Benefit of clergy

marijuana is considered to have medicinal benefits while others believe it’s a gateway drug. Some consider it to have a “high potential for abuse which may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence” ("Resources - Controlled Substance Schedules", 2016). That may not be the case as marijuana possession was criminalized in the Confidential Restricted List in 1923 under the Narcotics Drug Act Amendment Bill only because some “business people and clergy” were upset by the opium trade in…

In this essay a discussion will be explored about the benefits and problems associated with police use of discretion. Which current policing strategies have the most potential for controlling officer discretion and providing accountability, and which have the least, and why is that the case? And finally, how might these issues impact the various concerns facing law enforcement today? Police behavior is different across all communities. In fact, how police react to combat crime is affected by…

James Fenimore Cooper has a past in the church. He was very active in his hometown church. Later in his life he took on leadership and clergy roles there. He donated a lot of money and supervised the redesigning of the church as his own expense. Also later in his life he was confirmed by the church. He was very publically involved in his home church, so for him to have written a book tying in Christian values is not surprising. Some writers who analyze Cooper’s work said he was the only major…

The question of ‘success’ when analyzing revolution requires an observer to expand the point of reference both from the stated goals to the passage of time. One may analyze the evolution of a revolution through a mathematical perspective, visualizing the ebb and flow of a society 's changes like that of a chart or graph. Beyond the peaks and valleys of upheaval and reaction and between ideology and compromise, success is measured by the trendline. A close examination of a specific period…

The reformation first stated with Martin Luther. His father wanted Martin to study law at the University of Erfurt, but to his disappointment, he became an Augustinian monk instead. It was there that he preached and fasted as much as he could. After he became a professor in theology at the University of Wittenberg, he got an understanding that God’s justice cannot be in punishment, but by mercy and faith, and that only by God’s grace would the people be saved instead of their own effort. He…

than their Jewish counterparts . Sometimes the Christians, and not the Jews, were even allowed to have special tax exemptions . A period of back and forth acceptance and condemnation started, and around 270 the emperor Aurelian even got involved with clergy matters . It was the rise of Diocletian that was the greatest era of persecution for Christians in the Roman Empire; expulsion of Christian soldiers, burning of churches, and encouragement of executing Christians all contributed to this Era…

approached in many different ways, based on other’s sympathy or disdains; these included compassion, intolerance, and appealing for disciplinary actions upon the poor. Most people who were compassionate towards the poor were part of the Catholic Church clergy, but not always. A Catholic priest in France during the fifteenth century stated in a sermon, “Whoever gives a penny to the poor… in good health,…

Rocklyn Turano Professor Crowe Composition 1 22 October 2015 The Confederate flag A proud relic among the southern states, the confederate battle flag has been handed down from generation to generation from its once heroic and brave ancestors that fought so valiantly for their confederate colors. The confederate colors should not be limited by the government in any way, but to no avail the government is attempting to take our rights to these historic colors away. To take this right away is a…

If you need a license to drive a car, sell alcohol, hunt, and practice medicine and a permit to own a gun why not enforce a parenting license? There are countless horror stories of child endangerment and neglect, therefore, law enforcement should require parents to have a parenting license. A parent or foster family must go through a series of requirements in order to adopt or foster a child. Often a lack of education and preparedness for parenting exists when conception occurs. If a license…

they not? The First Amendment provides rights that cannot be taken away. Love is also a major factor in marriage. Why does anyone get married? For the love they share, people get married because they love someone and most of the time not for the tax benefits. Traditional family values would not be upheld in the process of legalizing gay marriage. However, it would not harm society and has no significant damaging impact on anyone else. Denying them their right to marry would be minority…