1. Voodoo in Haiti
One of the most well known aspects of a vampire is that it must feed upon the blood of the living; Dracula must drink to survive, (akin to people drinking the blood of Christ--the blood of divine life). ... Dracula has several powers that the Christian's believe no one but God could control the weather, wild animals, he can change form and has magical powers. ...
God's covenant with Noah also regenerated the covenant made with Adam by giving man dominion over the animals and by charging him and his sons with the responsibility of repopulating the earth. The scope of the original covenant was added to as God forbade murder for the first time and the consumption of animal blood for food or drink. ...
Buddhist: Buddhist believe "in the truth of the way things are,"(The worlds religions, Dr.Peter, B.Clarke.) they believe they should behave selflessly, not harm anything living, do not misuse bodily sense, do not use fouls language and do not participate in drinking or any other substances that could cloud there mind. ... Jews and Buddhist are almost similar in there Rituals except Buddhist involve animals as well as humans and they meditate instead of pray. ...
The combining of flooding waters, sunshine, and the blood from the snake led to the appearance of animal life. ... Joseph Campbell describes this archetype by stating "Then the boys are taken out to the men's sacred ground, and they're really put through an ordeal "circumcision, subincision, the drinking of men's blood and so forth."" ...
Some say that the slaves basically were treated like animals. ... Michael's unacquainted with the fact, that, instead of spending the Sabbath in wrestling, boxing, and drinking whisky, we were trying to learn how to read the will of God; for they had much rather see us engaged in those degrading sports, than to see us behaving like intellectual, moral, and accountable beings." ... They felt a need to engage the slaves in activities that would either physically strengthen their bodies to handle their workload or mentally impair their thinking by drinking whiskey. ...
It controls the desire to eat, drink, attack, or engage in sex, with sexuality and pleasure as its utmost concern (Joseph 112). ... Even ancients closely associated the spiritual world with the dream world, believing that the souls of people and animals wandered about while they were engaged in reverie. ...
" They believe that Earth was created by the Big Bang - a theory that the universe was formed by a cataclysmic explosion - and that humans evolved from an animal like the monkey. ... But atheists tend to do illicit drugs and drink alcohol more than Christians (Swiss National Science Foundation). ...
The story, "Parker's Back"," by Flannery O'Connor, is about the marriage of O.E. Parker to Sarah Ruth and the digression that brings them together. O.E. Parker believes that he'll find happiness by turning a deaf ear to God and focusing on materialistic things, rather than spiritual. Sarah Ruth beli...
As civilization has expanded and improved it has gone through many different religions. Some of the most interesting and different have been the Mesopotamian religion, the religion of the Greeks and finally Christianity. These three religions were practiced in different areas and different time peri...
Three of the most famous writings from ancient civilizations are the writings of Confucius, Hammurabi's code of laws, and Egypt's Book of the Dead. At first, they seem very different, they're from different times, regions, and religions, but they all offer a peek into what values ancient people ...