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    Most of the T.V shows and movies are categorized by age ratings which obviously are indicating that minors are not allowed to watch it and fully discretion is needed. Not all people obeys to this and that's one of the major problems. Antonia Peacocke, the writer of the article “Family Guy and Freud: Jokes and Their Relation to Unconscious”, demonstrates in her writing that Family Guy has an untreated humor but is very captivating. The show can be controversial because there is actually people…

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    The scholars in the video question that Jesus was a humble carpenter because of evidence they discovered through research which contradict this. These scholars thought that Jesus was thriving in a sophisticated urban environment that would have brought with it all the diversity of the Roman Empire; this speculation was brought upon the fact that the social rankings at this time were predominantly based on the sophistication and education. Proven through the bible, Jesus was a an intellectual,…

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    Utilitarianism is defined as the action taken that will maximize utility, or bring the most happiness to the people involved. There are two kinds of utilitarianism, act and rule. I shall refer to act as extreme and rule as restricted. In the following paper I will define extreme and restricted utilitarianism separately and then demonstrate how Smart establishes a difference between the two in the Desert Island Promise case and how Smart chooses extreme utilitarianism and what he ought to do in…

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    1. What is Peter like as a person? Identify at least 3 characteristics or traits. Peter is a devout Catholic, he is strong, he cares alot about others, and he is very out spoken. 2. In what actions does he engage? For example, teaching, preaching, healing, traveling, other activities. Peter cured a crippled beggar, he preached to many people in many different languages, he spoke at Pentecost, and he prayed with the community. 3. What are two key theological ideas (i.e. ideas about Jesus, and…

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    Get Behind Jesus

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    could be using it figuratively to tell Peter to “resume [his] proper role as a disciple” (Hare 194). Although Jesus just gave Peter authority in verse eighteen, Peter is still a disciple. He has much to learn still and should not try to instruct Jesus (Hare 194). By getting behind Jesus, Peter returns to a position of obedience and submission to the master (Stoutenburg 175). Second, He may be simply telling Peter to get out of His way (174). When Jesus says to Peter “you are a hindrance to me,”…

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    In the Ethics of Philosophy, Utilitarianism is the doctrine that our actions are correct if the result of our actions produces the greatest happiness between the majorities. However, in: "What's going on with Slavery?" Some objectivist utilitarianism tried to deny this morality, which reflects on the estate of any importance accusing the terrible actions of slave merchants and slave owners in utilitarianism. They attack this doctrine by saying that utilitarianism is a belief system that he can…

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    Who is the beast in Lord of the Flies? There where three things that made the boys believe that there was a beast on the island. The first thing that got them to believe that there was a beast was fear. They got scared when they heard they might be living with a beast. Second was they got bombed out of the sky by a plane and landed on an island. The boys’ minds were not in the right state of mind. Third they were just becoming savages to survive on the island. In (Doc A) the boys begin to…

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    Hebrew Tabernacle

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    After Jesus was crucified it is known the veil was torn in the Tabernacle between the Holy of Holies and the Holy Place, “At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.” (Matthew 27:51). Before reading Thompson’s commentary on this I always assumed it represented that the barrier between God and his people was opened, for Jesus made the way for us to have a relationship with him. This is true still, however the book of Hebrews dives deeper into the separation and…

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    Book Review In the beginning of The Lovely Bones, Susie Salmon (The Main Character) decided to take a shortcut through a corn field next to her neighborhood to get to her house faster because it was snowing out. Little did she know that one of her neighbors (Mr. Harvey) was there watching her the whole time. When she was walking by his house she was frightened by him because he was there in the dark. He invited to show her a hiding space that he had made underground. Since Susie is very…

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    The novel “Jaws” by Peter Benchley presents Amity Island, New York as a nice and sunny vacation town. The citizens are good people who are making an honest living, in which most of the income comes in during the summer. When a shark attacks and kills a young woman who is vacationing in Amity, the true nature of this town starts to show. The main character in the middle of the conflict is Chief Martin Brody. Amity relies on him to rid the town of the shark to help it survive. In the book and…

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