Religion is the practice of a set of disciplined actions rather than a belief in a god. People are able to find a value in their lives through those disciplined actions. ... Religion requires a hard, disciplined work rather than a set of teachings and knowledge. ... By understanding the three core principles and through he disciplined actions, religion is a way for people to "find value in their lives" (25)....

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Introduction In the period of documenting Christian scriptures and teachings, Tertullian works and theologies have a visible impact. He entered into Christianity before 197 and rendered his services for illustrating and defending the orthodox principles of the Christian faith. His works can be clas...

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In his book "The Craft of Theology," Avery Dulles (1992) starts chapter four; "Fundamental Theology and the Dynamics of Conversion," by making reference to one of the best known essays by Bernard Lonergan where he states that, Theology is entering a new age it is changing from a deductive science into an altogether empirical discipline. ... The linkage of fundamental theology with conversion does not mean a limit in the scope of the discipline so that it deals only with the initial approach to faith on the part of one who has previously been a nonbeliever. ... Fundamental theology is tradit...

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"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson is a short story set in a small town that practices a violent tradition of human sacrifice every year. The tradition is ironically referred to as the lottery wherein the townsfolk randomly draw paper out of a hat and the person that draws the black dot is the p...

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This is done through self-discipline and meditation, the person must overcome their ego to gain a new understanding and by following Ik Onkar's divine word, you will be granted spiritual union through Jivanmukta, which is salvation. ...

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Neuroprosthetics (also called neural prosthetics) is a discipline related to neuroscience and biomedical engineering concerned with developing neural prostheses. Neural prostheses are a series of devices that can substitute a motor, sensory or cognitive modality that might have been damaged as a res...

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A sort of rebirth for mankind, the tale of Atrahasis also revealed to the people of Mesopotamia that although death is unavoidable, there does exist some force in the universe to guide, help, and when necessary, discipline human nature to make the mortal time on earth as efficient as possible. ...

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China incorporated three ancient philosophies within their lifestyles during the time periods of 600 BCE and 200 BCE. These three philosophies were Legalism, Confucianism and Daoism. Each philosophy had its own way of viewing the nature of human beings, civilization and the world. Legalism believed ...

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I was brought up with my parents and they brought me up that way and if I didn't really stick by their rules they weren't going to love me anymore, I was going to be out of the house. " Anorexia nervosa was seen as a form of physical self-control and moral discipline, while its opponent seen as "greed ", which was further contaminated by ethical constructs beyond hunger such as "anger ", "bad thoughts ", "sexual feelings " and even "sadness ". ...

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Introduction Background Large numbers of people have been doing work for a long time pyramids and many other huge monuments and structures were built; armies and governments were organized; civilization spread over vast territories. All these took organization and management. There are writings fro...

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Although he has "not ideological sympathy" (Jackson) for the Catholic citizens who have to pay taxes for the public school system, yet he also feels "constrained by conscience and discipline to support other schools for their own children" (Jackson).The Supreme Court's decision therefore actually does violate the separation of Church and state and is "utterly discordant with its conclusion, yielding support to their commingling in educational matters" (Jackson) proving that the ruling is conflicting in its interests. ...

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