Because we are looking at an issue that is affected by religion, the Bible is quoted as well as the Koran, as they are the books of laws in each religion. ... Despite the fact that there had to be laws passed in America for the equal treatment of women, the Christian Bible has promoted equality to women and men all along. ... Titus 3:6 in the Bible states that men hold authority over women. ... I believe that referring to the Bible and Koran only instigates more problems than the issue at hand because the text and interpretations are so controversial. For example, one book in the Bible allows ...

• Word Count: 1446
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Law dates all the way back to the Bible and the Bible is the basis of Christian religion. ... The bible is found in nine out of ten American homes. ... The bible holds a special place historically in our nation. Much of our system of laws and government were either patterned after or strongly influenced by the Bible. ... It would be ok to do a religion comparison class to look at these but the Bible belongs to every U.S. ...

• Word Count: 1458
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Informal Fallacies Often, especially in casual conversation a person will hear an informal fallacy. One might ask themselves what is an informal fallacy and why is it necessary to know what one is? Dictionary.com states that a fallacy is, 1. A false notion. 2. A statement or an argu...

• Word Count: 1312
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

As human beings, women should have human rights. However in history, women's rights have not been considered to be one part of human rights for such a long period. After the victory of American war of independence in 1776, Declaration of Independence was passed. At that time, in the concept of human...

• Word Count: 1297
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

However, in the Christian Bible, Leviticus 19:28, it states, "You shall not tattoo any marks upon you" (Priory). Pope Hadrian I, reluctant to go against the teachings of the Bible, banned the art for many centuries (Priory). ...

• Word Count: 1884
• Approx Pages: 8

"Seventeen percent of those who trust Christ as Savior and 11% who self-identified as "Christian" read the Bible daily" (Lifeway 11). ... If you consider yourself a "Christian" and do not go to church or read your bible, one would like to believe you at least pray right? ... All throughout the Bible, Pride is talked about being despised by God. ...

• Word Count: 1283
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Bible, which is the word of God, explains what will happen to a people who turn away from Him. In summary, the Bible says that God will turn away from those people and the people will basically self-destruct. What we see in America is just what the Bible says will happen to a people who turn away from Him, self-destruction. ...

• Word Count: 1720
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A Battle for Equal Rights Among Sexes Over an extended period of time, women have struggled constantly for equal rights. In history women have fought for appanages such as the right to an education, the right to vote, and the right to take on a career without sexual discrimination. Struggling ...

• Word Count: 1476
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Cryonics offers much more than life, it offers hope, much like how the bible inspired people to be good, law-abiding citizens and raise their children well. The bible provided answers to the mysteries surrounding death and gave meaning to suffering and a purpose to life. ...

• Word Count: 1398
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This was the push for the return of the protestant ways and the complete and literal following of the word of the Bible. Also, it emphasized the importance for America and the whole world to accept the message of Jesus Christ as it was in their version of the Bible. ...

• Word Count: 1354
• Approx Pages: 5

In order to help him scare the people into repentance, he used scriptures and examples from the bible mainly focusing on the Old Testament; discussing the wrath of God and eternal misery. ... Like the bible says, we should love our neighbors the same as we love ourselves. ...

• Word Count: 2044
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During these revivals, the participants would study the Bible, examine their souls, and hear emotionally charged teachings that would make them, "cry out, burst into tears, or tremble with fear," (Religion Sparks Reform Handout). ... Mann also felt that Bible reading was solely useful for teaching moral instruction only if it was done without comment. ...

• Word Count: 2362
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Gun control has been a major controversy in the United States for many years now. More and more gun control laws and restrictions have been passed. Many American's are in favor of these yet many remain opposed. The gun control laws that have already been passed have made large difference in the f...

• Word Count: 1876
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There are many issues today that involve some sort of injustice towards the people. One of them, though it may not be the hottest topic, is the issue of censorship. "Censorship, so far as I see it, is like a law which prohibits swimming altogether because such a law will prevent someone from swimmi...

• Word Count: 1396
• Approx Pages: 6

There were many reasons why the South wanted to secede but the main reason had to do with the North's view on slavery. There were a few reasons other then the slavery issue, that the South disagreed on and that persuaded them to ceded from the Union. The North favored a loose interpretation of the...

• Word Count: 1409
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

There were many reasons why the South wanted to secede but the main reason had to do with the North's view on slavery. There were a few reasons other then the slavery issue, that the South disagreed on and that persuaded them to ceded from the Union. The North favored a loose interpretation of the...

• Word Count: 1409
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Some people wonder what is racial profiling, racial profiling deals with miseducation, slavery, and incarceration. Since the beginning of slavery African Americans have suffered due to their identity. Racial profiling is the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having commit...

• Word Count: 1433
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Q: Was the Civil War fought over the issue of slavery? The South, which was known as the Confederate States of America, seceded from the North, which was also known as the Union, for many different reasons. The reason they wanted to succeed was because there was four decades of great sectional confl...

• Word Count: 1672
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen."" What is prejudice? Often people think that a prejudice is based solely on an individual's skin color, but that is not always true. Prejudice can be found between gender, religion, cultural and geographical background and ra...

• Word Count: 1603
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Music censorship is defined as any discriminatory act that advocates or allows suppression, control, or banning of music or music related works against the wishes of its creator or intended audience.(Nuzum 7) Studies in elementary schools, high schools, and universities have shown that music has li...

• Word Count: 1767
• Approx Pages: 7

McCarthyism in The Crucible In The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, the madness of the Salem witch trials is explored in great detail. There is more to the play than the witch trials, though. The Crucible was composed during a time when a similar hysteria was sweeping through America. A virtually...

• Word Count: 1817
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

During the years of slavery, education was an extremely controversial issue among these individuals. The entire nation's economy depended heavily upon the free labor of slaves, which made so many oppose the idea of abolition. The main fear in the education of slaves was that they would revolt; and t...

• Word Count: 2340
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The South The South, which was known as the Confederate States of America, seceded from the North, which was also known as the Union, for many different reasons. The reason they wanted to succeed was because there was four decades of great sectional conflict between the two. Between the North...

• Word Count: 2119
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Is it possible that guns are the cause for all the violence and murders in America? Remember the tragedy that took place on December 14, 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, when Adam Lanza opened fire and fatally shot twenty children and six adults. How about the event that took p...

• Word Count: 2206
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Over the past ten to twenty years a big issue has been made over a personright to commit suicide or not. The American courts have had to deal with everything from assisted suicides to planned suicides, and whether the constitution gives the American people the right to take their own lives or whether it says they have the power to allow someone else to take their lives. They have had to determine in some cases whether or not homicide charges needed to be brought up and others times whether or not it was done for an underlying reason such as insurance fraud. There are several aspects to suici...

• Word Count: 2357
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School