... write a letter to inform someone about the similarities and differences between American culture and Middle East culture. I will start by mentioning some similarities and differences about both cultures. The first similarity between American culture and Middle East culture is that they both have a church to pray and thank god. The second similarity ... they both have bars, where they play games and have fun. Here are some differences between the American and Middle East culture. The first difference is that some women in the Middle East wear head coverings, because their husbands don't wa...

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... Original Sin is the sin given to all due to Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve took food from the tree in the Garden of Eden even though God instructed them not to take fruit from the tree. This was a sin and later was became known as Original Sin. ... that know both good and evil, you must leave Eden. You cannot stay for fear you might eat also from the Tree of Life, and if you did that you would live forever." And God Drove them out of the Garden, and into the world. At the east of Eden he stationed cherubim and placed a flaming sword to guard ... the entrance to the Garden and to the Tree ...

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... back to civilization alive, however, he says nothing about himself nor Piggy. The reason for this is unknown. Simon is spiritually perceptive and has definite moral consciousness, unlike the rest of the boys, which sets him apart and makes him unique. This is evident when he states "What I mean is... maybe it's only us" (89). Just like Christ, Simon is without ... from being able to distinguish between right and wrong. They live without rules and respect, leading to the breakdown and destruction of the island. The island can be compared to the Garden of Eden, which was also destroyed by...

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... the disarray. Since salvation is self-interpreted, the meaning of salvation and knowing our salvation is more important than the question "what is salvation? " The meaning of salvation is love, and it is because of this love that we are saved. These issues serve as a backdrop for the main question that guides this essay at interpretation. Because salvation in its religious sense ... can come only from God, many of the theories of salvation that emerged after the first century in both ... present-day historical consciousness and its highlighting of the humanity of Jesus. Jesus as Savio...

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... , the Jews first followed later by the Gentiles. Hence one of the causes for the spread of Christianity is the movement of traders. The role of traders as early spreaders of religion appears to be a common denominator in Christian proselytising to the east of the Roman Frontier. W.C. McCullough supports this view and posits some of his theories, drawing from examples from the Jews. The Acts ... A community that suffers from lack of communication with the outside world usually retreats to a conservative and rigid ideology. Besides the missionary activities of the early Christians, the rea...

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... Holy Roman Empire. Kathleen Parrow highlights some historical events in her book, From Defense to Resistance: Justification of Violence During the French Wars of Religion. The Byzantines controlled all of Eastern Europe and parts of the Near East [commonly known as the Middle East] from 867-1453 with immense military strength and strong religious fervor (Parrow 45). The Romans controlled the ... eighth century, the Arab/Islamic Empire spread and entered into Europe through Spain. With this entrance, the Islamic Ottoman and Saffavid Empires controlled the entire Near East, northern Africa...

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... in the 17th century Europe can be best defined as a period that embraced freedom of expression. This is obvious in how religious, political, economic factors have affected how the continent has expanded from limited and narrow worldview to a global and diverse one. The Dutch East India Company was an economic change that had a big affect on trading routes and ... Protestant Reformation was a political change because it changed who controlled the land and increased equality. In the document Dutch East India, Trade Network Company, was an economic change because of trade material exchange...

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... citizens are Christian and 2% are Jewish. These numbers show that these two religions are practiced by millions of people, just as they have been for thousands of years. Judaism has been a prominent religion in the Middle East since King David's rule in 1000-961 B.C. The Middle East was the first place where these two religions gained followers as well as credibility. However, Christianity was ... found the Iranian people who had beliefs known as Zoroastrian. This was a Persian religion that had concepts very similar to those of Christianity, Judaism and Islam. This was the first religi...

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... , the Islamic spread contributed greatly to the political, economical and social additions different than any other dominating culture and world religion in both of the Middle East and Southwest Asia. When the Islamic empire began its spread into the Middle East, they easily converted Bedouins who believed in polytheistic gods and a few other nomads who only had a slight vision that a certain greater force ... domination continued to spread [class lecture/notes]. The Muslims continued their expansion by fighting their way into Southwest Asia's India. However, unlike the Middle East, the ...

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... will be as a businesswoman. My career is based on helping others grow to our Lord. It is a choice I have made because my heart desires it. Some people think of Jesus as this as this weak, pale Jewish fellow who died 2,000 years ago. The assumption: "Following Jesus means I must wear a dorky looking outfit, carry a fifty ... up; I"m a Christian whimp." Ask the average person on the street what it means to be a Christian and he will probably answer, "Christianity is a bunch of rules." Too many people think that following Jesus means to stop doing the ten things they like most and to start...

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... same legal rights and benefits as heterosexual married couples. This particular debate has been a debated topic for decades; however no real solution has been reached. Given the importance of this subject it has been one of the leading topics in recent debates and elections. There are many individuals that support legalizing same sex rights; however there are many on the other side ... creating down to creating laws each individual must have accountability for their actions. Accountability is the acknowledgement and assumption of responsibility for each positive or negative action taken...

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... several stories from "The Canterbury Tales" that have Christian themes. The entire book itself is based on a Christian pilgrimage to the tomb of Sir Thomas Becket of Canterbury. "The parson's Tale" is a sermon on the seven deadly sins. The story that he tells about the three friends who ... have great morals in that they have large households, in which their extended families live and start their own families there. Also, sanctity of marriage is held in high regard to the Utopians. Adultery and premarital sex are illegal and severe punishments are enforced. Once Utopians are married .....

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... Constantine, the limitedly spread, minimally developed, badly structured, weakening Christianity would have eventually been destroyed and become inexistent. The first of the issues with Christianity before Constantine was that although there were vast efforts from Jesus and Paul to spread the religion and separate ... and transferring the ideas to the utmost outskirts of the empire, but he serves as an idol and as someone people look up to. By becoming a follower of Christianity he guides many others with him and the common people of Rome abide by example. Jesus was an ... influential s...

