...account for marriage, and judicial appointents. 7. According to David Barton, what is the meaning of the commandment “Thou shalt not kill” (Exodus 20:13)? What is forbidden? What is permitted? According to David Barton, the meaning of the commandment “Thou shalt not kill” is ultimately translated as “Thou shalt not murder”. Shedding of innocent blood including abortion is strictly forbidden in God’s commandments. If you are killing out of self defense, capital punishment, or war, then it is permitted for you to kill and not be judged under Gods law. 8. What is the proper way to meet the needs of the poor, according to the Bible? The proper way to meet the needs of the poor, according to the Bible, is by giving to the church rather then giving to the Government. God did not establish the Government to give to the poor, while God did design the church to help all of those who are in...
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...meaning of spirituality can change within one person, the more they search for answers and find their beliefs. To this writer, spirituality reaches beyond ourselves, it is the connection between ourselves and something greater. Puchalski et al (2014), states that Spirituality is a dynamic and intrinsic aspect of humanity through which persons seek ultimate meaning, purpose, and transcendence, and experience relationship to self, family, others, community, society, nature, and the significant or sacred. Spirituality is expressed through beliefs, values, traditions, and practices. (pg. 643) Spirituality pluralism, involves multiple groups within our society, world, and environment that are maintaining their own spiritual identity. As a nurse, we come across multiple spiritualties that are vastly diversified. Nurses have their own beliefs, values and practices that shape who they are. Our patients, staff members, and other nurse also have their own beliefs, values and practices defining them. In one environment there is a very large possibility that there will be many people with separate spiritual identities. Scientism worldview’s philosophy is the belief that the ability to obtain knowledge of reality is by the application and acceptance of science. Mastin (2008) states that, “Scientism can been seen as a faith that science has no boundaries and that in due time all human problems and all aspects of human endeavor will be dealt and solved by science alone”. ...
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...on the school's academics, not what religion they are to study. The proposed amendments would cause nothing but trouble considering that there would be many arguments on what beliefs should be taught. Religion is private and schools are public. Having any prayer in school goes against the basis in which our country was formed upon. America came into being because colonists wanted religious freedom. Our founding fathers carefully wrote the constitution to grant the freedom of separation of church and state. A prayer created and supported by a government violate the very essence of the spirit in which the US was formed. (Haas35) Therefore, having a prayer in school would be unconstitutional. "A radical school prayer amendment would attack the heart and soul of the bill of rights which safeguards the rights of the individual from tyranny of the individual." (Jasper96) Teachers are public employees, paid by the taxpayers. The time it takes to recite a prayer is an expenditure of tax dollars. (Haas36 ) This is a violation of the separation of church and state. This whole issue is a big waste of time because students do have the right to pray at school. No one can stop them from praying individually,...
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...caused our nation to closely examine the ties between religion and science. The Scopes Trial was the case of a high school biology teacher John Scopes against the state law against teaching Evolution in classroom. The case drew a lot of public attention. Even though the Scopes trial failed, succeeded in getting people to ask themselves, " what should I believe". In 1859, Charles Darwin released his work" Origin of the Species" old man of human are monkeys. Major people are fundamentalist, support the Bible, they believe God created human the story of Garden of Eden. Darwin''s theory subverted the story from Bible.So his speech had problems with church of England, Evolution is a new thing for the whole society, most people thought it 's a joke, and few people really considered became whose try to defend Darwin's theory and spread the ideas of Evolution. In the late days, Darwin's speak of evolutionary adaptation through natural selection became central to modern evolutionary theory, now concept of the life sciences. In 1925, Tennessee passed a law, the Butler Act, that make illegal to teach Darwin's theory of evolution in public school. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) thought the law violated people's rights. " The 1st Amendment to the constitution protects that separation when it says. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."(-Excerpt from Monkey on trial, War, peace and all that...
