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...iritual nature. This is appropriate. Wisdom is seldom imparted, although paths to it are offered in various sacred and profane writings. In the Judeo-Christian culture in the English language, this is traditionally associated with the Wisdom Literature of the Talmud and the Bible, namely Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs. Sometimes other books are included, such...

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...ELF-CENTEREDASSUMPTIONS 32 GODBASEDASSUMPTIONS 41 CONCEPTS OF GOD 45 3 WHAT IS GOD LIKE? 46 THEISM 49 PROOFS FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD 53 IS AMERICA A CHRISTIAN NATION? 57 WHO GETS TO GO TO HEAVEN? 63 DEISM 65 PANTHEISM AND PANENTHEISM 67 AGNOSTICISM 68 ATHEISM 71 SATANISM 96 AN IDEA OF A BETTER SOCIETY AS A BASIC ASSUMPTION 97 THE SOURCE OF POWER IN A SOCIETY 104 FUNDAMENT...

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...is highly likely that you would be a Muslim.‖ —―I‘d have to agree with you. But you know there are many Muslims who have converted to Christ... ...eir values. And yet we call ourselves homo sapiens! ―As I‘m sure Wanda mentioned, we can tell what we value by how we act. The strongly Christ... ...alues and righteousness then is caught hustling young boys who work for him, or one who is caught in corrupt dealings, is not living the ideal Christ... ...set—but not her. Whenever the situation was right she could be counted on to break into song with the repertoire of Sophie Tucker, that 1920‘s songst... ...es and liberal Muslims as his reasons for killing innocents. Power driven Catholics needed the saving of Jerusalem and the beliefs of the anti-Christ... ... is strange that so often in the Crusades it was the infidels who showed true compassion. They were often able to turn the other cheek to the Christ... ...ove is. This idea usually relates to some romantic notion developed from an exposure to the fantasies of fiction in literature and to popular songs ...

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... and 22 epithets for vagabonds. Hula masters and students have called the dictionary their bible, perhaps because of the many citations from chants, songs, and ancient prayers, the poetic sayings and epithets, and the abundance of pithy proverbs that comment on many aspects of ancient Hawaiian life. Perhaps no other Polynesian dictionary contains as much poetry, folklore,...

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...ords probably from Greek (mostly in the New Testament), Hebrew (mostly in the Old Testament), and Latin (mostly of non-Hawaiian animals and terms for Christian services). We found that the meanings of Hawaiian words in the King James Version (KJV) differed considerably from those in the Revised Standard Version (RSV) of 1946–1952 (Old Testament) and 1971 (New Testament). ...

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...with HIV or AIDS. There are a few more performances after we have sung our songs, and several speeches. At one point, we are asked to call out the na... ...was more surprised, my mother or me, when I decided to join the Milwaukie Christian Church. I sang in the girls' quartet; I read scripture aloud duri... ...e got to talking about what music we listened to. People around me cited Christian artists like Don Francisco (whose "He's Alive" I had sung during... ...ary gave me a look that was somewhere between pity and contempt and said "Christians don't listen to The Beatles." I didn't feel inclined to talk to ... ... a video presentation by James Dobson of Focus on the Family. The little Christian Church had affiliated with them and I remember looking around in... ... tool; I learned that Pastor Russ is still there.) Instead, I left. If "Christians" couldn't listen to music that had no hurtful message, or have ... ... to music that I found personally uplifting. This might be because of the songs themselves, finding the artist's story inspiring, or any number of o...

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............................................................ 60 IS AMERICA A CHRISTIAN NATION? ............................................................ ...father, should he have been honored as the commandment requires? Are most Christians dishonoring the code by keeping Sunday rather than Saturday, th... ... through life accepting what the rest of our society believes. If it is a Christian society we believe in the New Testament. If it is a Muslim socie... ...to face their beliefs by thinking deeply about them. ―Few Jews, Christians, Hindus or Muslims change their religions. Few democrats want a ... ... ―Is this the reason that President George W. Bush, as an evangelical Christian, didn‘t believe in evolution or in global warming? Was it a lack... ...h? ―Is the definitely erotic ‗Song of Solomon‘ or ‗Song of Songs‘ pornographic? Or is it the most romantic poem ever written. Is it a... ...original meaning of gay, it meant happy and carefree. Some of my favorite songs and stories use the word in this way. Undoubtedly some homosexuals a...

