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    Me personally, I only agree partially with the idea that religious groups ought to have their own political parties not because I am against government officials using their own religious perspectives and values to impact the political domain and rule the country; however, keeping the religion separated from the government ensures the vitality of the religion itself and fosters the cohabitation of multiple religious confessions, each one with its own views and beliefs, within the same environment

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    Religion in Politics Should religion pose as a high barrier that influences our American policies? America is a nation with a wide and diverse group of citizens; all these citizens have a distinct religion that varies from one another. This being said, making policies that would please each and every religion present, would be highly difficult. American policies should be made with only one purpose in mind, to better the lives of every American citizen, regardless of their religion

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    system of government, a very complex religion, and sports and games were very important to the civilization. The Aztecs were a civilization that was complex as well as very advanced in many different areas of their civilization such as their government, religion, and sports. An area of the Aztecs ' civilization that was very complex and advanced was their government. The Aztec government was similar to a monarchy where an Emperor or King was the primary ruler showing that their government was very

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    Religion In The Crucible

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    Freedom of religion is an important value that should be an inalienable right to all individuals. Denying people the right to practice the religion of their choice is taking away their individuality. Therefore, taking away religious freedom from individuals is taking away the right to make individual decisions. In the Puritan society, which is depicted in The Crucible, the government was a theocracy, and when faced with individual decisions that did not coincide with the church’s teachings, the

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    when the Constitution was adopted, the separation of church and state issue focused on preventing a government mandated religion (Davis 245). The framers of the Constitution knew first hand the harmful consequences of a government that has complete control over religion. Protecting the religious freedoms of the various religions seeking refuge in America also raised great concern. Each religion s hould be given the same rights when practicing their beliefs. For these reasons, the First Amendment

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    Wars, pogroms, genocides, inquisitions, crusades, and political actions have caused many to lose their lives or kill others for centuries. Majority of them are over the clashes in beliefs of ideologies, politics, philosophies, and religion (and usually a combination of several reasons). These belief-systems, when explained and read about, may inject a sense of being magical and the ability to bring peace to the world to those who are innocent. But when they are confronted by faced with the clashing

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    This prompt is about the first amendment of the freedom of religions and how important it is and how it differs. Also, how we think of freedom of religions and about imposing limitations to the beliefs of a person. A current issue that has happened is for Christian students on campus. In its over-100-year history, the University of California Hastings College of Law has denied student organization status to only one group, the Christian Legal Society, because it required its leaders to be Christian

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    Prime Ministers. The chef of state is named Emperor Akihito and the head of government is Prime Minister Shinzo ABE; Deputy Prime Minister Taro ASO. (CIA, 2016) The prime minister is the leader of the largest political party and appoints various ministries to make up his cabinet. Political power is supposed to be shared between national government and regional governments. However, most of the time the national government is unwilling or unable to fix urgent or local matters. According to Funabashi

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    In most western countries, religious freedom is accepted as a fact of life. Yet in various countries around the world, oppressive governments infringe on the religious liberties of its citizens. Religious liberty is even under fire in The United States of America, a country recognized worldwide for encouraging freedom. When people are not afforded freedom of religion, their dignity as a human person is being called into question. Religious freedom flows from the dignity of the human person; however

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    In the U.S Constitution the word religion has not been defined. Therefore, there can be many different religions in the U.S. The U.S government somewhat accommodates the many different religions to a certain extent. Also, there should be a separation of church and state. The U.S government allows the protection of religious belief, which means people have the right to believe in anyone they chose. The government cannot not deny or interfere with a person's religious belief. People think that since

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