As soon as she turned twenty-one and got away from home, Joy changed her name to Hulga just because it sounds ugly. ... She specializes in moving around noisily on her wooden leg because it sounds ugly; she wears ugly clothes, makes rude comments to her mother, sustains ugly facial expressions, and in general tries to be as ugly as possible. ... The young woman fails to see that there is much more to life than what you can learn in a book. ... In life, book smarts mean very little compared with experience and knowledge of the real world. ...

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"Bless Me Ultima" In the book "Bless Me Ultima", by Rudolpho Anaya, there were two families represented, the Marez family and the Lunas family. ... An example of this is shown in the book where Gabriel Marez speaks of his move to Guadeloupe at the birth of his son, Antonio. ... Maria Lunas is shown to be praying to the Virgin Mary on many different occasions in the book. ... In this dream he says, "Then the silence was shattered with the sound of hoof beats; vaqueros surrounded the small house with shouts and gunshots, and when they entered the room they were laughing and singing and drinkin...

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According to the World Book Encyclopedia, euthanasia is the practice of painlessly putting to death people who have incurable, painful, or distressing diseases. ... Although, euthanasia sounds like a wonderful thing, many people are opposed to the idea of taking another persons life. ... Also doctors are only allowed to get permission from a patient who is of sound mind and not suffering from depression. ...

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Even so, religion has been around since the dawn of mankind letting each civilization write it's own book of experiences as to why they have been chosen to live and rule. ... Religion as a whole you could also say it is food for one's spirit, letting your soul have nourishment sounds pretty good to me. ...

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At several points, the Politics looks back to the conception of the highest human good worked out in the Nicomachean Ethics, and the concluding chapter of the Nicomachean Ethics (X.9) looks forward to the Politics, culminating in a list of questions about political systems which corresponds reasonably well to the questions he addresses in the Politics, as the following chart indicates: Outline of the Politics Questions in Nicomachean Ethics X.9.1181b17-24 Book I: types of communities: the city, the household; household management Book II: critical survey of proposed and actual constitutio...

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Again, he is mentally strong and sound in his decision that he must kill the fish he loves. ... The similarities to Christ, however, begin at earlier in the book with the fishing line cutting Santiago's hands. ...

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It's called the "Book of Common Prayer." They still do use the Bible, but for this sermon they mostly read from the Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer is comprised of various prayer books, which (as I understand it) give structure to the sermon. ... This doesn't sound so bad, until you find out that no religion truly has the same exact belief in Jesus. ... As the Service began, I noticed a book that had the word "Tanakh" written on it in big letters. ...

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Indeed, we need go no further than the title of Kant's most important book on religion, Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone, to see that he assumes right from the start that religion can and ought to be viewed only within a narrow set of rational limits. Likewise, if one opens the book itself, he or she will find that on the first few pages of the first edition preface, Kant tells us morality is not based on religion; rather, religion is based on morality. And throughout the rest of the book, he repeatedly passes judgment on religious beliefs and practices by asking about their v...

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The only historic document that contains the origination of the Hinduism religion resides in the religious writings of the Vedas (the Hindu holy book.) ... The first holds a conch shell for spread of the divine sound "Om." ...

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"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," by Douglas Adams, is a richly imaginative, clever, innovative, and funny science non-fiction novel. Adams came up with his idea for the novel when he was in Austria near Innsbruck. According to "The Cosmic Comic: Douglas Adams," (1952-2001) by George Watson, "...

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It was said that Ozzie thought there should no sound when his mother lit these candles, and like his mother whose eyes were starting to tear, Ozzie felt his own eyes getting glassy (1863). ... When reading in his Hebrew book during his religion class, Ozzie read slowly so he could understand the words, even though he was taunted by Rabbi Binder to read faster (1864). ...

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The Founding Fathers Had the 1st Amendment and the Last Word On December 15th, 1791, our "founding fathers" ratified the Bill of Rights, which have been both the basis of our freedoms and the basis of our limitations. In particular, the 1st Amendment, and more specifically, the first two clau...

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Humanist Dipper, a book produced by the British Humanist Association, supports abortion by suggesting that: "Humanist regards abortion better than bringing unwanted into the world. ... Also would the decision made by the doctor be made on sound medical reasons or would it be made on depending on personal views of the doctor in question. How could the doctor prove that the decision made had a sound reason to it? ...

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Spirituality, although it has always been surrounded by mysticism and uncertainty, has been an integral part of the human psyche since the emergence of the modern man (Buckman 31). There is evidence that even Homo sapiens from the Paleolithic era (ca. 120,000 BC - 8,000BC) believed in a spiritual wo...

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The term normal is much more difficult to define then it sounds. ... I believe most scientists do the work that they do so that they can help others and not so that they can get there name in a book. ...

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The only weaknesses I can find with this article is the last section, like I said it sounds worthless, not enough research is shown to help prove what they are trying to suggest. ... Another worry that refers to me is what is the difference between a church and a cult, in general; to me they are all the same thing, someone that preaches to you and tries to tell you what they think of a religion based on a prophet and a book for the most cases. ...

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A hundred years later, in 1993, as second Parliament of Religions met, again in Chicago, and issued a declaration which, startlingly, sounded like failure of religion to resolve human challenges, in words: "The world is in agony. ... In another book Swami Jitatmananda quotes Swami Vivekananda: "Religion is the Science which learns the transcendental in nature thr...

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The only weaknesses I can find with this article is the last section, like I said it sounds worthless, not enough research is shown to help prove what they are trying to suggest. ... Another worry that refers to me is what is the difference between a church and a cult, in general; to me they are all the same thing, someone that preaches to you and tries to tell you what they think of a religion based on a prophet and a book for the most cases. ...

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In the book Faith on Earth, H. ... "Tragically in today's world," writes Mohamed Khodr, "humanity has surrendered its faculty of reason and independent thought to the monopolizers of image, sound bytes, and crass commercialism. ...

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There is much concern in my mind about the issue of speaking in tongues. Without a doubt this is the most controversial of all the spiritual gifts of today. Many positions are held by all sides, some are pro, con, and even middle ground on this subject. Yet I find the idea of tongues speaking toda...

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CUBAN SANTERIA Santeria, which literally means, way of the saints', originated in Cuba. Santeria is considered an Afro-Cuban religion. It has roots in Africa, specifically the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria. When Africans were brought to the New World as slaves, they brought with the...

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