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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.princeton.edu/perl/webwn's=discriminate An example of this is of course is Adolf Hitler and the discrimination against the Jews in Europe during the early 1900s. But there is another meaning which is somewhat positive. It is the discrimination towards excellence. **(Stevenson)http://www.youtube.com/user/stevensonrf To limit things for the greater good. An example of this is to discriminate against the bad decisions and choose the right one. There are many things from this week's readings that we can learn and insert into our daily lives to make us better Christians.
A couple of weeks ago, I was walking in the halls between classes at school and my friend came up to me and told me the good grade that he got on his math test. He had told me not to tell anyone but I didn't understand why. Was he shy or uncomfortable with people knowing what he got on it? This happens in this week's readings in the gospel. Jesus touches the deaf man's ear then spits in his hand and touches the man's tongue. He is then ...
Religious differences was the most important in shaping world history as it divided european countries, led to revolutionary movements, and influenced exploration. Religion was the way of life for most people in the 1500?s as the church overshadowed government, married people, and set up institutions like orphanages. The protestant reformation w...
During his time of being a associate pastor at Dolores Mission Church, the poorest parish in the Los Angeles archdiocese, Boyle was evangelized by the poor and from that moment on had a calling to walk with the poor. The poor gave Boyle access to the gospel, and he was then sent to Dolores Mission instead of Santa Clara, and this changed everyt...
Christ's Birth On December 19, 2007, Pope Benedict XVI talked about our savior Jesus Christ. He clearly planned on talking about Jesus all around the time of Christmas, which is Jesus's birthday. He teaches about the enormous impact of what this man of Bethlehem did to our world that would change it forever for the good. He is referring to the mir...
Christianity and Zoroastrianism share many of the same basic thoughts on the subject of dualism and cosmic warfare. Both religions are monotheistic and Christianity is thought to have some what sprung out of the ideals of the profit Zoroaster. The two religions share the belief of good versus evil in their end times eschatology. The differences...
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...
Religion seems to find its way into almost every aspect of our lives. In the United States, the political mainstream describes a "separation of church and state," in order to separate this profound force of religion from the public lives of its citizens. Thus, the freedom to worship any religion remains a private and personal issue. However, in t...
There are many types of heroes nowadays. Batman, Superman, Avengers and a lot of heroes a popular in our generations. But for me, is my one and only hero. With Christ, all things are possible. He's someone who provides me what i need, he forgives even me though i already commit a lot of mistakes. Everywhere i go, whatever i do, he's always there...
English 101/ Hicks Over the last several decades America has been evolving towards many significant changes. One of these changes has posed a question, whether or not America has become secular. Although we may be uncertain of many of these changes and how they will affect our future, the answer to our secularity is quite obvious. America has inde...
FACT SHEET Establishment Clause and : The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution states "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Essentially, this means that the government must not perform any action that might establish or prohibit religious act...
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...
Although the Church may have numerous "beginnings," it has but one foundation in Jesus Christ. It is the foundation in Christ that unites all the beginnings of the Church into what is a redemptive plan. In review of the different beginnings the redemptive process attached to Jesus Christ is unveiled. Defining redemption and shedding light upon t...
At the time of the Spanish conquest, the religion of the Aztecs was polytheistic, based on the worship of a multitude of personal gods, most of them with well-defined attributes. Nevertheless, magic and the idea of certain impersonal and occult forces played an important role among the people. There was, in addition, among the uneducated classes te...
In today's view of anti-Semitism, the most significant anti-Semitic movement was World War II and the Holocaust, however, all throughout history, a prejudice against the Jewish people has been present that might have led to this genocide. How could so many people be blind to this mass murder without having a feeling of self-reproach? In the New T...
The word Christmas comes from the old English "Cristes maesse" meaning Christ's Mass. The Holiday celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. The actual birthday of Jesus is not known; therefore, the early Church Fathers in the 4th century fixed the day around the old Roman Saturnalia festival (17 - 21 December), a traditional pagan festivity. The fir...
