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- 21: Death Penalty - Herrera Vs Col
- ... death penalty. NAE's successor, the Christian Coalition, also supports the death penalty. Today, Fundamentalist and Pentecostal churches as well as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) support the death penalty, typically on biblical grounds, specifically citing the Old Testament. (Bedau, 1997). Although traditionally also a supporter of capital punishment, the Roman Catholic Church now oppose the ...
- 22: Opposing Euthanasia
- ... on their side, might request euthanasia for reasons other than mercy." (Cundiff 64) The legalization of euthanasia clashes with several religious beliefs and ethical aspects. Catholics, Lutherans, Mennonites, Methodists, Presbyterians, Mormons, among others, believe in the doctrine that, "Only God can give life and only God should take it away."(Cundiff 64) Traditional Christian beliefs concerning all forms of suicide were ...
- 23: Alcoholism 3
- ... medicinal purposes. Abstinence from alcohol has also been the goal of temperance movements in Europe and the United States. Some Christian religious groups strongly urge abstinence, including the Christian Scientists, Mormons, Seventh-Day Adventists, Pentecostalists, and some Baptists and Methodists. In some ambivalent cultures, such as the United States and Ireland, the values of those who believe in abstinence conflict with ...
- 24: Reality Of A Dream (roughing I
- ... by Mark Twain, Twain gives his account of the West he encountered on his journey across the U.S. Twain depicts many aspects of the west such as outlaws, Indians, Mormons, and miners. All of the mentioned were and still are stereotyped by people not possessing the entire truth. Because of this many of the people are misinformed on the truth ...
- 25: Howard Hughes-A Flying Life
- ... painkillers. Hughes was constantly self- injecting morphine into his body. As the years passed he became irrationally paranoid. He surrounded himself with aides that he trusted; a group of seven Mormons which never left Howard’s side, and insisted that any item handed to him be covered by a Kleenex. Hughes had many projects he worked on such as the “Spruce ...
- 26: Genocide
- ... The United States of America has more than fifty states, each very different from one another, yet the US acts like one strong country. Never have I heard that the Mormons in the state of Utah want their independence or that the US wants to get rid of them just because they are a minority. Also, more and more countries are ...
- 27: American Exceptionalism; The P
- ... pose barriers to the existence and coordination of any stable popular majority." This shows how the nation has become segregated by political interest, such as environmentalists in the northwest, or Mormons in Utah. This creates several different voices of the people, each, generally too small to pay much attention to. The nation is separated into economic groups, which have competed for ...
- 28: Lantau's "Do You See What I See": Main Points
- ... different than other peoples. Your religious beliefs may be different than any other persons. All religions think differently and they believe in different things. Such as Catholics believe in fasting, Mormons believe in not drinking a lot of caffeine, Jews believe in not watching a lot of television and they also do not celebrate Christmas. Jews often celebrate Hanukkah instead. I ...
- 29: Nineteenth Century
- ... many Roman Catholics and German Lutherans immigrated to the United States from Ireland and Germany, respectively. During the Nineteenth Century, many new religious groups were formed. Some examples are the Mormons (The Church of Latter Day Saints), Church of Christ, Christian Scientist, Seventh Day Adventist, the Shakers, and the Jehovah Witness. Many issues, such as slavery and marriage, caused denominations to ...
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