This nation was founded by our forefathers and deemed to be "under God", removing God from our schools and government buildings would contradict the original plans for our great nation. ... We believe it is unethical to withdraw God from government and public school systems. ... Why do our courts change laws for only a small percentage of our population? ... Our culture is so vast and multi dimentional, that it is understandable why some would take action to remove all things religious from the public eye. ... I believe it would be a start to becoming more ethically responsible with God i...

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Some are complicated and some are simple, but even small and seemingly insignificant decisions can have large and long-lasting consequences. ... It is part of human nature to covet the things of desire. ... David forgot that God was still aware of his actions as immoral. ... Temptation can lead a person to do things that they normally would not consider. ... Human desire and temptation can lead people to do things that are very immoral. ...

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If God did not exist, would anything matter? ... Now, this is not to say the extreme of morals but of smaller issues. ... Within our society many cultures frown upon these things while others praise them. ... This is why I have a basis of morality and I can see things that are right or wrong, based on my faith. ... But then again, if God does exist, who's to say that my God is the true God. ...

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By becoming highly educated, I hope to have a small part in the success of their future. ... Set your goals as stepping stones in your life, know where you want to be in its end, and set small goals to get there. ... I am very thankful for all the simple things that are available to me at my convenience. ... I believe that I have no control over my life and that God is the only one who knows what and when something will occur in my life. When bad things happen in my life, I do not question my faith because I know that everything happens for a reason. ...

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And God did not say anything specific about Iraq in the Bible. ... God keeps throwing images and thoughts at me. ... Every time I think I have reached a conclusion I see things differently and my opinion does not satisfy my anymore. ... I guess one would pay whatever price is needed to be free -- it is one of those things that are priceless. ... But there is one absolute truth, I believe, and that is the word of God. ...

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The play follows the life of a small black family's struggle to keep their dreams from tenants to owners alive. ... As Walter dreams bigger and bigger he seems to leave the smaller things such as his family behind. ... (In the past his father would have been happy working for another man and caring for his family, but Walter is more concerned with becoming self-employed or at least in a management position without really thinking about the consequences which may be imposed upon his family by his incessant need to other things.) ... Later in the morning Beneatha, the younger sister of Walt...

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This epistemological model, summarised as 'one only knows the things one constructs', of which Immanuel Kant should be the originator, can be identified with the adage 'verum et factum convertuntur'. ... Although God's creation witnesses to His goodness and rationality, nature becomes only a sign of them. ... Respecting and loving the cosmic order change radically into respecting and loving God. Human freedom in relation to God and nature, human responsibility concerning one's own salvation become the cornerstones for the secularisation of nature. ... Theol...

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As Walter dreams bigger and bigger he seems to leave the 'smaller' things such as his family behind. ... Later in the morning Beneatha, the younger sister of Walter, initiates a conflict by speaking in an unacceptable manner about God seemingly rejecting values that have been taught to her since childhood. ... Beneatha's speech about God is her attempt to show her independence and uniqueness in the world, but when she asserts her self in an area that is extremely sensitive to the family heritage and structure, she threatens to wean herself from the only guaranteed support...

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The philosophes did not accept the scientific revolutionary notion that the laws of Nature express the will of God. ... God may very likely not exist, there is in truth no need for Him. Lucretius demonstrated that all things and beings are but the combining, breakup, and recombining of atoms. ... Philosophes could displace God with Reason. ... The great manifesto of the philosophe movement was no small document; by the late 1740's, everyone understood that the sum total and the entire spirit of the movement was contained in the Encyclopedia of Denis Diderot. ...

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This may be in place because the God is a" parent" in many ways. ... On a smaller scale, killing to obtain personal satisfaction or justice is punishable by laws. ... This particular passage puts more emphasis on an active and angry god, and also one who rewards the devout. ... For things which he has no logical answer for, he categorizes as hypothetical, or yet to be determined. ... She says we are generally thought to have a "rosy view" of things. ...

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For Meursault, the simple things are what give him pleasure, meaning, and structure to his life. ... Mechanical, day-to-day living is essential to Meursault, as much as small pleasures are. ... These small gratifications are the key to Meursault, expressing his acceptance of the tangibility and reality of life. ... Meursault's pleasure in the little things correlate to his acceptance of death. ... Meursault explains to the priest that he has only a little time left and doesn't want to waste it on God. ...

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Many of us base our rules or guidelines for morality off of the God we believe in, using concepts such as the Ten Commandments. ... Reason, says Kant, has a practical side, which can tell us what and how to do things. ... Some find pleasure in painful things. ... Mill states, "pleasure or happiness is the only thing desirable as an end, and all other desirable things are desired for the pleasure that they produce.... I agree with Mill and Bentham in that the happiness of a larger number is greater then that of a smaller number. ...

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A great number of people would argue that there are very few things, which our American society holds dear. ... In her essay, Thompson relates nearly all of the things which I previously stated as typical arguments of someone who is pro-choice. ... It is a decision that is made and judged upon with a known consequence, even though we may think the possibility of that consequence to become a reality is very small. ...

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He could "see more things than most people, but he could see none of them too distinctly", since his vision is obscured by ambition and greed. ... He is revealed to be the "vice shah of Iran" (237), a "Lorenzo de Medici" (234) - like figure in Italy, and even worshipped as a god in "backward religions" by primitive, "ignorant and superstitious people" in the jungles of Africa (237). ... However, instead of being a benevolent "god" that promotes compassion, natural order, and love, Milo's influence reflects the existing culture of...

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In his portrayal of the small world of the island, Golding paints a broader portrait of the fundamental human struggle between the civilizing instinct-the impulse to obey rules, behave morally, and act lawfully-and the savage instinct-the impulse to seek brute power over others, act selfishly, scorn moral rules, and indulge in violence. ... Although Golding's story is confined to the microcosm of a group of boys, it resounds with implications far beyond the bounds of the small island and explores problems and questions universal to the human experience. ...

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