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    Most of the theological issues that defined by either rational or traditional sects can be seen as problem, because they do not mentioned in the detail in the scripture. Therefor each side of these ideas can lead a believer to heresy. In this case the need of reason and philosophical discourses is unavoidable. In what follows I am going to show the problematic nature of some main theological issues and their significant: 1. When it come to the analysis of the nature of the Qur’an a problem…

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    When it comes to religion, one of the most dynamic and influential is Judaism and Hinduism. Both religions have a large number of followers who believes in its practice. Once can say that Judaism and Hinduism can be compared while they both have some of the same concepts they both are well known for its differences. For comparison Judaism and Hinduism one must understand both its meaning. Hindu is known to many as cultural, geographical and or political in nature. As far back before…

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    My Mormon Journey

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    It’s not surprising that he created a controversy in Protestant America with his support of polytheism, polygamy, and unity of power in contrast to monotheism, monogamy, and Jacksonian democracy. In addition, he viewed himself as a loyal servant to God by preaching to the masses in New England; perhaps it is why there were so many converts among…

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    unwilling to change. The recorded setting of old Egyptian religion is built up in Egypt's old circumstances and it continued for quite a while. Aside from the Amarna Period (when King Akhenaten practiced monotheism), the old Egyptians believed in polytheism, or various perfect…

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    written are only three parts of the many, many personalities that this God has. One can choose to worship the supreme God, or just one, or a few, of the personalities. It 's not really considered polytheism though because the different Gods are just different personalities of one God. Or it can be polytheism. It 's whatever you want. Sacred symbols are the aum symbol, a bindi, linga, lotus flower, pratik, swastika, tilak, trisula and yantra symbol. There are many holy sites, and the main ones…

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    Indian desires were simple and attainable for the most part. All they required from life were buffalo to feast upon, safety from neighboring tribes and a good harvest. These cravings were on a different spectrum to those of the Europeans. The foreign society desired gold, and glory, and where convinced that the Indians withheld them. The natives held no account to gold and were amiss to the concept of it. The lust for the metal drove the Europeans to wage battle against the Indians and even…

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    The Bhagavad Gita

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    and, it’s one of the oldest religion followed till this day. Hinduism is the dominant religion in part of south asia countries mostly in India and, Nepal. Hinduism is a Polytheism, as they worships many gods and goddess. They also worship animals like cows, monkey, rats etc. The sacred book for Hinduism is The Bhagavad Gita. Hinduism is the major religion in India calling themselves Hindu. Hindu goes to worship in temple…

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    Epic of Gilgamesh Mesopotamia is the land between Tigris River and Euphrates River where the Sumerians first settled in 3500 BCE. Polytheism is the belief of more than one god. The Sumerians worshiped more than one god such as Shamash the god of the glorious sun, Adad the god of the storm, and Ishtar the mother goddess who oversee fertility, love, the hunt, war and marriage. Cuneiform is the first written language on clay tablets and the ancestor of all Western written languages. Epic of…

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    Sumerian Cuneiform

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    In this essay I will argue that ancient societies are not fundamentally different from modern societies by exploring the two key themes of writing and ancient beliefs about life and death. I will investigate Sumerian Cuneiform and its original uses, the origin of Greek letters from Phoenician, and the use of the Latin script by the Romans. Then, I will investigate the funerary practices of the ancient Hebrews, those of the Vikings, and then the practices of the Romans. By doing this, I will…

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    different technology. One way that all of the tribes are similar is their religion. Their religion is very different than Christianity. While Christians believe one god, these tribes believe hundreds. If you believe more than one god, it is called Polytheism. Also, all of these tribe’s religion was…

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