Genital Mutalation Female genital mutilation is something that is usually taken place in Africa. Genital mutilation in most cases consists of cutting off the clitoris or labia minora. The custom is one that is highly controversial. Side effects consist of pain, shock, hemorrhage, and damaged organs. People do this in their cultures for different reasons. Some do it to join the group as

Problems In The Brethern Church For the last 5 years I have been involved in Brethren Camps and for the last two I have been in leadership roles in all four of the district camps as well as spending time with different Brethren Congregations. During this time I have met a lot of people and have many lasting friendships. Due to several things I feel led to minister to these people, and

Allah ALLAH - for Muslims the greatest and most inclusive of the Names of God, an Arabic word of rich and varied meaning, denoting the one who is adored in worship, who creates all that exists, who had priority over all creation, who is lofty and hidden, who confounds all human understanding. It is exactly the same word that the Jews, in Hebrew, use for God (eloh), the word which Jesus

Ecumenical Counsils 2. Write about the first four ecumenical councils. What was the date and place of each' Who was the heretic and what was his heresy' Who was the champion of orthodoxy and what was his position' What was the outcome of each council' The term ecumenical council refers to a universal gathering of Christian bishops to resolve urgent issues affecting the whole church.

Human Cloning And Stem-Cell Research Human Cloning and Stem-Cell Research: The Moral and Political Battle In the past several years, cloning has been a rising concern on the minds of the medical and bioethics community. In February of 1997, the world learned of the first successful cloning of a mammal, a sheep named Dolly. Since then, the idea of cloning as a result of cloning to p

Protestant Church Experience For my place of worship, I chose the Central Presbyterian Church (CPC) in Clayton. As I walked up to this unfamiliar church I noticed that it didn’t look too much different than the Catholic buildings I am used to seeing. I don’t know much about building structure but it seemed to be gothic with a touch of baroque and it had beautiful stained glass windows

Psalm 41: An Indepth Look God’s Mercy: Asked and Delivered Throughout the Bible there is a continuous theme of God’s mercy bestowed upon his people. A perfect illustration of this overlying theme is Psalm 41. This psalm is a prayer of God’s compassion for those when they are feeling sick or abandoned. Psalm 41 gives the story of psalm’s plea for God’s mercy and the deliverance h

Christ Going to school Monday thru Friday and having fun with your friends on the weekend is something every teenager does, but it can be a troubling situation when you are a Christian' Most teenagers find it very difficult to be accepted by their peers once they find out that they attend church. I feel that just because you have faith in God and know that he is the reason that you br

Christ in The Old Testament CHRIST IN THE OLD TESTAMENT Erroneous beliefs and preconceived ideas are a lock on the door of the human mind; they have proven to be very effective in keeping the truth at bay. In the past, the belief systems of most people were acquired directly from their parents as they grew up. Countless generations clung to their inherited beliefs with great tenacity, v

Christian Love Love, it is all around us. Love is a part of everyday life. It has existed for as long as the world has existed. We enter the world in love, just as we leave the world in love - God’s love. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines love as 1.an intense affectionate concern for another person 2.an intense sexual desire for another person

Christianity VIOLENCE FOREVER' The illusion of equality for all, no matter race, color or creed, embraces every American's soul. Yet, the myth of such a concept has continually perforated any reality of existence throughout the late 19th century through the first decade of the 20th. The racial and ethnic hostility grew among the rich and the poor, the whites and the nonwhites, an

Qumran, The Essenes And The Dead Sea Scrolls Qumran, The Essenes and the Dead Sea Scrolls Preamble “The grass withers and the flowers fall but the word of our God stands forever” Isaiah 40.8 “Mohammed Dib, a Bedouin shepherd of the T’Amireh tribe” (Keller, 1957, 401) could not have known that he would be the person who, in 1947, would bring to bear the words of Isaiah

Christianity Christianity is one of the major religions of mankind. It has been the dominant religion in Europe and America, Christianity has also spread throughout the world and has a greater number of adherents then any other religion. The Jewish teacher known as Jesus of Nazareth founded Christianity. Christianity

Christianity Christianity came to the world not as a single religion but as a mingling of beliefs. Religions and pagan cults from ancient Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome influenced the development of this religion. It wasn’t easy for Christianity followers to become a strong religious group as it is today; they went through very harsh times, including being persecuted to death by the Romans

Attribute Of God Truth an Attribute of God The definition of truth according to Webster’s is conformity to fact or actuality, reality, actuality. Ryrie defines truth as “agreement to that which is represented it includes veracity, faithfulness, and consistency.” To say that God is true is to say that he is consistent with himself. He is all that he should be; he has revealed himself as

