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  • Natural Supplements

    Natural Supplements

    OUR HEALTH AND FREEDOM OF CHOICE IS THREATENED… An alarming development in the health industry has seen the spread of fear among the public regarding natural therapies. So much so, that the US, Australian, UK and Canadian governments are suggesting new legislation designed to remove natural health products from our shelves or to brutally regulate access. The question is, are Natural Supplements a Safe Form of Medicine? Only three recorded deaths have ever been associated

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    Submitted: March 17, 2010 By: Kevin
  • No Dice on the Wager: A Critical Discussion of Pascal’s God Argument

    No Dice on the Wager: A Critical Discussion of Pascal’s God Argument

    In the gambling world bets are made based on odds, the probability or likelihood that something would happen. In the court law, cases are decided upon by the weight evidence presented by the respective parties. The common link between these general scenarios is that decisions are made based on some outside evidential factor. The more probable something is likely to happen, or the more evidence presented in favor or opposed to something, the greater

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    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Edward
  • Eyes Were Watching God

    Eyes Were Watching God

    Yaphet Woldu Ms. Fawcett English 12 Their Eyes Were Watching God provides an enlightening look at the journey of a "complete, complex, undiminished human being", Janie Crawford. Her story, based on self-exploration, self-empowerment, and self-liberation, details her loss and attainment of her innocence and freedom as she constantly learns and grows from her experiences with gender issues, racism, and life. The story centers around an important theme; that personal discoveries and life experiences help a

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    Essay Length: 698 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Environmental Crisis and Natural Hazards

    Environmental Crisis and Natural Hazards

    Environmental Crisis and natural Hazards Is there an environmental crisis? Is global warming a reality or something made up by alarmists? How safe is the Nations water supply? In this world it depends on who you talk to and where they live, as to whether we are in an environmental crisis, or not. In America we set the standard for easy living. We drive our cars everywhere consuming more oil than many countries put together.

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    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Bred
  • Using Science to Understand God

    Using Science to Understand God

    Using Science to Understand God In this day, there continues to be a great deal of hostility promoted from the pulpits, the media, and visible scientists around the world in the area of science and religion. Some preachers suggest to their congregations that science is evil and opposed to morality and belief in God. Some visible scientists suggest that religion is an out-of-date mythological belief system that opposes progress and enslaves people to a lifestyle

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    Essay Length: 826 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 18, 2010 By: Mike
  • How Can God Create a Universe in Which Suffering Is Allowed? Discuss This in the Context of the Tyger by William Blake

    How Can God Create a Universe in Which Suffering Is Allowed? Discuss This in the Context of the Tyger by William Blake

    The Tyger is a poem by William Blake in which Blake examines the concept of suffering and how the creator could allow it to occur. This essay will discuss the concept of suffering in God’s universe, using The Tyger as a reference. One of the greatest mysteries of our existence is how God can allow the suffering of innocents. Daily we are bombarded with images of seemingly needless suffering, of children starving to death, diseases,

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: Tasha
  • The Godlike Nature of Social Status

    The Godlike Nature of Social Status

    The Godlike Nature of Social Status : A comparison of Women’s Property Control in the Classical Period of the Roman Empire and Quattrocentro Florence Both the society of the Classical period of the Roman Empire and that of Quattrocentro period of Florence were highly obsessed with status. A person’s worth was determined was determined by their social standing. The laws of both periods highly reflect this intense obsession. As Roman law was revived in the

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    Submitted: March 19, 2010 By: July
  • Why Is Altruistic Behaviour Problematic for the Theory of Natural Selection?

    Why Is Altruistic Behaviour Problematic for the Theory of Natural Selection?

    Nice guys finish first, a chapter title in R. Dawkins’ revolutionary popular science book the Selfish Gene. Although true altruism can not exist according to the classical theory of natural selection if such an evolutionary protagonist as RD has time for it, then there must be a good reason. In fact, we see much behaviour in nature that appears altruistic: alarm calling, guarding, defence and foraging by non-reproductives and grooming are just a few examples.

