A Message to the Dead
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A Message to the Dead

Let me follow the smoke, look for its shadow, though not that which comes from cigarettes, burning into sickly sweet scents that will hurt, later. That is not the right one. I wish to follow the scent of burning incense, of red candles lit for the dead, of paper money and whatnot all turned to white ash, and follow the messenger, to follow the push and pull if the…
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The Housekeeper and the Professor: A Creative Revision
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The Housekeeper and the Professor: A Creative Revision

It has been days since the Professor broke out of his thoughts. He was confronted with an extremely difficult problem — the most expensive one in the history of the Journal of Mathematics, too — and he has been wrestling with it ever since. Money was not the Professor’s motivation, however, he was simply enjoying the difficulty of the problem. The piled checks in the mailbox from the Journal…
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The Good Samaritan Experiment:
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The Good Samaritan Experiment:

The Good Samaritan experiment is a famous psychology experiment inspired by the Good Samaritan parable that encourages unconditional love, help, and care for others. John M. Darley and Daniel C. Batson performed an experiment to see if helping behaviors are affected not by the personalities, but by the situational behaviors of the people. Specifically, they wished to test if the lack of time would prevent students of Princeton Seminary…
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<strong>The Appeal to Religion: Order, Certainty, and Empowerment</strong>
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The Appeal to Religion: Order, Certainty, and Empowerment

Religions have shaped global society throughout human history, inspiring and justifying variations of beliefs and practices. With the rise of secular practices and scientific developments, religious influences were predicted to decline; yet, religion remains widely accepted and potent in determining the norms and trends of modern society (Moore 1). Many scholars explain this popularity of religion through its appealing offering of security and comfort to believers. Accordingly, the beliefs,…
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