There were also dedications of small statuettes or even large painted vases (Webster, p79). ... Because of this, they were often forced to practice their religion in private and in small groups. ... Because of these different styles of worship, each religion needs a completely different place to worship. ... There were different styles of temples from small with only 4 columns to massive with over 60 columns. ... The Christian religion in the Roman days has had two real styles of worship place, none, and large, grand churches. ...

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This work of art comes from a different religion, place, and time then the Chi/Rho page. ... The circles are shown throughout the painting also, thus showing that God is in more then one place at a time. ... These colors are shown in the smaller size letters, underneath the Chi, Rho, and Iota. ... (Possibly combine the top two paragraphs since both talk of color) The smaller letters in the painting are a great deal smaller then the Chi, Rho, Iota, this great size of the letters suggest that their God is of great size. ... He is in more then one place at a time. ...

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As a man who was born into an atheist family, I've never frequented any place of worship before. ... That's why it was a major change for me going from a small town in New York to Charleston, South Carolina. ... This is the place where one can purge themselves of all their sins in order to purify their soul before entering Heaven. ... As previously stated, the Body is represented by a small piece of bread and the Blood is represented by red wine. ... As for the afterlife, if one was close with God, he or she would go to Heaven – a perfect place filled with infinite happiness. ...

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Before we place me in Hell, we need to look at exactly why people go to Hell. ... (Jesus-is-Lord) As the societal need to sin has come and gone it has allowed other sin, to take place under the name of God, which is completely absurd. ... Common sense, just not allow you to have a person reside in two places at once. ... In the twentieth century and twenty-first century technology and science is what has taken the place of God, and law has taken the place of sin and Hell. ... I understand why this would be a sin, since my indulgence is affecting the greater good in a small, but subtle, way....

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In 430 B.C., when the play took place, the way to communicate to the gods was through the oracles. ... In Sunday school Owen would always be harassed for being too small and was often thrown around and abused by the children. ... Owen Meany was always small and abnormal; his looks were something that most people would normally make fun of. ... As a small person, Owen could talk and act like he meant business but it all depended on how people reacted to him and accepted him. ... The part of baby Jesus was supposedly a small part, with no talking or much attention paid to it. ...

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Ireland, originally a distinct and independent country, was invaded by Britain and forced to become part of the then small, but growing, British Empire. ... The Chinese government claims that the union formed at that time was never legally broken and because of that Tibet, the smaller of the two countries, has an obligation to become absorbed into China. ... The society could greatly benefit from more land, and the government saw taking over Tibet as a possible way of gaining land and making life more comfortable for the Chinese people, although with a country as small as Tibet one would think...

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Roman Catholicism was the foundation for European society; it was the one thing that united a vastly different people fragmented into small kingdoms. ... Although these small communities dominated rural areas in Western Europe and were used by roughly 95 percent of the population, there wasn't enough development economically, or technologically in urban areas due to decentralization. ... For women and the poor, they gained a sense of unity by having a purpose and place within society. ...

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Prisons are places to incarcerate offenders who in society posed a threat, committed a crime and were charged by the courts to serve time. ... However, if two religious groups are wanting the chapel at the same time the larger group by number of members is allowed the chapel, and the smaller group is allowed a smaller room. ...

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Empathy is "the intellectual, emotional, and imaginative apprehension of another person's situation that takes place without experiencing it", from this definition we see that our culture has fractured us into thinking solely about the "I" instead of the "other". ... With consumerism and the growing impersonality of modern society we have shifted from relationships with other human beings to an artifact culture, placing more emphasis on artifacts and material possession then the relationships that bond us together. The word "human being" places on emphasis on "being" than having, but in o...

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Trace the consciousness and relationship of man, of his god, and his place in the world through art, architecture, literature, and music. ... It served as the central point for all political, religious, social and artistic activities that took place in its region. ... About 3000 years ago in the Middle East a small tribe that later grew to a great society, became the central source for the development of the west civilization. ... One of the great achievements of the Islam religion was the great mosques that were built for their place of worship. ...

