Victor Hugo

Mon écrivain préféré

Victor Hugo est né à le 26 février 1802 à Besançon (une ville à l'Est de la France) et il est mort à le 22 mai 1885 à Paris. Il est un écrivain, dramaturge, académicien et poète. Il est très célèbre en France et à tout le Monde aussi.

Son œuvres sont très diverse: romans, poésie lyrique, drames en vers et en prose. Son œuvres principaux sont: “Cromwell”, “Hernani”, “Ruy Blas”, “Le bossu de Notre-Dame”, “Notre-Dame à Paris”, Les Misérables (mes livres préférés), Les Châtiments, Les Contemplations et ainsi de suite.

On lui considére comme le plus important des écrivains romantiques à langue française.

Il est né à Besançon, où son père a été un général en garnison. Puis il est passé son enfance à Paris. Il a été le dernier de trois enfants.

Victor a devenu connu avec son drame Cromwell. Après le, il y a eu des autres œuvres très couronné de succès. En 1841 il est choisu à l’Académie française.

Après l’exil en 1851 (parce qu’il s’a affronté contre le monarchie), il s’est retourné à Paris en 1870. Victor Hugo est mort en quatre-vingt-trois ans.

Lui et Balzac sont les écrivains plus célèbres de cette période. Mais, il est aussi apprécié parce qu’il a été militant pour la Troisième République et la démocratie en France.

The city of Skopje

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rom the prehistoric cottages and mud houses, through the ancient and medieval structures in Roman, Byzantian and Ottoman style, to the vast and modern city we see today. Skopje combines the history with the present. It is a mixture between the old-fashioned and the contemporary.

All the monuments contain their own mystery, legends and stories. And all you have to do is to have a good ear to hear them. You have to go to the past and relive it in the present time. If you find yourself at the archaeological site Skupi, you’ll go back into the ancient times and the glorious reign of the Macedonian kings and the Roman Emperors which succeed them. The fortress of Kale, the Stone Bridge and the numerous Turkish mosques, amams (spas) and bezistens (bazaars), but also Christian churches, monasteries and the rich cultural treasury are remains of the Ottoman period and the Macedonian struggle during it. The narrow, congested sokaks of the old bazaar - the Skopje charshia makes you feel the smell of the Orient and takes you back to the years, decades of the last two, three or even more centuries. It allows you to have a peek into the tiny workshops and handicraft shops and to meet the outstandingly skilled craftsmen.

All of these previously mentioned are very well-kept monuments which explain the Macedonian experience and tradition inherited throughout the centuries.

Skopje has changed many ways since the past. The old maala like Debar Maalo, Magyir Maalo have all grown into huge districts. The houses were replaced with tall buildings and other modern structures, like hospitals, libraries, pools, gymnasiums, post offices, schools, universities, supermarkets, malls and many other places for leisure and fun.

Although Skopje has a few five-star hotels, the river Vardar lost its sandy beach due to the fact that the river had become dirty and polluted. However, its banks didn’t loose their function. They’ve become a modern promenade, cycling and roller-skating area. On the quay there are many modern cafes and a disco, especially interesting at night.

Very frequently, there are celebrations and happenings on the city square, also near the river Vardar.

Unfortunately, the traffic might sometimes get a little appalling. However, you can always go on foot. And if you get too much stressed, you can relax at the city park or go hiking on Vodno and have a pretty view of the city. The weather is nice and it’s sunny from early spring until late fall.

Viktor Janevski

sharing in our community

Sharing is very important in a community. There are many different ways in which an individual can share with the others. In my opinion, tree-planting is a wonderful example of sharing, not only in a certain community, but with the entire World. The modern activities of the people result in air-pollution, increased amount of carbon dioxide, global warming, destroying of the ozone - the filter for the ultraviolet rays etc. All of this is contributing to aggravation of the peoples’ health, thus every planted tree should be regarded as a human act.

As a counterweight to the Global industrialization and the decreasing of forest reserves, a citizens’ initiative for afforesting was started. The goal of this action called “Tree day” was to plant two million trees, which is equal to the number of citizens of the Republic of Macedonia. Like I already said, this initiative was started by a group of people with the famous opera singer Boris Trajanov at the head, but soon it became very massive  the action was given an unreserved support by the Government of RM, ZELS (Association of Units of Local Self-government), the European Union, USAID, UNDP and other non-governmental organizations. The necessary financial resources, logistic support and nursery plants were provided by the Government of RM. The response to the call “Plant your future  Plant a tree”, which was broadcasted on all the medias was amazingly massive. Huge groups of people came to the locations anticipated for afforesting. That’s the reason why this action was greeted by numerous countries from the Balkan and Europe.

