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    All three of these stories are creation stories, and the creation of people to be exact. In the first, people are created from clay, in the second Native Americans are created from a spirit and bear having children, and in the third they are made from corn, eagle feathers, and wind. In the first and

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    Pope Francis’ Laudato Si shows that the relationships between God, humans, and the earth are intertwined, and that better understanding theology as “God talk” helps people to better understand those relationships. Drawing from numerous sources including the Catechism, Christian tradition, past popes, saints, and bishops from New Zealand, Canada, and Brazil, Pope Francis fabricates an encyclical discussing these relationships and connections, leading to extensive explanation of integral ecology.

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    Monica Al Kassouf 201501516 Eng. 203 — Section #3 Farah Z. Aridi Exploratory Essay October 28, 2014 Dream Catchers Dream catchers have been a part of the Native American culture for generations. A dream catcher was traditionally made from a wooden hoop filled with a web of strings and a feather hanging from the net. The hoop was highly admired by Native Americans because it symbolized strength and unity. The dream catcher is one of the many symbols that started around the hoop. Today, dream catchers

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    In Christianity, according to Mikaela Nixon (2012), Christians believe that the universe, earth, heavenly body, and all living things were created by the almighty God. Christian’s believe God created the universe out of love, everything he created is good and divine to him. Science and Christianity have common grounds instead of disagreement, some Christians believe in the Big bang theory and evolution as well, but they believe God made that happen, he used this method to create the universe and

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    ‘The Dreaming’ is an important part of Aboriginal’s spirituality. It refers to past, present and future, and, like other religions, it explains how the land came to be and connects the Aboriginals to their ancestors. The Dreaming is foundation for Aboriginal culture and features transcendent and immanent world views. The term ‘Transcendent world views’ refers to a person’s belief in a higher dimension and/or a higher power than themselves. There are many examples of transcendent world views in

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    from? How did we come to be? Who or what is responsible for the forming the earth?” Men have always tried to create stories and answers to creation. One of the more popular and classic fiction accounts of creation is presented in Book I of Ovid’s Metamorphosis. Of course there are stark and crucial differences between Ovid’s creation and the truths of creation told in Genesis, but there are many similarities amongst the differences. Both accounts are well appreciated in their own ways by a variety

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    Dreaming is the core of Aboriginal spirituality that’s embedded with explanation of the creation process along with rules and ‘laws of social and religious behaviour'. that is vital to live by. The Dreaming is a complex metatemporal concept that includes the understanding of the world creations and its great stories that are linked to the creation process, and the spiritual ancestors of the land. The creation process explains the formation of the land and all living contents created by Ancestral

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    "Creation of the Universe" gives insight on the Hindu beliefs of how the universe, and all things in it, came to be. The author explains that the Purusa ("Man") was both a sacrifice and the recipient of a sacrifice as his body formed all things in the universe. This not only explains the way of which the world and all living things came to be, but even how the four social classes of Hinduism (the Brahmin, Warriors, People, and servants) formed, which was probably to establish more trust and justification

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    Creation When we compare the Qu'ran to the Bible there are a few similarities. The first thing we can engage to the fact that they both mention God created the heavens and the earth in 6 days. They both state that God made the sun and the moon. He made night day. Allah is the One and Almighty God who created all things. He is promising. He is the Cherisher and Sustainer. He upholds everything in existence. He rewards with justice to those truly believe. However, those who are against Him will suffer

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    How Is Apollo Created

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    Have you ever wondered how the world was created? Well, the gods and goddess of old created it. The titan Chaos gave birth to Ghea, Earth and she filled the void. She gave birth to the first titans and they gave birth to the second generation of gods. There were always twelve chief gods with the most power and fame. The gods had many powers ranging from minute to huge. My god was one of the twelve chief gods and he had an immense amount of power. My god is Apollo or Phoebus, bright. He is the god

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