... to think, so why should a law that compromises that ideal be upheld? This trial was more than just about a school teacher in a small town who broke the law. It's about every American, and their freedom to think. If the right to think is taken away from the classroom, then what is left? When Drummond questioned a thirteen-year-old student Howard, he asked him if ... lifts man above all other creatures on the earth: the power of his brain to reason." Drummond, while questioning Mr. Brady shows that if God gave us the power to think, a power that makes us superior to other creatures of the...

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... that belong to no order. Monastic orders have members called brothers who are not priests, and do not perform such priestly functions, such as conducting mass. They share the life and use discipline of the Foster 3 order and serve in such capacities as teaching and farming. A more appropriate word for early Christian monasticism, as well as for that practiced by eastern religions is ... insane. Women played a small but very significant roll of monasteries. In all monastic traditions, as in most religions generally, women have always occupied a status inferior to men. Roman Catholicism h...

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... teachers could teach about was the Bible view of how humans originated, and this was by God. Clarence Darrow, Scopes lawyer, was all for teaching evolution in public schools. However, William Jennings Bryan, a famous Christian fundamentalist, believed that the words of the Bible should be taken literally. The trial deals with two things: whether the teachings of humans should come from the religious feudalism or should the teachings of humans be taught by ... , along with others felt not being able to teach what you wanted was breaking the first amendment. This amendment stated the freed...

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... (State at beginning and conclusion of lesson) "God often uses the "ordinary" person to show the importance of obeying God, trusting Jesus in your heart, and standing up for God." TEACHER/SMALL GROUP LEADER: ICE BREAKER (10 minutes): Divide group into two groups on either side of the room or meeting space. Ask for 2 volunteers who will be blindfolded. The blindfolded volunteer will be on the floor with puzzle pieces ... beginning and new purpose for the people. In time of deep trouble, it may appear as though God has forgotten you, but He may be preparing you for a new beginning with Him...

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In a small town near Dallas, Texas, lived a beautiful girl named Grace. Grace was about seventeen years old and was in her last year of high school. She was incredibly smart and loved to have fun. Grace was known by everyone. She never hurt anyone and was a very ... all good things must come to an end. In her senior year of high school Grace was a victim of a tragic, fatal car accident. She was in the passenger seat of the car her best friend was driving. It was in the evening time and they were on their way to a meeting. The car spun out of control and went into a tree. The driver survived ...

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... plastic garbage back a few feet out and it was moving a little. I went in the water and retrieved it. There were eight or nine small kittens in the bag, all dead except for one tiny orange and white boy. I did not need another cat. I had two already, but I couldn't leave the little guy, so Caesar came home with me. I know that it isn't much like ... will. Looking at it in this way has made it easier for me to understand some of these complicated things, but still, why would God die for me? It just does not make any sense to me. I think some of my problems come from the fact that I don't...

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... we don't get hurt. Sometimes telling a lie can hurt someone more than we imagine. The Bible makes it clear, that "people who tell the truth will be respected, and will please both God and people" (Proverbs 3: 3-4). A lie is a lie. Many times we try to tell ourselves that some things aren't true. We tell ourself that spreading rumours doesn't matter, or that there's no harm ... in shoplifting. When we believe these lies, we"re only deceiving ourself (Leviticus 19: 16-17). In James 3: 1-12, it is pointed out that you can not tell the truth and lie at the same time. The Bible points out th...

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... | your youth |0408| not |0898| do deal deceitfully. v16. |8130| He hates |7971| sending away, |0559| says |3068| Yahweh |0430| the God of |3478| Israel, |3680| and to cover |2555| {with} violence |0000| on |3830| his garment, |0559| says |3068| Yahweh of |6635| armies. |8104| And guard |7307| your spirit |3808| and not |0898| do act deceitfully. -Lit This prophesy/bible verse affirms that ... the God of Israel made mankind ONE. There was and is no possible division from an individual, from just one entity. Morality takes a different shape when there was/is only one couple on the whole ea...

