If the majority of the people were converting, then this jeopardized the balance between the dead, the living, and the unborn. ... Pages ) The British, attaining a foreign land had a very different religion from the Nigerians and they set laws to what their beliefs were. ... Before the British took over Nigerian land, the Nigerian people had their own religion and their own gods to worship. ... Since Olunde was away in a foreign land Elesin thought that he would fall for their customs and laws. ... Olunde was in Nigeria only to bury his father because he thought that he was alre...

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• Grade Level: High School

At the end of one's life, after living the commandments and the Torah, modern Judaism allows that one will have a deliverance to the promised land, or what would be conceived as the ultimate holy. ... Jesus is believed to have died through crucifixion and then resurrected from the dead by God to illustrate forgiveness of human sin, the conquering of death, and denial of Satan. This act of redemption would be visualized by those who have faith in God, who then would likewise be resurrected from the dead to ascend into heaven. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For example, when Sam wakes up one day on the Abrolhos islands smelling his dead father right beside him, he knows that there are spiritual forces at work and yet he cannot tell "which way the shadow's fallen". Thus, he goes to work as normal, thinking "today wasn't his day to be worried", and is "dead wrong", losing the fingers of his hand. ... When Fish drowns and is apparently raised from the dead, the fact that their miracle turns sour as Fish is now mentally retarded causes them to lose their faith in God, as Oriel blames God for the tragedy. ...

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In the opening of "Oedipus Rex," as king of his land, Oedipus accepts the challenge of saving the people of his country from a plague. ... We had a leader, once, over this land, Called Laius- The man is dead; and now we are clearly bidden to bring to account certain his murders." (pg 4) Oedipus proceeds to chastise the citizens of the land for letting this crime go so long without investigating it. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

These people were the first to show us existence of religious beliefs with the way they buried their dead. ... Bronze became so widely used across the land that now that era is referred to as the Bronze Age (3000 B.C. to 1000 B.C.) ... They built huge pyramids to bury the dead in and you were mummified and buried with all your belongings and riches. ...

• Word Count: 2163
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School