Mormom Teen Sexuality By Rebecca Martinez Sexuality is an area of life that brings on risk, with the potential for positive or negative outcomes, success or failure. This is no more or less true for adolescents. The important difference is that teens do not yet have well-developed risk assessment skills. As in any area of life, if we want teens to be psychologically healthy, we want

Mormonism: Is It Christianity' Mormonism: Is it Christianity' Is Mormonism a Christian belief, or is it a contradiction of traditional Christian teaching' In order to distinguish between the two and determine if Mormonism is considered a Christian belief or not, one must look at theological differences. The best way to do this is to compare Scripture in the Old and New Testaments to

Moses Moses was the principal leader and teacher of the Israelites and one of the most important characters in the Bible. His life story is told in the Old Testament in Exodus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. Moses’ parents were Israelites. One of my sources says Moses was born about 1520 BC. Another one said he was born near the end of the 1300’s. The exact date of his birth depends on t

Mosque Site Visit A Rookie to the Mosque With a close friend (who was born into an actively practicing family), I took a trip to a Mosque in Tallahassee at 1020 West Pensacola St. We went to the noon service, which was the second prayer of the day. The preacher did not speak while I was there, and I was told by Radee (my company) that that was similar to the Mosque’s he’s been to in

Moses The Book of Exodus is considered to be an epic poem as by definition. An epic poem as defined by Funk and Wagnalls is a poem celebrating in stately, formal verse the achievements of heroes, gods, and demigods (426). The Book of Exodus as well as the entire Bible was written in the form of an epic poem. Major characteristics of epic poems are that there is always a heroic fi

Mother Archetype The Always Present Mother “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man” (Gen. 2:23). History has shown us that the “Great Mother” archetype has been with society since the beginning of time. Through stories, songs, poems and thoughts, man has always found the need for the “Mother” and the women that make

Movie Essay: Ghandi Movie Essay: Gandhi Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence stems from the pacifist views. According to the text, Exploring Religious Meaning, pacifism is one of three distinct positions taken by Christians on war and violence. It consists of absolutely no violence or participation in physical war struggles and brutality. The Oxford Pocket Dictionary defines pacifism

Christianity Encourages or Discourages the Conservation of Biodiversity The idea for this research project derives from a class seminar early in the quarter in which students briefly pondered whether Christianity encourages or discourages the conservation of biodiversity. The instructor’s enthusiasm regarding this question was self-evident and provided ample impetus to pursue an answer

Nirvana Nirvana Nirvana is the final or the ultimate state a monk attains after he passes through the initial three paths and became completely free from all becoming. It is liberation from the evils of ordinary life, the disappearance of all remnants of individuality, the feeling of "I" or "mine" or "me". It is a condition in which nothing stirs, nothing moves, nothing changes. When

Muslim Advances “Muslim society had a sophistication matched at that time only by the Tang Empire of China.” (Mcdougal Littell, 242) The Muslim society was very advanced in many ways compared to the societies of other major civilizations. They made great advancements in the blending of cultures, math and science, and arts and literature. All this made possible the a semblance of the H

Muslim Society “Muslim society had a sophistication matched at that time only by the Tang Empire of China.” (Mcdougal Littell, 242) The Muslim society was very advanced in many ways compared to the societies of other major civilizations. They made great advancements in the blending of cultures, math and science, and arts and literature. All this made possible the a semblance of the Ho

Muslim and the Media Report INTRODUCTION An investigation has been conducted surrounding the issue of Islam and the media, acknowledging the effects laid upon the young generation with Islamic faith. This investigation analysis and synthesizes information from a variety of sources, both primary and secondary. PART ONE: MEDIA THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA Media is considered to be an

Muslims In American Arab and Muslim Americans friend or foe Arabs and Muslims in America, new neighbors, or soon to be evicted tenants. Muslims are people who follow the Islamic faith .An estimated 7 million Muslims live in the United States (USA.com).Today, most Arab Americans are native- born Americans .Christa McAuliffe, the teacher/astronaut who died aboard the space shuttle challen

My Son Again Why did Jesus speak in parables' Throughout the Gospels of the New Testament, the gospel writers depict Jesus speaking in parables to a group of people regarding the Kingdom of Heaven. Parables are insightful, concrete stories that are told orally to evoke a key theme or point about life. Jesus uses parables (probably) because the language for the most part is easy to und

Creation Vs Evolution Human Evolution Vs. Creation In the Catholic faith there are many things which can not be agreed on between science and scripture. One thing that is debated on alot is whether man evolved from a lower species, such as ape, or if man was created by God along with everything else as it says in the creation stories. As Catholics we are supposed to believe that ev

