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Jesse Bien

Top 10 Bizarre Mormon Beliefs - Listverse - 2 views

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    List of many not commonly known facts about mormonism
Jesse Bien

Witness Tells of Doctor's Last Seconds - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    This is article is about the latest killing of a doctor that performed abortions in Kansas. The man being charged killed him out of personal religious beliefs. The struggle to set morals in the US is still being fought years after the country was formed.
Jesse Bien

Vietnam: Priest thrown from hospital window - 0 views

  • The Vietnamese government plans to build a war memorial on the site of Tam Toa church.
  • According to the Catholic News Agency, the authorities in Dong Hoi are openly trying to create a “no Catholic zone” in the city. Hundreds of Catholic families have now fled due to growing anti-Catholic sentiment.
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      This shouldn't surprise the catholics considering what they did to the buddists during the Vietnam war.
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    An article dealng with the treatment of catholics in Vietnam present day.
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Jailed FLDS cult leader being force-fed - 0 views

  • Mr. Jeffs, when he goes into deep prayer, does not eat or drink,” Piccarreta said. “Occasionally, that has some medical repercussions. The jail needed to deal with a deteriorating medical condition, and they dealt with it
  • Since arriving at Mohave County Jail in February 2008, Jeffs has been in solitary confinement. Carter said he’s been a good inmate except for incidents involving religious practices. She explained that Jeffs sometimes prays while kneeing to a point where his knees develop sores, and jailers enforce a policy against self-injury.
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    This is an example of acetism I believe
Jesse Bien

Gods and Goddesses - 3 views

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    Aztec Gods and Goddesses
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Top 20 Religions in the US - 2 views

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    Gives statistics of the number of followers certain religions in America have.
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Articles of Faith - 1 views

  • 10. We believe in the literal gathering of Israel? and in the restoration? of the Ten Tribes; that Zion? (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon this the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory
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    Basic Beliefs of Mormons.
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Chile - Religion in Historical Perspective - 0 views

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    Gives a historical look at how a countries religion can change with goverment.
Jesse Bien

Churches push for $10 minimum wage by 2010 - USATODAY.com - 0 views

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      Is this push simply because as the economics in America are faultering the offering plate at the church has been light as of late?
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    Push for a higher minimum wage
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N.Y. nurse sues after forced to aid abortion - Washington Times - 0 views

  • "I hope that Mount Sinai will obey the law and allow health-care workers not to assist in abortion against their beliefs," she said in a statement. "I believe lots of nurses and doctors throughout the country are being pressured to assist abortion, and I want them to know they are not alone, and they should speak up for their rights of conscience."
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      This is an interesting arguement. Should medical professional be allowed to bring in their personal beliefs into the work place.
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    This article brings to light a good topic of debate. Should medical workers religious veiws be allowed in the work place.
Jesse Bien

Praise Dancing as Worship - 0 views

shared by Jesse Bien on 05 Aug 09 - Cached
  • In ancient times dancing had been an integral part of worship. Exodus 15:20 records how Miriam and others danced for joy to celebrate their deliverance by the mighty Hand of God. The Hebrew Scriptures mentions numerous times when dancing was used to express one’s thankfulness to the Lord.
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      This argues that dance should be allowed in ceremonies
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    Dance as worship
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Sun Dance - 0 views

  • The Sun Dance is a ceremony practiced differently by several North American Indian Nations, but many of the ceremonies have features in common, including dancing, singing and drumming, the experience of visions, fasting, and, in some cases, self-torture. The Sun Dance was the most spectacular and important religious ceremony of the Plains Indians of 19th-century North America, ordinarily held by each tribe once a year usually at the time of the Summer Solstice. The Sun Dance last from four to eight days starting at the sunset of the final day of preparation and ending at sunset. It showed a continuity between life and death - a regeneration. It shows that there is no true end to life, but a cycle of symbolic and true deaths and rebirths. All of nature is intertwined and dependent on one another. This gives an equal ground to everything on the Earth.
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      One dances for others not oneself.
  • The Sun Dance symbolizes a resolution with the conflict between being a people that view the buffalo as wise and powerful, even closer to the creator than humans, and having to kill and eat them to survive. Making the buffalo sacred, symbolically giving new life to it, and treating it with respect and reverence acts a s a sort of reconciliation. Without the buffalo there would be death, and the Plains Indians saw that the buffalo not only provided them with physical well-being, but kept their souls alive, too.
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    Description of the Native American Sun Dance
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Dance and Religion in Bali - 0 views

