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Category: /History
…to convert natives to Christianity. The reasons that the monarchs let Columbus sail were mainly to search for spices and profits, spread Christianity, and to use some of their new technology like the caravel. Columbus would receive one-tenth of all the profits…
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…of, if not the biggest, problem mankind has ever created for itself. Christianity. While Christianity was not on the list of problems that we identified I cannot help but wonder if the man I will examine and his writings had anything to do with the decline of this outdated…
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…The Gospel of Luke is a document of faith rather than a biography of the life and times of Jesus. It is believed to be the work of a gentile Christian(s) for a gentile Christian community in order to portray their desired portrait of Jesus…
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…1.) There are many ways that Bram Stoker's Dracula can be considered Anti-Christian by showing of Anti-Christian values and perversions of the Christian religion. In chapter one as Jonathan Harker is traveling to Castle Dracula he is met by several…
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Category: /Literature/Poetry
…and commonly accepted philosophies that people have relied on as being true. This theme especially applies to the hypocrisies based upon Christianity and the 14th century Roman Church. Besides for ingeniously showing the corruption found in Christianity, Chaucer…
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…Davidson concept is "this is American as it can get." This article deals with Franklin Graham, Billy Grahams son who is a world renowned Christian, and the most predominant faith in America is Christianity. So I view this as saying we're a 100% American…
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Category: /Literature
…Jane Eyre is a novel that presents many views on religion through its various characters. Charlotte Bronte successfully employs several characters throughout the novel, who each have a distinct view on religion, specifically Christianity
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…(and other civilized countries) Muslims, Christians, Atheists, Agnostics and other different faiths (or lack there of). They help to keep the people in their place without placing a greater faith upon them than is necessary. If a man murders, the murderer…
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…on nature. In the readings and stories however, I could see the focus on a creator, and emphasis on the same character traits we normally hear advertised as "Christian values." The first two pages I had read that made up the introduction to the book were all…
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…At first reading this story seems to be a little discouraging. The boy telling the story, the main character Michael Christian, and the other children reside in this home where the Old Head Nurse oversees and there only link to the outside world…
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