Many Americans claim to derive their morals from the bible, and believe that is what they are, no questions asked. ... They stem from the individual, their experiences, and are influenced by culture, time period, context and social norms. ... I did not look to the 613 different commandments in the Bible, or to a pastor. ... A few hundred years ago it was normal, moral even, to own a slave, it was in the Bible and God condoned it in both the old and new testaments. 300 years ago we were burning withes in the name of God, an act that was also condoned by the Bible. ... The morals of society have...

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Exclusivists usually discourage the interpretation of the Bible and follow it more literally. They might think their strength is deeper faith in Christianity but that may or may not be true because Bible also asks a Christian to be tolerant. ... Pluralists also read the Bible with an open mind and do not always take it literally, rather they understand it with prior context in mind. ... As mentioned earlier, pluralists also read the Bible with an open mind and do not take it literally. Taking the words as it is in The Bible can be dangerous if they are metaphors and are not meant literally. ...

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One of the persons listed in the bible with a larger than life storyline is Noah. Noah was the creator of the Ark, a large ship build out of wood timbers, he is also the third longest –living human o record in the bible. ... In the Sacred Quest, the sacred objects are defined as an object or objects, we mean a number of material items that have or have had importance in religious context. ... The holy bible which is a book that is sacred to many, holds many words of god and the story of how the beginning started. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Anthropology studies could be said to be as old as religious studies. In social and cultural anthropology, religion is considered universal. The presence of religious systems is expressed through a set of rules, precepts, and prohibitions that have to do with the family organization, the rules of ma...

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Oppenheimer states that in order for a movement or religion to be sustainable in a new cultural context, doctrines must be loosened in the same way the conservative denominations were forced to unbutton during the counterculture movement of the 1960s and 1970s. ... Sermons often focus on delivering messages that cater to what the youth want to hear instead of teaching the harsh lessons present throughout the Bible. ...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

While King explicitly anchored his actions for civil rights in his protestant Christianity, Malcolm X's life and message informed by two Islamic contexts, the Nation of Islam and Traditional Arab Islam. ... He based most of his words on the holy bible when giving a speech. ... (pp.117, 118) MLK was at first convinced that Jesus' ethic of love was to be lived out in the context of individual relationships. ...

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Modern science cannot be given sole responsibility for the diminution of intelligence and the rise of atheism and agnosticism. Nor can modern science be blamed for the death of metaphysics and the privatization and cultural eclipse of religion. Certainly there have been scientists who have been atheists and propounded a specifically materialistic metaphysics while simultaneously rejecting religion and metaphysics. Jacques Monod, a biochemist, says that: It is perfectly true that science attacks values. Not directly, since science is no judge of them and must ignore them... man must at las...

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The next quote is from the Bible and offers heavenly reimbursement for people who seek peace, "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.... Further scripture is needed to fully examine the context of this quote. ...

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• Grade Level: High School