The Christian Bible consists of two books: the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament, which is the Jewish holy book called the Torah, is made up of twenty-four different books. The first five books are called the Five Books of Moses, which tells the origin of the Jewish people and the set of beliefs the Jews hold. ... He led the Hebrew people, as ordered by God, out of Egypt, freed them from slavery, and led them to the Promised Land. ... Similarly to the Old Testament, the New Testament contains twenty-seven books. ...

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Throughout Core Humanities Seminar, we have as a class, in fact, discussed books that regardless of when they were written, are still popular in the twenty second century, thus are deemed worthy of such interrogation. ... With such radically different topics, how is it that I can possibly find some kind of correlation between the two books? ... Deceiving ones subjects into thinking that the individual cares about them so that they will side with the person in times of turmoil, rendering the death penalty to all criminals so that they never have an opportunity to ...

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The court said while the parents "may be free to become martyrs themselves," "it does not follow they are free, in identical circumstances, to make martyrs of their children." ... Only 4 states have overturned these laws, and 40 states still have laws on the books that basically grant parents protection from prosecution if they chose pray over medical treatment. ... In my opinion there needs to be more steps taken by the states and the federal government to get the laws off the books that allow parents to not be tried for abuse or neglect for refusing medical treatment to their children. ...

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Heaven is interpeted as a glorious place, free from pain, disease, sexual activity, depression, where everyone will live in new spiritual bodies in the presence of Jesus Christ. ... The earliest books of the Bible described Sheol : an underground cavern where all people, good and bad, spent eternity after death, leading a thirsty, shadowy, energy-less existence isolated from God. ... Basing their beliefs on the some main biblical passages in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures (Old and New Testaments) and the 14 books of the Apocrypha, the Roman Catholic Church teaches that most individuals ...

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The First Amendment of the Constitution states that "congress shall may no law representing the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there of." ... "Congress shall make no law representing an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or of the right of the people to peacefully assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances." ... "Congress shall make no law---- prohibiting the free exercise (of religion) thereof" Even before September 11th's crisis in America, ...

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Take this into consideration, America is just about the most violent country in the world, and we justify our actions by saying we"re free, free to speak our minds, free to assemble and free to choose our own religious preference. Think about that, we"re free. ... I personally don't judge books by their covers; in fact I like the diversity of the world and America in modern times? ...

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(No such thing as a free lunch.) -- Hindus strive to follow Karma Yoga which is Doing one's own duty without expectation of any rewards for it. 15. ... A goal of Hindus is to achieve Moksha, to be freed from the cycle of birth and death (when the "good" and the "bad" karmas balance.) or reach Swarga, the abode of the Divine Soul or Paramatma [God] to serve at His feet. ... A large number of prophecies were made in astonishing detail by many people throughout these books. ...

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Because Christ has died for us, salvation is available as a free gift to anyone who is willing to receive it. ... Sindhu - "river- "more specifically, the Indus Vedas - Veda (Sanskrit, "knowledge-), the most ancient sacred literature of Hinduism, or individual books belonging to that literature. ...

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Later on, Father Gabriel gave Rodrigo a stack of scripture books to read. There were a series of words that stuck in Rodrigo's mind as he was reading the books and they were "faith, hope, and love". ... Because of this redemption, Rodrigo knew he had the duty to help free them. ...

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At the heart of the gnostic concern was the revelation of the hidden Gnosis (Greek meaning "knowledge"), the possession of which would free one from the fragmentary and illusory (or evil) material world (bodily existence) and teach one about the origins of the spiritual world to which the gnostic belonged by nature. ... This was most notable in the 3rd and 4th century with the different parts of the world recognizing different books as gospel. ...

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Being a brilliant writer, he knows how to persuade others in such a way that they agree with him and he uses this trait in an effective manner for writing books and essays. ... In this He encourages the readers to manifest themselves as free thinker and to have a reason for everything to believe in rather than to believe just because of emotion and fear. ...

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The following quotes come from guidelines in Islam directly quoted from the Qur'an, "4:74 So when you meet in battle those who disbelieve, then smite the necks until when you have overcome them, then make prisoners, and afterwards either set them free as a favor or let them ransom until the war terminates. ... The reliability is in question because it was quoted in a article not in any holy books. ...

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