Are Believers Happier than Atheists? Well-being Measures in a Sample of Atheists and Believers in Puerto Rico by Juan Aníbal González-Rivera, Adam Rosario-Rodríguez, Eduardo L. Rodríguez-Ramos, Idania Hernández-Gato, Lourdes M. Torres-Báez

“…The objective of the present study is to analyze if there are statistically significant differences in the levels of life satisfaction and psychological flourishing between believers in God and self-identified atheists. For this purpose, a sample of 821 participants (415 believers and 406 atheists) ranging from the ages of 19 to 85 years was selected. …”
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Divine Evolution: Empedocles’ Anthropology by A. V. Halapsis

“…He chose (or convinced himself that he chose) the elemental ingredients for penetrating the Fortunate Isles, leaving the instructions on how to become God.…”
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The word that moves by H. Welzen

“… This essay investigates the role of the Bible in spirituality by looking at the relationship between academic exegesis and spiritual reading, mysticism and language, Bible reading as an event in the relationship between God and human beings and liturgy as a mystagogical process. …”
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Usos dos oráculos délficos em Plutarco by Maria Aparecida De Oliveira Silva

“…Since the Ancient Greek period the sanctuary of Delphi has received Greek and Barbarian consultants and records of Roman citizens who appealed to the god Apollo to obtain oracular answers about several subjects are found in the time Plutarch lived. …”
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LE « SICKNESS COUNTRY » (PARC DE KAKADU, AUSTRALIE): ENTRE MYTHE, RÉALITÉ ET MISE EN VALEUR TOURISTIQUE by ERIC FOUACHE, CÉCILE FOUACHE, CHRISTINE SYREN

“…Aborigines from the Jawoyn tribe consider it a territory rendered sacred by their ancestor creator, God Bula. The region lies in the vicinity of Kakadu Park and is put on the UNESCO World Heritage List as Arnhem Territory. …”
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Why Rights are Wrong in ASEAN and Beyond: A Critique of the Foundations of Universal Human Rights by D. Brian Scarnecchia

“…Finally, the author recommends that NGOs of Catholic Inspiration should, when appropriate, appeal to immaterial realities, God and the human soul, as a firm foundation of human rights and, also, when appropriate, advance in domestic, regional and international venues a theory of natural law liability based on environmental law principles in order to promote and defend authentic human rights. …”
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Tożsamość i kondycja człowieka by Irena Grochowska

“…According to Rull integrity is a gift from God, but also a task for everybody, only possible when a human being is open for autotranscendency. …”
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#Nazarpemilu: promoting faith-based populist political communication in the Indonesian presidential election 2024 by Nur A. Dwi Putri, Budi Setiyono, Teguh Yuwono, Dewi Erowati

“…We promise to our God the victory of the presidential candidate we support, that is the essence of #nazarpemilu. …”
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Wpływ nowożytnego antropocentryzmu na relację człowieka do przyrody. Część pierwsza by Anita Ganowicz-Bączyk

“…The secularization of European societies shifted to man’s attitude not only towards God but also is creation – nature. People began to treat nature as a challenge and material. …”
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Godsdiens en Christelike teologie in die skadu van menslike outonomie: wetenskapsfilosofiese verkenninge by W. J. Richards

“…In the last section an effort is made to show how Reformed philosophy (preliminary as it may be, yet starting, as it does, from the same belief in God) tries to counter undesirable and detrimental trends in culture, while at the same time stimulating those which can honour God through service in His Kingdom. …”
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Improving access to suicide prevention services through the National Suicide Prevention Framework implementation: The community level evidence-based recommendations by J C Y Nyasulu, D A Siddiqi, S Seedat, J Bantjies, M Udedi, S Gondwe, S Kambale, M Mkandawire, N Silungwe, L A Hendricks, I Maposa, J Vumu, D Skinner

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Perspective on Agapeic Ethic and Creation Care by Loveday Chigozie Onyezonwu, Ucheawaji Godfrey Josiah

“…This paper argued that Christians’ involvement in proper waste management, keeping both private and public spaces clean, is a morally and divinely imposed duty and a practical testimonial of their love for God, their fellow human beings, and non-human others. …”
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The dynamic interplay of opposites in zoroastrianism by Florentin Smarandache

“…The prophet Zarathustra's vision of a neutrosophic God challenges conventional notions of divine attributes, emphasizing a dynamic and evolving universe. …”
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Thulaganyo ya seretotumišo (sa Sepedi), pesalema (ya Bibele) le sefela sa kereke (ya Lutere) by Mawatle J. Mojalefa

“…A traditional poet praise ancestors and people by paying tribute at the graveyard, whereas a psalmist or hymnist prays to God by giving sacrifices and prayers in church. …”
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Panthéisme de Flaubert by Philippe Dufour

“…During the Romantic period in Europe, the great god Pan was back, in response to Christianity. The century read Spinoza, and Hegel analyzed pantheism, whereas the Abbé Maret fought against it. …”
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Eenmaal iets dappers deur Annelie Ferreira by D. F. van Tonder

“…Sy beweer dat mense intens bewus is van die onpeilbaarheid van daardie wonderlike kragtige en misterieuse mag wat hulle soms “god” noem en soms iets anders. Hulle weet dat daardie mag so groot is dat dit nooit volkome binne ’n enkele godsdiens omskryf kan word nie. …”
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Respek vir die liturgiese teks: J. Calvyn en J.S. Bach by L. F. Schulze

“…Matthew Passion) is rooted in their common respect for the Word of God originating from the Reformation. …”
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Spinoza and the Logical Limits of Mental Representation by Galen Barry

“…Second, I argue that his endorsement of this view is motivated by key Spinozistic doctrines, most importantly the doctrine that all acts of thought represent what could follow from God’s nature. Finally, I argue that Spinoza’s view that all mental representation is consistent pushes him to a linguistic account of contradiction.…”
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« A single gray flake, like the last host of christendom » : The Road ou l’apocalypse selon St McCarthy by Yves Davo

“…This article focuses on Cormac McCarthy’s religious viewpoint in The Road (2006) and highlights the biblical metaphors and images that bring about a new vision of the apocalypse. Finding God in a godless world lies at the core of McCarthy’s project. …”
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KİŞİSEL KİMLİK VE ÖLÜM SONRASI HAYAT by Muhsin Akbaş

“…Then the possibility of life after death is examined and God's part in bringing it about is pointed out.…”
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