He convincingly demonstrates that the Bible does not condemns homosexuality. He gave example of the text from the Bible: "You shall not lie with a male as with a women; it is abomination" (Leviticus 18:22). ... After showing the Bible is not condemning homosexuality, He further concludes that even if the Bible endorses heterosexual marriage very convincingly, it fails to convince that it condemns the homosexuality and thus homosexual marriage.11 Both articles by Schimidt and Helminiak are the classic examples of how interpretation of bible can be change according to belief and motive of the in...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Historically, the unequal power structure between the different genders (male and female) in the Hebrew Bible relegated women and placed them in positions of objective powerlessness. ... Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in her article, "The Degraded Status of Woman in the Bible"" (2006), discusses this view of the superiority of men over women in the Roman Catholic Church. ... Stan concludes that if not for the intervention of the international human rights community, Beatriz would have lost her life just because a religious sect has refused to review its rigid, out-dated doctrine to give room for incl...

• Word Count: 2952
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This can refer to reducing ties between a government and a state religion, replacing laws based on scripture (such as the Bible, Torah and Sharia law) with civil laws, and eliminating discrimination on the basis of religion. ... These entire historical trends have discouraged aid to Bangladesh just like Britain has recently reconsidered reviewing its aid to the county that may have costs the county of development projects aid of 55 million pounds (The Telegraph, 2014). ...

• Word Count: 2081
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate