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    Religious Observation

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    The time date and time I went to observe the religious service or observance is November 6th 2016 at 9:00am to 11am. The name of the site is St. Mary Gate of Heaven located on 103-12 101st Ave Ozone Park New York 11416. The outside of the building is very detailed and what looks like to me a cathedral style building very tall and big with five doors for entry. Outside had some sort of information board that told what was happening at certain times and dates. It also said information about the masses

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    Religious Backgrounds

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    My Religious Background I am catholic. I was raised by catholic parents who were raised by catholic parents. Even all of my great grandparents except for one couple were catholic‚ and beyond that I have no idea. My Grandpa was the only one who was not raised catholic‚ but converted soon after he married my Grandmother and is buried in a catholic cemetery. I have always agreed with everything that The Catholic Church has taught me‚ but I feel like that may be because I have never known any other

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    Western Diet

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    The Western Diet The foods we buy and consume impact our everyday lives in a variety of ways from our health to the economy. The articles‚ “Escape from the Western Diet‚” written by Michael Pollan‚ and “How Junk Food Can End Obesity‚” written by David H. Freedman‚ both describe the supposed lifelong effects of changing your diet. Particularly‚ the effects that certain foods may have on the public’s health and issues with obesity. Pollan describes what a western diet lacks in its relation to vitamins

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    Law and Traditions in Africa

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    DISCRIMINATION ON ETHNIC GROUNDS: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS Introduction Many societies all over the world have had to grapple with the problem of inter-group relations. Such concepts as apartheid‚ discrimination‚ prejudice‚ pogrom‚ ethnicity‚ hatred‚ fanaticism‚ intolerance‚ war and even terrorism are terms in common use all over the world. It is manifest that many societies tend to stratify themselves based on the strength of race or tribe. Ethnic discrimination represents one of the problems

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    I Customs and traditions in the UK Every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. Britain is different from our own country. This is natural. In Britain traditions play a more important part in the life of the people than in other countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up. It has been the law for about 300 years that all the theatres are closed on Sundays. No letters are delivered; only a few Sunday papers are published. Foreigners coming

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    Oral Traditions of Islam

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    Islam is a religion based on oral tradition. It is very important because many of what we know of Islam in the present is based on orally transmitted information. Even when it comes to the authorities of the religion it can be traced to oral tradition. In this essay the emphasis would be put on how oral tradition sets up authority in the religion‚ in both sunni and and shi’ ite sects. Why is oral tradition so important in Islam? During the time when Muhammad was alive‚ unfortunately nothing

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    Challenges Facing America

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    world’s leading industrial and technical giants. Despite that our country seems unconquerable; we still have pressing problems attacking the nation. High crime rates‚ education of our citizens‚ and discrimination are only a few on the list of challenges facing America today. America is a large dominant country that can’t deny it has a violent society. The problem with violence is more severe today than ever before with our young adults. A young child is more likely to die from a gun shot wound than from

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    QUESTION: Assess the significance of Oral tradition in Bantu Religion. In your view‚ does oral tradition have a future in the midst of modernity and social change? In African Traditional Religion‚ morals‚ values‚ beliefs and culture among other things play a critical role in society. The upholding of societal norms and values is a sacred affair especially that in African society religion is a way of life. In addition‚ the younger generation is also inquisitive about the history of the

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    Religious Phenomenon

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    Garrett Kurtz 11/27/12 Religion 101 Religious Phenomenon’s When reading both of these articles the one that really stood out to me in terms of interest was the article Women & Islam: The rise and rise of convert. This article really stood out to me because of the staggering statistics about how many of the converts was women. During the last decade 100‚000 Britons have converted to Islam from their previous religion and seventy percent of the converts were women (Peppiatt 1). This statistic

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    fight I do not mean punch it in the face‚ I mean don’t let it hold you back. Don’t let it drag you down‚ and don’t let the pain creep up behind you. If we fight back we will become stronger and be able to conquer. There are many great examples of facing adversity but none as great as Jesus Christ. He stood up when so one else would‚ he would not let anyone drag him down. No matter what they said or did. On lds.org it says‚ "As part of Heavenly Father’s plan of redemption‚ all people experience adversity

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