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    Pilgrim's Progress

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    written about 1500 years before the birth of Christ. Even its newest sections were written about 1900 years ago. Clearly‚ then‚ having been written over a period of about 1600 years‚ the Bible was not written by one person. No one knows precisely how many people contributed to the Bible. It is estimated there were about forty authors. One of the most important facts about the Bible is that those who wrote it did not claim to be the source of the ideas they wrote about. Sometimes directly‚ sometimes

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    Breaking Traditions

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    Youth Follow Traditions Cherry Traditions take a great significance in everyone’s life. Adults think that it is very important to follow the traditions which are passed by ancestors and cannot abandon these customs or allow children ignore them. However‚ as for youth‚ saidi a. (2002‚April 26)said‚“ Throughout the centuries‚ youth have been pressured by the "older" and "wiser" adults of their generation as they continue to accept traditions and customs ”. Youth

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    Filipino Factors that Hinder Financial Success • Lizard Brain The Lizard Brain is a part of our Paleomammalian brain which seemingly supports a variety of functions including emotion‚ behavior‚ motivation‚ long-term memory‚ and olfaction. One of the things that the Lizard Brain controls is our fear. It makes us feel that we are not up to the task; that there is a bigger chance that we do not succeed at the end; that we will end up in failure. It is very common for Filipinos

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    Tradition In The South

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    Findings explain how traditions were formulated and carried out for so long with such importance. Traditions are strongly held up in the South and while some slipped through the cracks and there is a need to determine whether this was a positive or negative attribution to history in the South and contemporary Southern culture. All of this together will answer my question of; how did tradition in the South prevail and how it affected the culture. While there are numerous outlooks of the South‚ such

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    Religious Traditions

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    Eastern religious traditions play a role in everyday medicine. The question is what role does it play? Modern medicine is a lot different than what it was back in the day. It is clear that the facts of modern medicine agree marvelously with the Bible. For example‚ the Mosaic regulations pertaining to childbirth‚ sexual relationships‚ hand-washing‚ wound and discharge care‚ quarantining‚ burial precautions‚ and waste disposal are examples which indicate that diseases are communicable‚ and that

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    Religious Traditions

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    Elements of Religious Traditions Chantal Schneider REL/134 May 30‚ 2011 Elements of Religious Tradition The term religion can bring up mixed emotions in people. Many people have different religious views and their traditions usually follow that religion. Religion is very vast and there are many different forms‚ views‚ traditions‚ and beliefs within each religion. Certain religions are monotheism‚ some are polytheism‚ and others are pantheism

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    robbery in progress

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    When responding to what would generally be considered a “code 3” call in effect‚ an emergency requiring excess speed and the use of sirens and lights‚ the first thing the responding officers need to do is keep their emotions under control‚ as failure to do so can result in a bad shoot out‚ use of excessive force in subduing suspects‚ or sloppy investigative work at the crime scene. In this particular case‚ the first officers on the scene would physically separate the three witnesses‚ take

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    Religious Traditions

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    Religious Traditions HIS 112 March‚ 31st‚ 2014 David Reeves Religious Traditions It’s no secret that religion has played a large part in how society as a whole has developed and grown. It has been the cause for wars and has also brought millions of people together. Christianity and Islam are two huge religions even in today’s world. Just how these religions have grown and affected the world can be explained through the origins of the two‚ through the founder’s lives‚ and through the religious

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    Americas Tradition

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    the floor. The two brothers are fighting over Amado’s friends. Carlos does not want to get involved and be forced to take a side. When Amado grabs a knife to use against Macario‚ Carlos has no choice. He hits Amado over the head with a pan. Amado packs his bags and leaves‚ refusing to accept an apology from Carlos. Carlos is upset. Tradition means that he had no right to hit his older brother. It is taboo according to tradition. Carlos views the incident and his actions as an omen that he will never

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    Lottery Tradition

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    Lottery - Tradition Tradition is endemic to small towns‚ a way to link families and generations. Jackson‚ however‚ pokes holes in the reverence that people have for tradition. She writes that the villagers don’t really know much about the lottery’s origin but try to preserve the tradition nevertheless. The villagers’ blind acceptance of the lottery has allowed ritual murder to become part of their town fabric. As they have demonstrated‚ they feel powerless to change—or even try to change—anything

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