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...churches around the world 1103 were used in this particular study which amounts to 0.000050596330275229354 % of the total available pool which included all faiths. These churches were of different denominations. This is a cross sectional analysis of how different churches grow or fail. For this study churches were selected from a previous study that was conducted from other research. These churches that were included in the study included different denominations not just focusing on one in particular, however all were considered christian based. Who conducted the study? Is there bias here? This study was conducted by Dr. Richard J. Krejcir an educator of inductive Bible principles. He has been teaching at camps, conferences and churches all over the world since 1978. Some of the principals that he believes should always be followed are : A caring, effective love relationship with Jesus Christ as LORD. A lifestyle dedicated to obeying God's Will. Daily devotional times, prayer, and studying of God's Word. A joyful love and willingness to serve our Lord, even through personal sacrifice. A witness for Christ without hypocrisy. A firm desire to be God's child through trust and obedience. A working faith in God's promises for all daily needs and in all situations. In this article no bias could be ascertained due to the cross section of various churches and denominations included in the study...
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...Muhlenberg College. His investigative work into the interpretations of the first three chapters of the most famous book in the world, the Bible, gives the reader insight into the environmentalist views, feminist views, and those of creationists. By seeking clarification of the various creation stories, Jennings tries to illuminate the current scholarly views of this ancient text including the origin and timeline of the Earth. The Earth has been in existence for quite some time. Just how long is still unknown, but scientists, especially environmental Darwinists, estimate the Earth is 4.55 billion years old (Jennings 86). But the date of Earth’s origin and the presence of man are two separate questions depending on if one relies on biblical references or stories, creationism, which put the age of the world, the beginning of creation between 6,000-10,000 years (77) or modern science. A Gallup poll found supporters of each side to be fairly split, forty-six percent towards creationism and thirty-six percent pointing to Darwinism as the correct derivation (88). Why is the question of Earth’s origin so germane? According to many, because Genesis only deals with God’s creation of man in His image, and science can prove the existence of “pre-Adam” man dating back millenniums. By dating the origin of the world, one calls into question the validity of the Bible as the definitive “word of God” and the “absolute truth” as well as continues to fuel the controversy between science and religion. ...
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...corrupt and it goes against their religious beliefs and it also could has severe and negative consequences that are not well-thought out beforehand. Many people believe that God is forgiving to those who go through with an abortion given certain circumstances. However, according to the Bible verse, Psalms 139:13-17, it states, “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body. All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them”. This passage is from the Old Testament, which is used by both the Jewish and Christian faiths. God considers an unborn child to still be a child of God. This Bible verse shows that God already has a well-crafted out plan for every person even before they have been completely formed. Many women are very young and their decision to have an abortion is usually very rash and can be rushed. David C. Reardon, Author of Aborted Women: Silent No More, wrote about the survey he took of 252 women who had previously had an abortion. The average age at the time of their abortion was 21 years...
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...endowment by our Creator, among other things. Nowhere does it specify that that creator is Allah, Jesus Christ, Yahweh, or any other deity with which we tend to tie with divinity (else the founding fathers likely would have specified—nothing like clarity in your nation’s birth certificate). Creator could mean the universe itself. None of these purported creators are incorrect, but they are also not scientifically testable, therefore they are not absolute truths either. Because absolute truth is what people tend to seek, they cling to a perfect god or a divine book, and that’s fine. It’s their right as Americans. However, when religion seeps into politics, therein lays the problem. Politics is loosely defined as “the activities associated with the governance of an area or country” or as “the art or science concerned with guiding or influencing government policy”, which ties neither God nor religion to the world of politics, even including the word science in the definition, a word that tends to be a threat to the deeply religious. Because of its tendency toward biasness, prejudice, and insensitivity, the world of politics need not affiliate with the cancer of society and decency that is organized religion. Names like Jerry Falwell, Jesse Jackson, Mike Huckabee, and Pat Robertson do not often come up in the same sentence, but they all share two things in common. They were influential to politics, and they are all deeply religious. It is no surprise then that they all hold...