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Such a friend was Manuel, a small ranch owner in New Mexico. ... "By now the emphasis on religious ceremony has almost taken the place of the original emphasis on religion." ... Jacinto suggests that they leave their mules behind, because he knows of a place that will shelter them from the wind and rain. ... As the story comes to an end Father Latour finds himself in a place known as Pike's Peak. ...

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Blood is a common symbol in our world. Throughout the history of civilizations, blood has had various uses and interpretations. Blood may be deciphered as a way people are blessed. In the Standard Dictionary of Folklore Volume I. by Jerome Fried and Maria Leach, they say, "Primitive men generally lo...

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The advocates of world "tolerance, good temper, and sympathy- are making an attempt to manipulate the feelings of their audience, not make the world a better place to live in. ... For centuries literature has been produced about men and women searching for love, or people finding friendship in unexpected places. ... So, the smaller and more unified the group, the more democracy seems like a beloved republic. ...

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As a result of this, religion has been integrated into our developing culture, and now holds an important place for many of us. ... We are responsible for keeping the ever small spark of life lit, and keep it eternal. ... It's just to hard to comprehend living in such a vast and lonely place without anyone else out there to reach. ...

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With rats and other small animals already in the process of being cloned, it is only a short time before human beings are being cloned. ... That is why, people such as Jack Kevorkian do not have a place on this planet, but instead have a place serving a lift time jail sentence. ...

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The Zhou dynasty brought China together, but when the dynast fell apart, the small states that divided China began to go to war. ... The creation story of Islam states that the events written in the Qur'an took place after those of Judaism and Christianity. ...

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Hinduism is an ancient religion of people looking for explanations for the things that are beyond human power. Hinduism has many gods/goddess, scriptures that they hold to be true, rules they live by, belief in an afterlife, and rituals they perform whenever the time is right. Hindus follow the re...

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The Qur'an places importance on these values: Be kind to parents, and the near kinsman, and to orphans, and to the needy, and to the neighbour who is of kin, and to the neighbour who is a stranger, and to the companion at your side, and to the traveler, and to that your right hands own. ... There are advantages of having such a discontinuous style, where it makes it easier to focus on smaller parts of the text, which would still make sense if taken out and examined on its own it. ...

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Although great changes have taken place in human society, those old cultural conceptions have not disappeared completely. ... Females operate one third of American middle and small types of companies. ...

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This parable confronts the thought that God places punishment on people via suffering when they disobey his rules. ... They continue to say that suffering may be caused by upsetting their God and therefore God places suffering on them as revenge. ... "This is the way of Torah: Eat the bread with salt, drink water in small measure, sleep on the ground, live a life of deprivation – but toil in the Torah! ...

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Is it not our job as humans to help others and make the world a better place? ... On the contrary, Susan Wolf would probably argue that this is just one small minor instance of morality and that it does not count as being a moral saint because you are in part being selfish and not doing everything with the thought of putting other people's happiness or well-being over your own. ... My second argument consists of the main question: Shouldn't everyone strive to be a "moral saint " because it is our inherent job as humans to help others and make the world a better place? ...

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Luckily, the members of the small community were friendly enough to approach me and offer their help. ... The Hindu devotee told me that worshipping one deity is for personal reasons, "the world is a diverse place and a God presented in only one form will not be able to appeal to everyone, which is why Hinduism offers diverse personalities of God," he stated. ...

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After being shunned by several people and places, he finds a hut outside of a peasant family's house where he stays. ... After leaving the family and wandering to find his creator, Frankenstein, he comes upon a small boy who mocks him for how he looks. ...

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There are two well known religions that avoid conventional medical treatment the Jehovah Witnesses and the Christian Scientists, there are many other smaller sects that carry similar beliefs and they are as follows: The Body "The Body of Christ", Bible Readers Fellowship, Church of the First Born, End Time Ministries, Faith Assembly, Full Gospel Deliverance Church, Faith Tabernacle Congregation, Christ Church, Grace Baptist Church, and Home in Zion Ministries, there are probably others but these are the ones currently recognized according to Robinson (2002). ... Then in 1974 under influence of...

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Isn't the ideal leader someone who is of sane mind, which requires that that someone take at least a small amount of consideration on his or her own behalf? ... His objective was to argue that there should be "and that there is, indeed "a fixed system of values that is right at all times and in all places, regardless of the situation. ...

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