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The founder of Christianity is unknown. The religion is not really
defined by any beginning dates, but it does still exist in the world today.
The total amount of followers in this religion is around 1.7 billion people.
Around 4 BC a child was born to the Virgin Mary and Joseph. An angle
told Mary to name the child 'Jesus'. Though Mary was a virgin, the angle
told her that God was the child's father. Mary gave birth to Jesus in a
place where the cattle stayed. There was no room for the travelers to rest
in the inn. Jesus was said to be the perfect person, committing no sin
against his father in heaven. The main practice of the religion is to try
to be like Jesus and commit as little sin as possible. When Jesus was 32
years old, the Romans crucified him, which fulfilled many prophets' '
visions' made hundreds of years before. In Christianity's holy book, the
Bible, it is said that Jesus will come back and save all of his followers
and defeat Satan, or the devil. This will be known as the second coming, or
the rapture.
The Bible is Christianity's holy book. This book is divided up into
two parts, the Old Testament and the New Testament. The New Testament was
written about and after the birth of Jesus Christ. The two sections are
divided up into 66 separate books in all. The most famous books are the
Gospels, which are the first four books in the New Testament: Matthew, Mark,
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The name means the civilization of the Hindus(originally, the inhabitants of the land around the Indus River). The basic form of incorporates all forms of beliefs. One major characteristic of includes vegetarianism and the respect and consideration of all life. They also have very conflicting views abut abortion. If a women is at risk of dea...
The Holy Trinity by Masaccio was done approximately 1428. It is a superb example of Masaccio's use of space and perspective. It consists of two levels of unequal height. Christ is represented on the top half, in a coffered, barrel-vaulted chapel. On one side of him is the Virgin Mary, and on the other, St. John. Christ himself is supported by...
has been argued because there has been no direct proof, but the numbers of people that have faith in God has given the argument for existence some merit. This paper is going to explain Anselm's argument for , criticisms against it, and how he would try to disproof these criticisms. To begin Anselm states that this concept is agreed upon: God is a...
Religion is an important and recurring theme in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Through his experiences with religion, Stephen Dedalus both matures and progressively becomes more individualistic as he grows. Though reared in a Catholic school, several key events lead Stephen to throw off the yoke of conformity and choose his...
There is one very important word that relates to all of us in today's readings. This word I would like to talk about is discrimination. It is included in each of today's readings. When we think of this word we may think of it's negative meaning which is treating people differently because of their sex or race. *(see below)http://wordnetweb.princeto...
