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    The Holocaust is the most infamous genocide in the world. Adolf Hitler served in WWI and blamed the Jews for the country’s loss in 1918. After the war ended‚ Hitler joined the NSDAP or the Nazis. In prison for treason‚ he wrote his book called “Mein Kampf” (My Struggle) and anticipated a European war resulting in an “extermination of the Jewish race in Germany”. On January 30th‚ 1933‚ he was named chancellor of Germany‚ but after President Paul von Hindenburg died in 1934‚ he selected himself as

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    The Affects Of The Holocaust

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    Affects of the Holocaust Our world has gone through many wars. But there is one war‚ in particular‚ that has changed the lives of thousands of people: World War II. This war brought out the worst in many‚ especially Adolf Hitler; who believed the war was a success because of how many Jews he had massacred. Hitler ’s goal was to make a pure race of people mainly with blonde hair and blue eyes; everyone else‚ the Jewish race‚ sick people‚ and disabled people were to be removed‚ erased‚ executed

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    Loving and being in Love

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    It’s helpful to know the difference between loving someone and "being in love‚" and it helps to do both in a relationship. People make a mistake in thinking of love as a steady‚ unchanging emotion. Being "in love" can transform into a deeper‚ constant desire to be together and share a life. But‚ as everyone knows‚ being "in love" doesn’t always turn into a forever type of relationship. Passion over-rules compassion. The self is what matters the most. There are the things that tend to "take

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    Obviously‚ Talking is the basic human ability that creates communications. Therefore‚ learning the new language becomes the very first aspect of fitting into a new environment even though the learning process can be troublesome for some people. In his essay “Mute in an English-Only World”‚ Chang-rae Lee describes the difficulties that his Mom had when they immigrated to America at very first year without fully developed

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    ‘Happiness is the only worthwhile goal in life’ [15] There are many other goals apart from happiness in life that are worth pursuing. Although Jeremy Bentham (inventor of first type of utilitarianism‚ act utilitarianism) famously said “nature has placed humanity under the rule of two sovereign masters‚ pleasure and pain”‚ it seems pleasure is not the only goal people strive for. For example people may pursue a spiritual goal in life. Many people live under religious guide lines such as the Bible

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    school of pragmatism. Wrote the varieties of religious experience. Wants to show how each religion works. originator of pragmatism. Wanted pragmatism to apply to nature as well. -does it work? -he defines religion as what works for them -religion is workable -pragmatism: talks about the truth of what works (practical) if something is true than it works. Rudolph Otto- picked up Husserl’s method and applied it to religious experience. •his religious experience definition is subjectively: the

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    Why God Made The World

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    God Made the World because he was lonely. As he slowly fashioned it‚ the earth cooled‚ water formed and the continents formed. He made its so life would develop‚ culminating in those creature made in His own image‚ mankind. But soon after the emergence of mankind‚ strife and evil emerged. God send prophets who informed of how God wanted them to live but the prophets were either shunned or put to death. Finally‚ God sent his only Son but mankind killed his Son. entral Europe has some of

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    A World Lit Only by Fire (1992) by American historian William Manchester‚ is an informal history of the European Middle Ages‚ structured into three sections: The Medieval Mind‚ The Shattering‚ and One Man Alone. In the book‚ Manchester scathingly posits‚ as the title suggests‚ that the Middle Ages were ten centuries of technological stagnation‚ short-sightedness‚ bloodshed‚ feudalism‚ and an oppressive Church wedged between the golden ages of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance. "The Medieval

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    Acts of Faith

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    Acts of Faith Reflection We understand that from Patel’s visit to a Catholic Worker House he immediately sees and can even hear the diversity amongst him in this home or shelter. He hears American voices‚ Spanish speakers and he sees white‚ black and brown children all galloping around and playing with one another. Just like Dorothy Day‚ Patel wanted everyone to live the abundant life. Patel describe a great deal of his life to be separated into two rooms. A different way of speaking‚ a different

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    given to ordinary people risking their lives‚ to provide even the smallest comfort to those in need‚ during the Holocaust. However‚ when actually faced with the notion of risking ones life to save that of a stranger‚ most shudder away in fear; but not that of a rescuer. These selfless individuals were far and few between in the times preceding and throughout the horrific acts of the Holocaust. In Nazi occupied countries‚ those who are considered rescuers represented a minority of less than one-half of

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