a clergyman and so Charlotte could not avoid the influence of religion whilst writing. The first important day in Jane's life is when she meets the Reverend Brocklehurst. When she meets the reverend, we...

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Assignment 1 Who is the author and to whom is he writing? Paul is writing to Titus What problems or challenges does the author appear to be addressing? He is trying to help Titus by giving him personal authorization and guidance in meeting opposition, instructions about faith and conduct, and warn...

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This is the only difference in the two messiahs, other then that they both spoke the word of God and wrote it down in scriptures which later were soon to become the text that anyone who practiced the religion must follow every word in the book or else they are sinning. ... Now the Christians used to use the same text that the Jews had, this is known as the Old-testament. ...

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Topic: Parallels between Gilgamesh and Genesis Looking at two different texts from different time periods and finding similarities in them can help bridge cultural lines. ... (Zeolla p.1-2) This idea provides an understandable explanation for the variance in text and would be more acceptable among the general populace than thinking that both stories are purely myth. ...

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