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...hose detestable holy rolling fanatical halo heads. In the spirit world, a Christian is spotted a mile away by their halo of happiness. Norma Mack is ... ...akelex cringe. The small icon of a halo at the bottom of the report meant Christian, yet this was only considered a minor hiccup. Snakelex had seen ... ...as not highlighted or in plain red lettering, he concluded this so-called Christian must have steered off the road a little. The demon was quite cor... ...ing, bad language, smoking, and a dog named Slops. Morris calls the local Christians, ‘those who reside on the hill’. They are rarely seen in the pu... ... classed as one of those on the hill and is a frequent customer. One very Christian lady in particular has demons in a panic when she, on a regular ... ...ir distance considering the words love, Jesus and God, not to mention the songs of praise, were used a little too often for their liking. The abunda... ...od around and amongst the group in the street. There was no enthusiasm or songs of joy about the way the Sullys had gone about the march or the irra...

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...us sect If anyone takes a statistics of the number of people converting to Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism or Islam from their native religion, D... ...choice, in practice this is not so straight or simple. Dalits who convert to Christianity or Islam lose the benefits of reservation in education an... ...r self-respect. [Hero of Vaikom, 1923] Conversion Who are the one crore Christians of our country? Who are the seven crores Muslims of our nat... ...Arabia. How are we, the 24 crores people, respected? Muslims call us ‘kufr’. Christians call us ‘ignorant of religion,’ Whites call us ‘coolies,’ B... ... on what basis they say such things. People of other religions like Muslims, Christians and Parsis can walk in the streets. A pig, dog, cat, rat ca... ...rtist Ovvai, born in the womb of a Paraiyan woman; you don’t even know their songs. 243 It seems Thiruvalluvar, Kabilar, Ovvai, were born to a ... ...is.ist.utl.pt/uke/papers/NAFIPS99rbfcm- fcm.pdf 12. Charles E Gover, The Folk songs of Southern India, Higginbotham, Madras (1871). 13. Chatterjee,...

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...ut such equality has only been found in the monasteries and convents of the Christians and Buddhists. --―In the West, laws and unions have gi... ...brought a newer form of monotheism, the Romans tortured them. Then when the Christians rose to power they tortured the unbelievers. Islam conquered N... ... more diversity, it can get into the way of progress. Having more Muslims, Christians, Hindus and Falun Gongs gives more competing ideas as to how s... ...Just look at the societally destructive approaches that religions can bring—Christians versus Christians, Muslims versus Muslims, Muslims versus Chri... ... Muslims versus Muslims, Muslims versus Christians, Muslims versus Hindus, Christians and Muslims 49 for or against Jews, Jews versus Jews. We do... ... children. They don‘t have the right to criticize police or women in their songs, but they can complain about the police in legitimate protest in th...

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...e individual need not adhere to the norms of morality that existed in the Christian villages of the past or in the Buddhist communities of this book.... ... their old places. The village is also unusual in that it contains a small Christian parish with its own church, and the new village chief, elected in... ...h with its own church, and the new village chief, elected in 1998, is also Christian. From the Chiang Rai highway, before the north-eastern mountain f... ...e evenings, Thai dancing, but it's not done any more. We used to sing folk songs and play old traditional instruments. Now we listen to music on the r... ...community and life wisdom were reinforced by folk tradition, stories, folk songs and proverbs of agrarian communities, much utilized in everyday speec... ...l and a teacher training college. The city's Chinese community, as well as Christian missionary organizations, have their own private schools. (24 The... ...0s it gradually became standard procedure that everyone intending to enter Christian marriage should attend so-called confirmation school, to become p... ...dding music, but usually the band and vocalist play luk thung music or pop songs that villagers like. The informants of this book remember times when ... ...le girl was found, what was the custom then? Are there any other idioms or songs that were used in this situation? In the last ceremony, when the hair...

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...ance. then, is our second picture. The third and last picture shows us the Christian looking into his own heart. This is taken from the sixth verse of... ...l conference of eastern college men on the oppor- tunities and work of the Christian ministry will be held at tlie Union Theological seminary, 700 Par... ...e Rocky Road to Dublin" E. R. Ephraim Mandolin Club 2 Solo—"I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby" Clay Selwyn Reed Pevear '07 o "Sounds from the Orient'" H. ... ...l, by his assistance ill a great drought, he won over the entire island to Christianity. Wars gave way to peace, resulting in increased prosperity, th... ..., and Paton jpecarae the guide, philosopher and friend of the natives. The Christianizing «f Anima is not an jsolaferl case, but is a fair example of ... ...Mrs. Howes sang two solos in a very pleasing style, the Hindoo and Morning songs. The program follows: Prelnde and Fngiie in A minor J. S. Bach FantHH... ... Committee. Financial Report The financial report of the Mills Young Men's Christian Associa- tion, February 23 1906, to March 19, 1907: RECEIPTS. Bal... ...mpe '07 sang in the quartet which rendered "Old Black Joe" and other negro songs: and Bates and Brookway '07 sang in the circle. The first part closed... ...yed"Keep on the .Sunny Side," '' Some One, " and several college and class songs, which the class also sang. Southworth suggested that the seniors her...

