... over whether human beings are part of or separate from nature vary greatly between Eastern and Western religions. The Christian religion states that man is not simply a part of nature, but that he contains some ability that all other beings on the earth do not; he is a rational being, which created the stories of creation, that are the focus of religion. In fact, Richard L. Fern states that in ... which we live with, with relative ease. It is clear that with the deep ecological issues confronting the world today that, " we have attained the power to destroy the very conditions that make...

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... were given charge of all government functions. The teachings of Master Kung were made the basis for education. One became eligible for public office by passing exams on the Confucian classics. Family life was regulated by the ideal of filial piety. Ancestor worship served as a major factor in the life of all citizens. And jen (human-heartedness) was exalted as the highest moral ideal. ... peace on this earth. Let me correct a mistaken notion. Probably you have read books which claim that the Judeo-Christian view of history is quite different from that of the Oriental. Whereas Asians deny...

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... Charles Martel at Tours in 732 A.D., just one hundred years after the death of Mohammed. This defeat undermined the western conquests and saved Europe from the advance of the fanatic hordes. In the 8th and 9th centuries A.D. the Moslems conquered Persia, Afghanistan, and a large portion of India and by the 12th century were absolute masters of all Western Asia, Spain, North Africa, Sicily, etc. only to be conquered ... fear, faith, and purity of mind and morals "the main principles of which are strictly given as marks of the true Sikh Crimes such as infanticide are forbidden. They place...

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... across the world varying from the Shinto religion of Japan to the Mormon religion of the western United States. The impact of religion is felt by everyone in the world, no matter what religion it is and where in the world you are. The problem with religion is that it isn't always used for good. Most Americans can recall the recent problems with Islamic Fascists and the destruction these people caused on September ... priests did was to promote people who had no reason to be in a position of power. In Bokenkooker's book he says, "It was quite common for a prince to have his younger sons a...

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... and in such cases their figurative use is generally quite evident from the connection. Moreover, there are positive reasons for thinking that these words do not have that limited meaning in the passages to which we referred. (a) In Matt. 25:46 the same word describes the duration of both, the bliss of the saints and the penalty of the wicked. If the latter is not, properly speaking, unending, neither is ... very clear understanding of the dreadful alternative will convince all to accept Christ as their savior. The third position is a pluralistic Salvationism. It proposes that all religio...

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... not at all mean that believers since Apostolic times have no involvement in spiritual warfare. On the contrary, the experience of the Christian involves incessant combat against the powers of darkness on one front or another. But the manner in which believers conduct themselves in relation to the demonic realm is very different from the sensational (and often perilous) methods found on the shelves of so ... , what shamans have known for thousands of years, the seeds of Western psychotherapy were sown " a fact which is confirmed by the claim of a prominent psychiatrist in a recent issue o...

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