Religion
This section covers a wide range of issues that are crucial to understanding the doctrine and basic principles of religion. This section also contains historical information about religions all over the world.
2,159 Essays on Religion. Documents 2,101 - 2,130
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Why Interest Is Prohibited Riba? an Economic Perspective
WHY INTEREST IS PROHIBITED RIBA? AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE Ismail Nizam SUMMARY [The article begins with a brief introduction which states the shari’ah standpoint on the issue of Interest-Riba equivalence as a dispute settled in the history of Islamic scholarship. It also provides a snapshot of the Ummah’s awareness on the subject of Riba and its prohibition in primary sources of Islamic Shari’ah. This Ummatic level awaress is followed by a short, yet true description of
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Why Is Flag Burning Censored
Why is flag burning censored? Censoring flag burning will blind us from the real world. It is violating the first amendment of freedom of expression. People can express themselves by burning the flag. Citizens try to ban flag burning because the flag represents the country. The censorship of flag burning is in violation of our basic rights like censors books because Americans have the freedom of expression from the first amendment. Everyone has their opinion
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Why Is It Reasonable to Believe in Creation
Vicki: you’re doing very well with your study Christine. How are your college classes going? Christine: their going great, but I do have a question about the one class I’m taking, it’s a science class and we are studying evolution, and they are teaching us that we just came to be here. Do you think that’s true? Vicki: do you have the reasoning book I gave you? Christine: yes, and I only have a few
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Why Is Religion the Distinctive Response for the Human Search of Ultimate Meaning?
A 12 year old boy lays trapped between 4 walls, confining him to his so-called new home. He has no hopes, he has no glory , he has no future. Why? He is a Jew. Though strangled by the hauling walls of the room, his mind ponders…why am I here? Why is there so much pain and suffering? Who am I? Though most of us aren’t faced by the same situation, we too are trapped.
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Why No Woman Priests
Why has the Church ruled and maintained the ruling that only men may serve as priests? Should this practice continue, or should it change? Why? It appears as though the ruling that “only men may serve as priests,” is a matter of great debate. There are those who say the practice of only ordaining males as priests is sanctioned by God himself! On the other hand, there are those who say the ordainment of only
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Why Not Gnp (gross National Happiness)?
Why Not GNP (Gross National Happiness)? Westerners have become so self-absorbed into their own capitalist success, that they have left no room for questioning the supposed ‘laws of economics,’ and its direct relation to true human satisfaction. Does happiness equate with personal income growth, or even on a macro level does it associate with GDP? The west has assumed such position, but Buddhist Economics can perhaps show us a better way, if not the “right
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Why People Need Religion
Religion is an important part of peoples’ lives, it gives meaning in this chaotic world we live in to face another day. Collectively, Christianity is the world’s most practiced religion and possibly the most powerful. Many people have tested and tried that power and authority that the church holds, people such as Galileo, Giordano Bruno, and King Henry VIII of England, just to name a few. But no other has challenged the authority of
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Why People Should Refrain from Premarridal Sex
Why People Should Refrain From Premarital Sex For many years Americans have been wondering about the effects of premarital sex. Society’s mindset concerning premarital sex has become more lax; it is no longer necessary to be engaged before engaging in sexual relations. In many cases, sex is a common aspect of relationships. Some say that premarital sex is a driving force that is destroying the adolescents of America. On the other hand, many people believe
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Why Small Groups?
Think back to that small group time where you just felt like everyone in your group totally connected and you could have talked for hours about Tim’s talk or what God was doing in your lives. Think about that time when you felt totally alone but forced yourself to go to youth group anyway and by the time small groups were over, you realized you have so many people who love and care about you.
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Why Tao Religious Is Hard for Westerner to Understand
Why Watts thinks the Tao is hard for Westerner to Understand? Watts described three basic philosophical ideas of Nature. First, the western mechanical view of nature which God made a man out of clay and breathed the breath of life into him. Everything in nature was “made”, as man was made of clay. So, in the West generally have a view toward nature, that all things in nature are make of something other than itself
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Why We Baptize in Jesus’ Name
Why We Baptize in Jesus' Name Introduction The subject of water baptism has long been called a great issue and no doubt has been made such by many church leaders of the past and present. In our study of it, let us first consider its importance, or the necessity of being baptized. The Importance of Water Baptism Christian water baptism is an ordinance instituted by Jesus Christ. If it is not important in the plan
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Wicca!?
