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… Damascus Road in many ways, and kind of resembles how teens today are coverted. Paul's conversion, for example, was sudden, expected, and maybe even a little intrusive. I know many teens today who see the light at many unexpected times. An example…

… now modern Nepal. His father, Suddhodana, was the ruler of the Sakya people and Siddhartha grew up living the extravagant life on a young prince. According to custom, he married at the young age of sixteen to a girl named Yasodhara. His father had…

… we live our lives is governed by ethics. Ethics is "human moral conduct according to principles of what is good or right to do." Our ethical values today descend primarily from a Christian ethic in which "a truly ethical decision, we are told,…

… beings to a better understanding of life. Many of these verses reach out to man through teachings of human nature and how to create society's moral values. A personal favorite verse that may reach out to every man and not just those who practice…

… have been an integral part of human society. Myths have no cultural boundaries as they can be found in all cultural societies. The word myth can be referred to the classical Greek and Roman mythology or a contemporary myth. Regardless of the type…

…         When the name of Jehovah's witness arises, most of the public of differing religions, a picture of an overly nice person or group of people all dressed in suits and nice clothes, arrive at your door and offer a sampling of pamphlets,…

… on the culture of Russia. The adoption of the Orthodox faith from Constantinople by Prince Vladimir in 988 introduced cultural influences that profoundly affected the Russian consciousness. As the people embraced Orthodoxy it developed a uniquely…

… comparing the books 'Confession of the Jews' and 'First Confession', I have found there to be similarities and differences. For example, 'First Confession' deals with a boy converting from a boy to a young man by going to confession and telling…

… Grows "Theology amuses me. That's where we find the madness of the human spirit in all its plentitude." Voltaire was a true philosophe of the Age of Enlightenment. In turn, he enjoyed putting his views into writing. One of these writings was…

… religious standards of Americans today have plummeted to a new low. Fewer people are going to church than earlier in the century. Many people are marrying without even going to a priest by getting a judge to marry them. Divorce is steadily on…