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...s type of reality, Kenyon. Maybe you have been listening to too many love songs.” “Too many songs, Scoliosis? You know me, don’t you? You are... ...s. They mustn’t be embarrassed. Can’t you see that? Yes, you love love songs and that feeling of heart macerated and put into the mold of a lover’... ...sh ceiling lights turned on at 6:00 in the shelter, and the mandates of a Christian organization compelling the exodus of these “guests” onto trash s... ...w long can I maintain an atheistic stance? I am half calling to Him now. Christians would claim Him humbling me to bring me to the light, if I had ... ...ristians would claim Him humbling me to bring me to the light, if I had a Christian as a friend, if I had any friend. Chuckles pulled the plug on th... ...ates it. In this state of isolation it would be a godsend even to have a Christian friend plastering my mind with all her platitudes, her silly putt... ... don’t the best truths come from the most objective sources? What do the Christians of America think of atheists—that lacking Christ we will slit yo...

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... The earliest symbol of Christianity also represents a Big Bang: it represents the huge expans... ...reaking is that it successfully explains the idea of Intelligent Design which Christian fundamentalists use in trying to refute the Big Bang Theory o... ...of Science. This chapter not only answers the Intelligent Design theories of Christian Fundamentalists, it supports it. Except it supports it not ... ...ero. 0 Also stands for the sign of the Christian cross: the death of a living god, being split in two, dying ... ...H OF SPLITNESS Chapter Three: Hominids 173 these separated notes into songs and symphonies. By accumulating the separate notes of separate ... ...rom a wood fire. No food? Then eat the ashes and die. The pronouncement of Christian last words over a corpse: “Ashes to Ashes…can be logically e... ...eople go to; and compare them to decide which one they like better? How many songs do people listen to; before finding out which ones they like best... ... with different inflections, and different interpretations of those different songs, etc. Fourthly… it is a competition. It assumes that entertaine... ...ly about love. Did anyone listen to the messages? Did anyone learn from the songs? No. Did anyone think these songs were important enough listen...

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... Thyestes, of Oedipus, and of Macareus, having with the pleasures of their songs infused this profitable opinion in the tender conceit of children. C... ...mselves, for he was able to provide for all things that were fit for him. Christian religion hath all the markes of extreme justice and profit, but ... ...is Citie, and how far he extends him selfe about their exercises, sports, songs, leaping, and dancing, whereof he saith, that severe antiquitie gave... ...e of their sufficiencie. Besides what I have said of one of their warlike songs, I have another amorous canzonet, which beginneth in this sense: 'Ad... ...reason, submitting their judgement and discourses unto it. It suffiseth a Christian to beleeve that all things come from God, to receive them from hi... ...ke I to have noted some such like thing amongst our owne people, but with Christian moderation. Saint Hilarie, Bishop of Poitiers, a famous enemie o... ...bertie to which he had restored them, having failed to converte them unto Christianitie, the difficultie to commit themselves unto marriners and pyr... ...xpired, for want of other meanes they yeelded unto thraldome. Some became Christians, from whose faith and race, even at this day (for it is an hund... ...and, to change in their attires, in their gestures, dances, exercises, and songs, from one forme to another: And to remove their judgement, now to th...

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... by a single window. Why were we in such con- trast? Laughter and outworn songs...swaying and shuffling...until the shutting of my door. Alone, I s... ...s message. Was this the Alcaeus who had joked and sported and sung ribald songs, as the popular friend of young men who were proud, rich, playful and... ...musicians and dancers wandered among us and the party went on. After many songs and a lot of wine, Alcaeus slipped his arm through mine and suggeste... ...ith tiny fires in the twilight, food cooking, pots bubbling, love- making, songs. It was the dusk I love. And it was easy to grow sentimental, to tal... ...has had a birthday. It should have been a happy day. There were garlands, songs, dances... Then, someone came to me, brimming with the amusing story... ...boomed and Pliny, the upright Roman, governor, senator, consul, killer of Christians, stood before me in his white toga: P - I respect your porti... ...e such a thing as common sense where the bulk of mankind is concerned? Is Christianity a bulwark to be counted on, or is it cleverly concocted prete... ...dely from each other in the sectarian denominations. They all claim to be Christians, and interpret their sev- eral creeds as infallible ones. I doub... ...uld all men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them,” appealed to the Christian world to aid them in doing to a whole race of men as they would ...

