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    One of the central teachings in the Catholic faith is the importance of service to others. “Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve (Matthew 20:28, New International Version), His followers are called upon to show love for Him through service to others. Such an understanding of my calling as a follower of Christ has influenced my moral development and prompted me to show kindness and compassion towards others. As a moral value, “compassion combines an attitude of active…

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    conceive, a wider array of religious points of view and apply them to my life accordingly. With my religious outlook towards life, I have come to learn that I have much strength but none stronger than holding to my faith and believing in those that I love or myself. Along with my strengths, I have come to learn about my weaknesses and none of them is as dis-hearting to me as losing your desire to attend religious services. I feel the reason I lost my passion in attending religious services came…

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    of Christ, religious beliefs such as Bantu, Christianity, and Islamic faith became the center of the civilizations Africa. In the lower regions of Africa, the Bantu tribes based their religious beliefs and lifestyles off of the environment that surrounded them. These tribes where located in Torrid Zones that made it hard to create a settlement for them to live in, making them pastoralist. In the upper regions of Africa, particularly in the North, the Romans used their religious belief to create…

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    haven't freed themselves from his religious precursor in such a way that individuals have become nonreligious to an extent not previously seen in the past. He writes, “ The majority of the “irreligious” still behave religiously, even though they are not aware of the fact”( Mircea Eliade, The Sacred and the Profane, p. 204). Eliade gives examples like, New Year celebrations and marriage ceremonies as evidence that even the nonreligious man continues to engage in religious behavior. Eliade thinks…

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    Mad Men In the 1700’s, there were a plethora of different religious beliefs ranging from atheism to Puritanism. Benjamin Franklin was among those who had mixed beliefs. His religious views, as stated in his “Letter to Ezra Stiles,” can mostly be considered Deistic. Franklin believed there was punishment at the beginning of the afterlife to attone for immoral behavior on Earth. He also believed that God did not intervene on Earth, but solely governed His creation by His Providence and His…

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    Roger Williams was a religious leader who founded the state of Rhode Island (qtd. in Williams). He practiced peaceful ideologies and respected those different from him. Even though he believed religion was important and it should influence everyone’s lives, Williams believed there should be separation between church and state. Religious freedom was important to him, and spirituality was something that greatly impacted his life. Because Roger Williams believed in religious liberty, many of the…

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    Throughout the religious history of the world there have been many instances in which religion and religious beliefs have been used as an excuse to perpetrate crimes against others. These crimes can be seen in many different religions, such as Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity. Islam and their use of Jihad, or “holy war”, is used as a way to rationalize the killing of individuals that are considered to be infidels. Like Islam, Hinduism, uses their religious teachings as a way to oppress those of…

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    Saint Augustine opened my eyes into realizing how important religious beliefs and the prospect of sacred living. He not only spoke about God's Grace and the search for God's love, but the way spiritual wisdom can approach us or make our lives much better. Augustine was going through rough times before encountering God's path, however he never gave up his religious beliefs. As days go by for me, I question myself if I believe just like Saint Augustine did. At the end of the day, I believe!…

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    In this analysis, I am choosing to write about my spirituality and religious beliefs. From a young age, Catholic values and morals were instilled in me by my parents and other family members and I did not seem to have any other choice besides blindly obeying. I was sent to parochial school starting at age three, where we all knew the Ten Commandments by the time we finished preschool and were finger-painting biblical stories during arts and crafts hour. Until my sophomore year of high school…

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    eminent in power and dignity; others mean and in subjection" (Griffith 16). Winthrop’s perception of God and God’s religious plan is that He is of most importance and the people’s Christian savior. He believes that God rightfully bestowed inevitable destiny upon everyone; he fabricated the rich, the poor, and hand picked those to lead and those to follow. Winthrop lived by this belief and his support came from God’s three reasons for why this is how Christian’s live. Conformity, blind…

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