... an attachment toward his or her family because of these feelings. To contradict or alter these feelings could put us at risk of losing our idea of family and self -identity. "Beyond these important but obvious results, cloning raises problems that go to the core of human existence and purpose. One important fact to recognize is that cloning is asexual reproduction ... emotional, psychological, and social aspects that surround it: courtship, love, marriage, and family structure (Mautner)."" This family structure is what helps us form our individual identity in the family and ultimately o...

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... an attachment toward his or her family because of these feelings. To contradict or alter these feelings could put us at risk of losing our idea of family and self -identity. "Beyond these important but obvious results, cloning raises problems that go to the core of human existence and purpose. One important fact to recognize is that cloning is asexual reproduction ... emotional, psychological, and social aspects that surround it: courtship, love, marriage, and family structure (Mautner)."" This family structure is what helps us form our individual identity in the family and ultimately o...

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... would enjoy a life after death. The Ancient Greeks did not presuppose any life after death, believing true immortality belonged to the gods of Olympus. For Plato the soul was our identity. He derives in Phaedo that it would otherwise not be credible to be interested in the soul's immorality. Plato also illustrates an important statement of the obvious; that the soul ... or resent death. The soul is not maintained by Plato as always perfect, "it is imprisoned by the body and tainted by it."14 'This 'soul-identity' comes with an ethical duty: the individual must 'care for t...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Qureshi also believe that this period was "the darkest hour"" for Islam, as it opened the doors for entry of all kinds of extraneous elements, thereby, endangering the basic muslim identity. Thus, while Qureshi believes that Akbar did not ask his subjects to abjure from Islam but only its orthodox form and nor did he abandon Islam himself, the Islam being ... Akbar's measures and call him a heretic. Satish Chandra also agrees with this view point and believes that it, the ulama was agitating not because of the loss of an Islamic identity but Islam's primacy and with that their own posit...

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... battles throughout Europe, and in the Roman Catholic sectors of America. This significant change in religious history was during the same time as American colonies were developing into their own identity. Reforms were brought by the Puritans to the American colonies, and these people wanted to "purify " the religious controversies. These motives let to the beginnings and birth of the Baptists ... ...

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... begins to infiltrate its way in your life, depression, sadness are all kicked out, relationships begin to be repaired, your health becomes impacted with blessings, your problems everything has a new identity now. Worshiping and praising God has become a lifestyle it is not a hobby or a momentary thing, I Live for the Lord and he s the sole reason for my existence and my mission ... ...

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... ministers used punishment and piracy as a way to keep the people in order. Specifically in New England the rule of religious authority would use it to help them affirm the identity of God to the people.42 Thus, clergy, political officials, and newspapers all were playing a role in the suppression of piracy. The clergy were trying to convince the colonists that ... ...

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... corresponding orishas are one and the same. Although it contains elements of both religions, Santeria is very different from either one that it is considered a separate religion with its own identity and indigenous to Cuba. Throughout time, the religion has spread into different parts of the world and has faced a few challenges, but still remains consistent because of its adaptive nature ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... circumcision can cause death or permanent health problems as well as severe pain. Despite these risks, its practitioners look on it as an integral part of their cultural and ethnic identity, and some perceive it as a religious obligation. Opponents of female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation (FGM), see it as a violation of human rights. Female circumcision is practiced in ... ...

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... this information and renew their alignment with the Divine. The sacrament is thus considered both a shortcut and a medicine, "it shortens and clarifies things, [and] it helps us find our spiritual identity. The Daime acts in the form of light that illuminates our false consciousness, heals moral wounds, and rebuilds serenity out of angst and obsessive recollections- (Polari de Alverga, 1999). The ... ...

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... racism and sexism. Another objection on similar grounds is raised by Mary Midgley. First of all, Midgley argues that "Species membership is a marker for important differences among individuals, unlike racial identity" and secondly that racism on its own is a confused concept . What Midgley's first argument seems to aim at is that species membership can be equated with an insurmountable degree of ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate