... all the time in our everyday life is to communicate. The action of communication involves the usage of symbols, which are things that represent something else, for example a red light symbolizes "stop". A symbol can be a written or a spoken word, a gesture, a facial expression Symbols stand only because a group of people agrees to interpret them the same way. That is why the meaning of symbols varies from culture to culture. Symbols ... are symbols because a group of people have ... on truthfulness. They emphasized on the value of the truthful speech not only for the listeners but for t...

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... was now head of authority and set all the laws as the Pope looked over the states. They established an administrative hierarchy and a uniformed doctrine of belief. Church leaders were influenced by Latin language, Roman courts and architecture. Christian Monasticism; Monasticism is a way of life for people who want to live a different life and devote their life to God. Before Christ came about people ... had taught. The stupas or burial mounds of the Buddha as hemisphere set a top of a square base with four gates and wall around the shrine with symbols engraved of the Buddha's teaching....

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... . As long ago as 1200 A.D. , in India they had a use for the word "thug" , people of the time used the word to describe a gang of criminals that roamed the country, pillaging towns and causing destruction a long their way. These Indian "thugs"even had their own special symbols, hand signs, rituals, and slang to trademark themselves. A trait which gangs through out the rest of time ... would carry. While a good example ,Probably an example more close to home and date would be the ones started right here in America . T he gangs started in the ... the people or person was without something...

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