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... a substantial number, of men had converted from their native religion to Christianity. This is an unprobed area and there is a complete absence of ... ...through television or posters but should be made through street dramas or songs or radio as most of them were uneducated so they cannot read the pos... ...rom eighth standard onwards. He has changed his religion from Hinduism to Christianity for solace and comfort. He prays and believes in Jesus Christ... ...ar by caste. After the disease he converted from his native religion to Christianity. He has a house of his own and he is from the upper- middle cl... ...s also suffering from tuberculosis. He has changed his religion to Christianity for he has a complete faith that Jesus will cure and forgive ... ... cancer why not for AIDS?” He says that Hindu religious leaders (like the Christians) should give counseling and solace to AIDS patients. When Hindu... ...e only mode of relaxation was sex/CSWs. m. The vulgar and obscene cinema songs which kindle only the lower and base emotions. 381 n. Complete fr... ...andbills, posters, flipcharts, peer and volunteer training, street plays, songs, etc. 5. It is very unfortunate to note down, that while the med... ...ons that are represented. The standard dailies, the magazines, the cinema songs and movies, serials all of them present a very skewed version of lif...

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...orld. In July 2011, two Canadian astronomers and CFHT executive director Christian Veillet announced they had confrmed the existence of the frst E... ...brought the meaning-laden dance out of hiding after it was suppressed by Christian missionaries. In contrast, there is hula ‘auana, hula without ... ...is hula ‘auana, hula without ceremony, or modern hula, danced to tuneful songs with lively lyrics. More modern instruments accompany them, includi... ...ntemporary Hawaiian music, with specifc categories for Hawaiian language songs, slack key performances, best male and female vocalists, vocal duos... ... the sport of surfng fell on hard times during the mid-19th century when Christian missionaries cheered the decline of surfng as an advance of civ...

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...nism’s features but often recalling the Flowers of mould of Arghezi or Gypsy songs of Marin Radu Paraschivescu. The trueborn popular vocabulary (fro... ...Indians. They have no school in their language. They’ve forced them to become Christians”. Only at the last two-three 32 pages the author seems t... ...olklore is recovered ( From world gathered) (De prin lume adunate) or (Suburb songs) (Cintece de mahala), obtaining paternity in a kind of deliberate...

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...d seen, were left to crawl like worms, pushing their carts and singing their songs as traditional music blared forth. He died every time he saw one of... ...f mortality could be eased. In the face of challenges from other ideologies, Christians protected their God and religion with defensive armament of an... ...imed as infallible, the Buddhist and the Moslem were threats for an American Christian no less than the witch. She wondered why she did not hate relig... ...d a child, she thought, she or he would not be allowed to be subject to this Christianity, which had the plagiarism of Ancient Egyptian Literature, th... ...ed to bully all nations and befriend Israel beyond human decency to keep the Christian constituents, brethren of Israel, happy. Its political engagem... ...ective contemplation of past mistakes. She put away her book, Why I am not a Christian, by Bertrand Russell. The book needed to be perused deeply but...

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...other species. Hummingbirds, songbirds, and parrots all produce learned songs. The honeybee finds food, heads back to the hive, then dances on the... ...g so modest as paper despite its strength and durability. Similarly, some Christians called it an infidel technology and slowed the flow of paper in... ...arriers between Europe and Asia that the religious feud between Islam and Christianity had erected. ―The effect in diffusing and broadening men‘s... ... system encountered considerable skepticism in Europe. It mattered not to Christians that their Bible told of creation from the void. Many still loo...

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...l other species. Hummingbirds, songbirds, and parrots all produce learned songs. The honeybee finds food, heads back to the hive, then dances on the... ...g so modest as paper despite its strength and durability. Similarly, some Christians called it an infidel technology and slowed the flow of paper in... ...arriers between Europe and Asia that the religious feud between Islam and Christianity had erected. ―The effect in diffusing and broadening men‘s i... ... system encountered considerable skepticism in Europe. It mattered not to Christians that their Bible told of creation from the void. Many still loo...