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    ministers and magistrates of proclaiming salvation was dependent on an individual's good works rather than on divine grace, which was contrary to Puritan teaching. She was initially charged with sedition however during the trial another charge of blasphemy became relevant. She was then banished to Providence, Rhode Island a Baptist community, and passed a few years…

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    Isis is an authentic Muslim group because they follow and live by the strict words of the Qur’an. For example, if you steal something, your hand(s) will be cut off, or if you commit adultery they will throw pebbles at you until you die. The actions of the terrorist group are similar to the writings of the religion’s founder. “The reality is that the Islamic State is Islamic. Very Islamic. Yes. It has attracted psychopaths and adventure seekers, drawn largely from the disaffected populations of…

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    The settlement of the Massachusetts Bay Colony differed from that of the Jamestown in several aspects, allowing it to become a more successful enterprise. For example, the settlement of Jamestown was greatly hindered by its location next to a swamp and garbage filled rivers, which allowed for the spread of malaria, dysentery, and typhoid fever. These diseases along with the lack of food in Jamestown, resulted in the death of about half of the original population within the first year (p58).…

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    Religion is something many people look to for guidance, many people ignore and others believe so strongly that it results in bloody conflict and wars. As a result of Christianity being the farthest spread religion in the world, it has surely had its fair share of conflicts. One of the largest arguments involving Christianity is whether Jesus was God, or whether he was just a man. Though both sides can each be argued using historical evidence, science and the Bible, in the end it’s believed to…

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    “HADAD AND TAHPENES SISTER” Hadad was a biracial great grandson of Esau who was married to the black Hamitic Canaanites and Egyptian women and also Esau was the founder of the kingdom of Edom, and his great grandson, Hadad was of the royal lineage of kings and dukes of Edomite kingdom (Genesis 36:1-19, 35-36, 43; 1 kings 11:14). When David became the king of Israel, he invaded the kingdom of Edom with his captain named Joab, and they smote every male in Edom. At that time, the young king Hadad…

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    Some Pagans, treat Satanists/Luciferians as if they are not Pagan. They do not put us in the same category as them. For some Pagans, not all, they do not believe in the existence of Satan/Lucifer and/or assume all Satanists are the same (Atheistic Satanists, such as LaVeyan). Pagan describes all non-Abrahamic religions, and all spirits not associated with Jehovah. Light workers are not associated with Satanism or Paganism in any form. Satan is of the Dark, and Jehovah is of the Light. Jehovah…

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    is money and aside from being greedy, he is also an hypocrite who preach nothing but to gain wealth through his religious works. He says “I preach nothing except for gain”(line 105) In addition, he also preach to his followers against blasphemy and alcohol. He explained of three friends who went on a journey to find death and kill him because this so called” death” has taken the lives of many people in the community. On their way, they met an old man and asked him where they could…

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    Dante was walking in the forest one day and he lost his path which led him to run into a leopard, a lion and a she-wolf. Dante, scared out of his mind, leaves and runs into a Virgil, a poet and a ghost. He came to help Dante back toward his path which was to the mountain top. Virgil tells Dante that the path they're gonna take will lead them through hell and then eventually heaven. He then tells Dante that it was Beatrice and two other holy people that told Virgil to come find Dante. Virgil…

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    How the Church changed Indulgences and How Indulgences Changed the Church Indulgences have been the epitome of corruption in the Catholic Church and rightly so. When the Catholic Church created the indulgence system they began do collect money without honesty and began to act truly like a state over a group of Christians. It is abhorrent; however, it was not purposeless and there was a reason the Church needed the ill-obtained money. The idea of indulgences was not created with ill intent, but…

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    definitely needs limits too. In a perfect world freedom of speech would be allowed up until the point when you are purposely hurting and offending people, but it would be impractical to legislate this. Inciting violence and infringement of the law such Blasphemy, are examples of the limitations. The phrase was no coined to mean that speech should never be limited because there are cases in which it is crucial. There has never been a society that had permitted speech without certain bounds to it.…

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