Religion is an example of collective consciousness that is planned, stable, and widespread, whereas mob rule is an example of how collective consciousness can strike suddenly and easily influence the judgment of individuals. ... you're afraid to back down--afraid to be found out for what you are--cowards (111)" Sherburn touches on the point that in this situation of collective consciousness, individual free-will is lost, because people get caught up in what the consciousness of the mob wants to do and follow that instead of their own feelings. ... The second example, in particular, shows ...

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Confucianism was founded by the Chinese teacher Confucius. ... Islam, which is considered to be a western religion, was founded by the prophet Muhammad. ... For example, what seems to be the most prevalent dissimilarity is that the eastern religions discussed have no real commitment to an easily identifiable, monotheistic god as the western religions identify. ...

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With so many different points of view God's existence is not always found to be the conclusion for the argument. Swinburne believes that different types of religious experience can lead to the conclusion that God exists but since each is perceived in a different way, the conclusion that God exists may be more easily reached in one than another. ...

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This essay will examine the plausibility of adding to this list a bigotry which, if found to be coherent and legitimate, has been practiced for the whole of recorded human history. ... This idea can be easily equated with racism and sexism because of the obvious connection between morally inferior consideration based solely on what may be seen as a non-moral difference. ... One can easily see where the appeal to emotion is present, as opponents of prejudices of these kinds would not argue on such grounds. ...

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One is therefore unable to share their knowledge and is easily mislead to answer a question in a certain way. ... Religion is a worldwide phenomenon that has played a part in all human culture and so is a much broader, more complex category than the set of beliefs or practices found in any single religious tradition. ... In addition to his use of key phrases, Postman's repeated use of enumeration is found throughout the book. ...

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Luther believed that whatever could be accomplished through actions alone could be accomplished more easily through certitude in faith, which best demonstrates man's highest worship of God. ... A final important distinction between Luther and Machiavelli can be found when looking at how they viewed the relationship between rulers and the ruled. ...

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The Chesapeake settlers, founded the first English settlement of Jamestown with the hunger for wealth. ... However, their economic success did not come easily, upon the first colonists' arrival they were faced with foreign diseases of their new land and faced starvation as a result. ...

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In fact, anyone found to have had an abortion, or aiding someone to do so, will be dismissed from the Church, and in other words they were made to leave. ... However, debating about an issue like abortion is not only specifically narrowed on individuals that rely purely on religion, to present their different views and attempt to gather the whole of population to share a general view with them; because these people tend to ignore doctors and nurses' that have a direct involvement feel towards abortion, especially carrying out the procedure in situations that it is not necessary, such as a...

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Since the eighteenth century, when the first rudimentary beginning was made in the study of religion in a scientific manner, scholars have been confronted by the problem of definition, which became more complicated with the rise of a philosophical humanism in Western Europe that denied the notion o...

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The Establishment Clause found in the first article of the First Amendment in the Constitution forbids the government to create any laws that respect the formation or "establishment" of any religion. ...

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The Graeco-Roman world set the agenda for the discussion, gave the language and provided symbols that were easily usable or ready to hand for Graeco-Roman Christians to interpret their new appurtenance to Christ. ...

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