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    major parts of the tradition of childbirth. Those who follow a Christian standard take what they learn from the church in a stricter context than they need to. The things that women practice is often called “women’s spirituality”, rather than true Christianity because it is so detached from what the church says about childbirth. For example, women are beginning to move childbirth back into the home for reason of this is what would be done in The Bible, when in reality, as my father says, Christians founded

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    purpose of religion, what is it? There is no exact answer for this question, but I think that it is to provide people an outline for life. In some religions, they are told how they should go about their day and how they should spend their time. Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are examples of religions that have guidelines for the people with that belief system. Christians have their version of the answer to the question of after-death. No one truly knows what comes after a fatal incident. The Christians

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    second most important commandment was love thy neighbor. This commandment not only applies to Christianity and Judaism but can also relate to Buddhism and Hinduism. This commandant teaches people to stay faithful to God because God will stay faithful to them no matter what. In Buddhism and Hinduism this commandant has correlation to these religions as their goals and values are similar. In Christianity the commandment has to deal with love. Christians should love god and keep him in mind in everything

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    Christianity And Paganism

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    Christianity vs Paganism During ancient roman times there was much conflict of religion. There was the old religions like old Greeks deities which easily transformed over to Roman gods. There was also the emergence of new religions like Christianity and Paganism. In the Roman times when Christianity developed where the pervasive love of Roman divine beings were indifferent and did not give an ethical base or a message of expectation, in the fourth century Christianity was framed, conceived from

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    Christianity Christianity originated from Rome, and it was mostly Jews that accepted this religion but not only them. Moreover, it is based on the idea of a Messiah, one that would save all from their sins. It was founded circa 1st century C.E. and is centered on a trinity, God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. Nonetheless, the religion christianity is narrated mostly about Jesus Christ, a God that came down from heaven as a man who spoke about life, death, resurrection, and many other teachings

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    Truth In Christianity

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    The Truth in Christianity, and the Nature of Humans and the World Tom O’Hara Although religion is such a common part of life, many people nowadays don’t understand the true meaning or purpose of different religions. The book Donum veritatis helps to shed some light on the overall purpose and the true meaning of the Christian faith. The piece goes into detail on theology and Christianity itself, describing the most important parts of the religion. According to Donum veritatis, one of the most significant

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    Christianity In America

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    According to the stats, Christianity in America is declining. A massive research on religion changes from 2007 to 2014 in America showed that Christianity in America has dropped from being the religion of 78.4% to 70.6% to Americans, while those who identify with unaffiliated has risen 6.7% (America’s Changing Religious Landscape). The drop in Christianity, according to the study, is “driven mainly by declines among mainline Protestants and Catholics” (America’s Changing Religious Landscape). A

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    am a Christian, as is my family but I have met people of different religions. As I stated there are similarities to Christianity, but there are also vital aspects that separates this religion from all others. Christianity is based on the fact that Jesus is the Messiah and is God in the flesh. He is the Son of God. “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30, NIV). Also, Christianity is unique for their belief in heaven and hell, the belief in the Holy Trinity, we can have a personal relationship with

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    Change In Christianity

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    Christian faith. When Christianity was founded in Jerusalem it had a set of specific beliefs that everyone was supposed to follow, however in today’s status quo the change in Christianity has all too much slowly tearing Christianity apart. Nonetheless the challenges of change and modernity to Christian belief and practice are the different types of Christianity, absence of unity, and the lack of cultural significance. First and foremost, a major challenge facing Christianity all together is the

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    The Hellenization of Christianity. The triumph of Greek philosophy over biblical theology, the reasons over revelation, the timeless truths over God’s act in history. Hellenism had significant influence during the early years of Christianity, and in some ways, Hellenism affected the Christianity such as Gnosticism, taught that the physical was seen as evil and only the spirit was good. These beliefs manifested in several ways. If the physical is evil, then Jesus cannot be fully man and fully God;

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