Following this trend was our motivation as a school to join the afforesting of the country. Our primary goal was to preserve the nature and make Macedonia a cleaner, healthier and more beautiful place to live. On 18^th March this year, we were assigned to a location  Miladinovci, near Skopje. There was a large crowd and a lot of trees were planted by the end of the day. We participated with a large share to that. We were very enthusiastic about that whole thing. It’s a great feeling knowing you’re doing a good deed for the society, for the country, for the World and for all the people.

We also carried out an eco-action for planting trees and cleaning the surrounding environment on the 22^nd September. Only, this time, the event was International  it had Global proportions. It was initiated by ENO (a virtual school from Finland) and it was carried out in order to plant a hundred million trees by the 2017. This action was, once again, very well accepted by everyone in our community and showed great results.

Forests are the basis of our planet, the major factor of life  fundamental for a healthy and long life. All of the previously mentioned events have already become traditional. The first idea was initiated by the Republic of Macedonia at the beginning of this year and in only several months it was accepted by a great number of countries, in that way taking Balkan proportions.

LOST IN A JUNGLE

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y father took part in a scientific expedition in the Brazilian rainforests. Their task was to study the ways of living of all the inhabitants of the Brazilian jungles.

I wanted to go – so he took me with him. I thought it was going to be interesting and at the end, it turned out to be a bigger adventure than expected.

Three days had passed before my adventure happened. We had already set up a camp – right after our arrival with a jeep from Rio de Janeiro’s airport.

Everyone from the expedition crew (except me) went on a little research excursion around. It was supposed to be easy and quick. I stayed to guard the camp.

But, unfortunately, a terrible storm happened. The jungle was darker than usual. It was raining heavily, the wind was blowing hard and it was foggy, cold and scary. The others didn’t come back that day.

I stayed in my tent that whole day, covered in blankets to warm myself up and with a candle to make it lighter inside.

The first thing I did the next day was putting up a square ~ shaped fence around the camp. I put some roughly cut pieces of wood.

There were several packs of canned food in the other tents, but I had already eaten them. To survive, I had to climb up the trees and pick fruits. Trees are pretty high in the rainforests, luckily I had a 50m – long – rope which made climbing easier.

Water wasn’t a problem – I had a stock of 6 gallons, but still, I didn’t afford myself to wash the fruits with it, so I peeled them with a pocket knife.

It was rather difficult to make fire, because it was constantly raining (not heavily, fortunately, more because of the humidity). I had matches, but I also needed petrol in order to keep the rain longer (because of the rain). But all I could find were a few little bottles of pure alcohol. I had to use them!

That night, I heard footsteps. Actually, just steps. I was afraid from the wild animals. I was terrified because the steps were becoming louder and louder. I had a torch, but no batteries for it. Therefore, it was useless. I was at the edge of my nerves when I saw shadows at the side of the tent, but I felt relieved and very happy when I saw my father’s face!

I spent a week alone in the middle of the Brazilian rainforest. Although I had a cellular phone, I was not able to use it due to lack of network! I was literally cut off from civilisation. But, I attained a good… Well, better to say - useful experience!

Written by: Viktor Janevski – I year

Our Work

Our Work

ENO- Day of the Tree

(22 of September)

-Before I made this text, I made a little research about ecology on the internet.

-Actually, the meaning of the word ecology is “home”. That made me thinks about this theme. And I made a little comparation. This world, the whole planet Earth is our home in a wider meaning. We make sure that our room is always clean, tidy just like we love it, with our favorite colors. All with a goal to create a mere comforting atmosphere- to be more comfortable and pleasant place which we spend our time in. The same should be done on we live in- our home of togetherness.

- Modern activities of the main man itself result to destroying the whole atmosphere. Because of this it’s very important that more states should group in order to organize as a stopping of this global industrialization.

- That was our motivation, to follow our global trend, to be involved in this action which is organized by ENO- virtual school from Finland, and till 2017, 100 million trees to be planted.

-Anyway, numbers are not so important, you can say not at all. The main goal of this is everybody to give something, a wish to be born in order to do something useful for this planet, because its one- it’s unique, its our home , doing good for it we help our selves.