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... not accept the pope as spiritual leader, although some have their own spiritual leader. Most Christians who are not Catholic view Jesus as the head of the Church. In this view, there is no need for other religious figures, since Jesus fulfills all religious needs. My church believes that Jesus ... believing on the Lord and being saved. The pope formally speaks about morals or dogma in the name of the whole Church; it is believed that he cannot make a mistake because the Holy Spirit guides the Church. I do not accept the pope's infallibility and do not believe that any one person ... be we...

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... in ancient civilizations. Both, Buddhism and Christianity, were essential to ancient civilizations whether or not it helped civilizations or ended civilizations. Buddhism is the belief, traditions, spiritual practices, and teachings of Buddha. Around 500 B.C.E., Siddhartha Gautama, also known as the Buddha, realised that luxury and wealth did not lead to human happiness, but instead human suffering, so he left his family ... in search for the key to human happiness. After years of meditation and study, he found the "Middle Path" and became enlightened. In view of that, the Buddha started...

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... and, therefore, God must initiate salvation." (Slick)(Fairchild) Scriptural basis - Mark 7:21-23 Unconditional Election - "Before the foundation of the world, God unconditionally chose some to be saved. Election has nothing to do with man's future response." (Fairchild) Scripture basis - ... ;Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son." Falling from Grace "Only a few Christians continue in faith and obedience to the end.& ... doctrine is not greater than the other. Bo...

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... differing again the major global- north religions. Being conservative, these countries also hold many different cultural views as well. In stark contrast to most of the newly liberal westernized world, the conservative views usually look harshly at issues such as the woman's movement, sexual education, gambling, democratic views, ... only thing is that while the Muslims are reproducing rapidly, so are the Christians of the global south. People just don't realize it as much because of the spotlight that has been on the Middle East for the past decade. Islamic mosques are sprouting up all...

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... his side. Near the end of the book, the English captain tells Ahab," By Divine Providence he was heading east-(pg.420,Melville), Just as Christ will come in the east at the end of time, Moby Dick was said to be coming from the east at the end of the book. Also, when encountering ... people, Moby Dick comes with "judgement" for the killing of innocence, just as Christ ... will one day judge those who wrongfully persecute Christians. Captain Ahab was one of the key beneficiaries of the judgement of Moby Dick, when he lost ... I might save some"(pg. 2076,Zondervan). Through Melville's inte...

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... a person or a whole group. One example can be overly religious people or groups that have been taught to hate instead of love. Almost all-terrorist groups in the Middle East use the Allah as away to justify their gruel attacks on others. They hate another group so completely for crimes long past ... or imagined. These people willingly commit foul acts of cruelty without a second taught. This leads me to the second downside of religion. Religion is a powerful ... that they are God's chosen people. In no way is this meant to say that they are better than any specific group of people but t...

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... differing again the major global- north religions. Being conservative, these countries also hold many different cultural views as well. In stark contrast to most of the newly liberal westernized world, the conservative views usually look harshly at issues such as the woman's movement, sexual education, gambling, democratic views, ... only thing is that while the Muslims are reproducing rapidly, so are the Christians of the global south. People just don"t realize it as much because of the spotlight that has been on the Middle East for the past decade. Islamic mosques are sprouting up all...

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... significant role in the crusades movement that cannot go unmentioned. There was a period where the aggressive and hostile papacy came into conflict with empires and monarchs that led to the East-West Schism of 1054. The papacy made strides to gain its independence from secular rulers. This was helped by the fact that the church was marshaling for the use ... was temporary. The pope also gained military authority over many regions than before. The crusades also saw that the Europeans gained access to the east which was rich with resources for the first time since the times of the ancient...

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... that he did not expect nor want. As life in Japan continued for Rodrigues, he discovered the conditions of Japan's political structure, the difference between ideologies of the west and the east, and his personal failure with his own beliefs. All of these support the theory of Christianity failing in Japan because it was so stubbornly Western. When first approached to travel to Japan, ... villagers made the priests work difficult and their goals unrealistic. The structure of Japanese society was one of the walls protecting the area from conversion to the Catholic faith and one of the rea...

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... Byzantium to historians, the Greek Church of the east finally parted company with the Latin Church of Rome, leaving the Latin church severed from its links to the now extinct western Empire. In time the dismembered Church, would become the official religion of all the western medieval states. The destruction of the Western Empire at the hands of the barbarians The Germanic peoples formed the ... Batavians, Frisians, Franks, Alamans, Jutes, Angles, and Saxons. They are the tribes who are for the greater part the ancestors of the later Dutch, Flemish, English, and French (in part Germanic)...

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... accidental or had been deliberately started by Nero: many other sources cheerfully attribute the disaster to the emperor. Most modern scholars disbelieve the charge of arson levelled that Nero. Immediately after the fire there was superstitious panic as well as rumours hostile to Nero. The mysterious Sibylline books ... forced to share his power: henceforth there were two emperors in the west and two in the east. In the east, under Diocletian, there broke out what was to be the longest and most violent of all persecutions. Diocletian promulgated four rigorous edicts, attacking the Church...

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... . I was born again and filled with the Holy Spirit in 1978 and deep within me was placed a burning desire to study the Word. I attended Bible Studies at my local church, but this did not satisfy my desire for a deeper knowledge of the Word of God. I truly believe that the Lord had His hand on me as a young child, as throughout my childhood, I used ... Spirit and have continued to grow from strength to strength. I have come to understand how vital it is to know and study the Word of God, sharper than any two-edged sword. Subsequently I joined a church that ran a Bible School called "Word ...

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