... is to articulate why my religious and spiritual life has changed significantly as a result of my recent introduction to religion. As a result of this course of study I have a new perspective on religion. This new viewpoint has not necessarily changed my feelings as they relate to my being a Christian but it has ... a belief in one God. For instance, Jainism is more ethical in that it is revolved around the moral life of a person and relates to philosophy of life. Hinduism, which has the largest following, is different because those practicing this religion believe in more than one god o...

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... order in the world and to distinguish humans from other forms of life has been the primal exercise of philosophers throughout recorded history. For nearly 2,600 years, the preeminent philosophy in Western Civilization employed to "create- order in the world has been "Dualism,"" which is directly traceable to the 6th century B.C. Persian religious teacher Zoroaster (zar'oh ... 13th century A.D., Thomas Aquinas almost single handedly imported Dualism into mainstream Christianity. He attained international fame from authoring well-reasoned treatises which melded Plato's Dualism with curre...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... that they still had control over their communal and spiritual lives. "They taught that by conformity in daily life to the Torah as elaborated in the rabbinic tradition, that through study, prayer and observance the individual Jew could achieve salvation while still waiting for God to bring about the Messianic redemption of all Israel. Thus institutionally the synagogue and the rabbinic ... study have replaced the destroyed Temple- Jews dispersed throughout the known world. Their adaptation to local customs (while maintaining their heritage) varied from country to country and even from c...

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• Grade Level: High School