The word religion means to bind together, this is a key idea to members of the Christian community because the worshipers are very community driven and want to help others by giving back. ... Even giving back to the community has become tradition in the church but not always in the best way. ... This is not what God wants from us, he wants us to have an urge to go out and help the community or world. He can show us the door but ultimately its up to us if were just going to join the group or go out and give to the community by yourself in different ways to spread the word of Jesus. ... If we as...

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Fittingly, it is the gospel of the Matthew 19:21 saying, "If thou wouldst be perfect, go and sell that thou hast and give to the poor, and come follow Me and thou shalt have treasure in heaven," which finalizes Antony's choice to relinquish his possessions in order to commit himself to the service of God (Athanasius 41). In Short, Antony's calling to turn his back on the materialism of the world is the start of a journey to spiritual contentment. ... " gently laving hold of one of them," Antony says, "Depart, and in the name of the Lord come nigh to this spot" (Athanasius 46). ...

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The frequent references to religion come in varied forms from that of biblical role-playing, to that of the fate of our current society. ... As it goes in the bible, God created Lucifer as the most brilliant and beautiful angel in the sky with good intentions, but Lucifer turned his back on his creator and began a notorious streak of evil as the "malignant devil." ... By having Victor be a mad scientist who creates a demonic creature who soon goes mad as well and eventually murders its creator, Mary Shelley might want her intentive audience to pick up another aspect of society. ...

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According to Lucretian thought, we live within a world where "nature, free in a world no lords and masters rule, does everything by herself, without the gods.(54)" It is not possible for Gods to exist because "Gods know no suffering, they know no dangers, their self-engendered power needs naught of us; we cannot win their love or rouse their anger.(44) The absence of a god is logical in the sense that "nothing can come from nothing. ... Man could have burst from ocean, from dry land the bearers of scales, and from thin air the birds; Thus everything cannot spring from anything, for things a...

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But occasionally, an individual decides to come out from under the sheltering protection of their religion to gain a better understanding of other beliefs. ... Hinduism is the third largest religion, with a history dating back to 1500 B.C.E. ... With the addition of the second scripture, the "Upanishads" spoke of how people go through cycles of rebirth or "Samsara", to achieve "Moksha" which is liberation to holiness. ... A central theme to Islam is that salvation comes through acceptance of, and submission to God. ...

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This is later contradicted when Pascal goes on to explain the Wager. ... So rather than actually believing, Pascal believes that as long as one pretends to believe that will lessen the passions that would be holding one back from believing. ... The same would go for any follower of any other religion holding reverence to a different God than that of Christianity. ... The last example of a hole in Pascal's Wager comes from a misconception of Christianity that is not covered by Pascal. ... With this said, Pascal assumes that the only condition that must be met to go to heaven is to bel...

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However if Crusoe were to lurk around the island and find none of these characteristics he could come to the conclusion that this hypothetical survivor either doesn't exist because he hasn't displayed any apt behavior relative to survival or his intentions are not as clear as thought of. ... Furthermore still working under the assumption that humans are the jewels of creation he adds that you cannot expect humans to come into existence so long after the animals and yet according to modern science humans have not existed for 99.99% of earth's history. ... Everitt in his thesis cl...

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This is an example of how the belief in a God affects our lives and I am going to explore the religions of Hinduism, Shintoism, and Sikhism and compare and contrast the way "God" affects the people of that religion and what roles their God fulfill. ... It exists in all creation; it does not fear; it does not hate; it is timeless and universal and self-existent, You will come to know it through seeking knowledge and learning!" ... Whether we act accordingly because of promise of reward, or because it is our duty or simply because it is part of our culture we get something back from d...

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This is where a lot of skeptics try to discredit religion as something false and made up since there is no proof to back its teachings up, and in a civilization where proof is the only way people will start to believe. ... Freud goes into explaining that as our civilization consists on solely in wealth itself, and it is threatened by rebellions of the people in the civilization. ... Some prohibitions from the past used to be part of a civilization, but are prohibited now; and some ordinary daily activities from today might be prohibited in the years to come. ... Freud then goes into the way...

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This hero puts his family first, he might have refused to stand besides Zeus at Olympus but he respects his father and is willing to go through the deathly Tartarus to rescue him. ... In an epic world like in Wrath of the Titans, the definition is brought back to its most literal meaning – the power to control, defeat and reward others. ... He has the power of creating powerful weapons and designing the interior masterpiece called Tartarus, because of his intelligence, even Perseus and his crew even has to come to him to seek for help. ...

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Back in the mid 1800's, slavery was in full effect in the areas of the South. ... Through his exploration of the Christian religion in America, he is able to come to many realizations that reinforce his persuading narrative and to show how most religious whites used Christianity as a means to justify their cruel actions. ... As an example, I will state one of many facts going to prove the charge. ... He states: The old preacher could go no further than to give utterance to the familiar exhortations: "Trust in the Lord, the Lord can make you free"; "Ask in faith and He will give you what...

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Looking back at the quote made by Hume concerning the use of evidence, it must be asked; how useful are these testimonies? ... Hume does not accept chance or supernatural intervention hence he appeals for us to go with the evidence we are given and to consider which state of affairs is more probable (probability is key in Hume's theoretical argument), a miracle or an ordinary explanation. ... Suddenly, the train slows, and comes to a halt, only a few feet from her child. ...

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