The Bible laid out the rules that people are to live by and these rules became law. The Bible also declared that disobedience to civil rulers was both a political sin and a transgression against God. ... Contrarians debated whether this was the correct interpretation, or was the Bible really referring only to authorities that were living and ruling in a fair and humane manner? ... The Bible instructed them that it was their duty to submit to authority. ... The Bible was very specific when speaking of submission to, and respect for, authority. ...

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These individuals tend to be of very religious backgrounds with high respects of the Holy Bible. They claim that the Bible possesses passages that state homosexuality is a sin, or going against God's will. ...

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As the Bible says, "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. " If a person commits a capital offense(murder or anything of the sort), they should receive a capital punishment; therefore the state won't have to pay for the criminal's lifetime in jail, it provides the most complete retribution and condemnation, and crime rates will begin to drop. ...

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Today, and more prevalently in the past, gender stereotyping takes place in many aspects of everyday life, such as the media and normal social interactions. Gender roles assign specific requirements and expectations of each sex, for example, a popular gender role for women is that they tend to get e...

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Conflict between racial and ethnic groups has been a problem throughout history, and is still a major problem today. Three underlying reasons for conflict between racial and ethnic groups are religious differences, racist upbringings of children, and a history of conflicts between racial and ethnic ...

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The Puritans were very wrong in their ideas which came from the bible, where they took each word literally, were the bible's message can not be taken literally, but must be interpreted and evaluated for the time. ... Great Awakening: The Great Awakening was a new interoperation of the bible and the righteous path that we should follow in order to go to Heaven. ...

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The bible provided another collection of strong points of view. Many religious southerners claimed that the bible argues the natural order of things, and the slaves just happen to be on the bottom. In Leviticus, the bible clearly defines slavery as a part of the divine order; for example, it states that one can own slaves, provided that they are bought. ...

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Most people, in this world, have a general sense or knowledge of the difference between right and wrong. Some of what we learned is already ingrained in our heads when we were born, and has come natural. However, people have different opinions of what is right and wrong. We have learned this diff...

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I never knew that things like the pope, the bible, the issues of church and state, integration and other various subjects had such dominating impact on the way the church has evolved to the way it was today. ... I think of Sunday masses, bible study, and authority figures such as priests bishops and the pope. ...

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The right for gays to marry should not be determined with arguments from the bible or personal disagreements. ... The rights of the citizens of the United States are not determined by the Christian bible. ...

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Through reading it I came upon the alleged curse in the bible on black people, Genesis 9:18-27. ... "Have black churches become the dumping ground for uneducated people carrying the bible, you be the judge," as stated in chapter seven of the novel entitled Dissension and Weakness. ...

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Although the bible is interpreted in many different ways there are still ways to relate cloning to religion. ... God banded Adam and Eve because they ate the fruit, though god banded them because they were moving a step closer to becoming god, so the bible says. ...

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After looking at the Pew Survey one of the most interesting religious trends that I came to really think about is the trend of people incorporating bible study into their lives. Basically the action that people are doing is attending bible study on a weekly basis due to the belief that it will create a stronger connection with their god. ...

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Religion- A Matter of Faith No simple definition can describe the numerous religions in the world. For many people, religion is an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, practices, and worship that center on one supreme God. For many others, religion involves many gods, or deities. Some even hav...

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Has the separation of church and state gone too far? Instances with the modern courts today has forcably separated church and state. They have proceeded to put up a huge wall between the two and letting nothing go pass that wall. These rulings mostly occur in the matter of education. Perhaps becau...

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During the seventeenth century there where many attempts to create the model society. The Puritans where one group that wanted to make a society based on their beliefs. The Puritans wanted to purify the church of England. They also wanted to build a purified society. One aspiration that really took...

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I once had a friend who refused to believe that dinosaurs ever existed solely based on the fact that dinosaurs were never mentioned in the bible. To me this seemed absurd that my friend could hold this belief to be true in the face of such strong evidence. The world has a great diversity of peopl...

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America's moral compass can be traced all the way back to the Bible when it comes to the issue of homosexuality. But, wasn't the Bible written by men, and if that is the case isn't that one man's interpretation or opinion? ...

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" Coming from someone that has never even read the bible I was really shocked to listen to the different things Christian people believe. ... For example even though the LGBTQ are looked down on due to some of the scripts in the bible, everyone is welcome and not judged on what they are. ...

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ESSAY 1: When coming to the new world, the colonists brought religion from their homeland. But like many other institutions, religion was changed upon arrival to the new world. It took on different forms and different sects were formed. For example the Puritans of New England broke up into Congreg...

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Courthouses that have had the Ten Commandments engraved in their beautiful walls have had to demolish the walls to remove the biblical reference, and others have had framed texts of the bible established in their courthouses (Teicher). ... Even if the Christian religion is trying to force their religion into the schools, it is a worthy try because the Ten Commandments are not only laws of the Bible but they are also laws of morality and laws of the United States. ...

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The events of American history are very much connected to the influence of American literature and what it has become today. The inspiration that a writer needs is mostly gathered by the effects of the world around him/her, and this is how the geography and history of America have made an impact...

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War on Terror; War on Freedom Throughout the history of this world, there have always been many discrepancies of ethnicity, cultures, religions, and philosophies. There are contradictions as there are agreements. There are similarities as there are differences. Peoples, tribes and whole nations h...

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As a result of the American Revolution the socio-political structure of America radically changed. During the time of rebellion, America achieved a higher plane of social and political life than had ever been seen before. Furthermore, political thought was the most formulated ever in American histor...

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Marijuana is a harmful drug. People under estimate the dangers of this futile drug. In fact, people protest for the legislation of marijuana. Are these people mad? Of course they are if the use marijuana, its been proven it leads to mental problems, depressions and low sperm count in males. As a cu...

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