-Never doubt that a small group of dedicated good minded people can change the world, actually, we are the only reason that they lead the same through a better path

(Margaret Mid)

- The nation which destroys the soil destroys its self. The forests are the lungs of our world-giving fresh air and energy to our People (Theodore Roosevelt , 26^th President of USA)

- We the students of “International High School “from Skopje feel an honor and pleasure that we are apart of this citizen action for a clean and European Macedonia. Although it started yesterday on “ Mala Bogorodica “, we today continue with cleaning and planting trees on our schools surroundings. And we won’t stop here. The Action “Day of the tree “we should use it more often, in order to become our habit, because with one tree planted we create a greener surrounding. When the sun sets, we already should have an initiative to make our world worth living in.

- Our Macedonia is a small country. The nature gave beautiful, rich and exotic mountains, forests, lakes, village- only if it was cleaner and greener-and then it will be a real paradise for us and the next generations. That’s why we should respect the laws of nature, to hear the sounds of our survival and to respect the nature as a perfect place for the human kind. Only that way it will be clean and unpolluted country, as a one peaceful place for living on planet Earth

- Time to take action-To make the world a better place! To celebrate the day of the tree! To plant a tree!

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Life of jesus christ

The life of Jesus Christ is a very emotional yet religious topic to explain about. His birth was miraculous, the way he lived was very sin free and religious and his death changed people's lives forever. The innocence and loyalty that Jesus portrayed was still not enough for the Roman Empire. He was just too over powering for the government and other peoples lives and was considered a risky individual.
The birth of Jesus was said to be on December 25 yet in the bible there was no set date on which he was born. Jesus was born in Jerusalem 200 years ago to a young woman named Mary. Mary was a virgin who had been visited by angels and had been explained about this miraculous birth that was going to take place. It was said that Joseph was uncomfortable with this idea of Mary having a baby of a holy spirit. Jospeh and Mary were planning their engagement and Joseph wasnt comfortable with following through with this whole idea. The angels and prophets had also predicted his birth to Mary and had it planned and explained it to Mary. People in the city of Jerusalem were waiting for this event to come, the event of his birth. The day had finally come when Jesus was making his arrival. He was born in the hills, unwillingly, of Judea in a very small village called Bethlehem. The birth of Jesus Christ was according to God's eternal purpose. Before he was born, Jesus was in the form of God but he was the spirit of God in a human form. God in no way wanted to make Jesus of any reputation of him. Jesus had a fraternal father named Joseph. Joseph raised Jesus for most of his life. Jesus was considered a miracle but what people didn't know was how much of an impact he would have on the nation and worldwide. His birth, death and teachings changed our world in a positive aspect.
In Jesus' early years he had worked as a carpenter as well as a teacher and others had thought of him as a prophet. He just lived his life like any other normal jewish individual would.
Jesus had healed hundreds of people from sickness and desiese on several occasions and he also raised people from physical death. People had saw the amount of power that Jesus had witheld and people knew he was a great religious leader. In his thirties, Jesus began public teaching and display of public miracles. From all the teachings and healing he had done, he had never travelled more than 200 miles from his birthplace. After thress years of his teachings, his reputation has spread worldwide and people all around the world were studying his teachings.
>From all of the radical claims he had made, this had attracted thousands. The authorities had decided that they had to do something about this before he took over too much power. The Roman Empire were afraid that they would lose power to Jesus.
The authorities had decided that something had to be done about this religious leader. Pilate, which was the head of the Roman authorities didn't want to kill Jesus because he knew he was innocent. In order to keep up his reputation, Pilate had sentanced him to execution because he didnt want the people in the community and society to hate on him. Pilate had ordered that he'd be beaten so he could be restless when hung up on the cross. It was said around noon, Jesus had been executed around 12:00 pm. Jesus was brutally tortured and then hung by his hands, which were nailed to a horizontal wooden beam (cross). This torture had taken place for16 hours straight. You can only imagine how painful it was. This method of execution restricted the airflow to his lungs, killing him in three hours. Jesus had shown no fear of death when they had warned him about his execution. He knew that he was dying as a sacrifice for the sins of people and for the freedom of his people. However, according to more than 500 witnesses, Jesus returned from the dead three days later on a sunday, and over the next 40 days journeyed in both the southern and northern provinces of Israel. To many, this was conclusive proof that Jesus' claims to be God were real. Then Jesus returned to Jerusalem, the city where he was recently executed, and according to witnesses, he left the earth alive by rising up into the sky. People could not believe what had happened. Could they have really had executed a great leader with amazing powers. A man that was so courageous, fearless, compassionate, forgiving, forsaking the riches and befriending the lowly had died a very unneccessary death.
After Jesus' execution, the christian faith increased immensley. People worldwide are now practising the faith of Jesus. His death has changed history and people's lives and the way they act, live and treat others around them. Within 100 years, people throughout the Roman empire (Asia Minor, Europe) became followers of Jesus. In 325 AD, the following of Jesus, Christianity, became the official religion of the Roman Emperor Constantine. Within 500 years, even Greece's temples of Greek gods were transformed into churches for followers of Jesus.
Although some of Jesus' messages and teachings were diluted or miscommunicated through the expansion of a religious institution, Jesus' original words and life still speak loudly for themselves. Only a few months later in that same city of Jerusalem one record states that some 3000 new followers were added in a single day. The religious leaders responded by trying to stomp out Jesus' followers. Many of these people chose to die rather than deny their belief that Jesus was truly God. This is how faithful Jesus' followers were. So as you can see Jesus Christ lived a hard yet experiencing life. He changed the lives of others, help them by taking away their sickness and giving them good health, and also helped those in need and started a very popular faith within christianity which is followed by million and millions of individuals each day, and is still increasing rapidly.

