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From the strange behaviours, beliefs and dressing, a misconception has been raised that Buddhists are idol worshippers.... Buddhism is termed to be a pagan religion that involves worship of many gods rather than one accepted Christian god.... Reasons for and against misconceptions of Buddhism Buddhism is not a pagan religion just because Buddhists don't concern themselves about god or gods; they put their concerns on ‘Dharma' who is not a god or gods but the truth or reality....
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At this instant, Isaac asked the father where the lamb was as they already had wood and the fire4.... His name was changed from Abram which meant exalted father towards Abraham that meant a multitude's father6.... In verse one, it is highlighted that, after these things Abraham was tested by god, he called him by his name then Abraham answered here am I1.... In the second verse, god said to Abraham to pick his son, the only beloved son (Isaac), then go to Moriah and give him off as an offering that is burnt on the mountain that god would tell him2....
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Christ Hymn (in Phillipians): the passage found in Phil 2:6-11 that may have originally been a hymn sung to (or about) Christ, who gave up his divine rights to become human, lowering himself to die on a cross before god exalted him even higher than he had before.... Christ Hymn (in Phillipians): the passage found in Phil 2:6-11 that may have originally been a hymn sung to (or about) Christ, who gave up his divine rights to become human, lowering himself to die on a cross before god exalted him even higher than he had before....
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With raging anger he crashed the stone plank s and scattered the idol of calf.... Orthodox Jews strictly adhere to the laws of Torah believing that all these books were written by god and handed over to Moses.... Conservatives believe that only the ideas of the books were contributed by god but written by some chosen people; and therefore it contains some human elements too.... Reconstructionist Judaism approaches Jewish law as valuable aspect of Jewish culture rather than binding laws given by god....
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For Christian theologians, married partners who had too much love and affection for each other were seen idol worshippers.... Therefore, a happy marriage would not be considered within the realms of a single model.... Considering the Western model, it is seen that it has the biggest number unrealistic expectations, which would weaken the marriage institution (Coontz, 137).... The changes in this model were mainly influenced by two factors....
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My parents have played a major and fundamental role in my life, but I would say that my idol is my mother.... If there was ever woman from the minority groups in United States who is my role model that would be my mother.... My two sisters and I are Hispanics from a Mexican American father and Mexican… Living the American dream takes a fearful amount of hard-work for most minorities and even then, success is not guaranteed as noted from my family which is always trying to make ends meet, living from one pay check to the next....
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Abraham, the father of Isaac and Ishmael, forms the basis of the Judaism and Islam religions respectively.... There are three sets of religions that consider Abraham as their father of faith.... Jesus was god's son.... In many religions, the worshipped being is considered to be a god.... In all the three religion, there is a belief on Monotheism that is a belief in one god.... They all believe that Abraham was called by god to be ordered to leave his faith to worship Him only....
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This is the identity model for human beings as he argues that “Christian identity can be understood only as an act of identifying with the crucified Christ” (Moltmann 1974).... The book exemplifies the significance of the cross of Christ and its implication in Christian faith and Moltmann does this through the Trinity doctrine; while on the cross, Jesus suffered in feeling like he did not have a father while God suffered in losing the son (Moltmann, 1974)....
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