It never crosses his mind that, since the Gospel according to Matthew was written several decades after Jesus died, it might not be a reliable historical document. I also agree with this argument. ... Also, I can understand him questioning the authenticity certain books of the bible due to the time period they are written because there was no one around to make sure it was historically accurate. ... This is the point he is trying to lay across to the readers of his essay. ... " I agree with this argument because the president has access to nuclear weapons and the worlds strongest milita...

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Now the question arises what factors lay the foundations for a particular culture and what factors mould it give its distinct aroma. ... For example even when adopting the British and Indian culture the practice of rejoicing over alcohol had to be kept aside in Pakistani culture die to Islamic beliefs. ... I feel that culture cannot be globalised and that any allegation to the contrary is merely an attempt to legitimise the domination by one culture over the others, a domination that is due, moreover, not to its fundamental cultural value but to extra-cultural factors, whether technol...

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If this is the case I also aim to establish how those foreign lands interpret change and if so, do they threaten the traveller's identity or do they merely enforce the traveller's original values and beliefs. ... "Upon the whole, the behaviour of these animals was so orderly and rational, so acute and judicious, that I last concluded that they must be magicians" (Page 249, Paragraph 2) In this case, "Houyhnhms" (horses) are completely rational, resulting in complete confusion for Gulliver. ... "It happened that a young female Yahoo, standing behind a bank saw the whole proceeding,...

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