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Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Is Humanism a religion?

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Humanism is in fact a religion. Religion is Anthropologically defined as a world view a person or group of people hold to explain things that are not knowable with the senses. The word "religion" is not synonymous Christianity, Judaism, Islam or any of the extant believers today or in the past. Atheism' is a religion. It is ... More..

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Shame

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Buck Buffalo I can still see Buck walking down the back alley behind our house. Bent over with a ragged top coat over tattered pants and shirt Buck wobbled down the alley. His stick thrown over his shoulder with a dirty burlap bag tied to his stick. His sack was always filled things but I never dared to speak to him. Buck's ... More..

Sciences > Microbiology Photosynthesis in common single-celled algae

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Photosynthesis is the basic mechanism that plants with chlorophyll use to to convert sunlight into energy. Like all living things, plants, algae and human beings need some way of turning the food they take into the body's most basic unit -the cell (single or multiple)into a common energy source that is burned through respira... More..

Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Christianity and sex: Assessing the compatibility of religious beliefs and sexuality

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"XI" If you throw a pebble into a pond, the ripples seem infinite. So, let us see the ripple effect in the scenario of sexual sin. What does "Adultery" really mean? I suspect the vast majority would answer it means it is sex outside of the bonds of marriage. However, this definition is short sighted. Adultery covers a contin... More..

Society & Lifestyle > North American Culture Essay: Native Americans are not genetically predisposed

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Genesis Our lifestyle and forms of government, justice, economic and social systems are the best for every country. This declarative is the basis for most of the colonization attempts by the United States of America and European countries. The seizure of land from indigenous peoples in various parts on the globe and subseque... More..

Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Understanding why there is suffering in the world

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I agree with the writers perspective because I have been at death's door twice myself and once when my seventeen year old son killed himself. Curt is his name and my former wife and I adopted him at age three months from Korea. He was a fine healthy and loving child until about age 13 when he began to developed depression. H... More..

Religion & Spirituality > Churches & Organizations Should Christian churches allow gays to be ordained as priests?

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Regarding "Gays" in the clergy the operative words are "Practicing Homosexuals". If we look at the commandment God gave "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" what exactly are the connotations of the term adultery. Adultery, anthropologically is defined as a group of deviant active sexual behaviors exhibited by people in any given... More..

Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Is it against Christian principles to judge others?

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The two commandments Christ offered us to follow are. You shall love God with all your heart mind and soul. The second is like unto it: You shall love your neighbor as you love yourself. The writer of the first article is correct in as much as she says only God may judge a person. This is true. Nevertheless, Jesus tells us w... More..

Religion & Spirituality > Religion & Spirituality (Other) Should one's faith influence a citizen's vote?

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Absolutely! Your basic values concerning life issues and morals have a proper place in your home, job, and in the way you vote. Human beings are the only part of god's creation that has the capacity to know and choose to do good or evil. I don't blame the Iraq war on Satan. The real culprit is man himself. Man in his evil de... More..

Society & Lifestyle > Cultures (Other) A true 'rite of passage' is a missing element in contemporary youth culture

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ROCK FISH & RIVER RATS ROCCUS LINEATUS In April, Roger asks, "have you seen any Rocks yet?" This question repeated by every other "River Rat" Roger knows as they flock to the Roanoke River at Weldon, NC. This 2 by 4 mile strip on the edge of the river surrounded by silted clay became "Raglans' Ferry" in 1770 then in 1808, th... More..

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