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    Essay Length: 1,757 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: March 21, 2010 By: Kevin
  • When God Lets My Body Be

    When God Lets My Body Be

    when god lets my body be e. e. cummings In the poem “when god lets my body be”, e. e. cummings uses archetypal images to suggest that life is a never ending circle. His images display the idea that even after death you are still left on the earth circulating through nature’s cycle. To establish this idea at the beginning of the poem cummings creates the image of a tree growing from the soil of

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    Essay Length: 399 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Call of Nature

    Call of Nature

    Many people look at Al Capone and bad thoughts come to mind. Yes, for the most part he was a bad influence on people, but in some ways he was a leader both for good and bad. In the ways of organized crime Al Capone was at the top of his game throughout his life he influenced many and has left a tremendous legacy behind him. The life of Capone could not have been lead

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    Essay Length: 443 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 24, 2010 By: Jack
  • A Belief of Time

    A Belief of Time

    Perhaps our erratic production schedule over the last few issues made you wonder what was going on at Beyond Belief. Maybe you might have noticed that each issue seemed to take longer and longer for us to get out. Well, it’s a fact of life that as you get older, you tend to get more protective of your free time. And free time was something we found ourselves with less and less of. And to

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    Essay Length: 551 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Evolution V Creationism and Lds Beliefs

    Evolution V Creationism and Lds Beliefs

    Evolution and Creationism in the world today seem to have two completely different and contradicting themes. Conversations on these topics usually start with some uneasy variation of the question, “Do you believe in evolution?” Evolution and Creationism elicit such a wide spectrum of responses in people that the discussants are rarely able to focus on a common concern long enough to achieve understanding, let alone appreciation, of one another’s positions. Few people, especially members of

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    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Mikki
  • The Chageable Nature of Life

    The Chageable Nature of Life

    Life is constantly changing, like clouds in the sky; always shifting and turning. People never really know which way life will turn next, bringing them fortune or failure. When you look at how things change it is best to compare it to something that you can relate it to. The changeable nature of life can be related to the novel “The Bean Trees.” This is a book written almost entirely on dealing with changes in

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    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Wendy
  • The State of Nature and Its Implications for Civilization in Hobbes and Rousseau

    The State of Nature and Its Implications for Civilization in Hobbes and Rousseau

    The State of Nature and its Implications for Civilization in Hobbes and Rousseau In his Leviathan Thomas Hobbes expresses a philosophy of civilization which is both practical and just and stems from a clear moral imperative. He begins with the assertion that in the state of nature man is condemned to live a life "solitary, poore, nasty, brutish, and short." It is in the interest of every man to rise above this "state of nature"

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    Submitted: March 25, 2010 By: Jon
  • Systems of Belief

    Systems of Belief

    "Systems of Belief" In order to understand a society, it is necessary that we take a holistic approach. However, on of the most important aspects of a civilization is its system of beliefs. This is their religion. Religion is such an important tool for anthropologists because religion seems to be connected to every other aspect of the civilizations social life. These religious beliefs are very important in telling the anthropologist the civilizations views on how

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    Submitted: March 26, 2010 By: Yan
  • Proof for God’s Existence

    Proof for God’s Existence

    1. The UTRUM: "Whether or not it is the case that there is proof for God's existence." 2. The VIDETUR: "It seems that the existence of God can be proven in five ways by the Cosmological Argument." Saint Thomas Aquinas, put forth his own theory on the existence of God. In his text "Whether God Exists", he stated that through his five arguments he could prove God's existence. His five arguments are from motion, from

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    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • Definition, Nature, Scope and Importance of Demography

    Definition, Nature, Scope and Importance of Demography

    Definition, Nature, Scope and Importance of Demography The term �demography’ is derived from two Greek Words, �Demas’ the people and �Grapho’, to draw or write. Thus its meaning is to draw or Write about people. The credit for fusing together the two Greek words and coining the term demography goes to Achilles Guillard in 1855 wrote his book. �Elements de statistique humaine en demographic camparee’. In fact John Graunt is the real founder of demography,

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    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Kevin
  • The Existence of God: Good and Evil Is It Man Made or God Made?