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...LIBERTY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Historical Problems in the Book of Daniel A paper submitted to Dr. Michael Heiser In partial fulfillment of the requirements For completion of the course OBST 520 Old Testament Orientation II Lynchburg, Virginia March 2, 2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION………………….……………………………………………………………..3 BACKGROUND AND MESSAGE….…….……………….…...……………………………….3 PROBLEM #1……………………………………………………..……………………………...4 PROBLEM #2……...…………………………………………………..………………………...5 PROBLEM #3………………………………………………………………….…...……………5 PROBLEM #4…………...…………………………………………..……………...……………6 PROBLEM #5……………………………………………………………..………..……………7 APPLICATION……………………………………………………………………..……………9 CONCLUSION………………..………….………………………………………...…………..10 BIBLIOGRAPHY………………..……….………………………………………...…………… INTRODUCTION: The book of Daniel has been questioned based on some perceived historical problems that would make the current dating of the book inaccurate. Such historical problems would challenge the validity of the message of Daniel. Throughout this research paper, we will take a look at the five historical problems in the book of Daniel. We will carefully examine each of these problems in hopes of uncovering the truth. There are two major questions to be answered in this paper. Are the historical problems actually problems or just misunderstandings and do these affect the message we received from the book of Daniel? BACKGROUND AND MESSAGE: It is...
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...rather re-creation. In other words, sex is for reproduction. God does notlimit sex to married couples to rob pleasure from those who are unmarried.Rather, God commands against premarital sex in order to protect unmarriedpeople from unwanted pregnancies, from children born to parents who donot want them, and to protect children from parents who are not preparedfor them. Imagine, for a moment, a world without premarital sex. Therewould be no sexually-transmitted diseases, there would be no un-wedmothers, there would be no unwanted pregnancies, there would be noabortions, etc. According to the Bible, abstinence is God's only policy when itcomes to premarital sex. Abstinence saves lives, protects babies, givessexual relations the proper value, and most importantly abstinence honorsGod. Thus, as defined in the dictionary, an urge or shall we say, thoughts of manifesting them, is sex. (The Bible calls this lust) To have physicalintercourse is sex. Whether it is two unmarried partners or one married andone not - it is sex. Participating "up to a point" of actual physical intercourse,such as having oral sex, is sex. Societal trends don't change the definitions.Frankly, there is no line to draw; it is strictly a decision to engage in sexualactivity or not. There are many factors to consider in this choice. Included inthese factors are unwanted pregnancies, unwanted children, life-longemotional effects (regret, broken hearts and guilt are among them). Wecannot neglect to add sexually...
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...Lamborghini A million dollars in cash A parachute You can pick only one. Which would you choose? Before you decide, here’s some information that will help you to make the wisest choice: You have to jump 10,000 feet out of an airplane. Does that help you to connect the dots? It should, because you need the parachute. It’s the only one of the four gifts that will help with your dilemma. The others may have some value, but they are useless when it comes to facing the law of gravity in a 10,000-foot fall. The knowledge that you will have to jump should produce a healthy fear in you—and that kind of fear is good because it can save your life. Remember that. 1 Now think of the four major religions: ● ● ● ● Hinduism Buddhism Islam Christianity Which one should you choose? Before you decide, here’s some information that will help you determine which one is the wisest choice: All of For most of humanity stands on the humanity, death is edge of eternity. We are all a huge and terrify- going to die. We will all have to pass through the ing plummet into door of death. It could happen to us in twenty years, the unknown. or in six months, . . . or today. For most of humanity, death is a huge and terrifying plummet into the unknown. So what should we do? Do you remember how it was your knowledge of the jump that produced that healthy M 2 fear, and that fear helped you to make the right choice? You know what the law of gravity can do to you. In the same way, we are going to look...
