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Term Papers on Religion
Impermanence, Selflessness, And Dissatisfaction
Number of words: 1146 - Number of pages: 5.... concept entir ely- it involves the acknowledgment that suffering exists.
The world is founded on suffering, (DeSilva, 1991:p 21) and once anything
becomes a problem there is bound to be suffering, unsatisfactoriness, or
conflict- conflict between our desires and the state of reality.
Dissatisfaction is the most difficult characteristic of existence to apply to
one's life, as it involves not only the acceptance of this state, but also
outlines one on how to treat and cure this state.
The notion that the world is an ever-changing environment on all levels
of exist .....
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The Roman Catholic Church
Number of words: 2310 - Number of pages: 9.... to other religions, there are also many people leaving their churches and converting to Roman Catholicism. It has been growing rapidly in the last few years. “Today we are seeing more than a hundred and fifty thousand converts enter each year in the United States” (Catholic Answers). From what I can see the Roman Catholic Religion will continue to grow and prosper. It is a well-established religion that has been around for many years. It can be found in many different places all over the world and has many followers.
Jesus Christ is the focal symbol of .....
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Matthew, Mark, Luke, And John
Number of words: 562 - Number of pages: 3.... Only Matthew and Luke tell of the Birth and childhood of Jesus
(Matthew 1:14-9:1, Luke 1:5-4:13). Matthew and Mark dwell on the Galilean
Ministry; Luke, the Perean; John, the Judean. John omits most of the Galilean
Ministry, and records visits to Jerusalem that the others omit (Luke 9:51-19:27).
The others omit the Judean Ministry, except the Last Week, which all four cover
rather extensively. The Last Week occupies one-third of Matthew, approximately
one-third of Mark, one-quarter of Luke, and one-half of John. John devotes
seven chapters, about one- .....
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Bar Mitzvah
Number of words: 427 - Number of pages: 2.... leaders, and many of them have been brought down by their own immoral
standards. Some of today's lawyers bend the truth. People, who deserve a
life in prison walk free today because of people who twist the facts.
Their is a definite similarity between those who have power but do
not have moral standards today and Aaron's sons thousands of years ago. In
all these years people have not changed. Now people have technology that
allows them to break laws even easier than thousands of years ago. Without
pressure on law and morals, people do what they want. I .....
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Sufism
Number of words: 1968 - Number of pages: 8.... stress love, because they believe that love will help you in the
Day of Judgement. That the people who you truly love, will give you their good
deeds, so that you may enter Paradise. Normally these people who give their good
deeds away are known as dervishes (this is quite different from the belief in
Islam).
Sufi's also stress the remembrance of God, which is called Zikr. They
try to get close to God, to be one with God. They define God as something that
is close to you but you can't see it. That God is all around us, but His
presence is too overwhelm .....
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Existence Of God
Number of words: 625 - Number of pages: 3.... where we go. We leave behind our bodys and enter into a realm
to which we cannot comphrend. Our minds well never allow us to comprhend
immortality but our souls can that is faith.
This faith belongs to no clan of self righteous humn being that think
that becuse there rules that they follow our better then another. Se the truth
is god does not have a check list of whos good and whos bad but rather he make
the decision we have morals or as some calit a concous. This world is about the
first stepping stone that we take this is a test can you live in an imperfect
wo .....
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Buddhism
Number of words: 354 - Number of pages: 2.... go of there desires. And the
fourth noble truth is, that the only way to end craving is by following
the eight fold path to perfection.
There are four main types of Buddism. Theravada, Mahayana, Tantic,
and Zen. Theravada is the oldest form of Buddism. And is to this day
practiced by many Buddist monks. Mahayana is a popular form of Buddism in
the West. Tantic combines both Theravada Buddism and Mahayana Buddism
with indian practices. The last form of Buddism is Zen Buddism. Zen
buddist put a great emphasize on contemplation. And strive for sator .....
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Your Journey Toward Christ
Number of words: 395 - Number of pages: 2.... What is the enemy's goal in having his demons jeer you, taunt you, lure you, and question you from the windows and doorways along your path? He wants you to slow down, stop, sit down, and, if possible, give up . He wants to influence you to doubt your ability to believe and serve God. Remember: he has absolutely no power or authority to keep you from steadily progressing in your walk toward Christ. And he can never again own you, because you have been redeemed by Jesus Christ and you are forever in Him (1 Peter 1:18, 19). But if he can get you to listen to the t .....
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