Pulp Fiction And Its Religious Thought Pulp Fiction and Religious Thought “Pulp Fiction” has become the “Citizen Kane” of this generation. It has inspired thought and questioned movie-making logic, as we had previously known it. Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed this film, which has been a cult classic since its conception in 1995. Many people

Christmas The Temple Matthew 21:12-16 gives the events of Jesus’ cleansing of the temple. Jesus entered the temple and saw moneychangers and merchants disgracing His Father’s house. “Jesus entered the temple area and drove out those engaged in selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.” (Matthew 21:13) Mar

Christmas  Christmas The year's most celebrated holiday is celebrated on December 25th, both in homes and churches worldwide. The meaning for Christmas is to recognize Christ's birth, of which the exact date is not known. During the fourth century the Bishop of Rome set December 25th as Christ's birth date. Some authorities claim that the choice of December 25th was made becaus

Puratainism When King Henry VII dissolved the Catholic Church and made the Church of England rendering the Pope powerless in all English affairs (Williams, 4), some people, non-conformists, were not happy. They were persecuted for practicing their religion, so when they found a chance to leave, they did. This first group of people had been living in self-exile in Leyden, Holland. They

Purpose Of Man “It’s 1997, I’m sitting in my room asking myself the question that will change my life. What is my purpose in life' At that time I was pretty sure that I was suppose to be a professional baseball player. But God had some different plans. That next morning I woke up to go to church camp. I was just recently saved and baptized so this Christian thing was a fairly new con

Free Masons The Ancient and Modern Freemasons The modern era of the Freemasons is marked with the founding of the first Great Lodge of England in 1717. There is also written evidence of the Masons dating back to the fourteenth century. These Masons of the Medieval Ages were the same Masons who formed guilds and unions, mostly involving stone work. The Mason’s records of their existe

Rastafarianism I. Group Profile 1. Name: Rastafarians, Rastas, or Ras Tafarians 1 2. Founder: Tafari Makonnen, pre-coronation title of His Imperial Majesty Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia. However, Selassie was more the embodiment of the Rasta faith than the actual founder of the religion. In actuality, he was known to have been devoted to Ethiopian Orthodox faith, which is more

Rastafarianism The History The passage of time gives rise to new ideas and movements that stem from the social, political, and economic conditions in which a people live. History has seen the formation, disintegration, and evolution of innumerable religious movements, oftentimes the response of a people to the changes around them in an attempt to fulfill their spiritual needs. One su

American Jewishness Jonathan D. Sarna is a leading scholar of American Jewish history and can make a better assumption to the impact of the German Jews on American Jewish life than I can. Yet after reading through some of his writings along with the works of Supple, Meyer, and Glazer I completely agree with his argument that the mid nineteenth century could be referred to as the “German

Basic Concepts of Puritan Ideology We can generally explain puritans as a group of people who left their own land, (England) because of their King. King James refuses the church because he wants to devorce from his wife and marry with an other. And Catolic Church refuses this. Then King James said that he won’t be obeying the church rulez any more, and introduces himself as the new churc

Church and State The theory of evolution is at odds with the views of many religions, and many people want to allow a religious view of creationism to be taught in the public school system. The foundation of evolution is based upon the belief that the origin of all ordered complex systems, including living creatures, can be explained by natural laws without the initiation or interve

Church and State in Rome As most of the civilizations studied so far in Western Civilization – the Romans were a religious people. From the rise of the Roman Empire to the fall of its institutions, there was always a backdrop of religious involvement in the affairs of the state and people. Polytheism seems to reign throughout the majority of the Empire. Although the book states very l

Church Project SAINT MARY’S CHURCH On Saturday September Twenty Second I attended a mass at Saint is located in the down area of Saint Mary’s Pennsylvania. The church is connected to a convent with a local elementary school across the street. It stands to be the biggest and oldest church in Saint Mary’s. Saint Mary’s was the first Catholic Church established in the new fou

Early Christianity And The Didache The Didache and Its Impact on Christian Liturgy and Discipline The text of the Didache was a manuscript discovered by Metropolitan Bryennios in a library in Constantinople in 1873, and was later published in 1883. The work consists of two parts, the first section, known as “Two Ways,” offering teachings on the way of life versus the way of death, and

Cristian Life The Purpose Driven Life Statement When I base my worth and identity on my relationship with Christ, I am freed from the expectations of this world, and this allows me to truly serve. How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll inside a Tootsie Roll Pop' The answer to that is however many the creator of the Tootsie Roll Pop allows. I am like a Tootsie Roll Pop