This cult was strongly male oriented and made no allowances for any women. ... While religion was a public display of devotion, never making a difference what you felt inside as long as you behaved properly outside, the mystery cults seemed to be truer to some because of their privacy. ... It asked such questions as "how do you describe things in a world that is constantly changing and one which we have no true knowledge of?... People looking for ways to live a meaningful life and put their mind at ease turned to philosophy. ... People wanted to put their minds at ease and philosophy gave ...

• Word Count: 1434
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

We tell ourself that spreading rumours doesn't matter, or that there's no harm in shoplifting. ... Although we may forgive them, we still take a long time to come to trust them again. ... There is no need to lie you can simply tell them that "you are unable to tell them as it is confidential". ... It is like a disease, as you feel very much at dis-ease. ...

• Word Count: 824
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

"If there were no God, it would become necessary for mankind to invent one" (Voltaire). ... The ancient Greeks and Romans thought gods pulled the sun across the sky; we found out that this was from the earth orbiting around the sun and now we no longer have those gods. ... It puts the subject at ease in a way that makes them think "Hey it isn't over after this I have still have a soul and a life.... In death, there is no difference to who you were as a person. There is no fame, fortune or any sense of achievement. ...

• Word Count: 1076
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• Grade Level: High School

To Faustus, as long as he perceives hell as "trifles and mere old wives" tales" there is always room to think about God and repenting. ... This lack of space creates his lack of inner strength because he is never allowed to think about repenting for too long before he is interrupted with various distractions. ... It can then be assumed that if Faustus really wanted to completely commit himself to Lucifer, there would be no internal struggle and therefore no angels; but instead the angels are fighting for the will of Faustus. ... At this point Faustus is trying to put his mind at ease by reject...

• Word Count: 1693
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

"One moment I was on my feet singing and clapping and, at the same time, working out in my head the plot of a play I was working on then; the next moment, with no transition, no sensation of falling, I was on my back, with the lights beating down onto my face and all the vertical saints above me . ... I would have to give myself something to do, in order no to be too bored and find myself among all the wretched unsaved of the Avenue" (Baldwin 33). ... Let people know that the things that they invest their money in are ripping them off; let your congregation know that you are not going to misle...

• Word Count: 1573
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• Grade Level: High School

Prayer is a way to ease inner fears or just a way to talk to God and feel closer to him. ... Prayer can be something you do all on your own or with a group of people, it doesn't really matter as long as you are connecting with God. ... After a long period of fasting, Siddhartha went to a river to bathe. ... Mara was no challenge for Siddhartha, he touched the earth calling the earth to witness, and the ground shook and Mara was gone. ... No one has a permeant indenity. ...

• Word Count: 1762
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In Islam, there are no mediators or middle person between Allah and humans. An Individual must submit willingly to Allah and as long as they live life in a rational way, they will submit to Allah with ease. ... There are no statues or pictures of Allah in mosques or any Muslim homes because their creed says: "there is no god but Allah". ... (Surah 23.91 [Ali 2002]): No son did Allah beget, nor is there any god along with Him, behold, each god would have taken away what He had created, and some would have lorded it over others! ...

• Word Count: 1716
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Often these long poems deal with such issues as love, death, and faith. ... Although there is no available poetry written before his first published work, Pauline, his early aethism is still reflected in his early poetry. ... No heaven with them, no hell!-and here No earth. (1845) This poem appeared to have spurned underlying hatred and suspicion toward the Christian institution. ... No ease henceforth, as one that's judged...shut from heaven" (line 1000, 1030). ...

• Word Count: 2187
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• Grade Level: High School

At any rate is not hard to figure out how this psalm could have been used in worship no matter what time period it came from. ... But at God's mercy he was raised up and cured of his illness and no longer had to deal with what his enemies were saying about him. ... Here, the author is asserting that the Lord eases pain and discomfort of those who are ill. ...

• Word Count: 1736
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

When starting to give up on all hope of life and God, it would be anticipated that one would no longer trust others, especially when they are fighting each other for their own survival. ... In an immoral society such as the Holocaust, God has done nothing to ease the pain of the Holocaust sufferers. ... "The idea of dying, of no longer being, began to fascinate me. Not to exist any longer. ...

• Word Count: 2963
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School