What is Christianiy

What is Christianity?
Throughout the history of the world there has never been such as an epic movement than Christianity. In the course of the centuries this movement has influenced the cultural development of many nations with spiritual, social and moral values. However despite the great effect this movement has caused on the entire planet, the question remains, what is Christianity? People from the secular world answer that question by saying that Christianity is just another religion. Other religions answer by saying that Christianity is just a different faith. But Christians on the other hand, answer by stating that Christianity consists of a lifestyle that develops a personal relationship with God.
The Word Christianity derives from the word Christian, which means Christ-like, a follower or disciple of Christ. According to the Bible in the book of Acts in the chapter 11, verse 26, the term Christians was first referred to the disciples of Jesus Christ approximately around the years 60 and 63 in a city called Antioch in Asia Minor. The Bible, or the Holy Scriptures, is the text book Christians use for their daily devotion. These Scriptures play a very important role in the life of Christianity. The Bible is a collection of 66 books. These 66 books are divided into two parts. The first part is the Old Testament and the second part contains the New Testament. The Bible besides containing social, moral and spiritual values, it also contains vast information about world history as well.
According to the secular world, Christianity is defined just as another religion. When we see Christianity from a religious perspective, we find that it consist in a list of thousands of commandments that must be fulfilled by those belonging to the religion. All this is with the purpose to give the service and worship God deserves.
In religious practices the commandments perform several aspects in the life of those who practice them. For instance, one of these commandments, in the book of Exodus, chapter 20, verse 3 reads, "You shall have no other gods before me." This verse states a commandment or and order to the religious one to be faithful to his/ her God. Therefore such verse defines one aspect of religion as spiritual. Another example can be found in the same book, in chapter 20, verse 8, and it reads, "Remember the Sabbath day, (which represent the seventh day of the week, that is Saturday) to keep it." The characteristic of this verse differs from the previous commandment to a remembrance of keep it a specific day in the week to dedicate it in a way to set themselves apart from the worries that their daily activities caused them. Instead to dedicate that time to perform certain social activities with their families or neighbors in the service of their God.
In the service to God there are several ritual and ceremonies that take place in this religion. One of these ceremonies is the gathering of people or the church to worship God. This ceremony denotes a social aspect. Moreover we find in the book of Exodus, chapter 20, verse 13 the statement, "Thou shall not commit murder." The attitude of this verse is not only defined as spiritual but also as a moral aspect. The reason for that is because we find the value life has before God and how He exhorts man to contribute to conserve it.
Furthermore, supernatural events, acts of compassion and symbolic meanings are the results of the prospects of Christianity when defined as a faith. First of all, a faith consists of belief, trust and loyalty to God at any cost. Now, when a person believes trusts and is loyal to his/her God, such a person has great expectations from Him. Moreover, we find that another condition of faith is that faith does not rely on materialistic or physical facts to prove or approve belief in such faith. For example, in the letter to the Hebrews chapter 11, verse 6, it reads, "But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He rewards those who diligently seek him." The point marked in this verse declares the idea of believing in what they don't see and receiving what they expect.
Moreover, we find more specific events that took place in biblical times that reflect more aspects of this faith. For instance, in the gospel according to Saint John, in the second chapter, in the first eleven verses, there is a passage where miraculously water is turned into wine by Jesus. Such aspect can be defined as a supernatural event and at the same time soaked in symbolic meaning, since we find elements like water, wine and six water- pots of stone. Another example is also found in the same book of John, chapter 6, where Jesus fed a multitude of five thousand people with only five loaves of bread and two fishes. Once again we find two aspects of faith in this passage, which are a supernatural event and an act of compassion towards the hungry people. Last of all when we define this faith as a lifestyle, we find that there are three main aspects that describe this lifestyle. For example, one aspect consists of an evangelical purpose to evangelize the world or reach out to those who don't know the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In the book of Mathew, chapter 28, verse 19 it reads, "Go therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." Such scripture states the duty, obligation and responsibility of a Christian to share the gospel as part in his/her life. Another aspect that defines Christianity as a lifestyle is worship. This act implies a personal devotion of worship towards God in a personal relationship with Him. In the gospel according to Saint John, in chapter 4, verse 23 it reads, "But the hour cometh, and now I, when the true worshippers shall worship the father in spirit and in truth: for the father seeketh such to worship him." In conclusion, Christianity is the term used to identify a religion whose faith is rooted in the Lord Jesus Christ (founder of Christianity and Savior of the World) and whose purpose is to follow the life of Jesus as an example through His word (The Holy Scriptures) and develop a closer relationship with God.

