However, Christianity was not dubbed a separate religion from Judaism until around 5 B.C with Jesus" birth. ... The Middle East is the back drop for the most important and credible piece of knowledge to the Ancient world, the Bible. ... Unlike today where the government and religion are completely separate ideas, in these times it was incredibly common for the political figure to double as the God figure as well. ...

• Word Count: 930
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

My conception of religious liberty was vague when I was younger, but as I got older and I became aware of the world around me, religious liberty has been a topic that everyone has been discussing - not only privately but also in public and especially in the papers. I used to be an uninformed protest...

• Word Count: 3342
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The piece known as the way to death is full of examples of wicked moral vices. ... Didache 9:2-3, however, mentions and separates, in this sequence, the cup to be passed and shared, the bread to be broken and shared (The Birth of Christianity, page 438)." ... Bread and wine are lifted up, prayed over, and then passed separately. ...

• Word Count: 1288
• Approx Pages: 5
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Millard then states that because of this all too common thought-pattern among Americans citizens she is taking up writing this piece in hopes that readers will rediscover their deeply rooted Christian heritage in this country and throw out the falsehoods and stories they had been taught up to this point. ... I guess many arguments could be formed about this topic and I could probably go off and write a whole separate paper on this topic but my point is Millard to me seems right in her assumption. ... Again though, this is not effective evidence to include in this piece. ...

• Word Count: 1509
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Mormons see the trinity as one in purpose, but separate entities. ... For example, a two year old taking a piece of candy from a candy store and not realizing that it is stealing is not a sin. ... I think what really separates these two is how old each of the religions are. ...

• Word Count: 1639
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

While the Spanish were getting their western piece of land, and the French their northern and central, the English began to settle their colonies. ... This would keep the two societies separate for decades leading to the Revolutionary war. ...

• Word Count: 1078
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

This letter served as the first piece of apostolic instruction for those Christians. ... Unholy man is eternally separated from a just and perfect Heavenly Father, and there is no act, apart from an act of God, which can redeem man. ...

• Word Count: 1488
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

By looking at this piece of text, several recurring themes in Jesus" teachings can be selected, some being: love, equality, forgiveness, modesty, humility or abstention, and non-materialism. ... While Confucius was the first to advocate: "Do not do to others what you yourself would not desire", 500 years later in an entirely separate place and time, Jesus declares: "Do for others what you yourself desire". ...

• Word Count: 1478
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The essay "Why I Am Not a Christian," was originally delivered by Bertrand Russell on March 6, 1927. Russell presented the lecture at Battersea Hall to the south London Branch of National Secular Society, England. The lecture then came in form of essay and was a popular touch point for Atheist commu...

• Word Count: 1856
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Religion in China Try to think for a few moments about differing cultures from your own. What comes to mind first? Perhaps it is the geographic location, or maybe you are drawn to differences in traditions. Possibly you even think initially about language barriers. Whatever it may be, most lik...

• Word Count: 3474
• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In 1830, Smith published the Book of Mormon, which he believed to be a religious record of the ancient inhabitants of North America, and is now believed, used, and sacred piece of literature by the Mormons. ... The Mormons believe that God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit are three separate entities. ...

• Word Count: 2529
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School