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    Religious Faiths: Catholicism and Islam Student’s Name University Affiliation Date Religious Faiths: Catholicism and Islam In today’s world, as was in the past, people have always believed in higher beings. Different communities have given these beings different names – genies, angels, gods. In fact, Darwin explains in his theory that it reached a point where the evolving human being formed its own religion. He explains that at that time, nature fascinated man. They were in awe of how plants

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    The world’s largest religion happens to be Christianity; In the African-American community, a tremendous 70% of the population believe in this faith. Prior to an epiphany, I believed that God existed and I should live my life around the words of the bible. As I grew intelligence and matured, that concept didn’t resonate as strong as it did in my younger days. In the 10th grade I began to wonder if there even remained a God that watched over us. How millions could believe in a being that isn’t seen

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    Throughout Jane Eyre, the characters struggle to live out and develop their faiths, according both to God’s will and their own. In Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, faith and religion are displayed in different forms through the characters of Helen Burns, St. John, and Jane Eyre. Faith in Christ is the stronghold for Helen Burns. She considers living to the glory of God the purpose of her life. Her troubles and sorrows do not sway her faith, for she declares it her “duty to bear it” (56). For Helen, living a

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    Critical Rationalism

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    something cannot be proven to the point of leaving doubt in our mind, it is not worth believing in. It is illogical to have a stance and not think it is totally factual. On the other hand, a strength of critical rationalism is it does not rely on blind faith for religion. At least, it utilizes information to support its

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    Critical Thinking Exercise: The Role of Religion in Early World Civilizations Name Stephanie Trent_________ Students will complete this critical thinking exercise in history as a “thought paper,” but will identify sources for their answers. Students can use the textbook and class notes for sources, but can use other sources. This exercise is in the form of a “short answer format.” This must at least be six full pages, but can be longer if needed. Students are expected to write competent

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    creatures or earth inhabitants desire the equal right to life. The same texts that seems to imply the guidelines of animal equality, is the main source of the Judeo-Christian faith. In my lifetime, I have never witnessed someone sitting down at a dinner table and being interrogated and judged as to why they practice their Christian

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    Religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods; particular system of faith and worship; a pursuit or interest to which someone ascribes supreme importance. (religion) Religion like many other things can either bring people together or can cause indifferences which can lead to violence. After studying the eight religions assigned I realized how similar Religions are that are widely worshiped in the same region. The concept of Ultimate Reality

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    The first article I decided to read was “The Ethics of Prayer in Counseling”. There were a few things in this article that stuck out to me. This first thing I found interesting was that many clients want to discuss religious and/or spiritual issues during counseling (Weld & Eriksen, 2007). I guess I just figured that most clients would mainly want to talk about current life stressors that did not involve spirituality. I never imagined that this topic would be on the fore front of so many peoples’

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    In An Examined Faith James M. Gustafson uses a hypothetical student to discuss how studying different subjects affects her thoughts and views of the human and religion. Should she deny new scientific sources and explanations, or accept and deny her religious beliefs, or find some way to accommodate the various sources? I had contact with several different subjects, most about biology, with different explanations during my high school and college time, and I can say it affected me. The hypothetical

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    died on 1905/6/3. He is a true christian hero, he came from britain and all the way to China with a lot of trouble but his faith in God are unbelievably strong. Later he is the founder of China Inland Mission and bullied the biggest church in China. With all of it being said hudson Taylor is surly a godly man and a successful christian missionary. He also own some very good trait, he is faithful, humble and dedicate. Frist of all he is faithful. He have a lot of faith in God, on of the example is:

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