  • - As a channel for visiting gods or demonic gods, the dancer acting as a sort of living repository. These trance dances include the Sang Hyang Dedari, with little girls in trance and the Sang Hyang Jaran, a fire dance. - As a welcome for visiting gods, such as the pendet, rejang and sutri dances. - As entertainment for visiting gods, such as the topeng and the wayang.
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      Dance here is used in many ways.
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    The many ways dance is used in Bali.
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Ghost Dance Religion - 0 views

  • The new doctrine taught that salvation would be achieved when the Indians purged themselves of the evil ways learned from the white man, especially the drinking of alcohol. Believers were encouraged to engage in frequent ceremonial cleansing, meditation, prayer, chanting, and most importantly, dancing the Ghost Dance.
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      This new movment depended on the cleansing of individuals in order to be pure.
  • According to the prophecy, the recent times of suffering for Indians had been brought about by their sins
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      Believes that God was not responsible for harm done to people. The hardships were brought on by their own actions.
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    A description of the Ghost Dance and a song.
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Unitarian Universalist - Faiths & Prayer - Beliefnet.com - 0 views

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      Each one of these points are generic. Some belive one way others another. There is no one conforming belief. How does this affect the infastructure of religion?
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    Brief overview of unitarian universalist
Jesse Bien

Communing With The Gods | The Druid Network - 1 views

  • Refrain from using mind-altering narcotics.
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      Important
  • How long does this take, will it happen the first time? Possibly, possibly not. We can’t determine how long this process takes, all we can do is persevere, intent is all that’s required and the ability to loose your mind. What we do know is that the experience enriches your spirituality and makes future communications a damn sight easier.
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      Always have a disclaimer
  • Remember that I draw these techniques from my own early explorations and they worked for me. Be inspired by them, don’t accept them as written in stone, explore and develop your own unique method of connection. Us it all by all means, or twist and tweak them to your own suiting. Above all, enjoy the process, loose yourself in a relationship that will last forever.
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  • Pick a day and time that is significant to you, perhaps a festival of the turning year, a phase of the moon applicable to what you know of the deity from your research. Use astrological attributes, solar and stellar movements. Immerse yourself in your desire to know them, loose yourself in small rites and rituals that lead up to the big day. On the day itself take yourself to a place where you will not be disturbed for at least an hour. If you have, take with you a drawing or sculpture you have created to express the deity, or anything that pertains to your connection so far. Be confident that you will meet your deity and connect to it.
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      An easy way to get started.
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    A history of Druids and steps to get started in practicing
Jesse Bien

Mission Network News - 0 views

shared by Jesse Bien on 04 Aug 09 - Cached
  • "World Christian has put together this booklet that will help you pray each day, at the same time Muslims are praying," said Yoder. "The twist is this: we're encouraging Christians to pray that many of these Muslims will turn to Christ."
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      This book is really not an education on other religions but a guide to turn others from there beliefs.
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    Following the Islamic holy time of Ramadan
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Your choice of college major may affect your religious views - Ars Technica - 0 views

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      This is an interesting theory.
  • Education majors had a positive correlation with both the level of religious importance in one's life and the frequency of attendance at religious services.
  • For the physical sciences, including biology, the overall trend was neutral, with no major change in religiosity. Somewhat oddly, these students showed increased attendance at religious services, but a reduced sense of religious importance. 
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  • Those who attended religious services more regularly were more likely to attend college later. For those in the humanities and social sciences, a negative correlation was seen in both measures of religiosity. 
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    Religion and education
Jesse Bien

Scientific Research on Prayer - 1 views

shared by Jesse Bien on 23 Jul 09 - Cached
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      I found it interesting that prayer was compared to having a placebo effect.
  • All signs of well being that nurture joy in living might even extend one’s life.
  • Prayer and religious beliefs can have a placebo effect, just like a sugar pill. Barker, who was once a Christian Fundamentalist preacher before developing serious doubts about his religion, states that one of the strongest factors in recovery from an illness is a sense of connectedness with a community and people who care about you. Even if we mumble our prayers only when we are ill or if there is no God to hear them, the new research indicated that religious thoughts could help to heal.
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    Effects of prayer
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History of CREATION STORIES - 0 views

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      This site is a give a brief summary of what different people or regions believe to be true about the origin of the world.
  • All human societies, including our own, tell stories of how the world began. Such stories are almost infinitely varied in detail, but they tend to include some basic themes.
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    Many different creations theories are represented.
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