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... pages into the bible. Genesis 1-2 explains the creation all of things in the following summary. Day one God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was dark so God had to create light. The creation of light made it so that there could be day and there could be night. Day two God created a dome in the midst of the waters. This dome is what separated the waters from the waters forming a sky. Day three God created land ... realize is that there are multiple authors and translations to the different bibles of the world today. Most of the translations have the same stories but with smal...

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... should live. In science there are certain ways of doing things. There are theories that have to be tested and retested until they find the answer that they are looking for. There has to be proof or at progress toward finding the proof. Science embraces the thought about Darwinism which tells us that mankind doesn't come from a God of greater power but rather through evolution. As pointed ... have about life. Doing this actually does the bible a disservice. The books of the bible should be read as a whole. If you pick it apart to much you lose the full meaning behind the story that is be...

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... Goddesses for every part of the universe. In the epic of Gilgamesh the nature of the divine power is some what unclear. The Gods and Goddesses are depicted as having supper human powers, such as eternal life and the ability of cursing people and things. Much to the opposite of Gilgamesh, the scriptures of Genesis and Job the divine power, God, is a being that forgives the sins of the people, but does not over look the large sins and ... does take action in the form of curses. However, after creating the earth God saw that people were sinning and breaking commandments, so he ... or even h...

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... the people to understand who God was, what was expected of them and the basis of their religion and worship. It also answers the question of how was man created or where they came from. Genesis gives a detailed understanding of not only about God himself, but how God created and cared for man. The people probably had many questions as well, similar to the questions we have today like: "Why do bad things ... : "Where did we come from? Which god should we revere? How were we created? Who if anyone made us? What is our meaning and purpose in life?", but the need to believe, the need to belo...

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... . While everlasting life is not his destiny, Gilgamesh will leave behind him a name that endures. "I will go to the country where the cedar is felled," he tells Enkidu. "I will set up my name in the place where the names of famous men are written" (70). Thus Gilgamesh turns his attention away from small personal desires to loftier personal desires -- desires that benefit rather than harm Uruk ... . The meaning of life is something that can not be agreed upon, it isn't even conceivable for that matter. The more you look for it the further away from life's purposes you get. Consider again l...

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... Goddesses for every part of the universe. In the epic of Gilgamesh the nature of the divine power is some what unclear. The Gods and Goddesses are depicted as having supper human powers, such as eternal life and the ability of cursing people and things. Much to the opposite of Gilgamesh, the scriptures of Genesis and Job the divine power, God, is a being that forgives the sins of the people, but does not over look the large sins and ... does take action in the form of curses. However, after creating the earth God saw that people were sinning and breaking commandments, so he ... or even h...

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... me that whoever wrote the bible didn't pay much attention to detail! The Bible focuses more on the fact that Jesus is God and he created this stuff so end of story. The important things in the bible are the miracles God did and our salvations. The creation story was just a small feat and doesn't seem to be that important. One of the creation stories of the Shinto which is Japanese tells of a quick creation much like ... that of our bible. It says that ... ...

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... notice these things; especially the negative things. Although he only stumbled on words a couple of times, he seemed to mesh sentences together, take unnecessary pitch changes, and pause where more intense dialogue could have been more effective. The words "huge" and "enemies" seem to be problem words for the President as he stuttered on both of them twice. Although small and menial mistakes, the compromised the integrity and emotion of the sentences ... it actually made me a little resentful as a citizen. As unsettling as his seemingly "detached" expressions were, the one thing that bo...

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... Christians have been called to reach. They are the ones who may never see the joys of heaven, and only experience the agonies of hell. Heaven is essentially the residence of the Lord, His son, Jesus Christ, and His legions of angels. Heaven is where all believers will go after death. It is a place being prepared for us by Christ. When things are ready, as Christ says, he will come ... back for us, so that we can be with Him for eternity. (John 14:2-3) The glory of heaven is beyond anything humans can comprehend. (1 Corinthians 2:9) The scriptures say that even the animal kingdom will be...

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