… closest friends and advisers. He was also a renowned early convert to the Church, its most persuasive orator in the first decade, and First Counselor in the First Presidency from 1832 to 1844. Following the Prophet Joseph Smith's martyrdom, Rigdon became…

… from the Brhadaranyaka Upanishads is translated as The Great Forest Teaching. It “indicates features of Indian thinking about beginnings, creation, and creativity that are basic and influential even today” (Clooney 1). It tells us that “self is the…

… of China. The other is Confucianism which, though similar to Taoism, is not nearly as related to T’ai Chi. T’ai Chi and Taoism, on the other hand, compliment each other very well. Tao simply means “The Way.” Taoism is a name given to a sequence…

… decision. He can either let the trolley run its natural course and kill five people or pull the switch to turn and kill one person. What should Edward do? As a Divine Command Theorist, I believe one should do as God commanded, Jesus being the one…

… while studying ancient India was religion. There are two main religions practiced in India, Hinduism and Buddhism. It was Buddhism that I found to be most interesting. A man named Siddhartha Gautama founded Buddhism. He was born around 480 BCE. He…

… by those superior. During the 18th century there were many attempts to save the natives of South America. The Spanish attempted to help them by introducing Christianity. The Portuguese had no attempts to save them, instead they were more concerned…

… reformation” in sixteenth century Europe, Luther and Calvin were in favor of different ideas of individual freedom. Believers in Luther and Calvin’s reform took these ideas and came to their own conclusions. These ideas were much different than the…

… was THE ART INSTITITE OF CHICAGO. The artwork I choose was Goddess Tara. This piece was made out of wood and its culture of origin is Nepal. The period that this artwork was done was the 14th century. For this specific artwork there is no artist…

… a letter written by the apostle Paul to Titus, one of his followers who helped him in many ways. In the chapter Titus, Paul begins by explaining why he left him in Crete and explaining it was to finish the job Paul had started. He entrusted Titus…

… sentenced a single mother, Amina Lawal, to death by stoning for having sex out of wedlock. Lawal is the second Nigerian woman condemned to death by stoning for engaging in sex outside of marriage. The first woman, Safiya Hussaini had her sentence overtur…