For many of us heaven is just an imaginary place but for others it is a very real place where they hope to go after death. ... Since our topic of discussion here is heaven, for these people heaven is enjoying life to the fullest, having good luck all the time, being materially successful and having whatever one's heart desires. ... They believe that if you were good here on earth and performed certain good acts you will go to heaven when you die. ... Christians claim that Jesus is the only way to heaven; that is, you will only go to heaven if you believe in Jesus and accept him as you...

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How have immigrants changed American culture? All throughout history millions of immigrants have flocked to America for many different reasons. Such as religions, foods, and languages help our country to become what it is. Over the years immigration has changed America by bringing over many differen...

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How have immigrants changed American culture? All throughout history millions of immigrants have flocked to America for many different reasons. Such as religions, foods, and languages help our country to become what it is. Over the years immigration has changed America by bringing over many differen...

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To me this quote means, whatever thoughts or reactions you have when the word God is mentioned will determine how you think, feel, and behave. ... If a person hears God and thinks guy who lets me do whatever I want and be forgiven for it later, that person needs to have a serious talk with the man Himself. ... I too used to be one of those people I would go to parties on Friday and Saturday night and church on Sunday. ...

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Whatever denomination one might choose, ultimately religion will always maintain a strong unity, connected directly to the core of which people believe and practice. ... Catholics believe that it is necessary not only to believe and confess but to be baptized to obtain the right to go to heaven. ... As with any religion, there are a set of writings the followers go by. The Holy Bible is what both denominations go by with some variation and language. ... Both are striving to obtain a relationship with Christ and how they go about it is the difference but how much will that matter when it's...

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His family and him would have to leave their home and go to a distant land to live for seven years. ... He was returning with whatever salvage name he still had there, a compound and farm a friend of his put together for him, and most important he was returning a son short. ... The hurricane in Okonkwos life continued because he knew in his heart that his village would never go to war with the white men. ... He believed his father to be a failure but his father lived a happy life and enjoyed the choices he made and continued to do whatever he wanted to do, regardless of what others might of th...

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First of all, I"d like to share with you some of the positive, biblical things going on in the Brethren Denomination: They are reaching out to the needy They strongly promote peace They encourage that we love everyone Unfortunately they also encourage that we accept everything, everyone else is doing. ... Whatever you believe is ok for you, we can all have our own truths. A loving God would not allow anyone to go to hell. ... The scary thing is that a lot of Brethren congregations are bringing in new people, and attendance at camps and other youth activities is going up. ... W...

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Going beyond just the human domain that we feign control over, the scriptures say that God is all ruling and governs all imaginable creation. ... Would describing God as omniscient mean he is aware of every decision we are going to make through the day, and our life? ... In the first book of John, chapter 3, he says "in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things " (3:20). ... In Psalm 139, King Solomon asks, "Where can I go from Your spirit? ... No matter where King Solomon imagined he could go, God was present. ...

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My philosophy of church music is that it should take whatever form is best conducive to helping the congregation praise God. ... Humans have a tendency to over-organize, and with too much organization, there is the threat of becoming stagnant; just going through the motions. ...

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They believe in their own way and that God will help them wherever they are and whatever they do. ... They support that all religious people have to go to church every day and pray all day. ... They are waiting for Christmas Eve to go to the church for worshiping the newborn Jesus Christ. ...

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My leader found out and YoungLife paid their way for them to go to camp. In this, YoungLife is always there for whatever you need. ... You can go to YoungLife. ... I felt so much better after going to club and talking about it with my leader. ... We would all go to football games and pep rallies as a group. ...

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In the third and fourth centuries AD the Roman Empire was going through a tough time. ... With the Edict of Milan, he and his co-emperor, Licinius had this to say "Our purpose is to grant both to the Christians and to all others full authority to follow whatever worship each man has desired .Christians may from this moment freely and unconditionally proceed to observe the same without annoyance or disquiet." ...

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Whatever the reason for new religions to form, people must gain from the religions or else there would be no religions. ... Many centuries ago people did not have the scientific advances that there are now so they needed ways to explain what was going on around them. ...

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The sins of the child's father are not the child's fault, and rather than just try and brush over the matter by terminating the pregnancy, the effort should go into trying and bringing the rapist to justice. ... I feel that abortion; whatever the circumstance is the equivalent of murder as a foetus is viable by the fourth week and has a heart beat on the 25th day of pregnancy. ...

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Throughout the time of colonization people were forced into doing whatever they were told, whenever they were told. ... This system of control insured that there was free labour and that the labourers would never revolt and do whatever they were told for fear of upsetting God. ... Surely the Christian church was the most powerful and wealthy of all religions, however what made it think that they had the right to go against the most basic and true teachings of the church for money? ...

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Every morning they would have to go to prayer and ask for forgiveness of their sins. They People of the Anglican Church also believed the bible to be sacred, and the only way to go to heaven was to attend sermon. ... This disbelief led to start going to Quaker meetings, and to eventually turn a new leaf and join the Society of Friends. ... William within his colony had a freedom for people to worship whatever they like, causing many religious groups from Holland, Great Britain, Scandinavia and Germany to move there. ...

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In Islam, whatever applies to the crime of murder applies to that of suicide. ... They questioned whether someone who tries to go to heaven by the short route (suicide) could be even given Christian burial. ... The Hereafter can be more horrible than the pain one goes though in this world. ...

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The Puritan's did whatever they could to keep it in God's name and always obey God. ... In other words they hah to obey God's law and should get to the place they are going safely because of the covenant. ... He says that God holds us from the wrath of hell everyday and could let go at anytime. ...

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By following and having faith in him, he will surely lead us to the right path that we should go in to. ... To be a good person, help the needy and the poor, give whatever I have to them, to be kind and helpful to others and do not disobey His Ten Commandments. To follow His footsteps by learning how to sacrifice and carry those trials and tests that His going to give in my life as a person. As the time goes by in a person's life, sometimes we are getting in the point that we are choosing our gadgets to buy, unnecessary things to buy but do you think God once in a while? ... By let go ...

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Fire is a chemical reaction that takes place with the bonding of oxygen and whatever fuel is around. ... All of the heat is there to keep the chain reaction going! ... In this day and time, forests aren't able to go through the natural cycle of revitalization because prevention is always in the way. ... Just don't be a stupid human and go throwing cigarette butts on the ground. ...

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Obviously if evolution is your creator, then your belief will be in whatever laws mankind makes. ... I could just ride the Christian train and just go along with it, or I could actually choose to make Jesus Christ the engineer of the train. ... Am I to believe that rules (commandments) were established for our own good and that even though people are decent bad things are going to happen to them? ...

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A religion as all of us know is something to be experienced; we go through religion or are religious persons. ... And then after you act according to your faith you have to practice your religion like going to the church eating from the flesh of Jesus and drinking his blood. ... Freedom, however, means a moment or moments marked by the ability to do or say whatever someone wants at a certain time in a certain place. ...

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Akunna also said that the Ibo "make sacrifices to the little gods, but when they fail and there is no one else to turn to they go to Chukwu." (179-180). ... The Ibo believe they must do whatever the Oracle of the Hills and Caves says or they will be punished. ... Christians bury the bodies of the deceased in the ground, but believe their soul goes to heaven if they have accepted the Lord in their heart. ...

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I think society's distorted view of truth is whatever the individual wants it to be. ... Not only am I spending more and more time in prayer, but I"m learning how to know God's will through my prayers and have faith in him that when I pray, he's going to do what I ask, if it's in his will. ... The same goes for love: if you have love but don't show it, it's pretty much worthless. ...

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