All Men Created Equal America has undergone incredible hardships as a nation. No issue has had more impact on the development of the American definition of freedom than the issue of slavery. Did the Constitution specify which men were created equal? Surprisingly enough the phrase "all men are created equal with certain inalienable rights" did not mean what it does today. The nation was divided on the issue of slavery and the rights of the black man in its early stages as a growing republic
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Is Fasting for Christians? IN ANSWER to that question you may have been told: “Yes‚ for Jesus recommended fasting for his followers.” If you are a practicing Catholic‚ you would respond in the affirmative‚ for you recognize certain fast days‚ and in particular you always fast before taking “Holy Communion.” Did Jesus really recommend or command fasting for his followers? In the instances recorded in the Bible‚ fasting was done as an expression of sorrow and repentance for sins or when under distressing
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Christian Tradition course exposed me to the Christian Tradition based on Biblical and church history. The course taught me the differences and similarities of Christian Tradition from other major world religions. I learned about the significance of God‚ Jesus‚ the Holy Spirit and the Trinity based on the teachings of the Bible. The course also briefly covered 2‚000 years of church history but with emphasis on the impact of the Council of Nicea‚ Council of Chalcedon‚ and John and Charles Wesley on
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concerned with correspondence between thought and reality. But from a Christian perspective‚ truth is not just a label applied to the successful representation of reality in thought‚ but comes to personify that eternal reality itself. And that personification is neither metaphorical nor abstract‚ but is found in the person of Jesus Christ‚ as he says in John 14.6‚ “I am the way‚ and the truth‚ and the life.” In a similar way‚ a Christian teacher’s concern with the correspondence between thought and
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The Christian Worldview and Multiculralism Racial reconciliation should be a top priority for every Christian‚ of any race or cultural background. But will this demand for a "multicultural center of learning" produce a less prejudiced society? Multiculturalists insist on greater sensitivity towards‚ and increased inclusion of‚ racial minorities and women in society. Christians should endorse both of these goals. But many advocating multiculturalism go beyond these demands for sensitivity and inclusion;
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The Age of Faith The Middle Ages are commonly remembered for King Arthur tales‚ violent crusades‚ widespread illiteracy and the bubonic plague. Yet so much more is worthy of remembrance. The philosophers of "The Age of Reason" called the Middle Ages the "Age of Faith". The Middle Ages were steeped in reason‚ logic‚ and natural philosophy. The Middle Ages is usually defined as the period between the fall of the last Roman emperor in the West (476 A.D.) and the fall of Constantinople to the Turks
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“Faith and reason often clash when considering belief in what is right and‚ consequently‚ how to proceed with one’s life.” This statement represents a false choice because properly understood faith is never without reason. Faith is based upon background experience and knowledge or “properly basic belief”. Properly basic beliefs are rational beliefs that do not depend on other things to justify them. To say that there is a split between faith and reason‚ represented through the idea of a tragic hero
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Jesus: The Son of God A meaning behind a name can be very significant. It can be a way to interpret someone‚ describe him or her‚ and see who he or she really is. Jesus is a man who has numerous names and various meanings to them. He is the known as a teacher‚ a famous prophet‚ a miracle worker‚ and a wonderful example. One significant name that Jesus is known for is the Son of God. At the heart of the Nicene Creed it states “ the only- begotten Son of God”. The Son of God is to be of the same
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Introduction Among many environmentalists religious belief is often viewed‚ at best‚ as irrelevant in addressing environmental issues or‚ at worst - particularly in the case of Christianity - as a leading culprit in creating the global environmental crisis. No religion‚ either Eastern or Western‚ primitive or modern‚ has ever prevented environmental degradation‚ and in some instances religions have aided and abetted the destruction of ecosystems. This disdain for religion reflects ’the largely
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