For centuries people have dubbed devotees of faiths other than their own as heretics and infidels. Most often this is due to some misunderstanding about the practices and beliefs of the offending religion. Wicca, the modern religion of witchcraft, is probably the most misunderstood of our time. Many assume it to be a religion based of devil worship and having very shallow roots, historically. Wicca is believed to have an ethical system based on self
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William Tyndale
1 The smell over whelming in the air. The brunt flesh cast a shadow with the dark smoke that the fire created. Some people cheered, some people cried, and yet others smiled greedily under hidden cloaks. The people of England had decided to burn one man that stood up and translated the bible from the original manuscripts into what we have today. William Tyndale cried out with his last breath, " O Lord, open the
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William Tyndale (mla Format)
1 The smell over whelming in the air. The brunt flesh cast a shadow with the dark smoke that the fire created. Some people cheered, some people cried, and yet others smiled greedily under hidden cloaks. The people of England had decided to burn one man that stood up and translated the bible from the original manuscripts into what we have today. William Tyndale cried out with his last breath, " O Lord, open
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Willow Creek Community Church - Issues Encountered in Growing Churches
Issues Encountered in Growing Churches Willow Creek Community Church And New Hope Missionary Baptist Church Overview Willow Creek Community Church The case studies on Willow Creek discussed several issues that were addressed by the leadership. Those issues included burnout of the leadership, overloaded ministries, and the need to expand the buildings for a growing membership. Willow Creek tackled the leadership burnout issue by sharing the teaching duties among several teaching pastors. The explosive growth
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Witchcraft as a Religion
Witchcraft, Wiccans, Pagans, and Witches are all known to be associated with the Devil or Hell. They have all been wrongfully judged. Just because a person states that they believe in Witchcraft or anything of the nature doesn't mean that they are evil or out to do harm. These judgments are placed upon Witchcraft by other un-educated religions. These other religions fear the unknown and misunderstood. People generally choose a religion because it makes them
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Witchcraft in Hollywood
Witchcraft in Hollywood It is said by many that Hollywood is persuasive. People see something on television or in a motion picture and believe that what is shown is, in reality, true. Misconceptions will occur, and unless people are shown evidence against the delusions, it will be taken as fact. In the past, many groups have been poorly represented onscreen. Organizations such as the mafia, the government, the military, spies, gods, monsters, and others are
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Witches
Witches Hi, I will start this journal off with who I am. My name is Aimee, and I am a witch. I know most people do not believe in witches but we are very much part of the world today. We come from the British Isles from long ago. We have been around since the dawn of time. Even in medieval times, we existed. We have been through so much to be where we are
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With Liberty and Justice for All
With Liberty and Justice for All “Malignant racial biases can and do reside in interracial liaisons,” Kennedy wrote. “But against the tragic backdrop of American history, the flowering of multiracial intimacy is a profoundly moving and encouraging development.” --Randall Kennedy Esq., Harvard Law Why can’t the same be said true of same sex unions? When God made the heavens and the earth, I believe he had a plan in mind. He wanted to birth a
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Woman
I was inspired to write this because i read an essay that someone wrote on this site about Pakistan. I was disapointed to see that that person did no research when writing their essay. They simply took what they heard from a person and wrote it down. I want to clear some things up that they wrote that were just wrong. They made Pakistan seem like a country where people are mistreated. They made it
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Woman and Islam
Nabia Abbott’s chapter on The Umayyads takes an in-depth look at the rise and fall of this dynasty, paying close attention to women of this time and the roles they played. Abbott discusses early Umayyad Caliph’s and their wives, giving awareness to Uthman and Na’ilah as well as Mu’awiyah and Maisun bint Bahdal. Each of these matches is portrayed by Abbott as somewhat equal or at least a mutual respect between the couples. But as
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Women and Islam
Religious institution has a profound impact on any and every society. Social norms, mores, and expectations are mostly defined by our belief systems, even if we ourselves don’t practice a religion. Government too is always based on common agreement upon what is right and wrong, and who is to rule. A society can experience violent opposition and revolutions because of radical religious groups. There’s no doubt about it. In any society, small or large,
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Women and North American Native Religions
My Religion My Tribe, My Life: The Importance of women in Native American Religion Introduction “In February 1757, the great Cherokee leader Attakullakulla arrived in South Carolina to negotiate trade agreements with the governor and was shocked to find that no white woman was present. Because Cherokee women regularly advised his nations council on matters of war and peace.”# For many years a lot had said about Native American religion. From the believing in spirituality
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Women in Buddhism
“When it comes to enlightenment, there is no male and female, there is only the truth.” Buddhism is a faith which preaches the “awakening from ignorance”, that is, freeing oneself and reaching liberation is the utmost goal. While the teachings and values of Buddhism have attracted an immensity of believers (both men and women alike), the religion’s embedded patriarchal views has affected the status of women in both a historical and present-day viewpoint. Having
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Women in Buddhism
In examining the Buddhism religion, particularly the role of women in Buddhism, it was quite clear that the religion of Buddhism is practiced very different from country to country. Buddhism is a philosophy of life expounded by Gautama Buddha ("Buddha" means "enlightened one"), who lived and taught in northern India in the 6th Century B.C. The Buddha was not a god and the philosophy of Buddhism does not entail any theistic world-view. The teachings of
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Women in Islam
Today, people think that women were liberated in the west and that the women’s liberation movement began in the 20th Century. Actually, Islam preceded all the existing systems in introducing women's rights more than fourteen centuries ago. The women’s liberation movement was revealed by God to Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in the seventh century. A whole package of new rights was given at once to women by their creator without their having to
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Women in Islam
Many believe that Islam is one of the world’s greatest religions. Millions of men and women have found comfort and peace with Islam, as well as people of different creeds have learned to live together. Islam has enriched and inspired the lives of people all around the world and most of its traditions are from the Qur’an. Unfortunately, some have taken the words to mean hatred, violence, and even a ground for the oppression of
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Women in the Gospels of Luke and Letter of Paul
The concept of woman always seems to be a delicate topic in all types of literature. Many people believe some passages in the Bible to even portray women as inferior to men. In Paul’s letters to the Corinthians, women seem to be beneath men, instead of equal. However, in many other Bible passages, like the gospel of Luke and even Paul’s letters to the Romans, women are glorified as holy and the givers of life.
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Women in the Middle East
Women of the Middle East have far been viewed as an oppressed group. From the desert sands of Saudi Arabia to the mountainous lands of Afghanistan, Arab women have faced many hardships in their society. While the role of a woman is meant to be nurturing and domestic, many have moved on to a more modern view, and have taken on the role as educators and laborers. Arab women threaten the traditional family structure by
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Women in the Sacred Texts
Women in the Sacred Texts Throughout history people have seen the struggles of women to gain equality. Women have fought in the areas of work, play, the government, and general independence. However, one place this fight should not have gone was faith, but it has. Women now fight for equality in the traditions of religions all across the globe. Many of the issues women have, whether real or just blown out of proportion, are rooted
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