My Religion Experience One of the reasons why I took the course of for religion this semester is to perhaps come closer with my God again. As a child growing up in Poland, where Christianity was the only accepted religion, I was very much encouraged by my parents, family, and society to pray at bedtime, attend mass every Sunday, and be enrolled in the mandatory religion classed at my pub

Natives Native American religion penetrated every aspect of their culture. This makes it difficult for a predominantly white, European, secular society to interpret Native Indian spirituality. There is no single Native American religion, but rather as many religions as there are Indian peoples. Religion and ritual were a function of all activity: from the food quest and other survival-re

Native American Religion Through out history, historians have had the ability to pass on the knowledge of the past because of written documents and other forms of evidence that acknowledge the existence of past civilizations and cultures. When there are no written documents, whether lost or never created, it can be more difficult for historians to explain past civilizations. The Native A

Nathaniel Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter is based on the puritanical custom of affixing a giant red, letter “A” to anybody that committed adultery. The novel centers on the adulterous Puritan Hester Prynne. Throughout the novel, she loyally refuses to reveal the name of her partner. The novel is generally regarded as Hawthorne’s masterpiece and as one of the cl

Abortion Teshuva In order to create a comprehensive teshuvah on abortion, one must review the traditional sources of the Torah and Mishnah, form individual opinions, and respond to modern responsa. Exodus 21:22-23 explains the status of a fetus. It states that if people are fighting and one accidentally strikes a women, who thereby has a miscarriage, but there was no severe damage to t

History Of Baptists Baptists are Protestant Christians who accepted the beliefs of the16-century Reformation, but have also added many other beliefs and practices, such as baptism. The Baptists are very important because they stress this belief and other beliefs. In the 1990’s there was 162,000 churches and about 43 million Baptists worldwide. Some of the other countries where the Bap

ISLAM The first thing that one should know and understand about Islam is what the world “Islam” means. The religion of Islam is not named after a person as in the case of Christianity which named after Jesus Christ, Buddhism after Gotama Buddha, and Confucianism after Confucius and Hinduism after the Hindus. Islam is the religion of “Allah” (God). “The Arabic word “Islam” means the submi

Moses Throughout the Bible, Moses has been portrayed as the deliverer, leader, lawgiver, and prophet of Israel. He is the Hebrew prophet who delivered the Israelites from Egyptian slavery and was their leader and lawgiver during their years of wandering in the wilderness. The name in Hebrew is Mosheh, meaning drawn out, but the original meaning is derived from the Egyptian language mea

Caste System I. INTRODUCTION Are you really what you eat' Why are people born with certain unique tendencies' Are matter and spirit separate, or the same' Although seemingly unrelated, these questions are unified by the subject under consideration in this paper: the Hindu caste system. The caste system itself is unified by the concern of ritual purity. According to the Encyclop'dia B

Niebuhr Vs Augustine Reading the selection by Reinhold Niebuhr on his thoughts of Augustine’s theories was an interesting comparison to the other works we have recently read. His views were similar to some, but almost opposite of others. Although Niebuhr and John Howard Yoder are not necessarily representative of opposing "schools" in Christian social ethics, they do emphasize opposing

Creation A Comparison of the Creation Stories of Hindu, Greek, and Norse Mythology There are many different creation stories from around the world. I’m going to describe three stories from different beliefs. The first is the story of the Hindu religion. Then I’ll tell you about the Greek myths. The Norse myths are also very interesting. They all have different creation stories, but sh

Music (religion In Disguise) Music whether secular or faith based is all about emotion or rather the emotional response it can garner. The most popular and effective music there is will be the most personal; this is proven time and time again in the history of all music. Born of pain or born of joy all music carries some emotional weight, as Christians we seek to find ways to turn these

Nirvana And Heaven NIRVANA AND HEAVEN Most religions have an ultimate goal that each believer should or at least try to accomplish. While Buddhists try to attain that ultimate goal called Nirvana, Christians in the other hand, try to be close to God by achieving their ultimate goal, which is to reach Heaven. Nirvana and Heaven are two different goals of two different religions that c

Night: Did God Really Die' HOLOCAUST. What comes to mind' War, blood, pain, etc. Is this enough to loose faith in God. Some may say no and others may disagree. The truth is that one can’t really know unless he/she experiences the atrocious nazi camps that existed. Elie Wiesel is one survivor of the nazi camps. He lived to tell us about his inspirational story. When the camps were libera

Christianity In The Middle Ages Christianity in the Middle Ages Christianity played a major role throughout the Middle Ages in society and politics. The Middle Ages, classified from 600 AD to 1350 AD, was significantly effected by Christianity because of the impact it had on the daily lives of people of the time. The beginning of the Early Middle Ages, after the Fall of Rome in 476 AD a