    The Existence of God: Good and Evil Is It Man Made or God Made?

    The Existence of God: Good and Evil is it Man Made or God Made? There are many different cultures around the world, one slightly different than the other, all with the same aim, a greater outcome with greater faith. Faith, devotion, and loyalty are some of the feeling that one has towards a greater being, which is God. Whether God exist or not it's debatable. One may argue that God does exist, others may not

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    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Vika
  • How Does Mark ’find His Own Way Back to God?’

    How Does Mark ’find His Own Way Back to God?’

    Everyone must find their own way back to god - Morales believes that this is the quest of each individual; how does Mark accomplish this? Scott Anderson’s novel Triage depicts the journey of a war photographer back from the insanities of post traumatic stress. The story revolves around Mark Walsh, who after returning from Kurdistan, spirals into a severe case of survivor guilt and post traumatic stress. Elena’s grandfather, Joaquin Morales, guides Mark back to

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Yan
  • God Is Dead" John Proctor the Crucible

    God Is Dead" John Proctor the Crucible

    At the end of the third act, John Proctor claims “God is dead!” – I’m going to explain why he says that and how the phrase relates with the events of that time. What I’m going to write is my very personal opinion. It does not necessarily has to be the same as yours. In order to understand why Proctor says this with so much fury, it is needed to make a background. It was

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Bred
  • The Rastafarian Belief System

    The Rastafarian Belief System

    The Rastafarian Belief system The belief system of the Rastafarians is that Haile Selassie is the living God for the black race. Selassie, whose previous name was Ras Tafari, was the black Emperor of Ethiopia. Rastafarians live a peaceful life, needing little material possessions and devote much time to contemplating the scriptures. They reject the white man's world, as the new age Babylon of greed and dishonesty. Proud and confident "Rastas" even though they are

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    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Victor
  • The Two Facets of Love: The Contrasting Nature of Love Explored in Beloved

    The Two Facets of Love: The Contrasting Nature of Love Explored in Beloved

    In her novel Beloved, Toni Morrison explores the paradoxical nature of love both as a dangerous presence that promises suffering and a life-giving force that gives the strength to proceed; through the experiences of the run-away slave Sethe. The dangerous aspect of love is revealed through the comments of Paul D and Ella regarding the motherly love of Sethe towards her children. Sethe’s deep attachment to her children is deemed dangerous due to their social

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: July
  • Natural Law Vs Human Law

    Natural Law Vs Human Law

    NATURAL LAW vs HUMAN LAW In the book Law, Aquinas explains different of law types which are eternal law, natural law, human law and Divine law. According to Aquinas law means "a rule and measures of acts, by which man is induced to act or is restrained from acting". (Aquinas, 77) And law requires or show how a person should behave. As said by him law binds us to the rules and existence of a

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    Submitted: March 29, 2010 By: Max
  • Memo from God

    Memo from God

    To: YOU Date: TODAY From: THE BOSS Subject: YOURSELF Reference: LIFE I am God. Today I will be handling all of your problems. Please remember that I do not need your help. If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do not attempt to resolve it. Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to do) box. All situations will be resolved... but in My time, not yours.

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Wendy
  • The Question of God's Existence

    The Question of God's Existence

    The question of God’s existence has been debated through the history of man, with every philosopher from Socrates to Immanuel Kant weighing in on the debate. So great has this topic become that numerous proofs have been invented and utilized to prove or disprove God’s existence. The ontological proof, the cosmological proof, and the teleological proof are the three main divisions. No true answer has been found, but in the Western world people tend to

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    Submitted: March 30, 2010 By: Wendy