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    Emily Dickinson Beliefs

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    prayed – And did God Care? He cared as much as on the Air A Bird – had stamped her foot – And cried ‘Give Me’ - ” (F581). To “remain true to herself,” Dickinson belittled the importance of faithful church attendance ( Emily, no pag.). “Some keep the Sabbath going to

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    Word count: 508 For a variety of reasons, it is easier for the monied classes to access quality health care when needed and, in general, lead healthier lifestyles. People of higher socioeconomic groups have been shown to live longer (Scrambler, 2012). Beginning with higher infant mortality rates, lower socioeconomic groups often face a lifetime of challenges to good health and longevity. David and Messer (2011) reported on a study by the National Institutes of Health that revealed the rate of

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    spending the Sabbath in wrestling, boxing, and drinking whisky, we were trying to learn how to read the will of God” (Douglass, p. 197). Despite the repercussions that they may receive as “they were liable to be taken up, and given thirty-nine lashes,” they continued on anyway as “they came because they wished to learn… [and] I taught them, because it was the delight of my soul to be doing something that looked like bettering the condition of my race” (p. 198). Even though, the Sabbath school was eventually

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    The greatest Christian Apologist and martyr, in the turn of the second century, who stood firm in defending the belief of Christianity, was the great philosopher and early Christian apologist and martyr - Justin Martyr. Justin Martyr (100-165CE), was born in Samaria, near Jacob’s well, around turn of the century in modern day Palestine. Justin was a Gentile and well educated, who has traveled extensively in search for the life’s meaning in the philosophies of his day. In Justin’s child hood

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    the veins. The first heavy metal sounding rock emerged in the 60’s in the british band’s Cream, the Yardbirds, and The Jeff Beck Group. But it wasn’t until the 70’s where bands started truly forming the genre heavy metal. Bands such as Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, and Led Zeppelin were the leaders in the new world of heavy metal. They changed the game of rock, with deep bass, intense drums, distorted guitars, and rough vocals. The new genre called for a new and equally intense type of fan base

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    While The Beatles are most recognized as the biggest icons in rock, The Beatles have pioneered more than just entertaining music in their decade long run. On their eponymous 1968 self-titled album The Beatles, more commonly known as The White Album, the song “Helter Skelter” granted many a persons’ attention for it’s unusually “heavy” music style. While other songs on the album also share this unusual aggression, most notably “Birthday” and the single version of “Revolution 1,” it is “Helter Skelter”

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    years younger. He grew up up in his family home in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was raised as a Seventh-day Adventist, a denomination of Christianity that believes everyone should follow the ten commandments and that the seventh day of the week is the sabbath and it should be kept holy. Desmond kept the sixth commandment to heart, “Thou shalt not kill”. Desmond wanted to serve his country but he vowed that he would never take up arms. Congress wrote into the military draft that conscientious objectors

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    Judaism Historical background information – Judaism began about 4000 years ago with the Hebrew people in the Middle East. Abraham, a Hebrew man, is considered the father of the Jewish faith because he supported the central idea of the Jewish faith: that there is one God and one alone. At the time many people in the Middle East worshipped several gods. What do Jewish people believe? - Abraham's son, Isaac had a son, Jacob, also known as Israel. In this way the descendants of Abraham came to be

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    A global society is where the whole world is seen as one international society, instead of separate nation states, as a result of globalization. It is when things happen in one part of the world and end up affecting other parts of the world too, resulting in a growing awareness of the world as a whole. “Globalization can thus be defined as the intensification of worldwide social relations that link distant localities in such a way that local happenings are shaped by events occurring many miles away…”

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    The New Testament

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    There were eight named writers of the New Testament: Saints Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, Peter, James, and Jude. The New Testament was formalized within the early Christian community, the Church. The Church Fathers were important to the early Church, for they were the ones who had an important role in the process of the formation of the New Testament, as well as the interpretation of Scripture. Their objective was to choose those written books which were truly inspired by the Holy Spirit and

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