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...The synoptic problem The first three books of the New Testament which are Matthew, Mark and Luke are compared, and it is discovered that they look similar to one another in content and expression. As a result they a referred to as the synoptic gospels. The word “synoptic” basically means “to see together with a common view”. This raises the question of why they are similar to one another in these respects. This is known as the synoptic problem. The many similarities between the synoptic gospels have led some to wonder if the gospel authors had a common source, another written account of Christ’s birth, life, ministry, death, and resurrection from which they obtained the material for their gospels. Some argue that Matthew, Mark, and Luke are so similar that they must have used each other’s gospels, or another common source. This supposed “source” has been given the title “Q” from the German word “quell” which means “source.” Another problem is that there is no evidence for the “Q” document or even a portion or fragment which has been discovered. “Q” is just the invention of liberal scholars who deny the inspiration of the Bible and they believe it to be nothing more than a work of literature, subject to some criticism given to other works of literature. This in turn renders the source very much unreliable because there is also no evidence for a “Q” document biblically, theologically or historically. If there is no “Q” document, then why are they similar? It is possible that...
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...Duties All humans are put on this earth for their own specific purpose. Some people are destined to be an influence and do great things, while others are here solely to be cogs in the clock that keeps the world turning. Regardless on where one stands in relationship to their fellow man, we all have been charged with civic and moral obligations to those in our inner most circles of friends and family, as well as to our employers. After living approximately a quarter of my life, I believe that I have discovered these duties and moral obligations. They can be found in my religion as a Christian as well as in the Boy Scout law. In attempts to find linearity between different ethical view points and my beliefs, Jane English’s theories about families, and Kant’s virtue ethics can be compared to my moral guidelines. Through the years, some friends choose to come and go as they please, where as others will stay by your side no matter what. Your family will stay with you for life; you did not ask for it, and perhaps they did not ask for you. No matter who you have by your side, it is to these people who you should have the most obligations to. To begin, looking to religion under the Ten Commandments, we see the first commandment instructing a moral obligation to our family: “Honor thy mother and thy father.” This first commandment allows for a number of different circumstances where it may be applicable. When referring to mothers and fathers, sometimes the real mother and...
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...Bejarasco, Aubrey Jayl A. BS Biology IV April 21,2012 Earth: only habitat that sustains LIFE, where number and variety of plants is astonishing. How can we make sense of such a huge range of living organism? Holy bible, explain how this wonderful diversity came about as shown in the movie; how God created the Earth, how Adan came into life and how Eve was created from his ribs, as then God said to them: “go and multiply”. This was the Theory of Creation, but a hundreds of years later, a man was born to explain this astonishing diversity of life, which revolutionized the way everyone sees the world—Charles Darwin. On 1931, HMS Beagle, set off to tour around the world, on board was Charles Darwin, in his 5years journey he was amaze by the diversity he was able to witnessed, that in 1 day he was able to collect 69 different kinds of beetles, enough to disturbed the composure of entomologist’s mind. In addition to that, Darwin also noticed the distinction of plants and animals in the Galapagos Islands and Cape Verde Islands. There came the dilemma: “could it be that species were not fixed at all time, could it be in fact slowly change?” Problem of natural history: how could one species turn to one another? Key: only the fittest survive hence, “natural selection”. In a moment of insight he had solved the species question. Darwin illustrate this in his collection of birds which has same characteristic except their beaks of finches, which shows how this...
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...what can a man give in exchange for his soul” (NIV Matthew 16:26). The Bible does not directly condemn monetary prosperity. However, Jesus warns that the love of riches leads men further from the Kingdom of God and into a false idolization of wealth. This monetary worship pulls man away from God, and tears the seams of brotherhood that bond men together. Today, this bond between men has never been so frail and apathy has never been so vigorous. Millions of people die every year from preventable causes, including hunger, disease and countless other conditions, all derived from poverty. At the same time the richest 80 billionaires have the finances to solve world hunger, substantially increase the prevention of AIDS and effectively eradicate malaria. Wealth in itself is not evil; however, when humanity places riches above its fellow humans’ lives, it has reached a sinful state. The world has accepted material wealth at the price of what has become a sacrificial morality and love for mankind. The goal of this paper is to prove that global trends of economic inequality are unjustifiable from an economic/social standpoint, Scripture, and the recent position of the Catholic Church. Financial inequality is no new concept to the world. Since the beginnings of civilization there were the rich and there were the poor; many would argue that this is the natural state of society. From the Roman Empire until today, there has been a gap between the two segments. While almost all major...
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