Why I Became A Christian

I was raised Catholic, at the insistance of my parents. After many years of drinking and partying, I got very bored and thought, Is this ALL there is to life?!?! I thought, If there really IS any truth to a life after death, I should at least TRY to find the answer. I started to do some research on science and religion to see if I could come up with any TRUTH about the meaning of life. In school, I was taught that mankind was evolving and getting better, but it didnt appear that way to me. It SEEMED as though modern science had proven that God didnt exist. As I did more research on my own, I found out that this just isnt the case. I learned that the Universe and ALL matter have a DEFINITE beginning. Most atheists and re-incarnationists believe that the Universe has ALWAYS existed, but this contradicts the fact. Cause and effect tells us that the Universe must have been caused. It is logical to believe that an invisible, non-material God had caused the beginning of the Universe. Some think that aliens and U.F.O.s have something to do with our existence, but even if they DID exist, THEY would need a beginning as well! The evolutionists believe that evolution is a FACT, and that the fossil record PROVES it. I learned that neither evolution NOR creation are FACTS, they are only THEORIES! There is NO way to PROVE either one because they CANNOT be re-created in a lab experiment. Whatever THEORY you believe, you MUST believe by FAITH. I learned that when something dies, it does NOT become a fossil, it rots away VERY quickly. Fossils are formed by RAPID burial and destruction , NOT over SUPPOSED billions of years! What the fossil record DOES prove, is that there was a TERRIBLE global disaster. Scattered across mountain tops all over the world are fossils of both modern & extinct ocean and land creatures ALL MIXED TOGETHER. This fact can ONLY be explained by a RECENT Creation and a WORLDWIDE FLOOD, and NOT by evolution. I thought that evolution was true just because the majority accepted it. The MAJORITY also used to believe that the Earth was FLAT!!!
Then I was confused about all the different religions out there. Which God should I serve?!?! Does it REALLY matter as long as I am sincere and a GOOD PERSON ?? I thought, What if I am sincerely WRONG!?!? I started to do some more research to try to find the TRUTH. The only other major religion which believes in only one God, besides the Judeo/Christian is Muslim/Islam. Islam was founded by the MAN Mohammed, who was born as late as 570 AD. He had visions that he had ASSUMED were from his god, Allah. After being convinced by his WIFE that the visions really WERE from Allah, he recorded these in his book The Koran before his death in 632. The books of the Bible have been completed about 450 years before Mohammed was even BORN! There are also MANY prophecies written about Jesus before he was born, which are recorded in the Bibles Old Testament, but NONE were ever recorded about Mohammed. Look at Isaiah 7:14 & Chap. 53 in the O.T. for just a couple. I used to think that the Bible was a myth or only an outdated book that was written by superstitious men. I tried to read it, but I couldnt make any sense out of it. I doubted that ANYONE could really understand it or REALLY know if it was the TRUTH. Then I found out that there are A LOT of books that explain the Bible and give good, historical, scientific, archaeological, and logical reasons to believe it. These types of books are called APOLOGETICS. I was VERY skeptical, but I did a TON of reading! I figured that the chance that I may spend eternity in hell and NOT in Heaven was a subject worthy of my further investigation. Here are some more of the questions that I had, and the answers that I found.
Who wrote the Bible? The Bible contains 66 different books that were recorded by about 40 different people across a 1600-year time span. The Bible contains an AMAZING consistency, which could have ONLY been maintained by God. Which Bible should I read and believe? I found out that EVERY Holy Bible has the SAME message, it is PEOPLE who confuse it. Now, this is the main message of ANY Bible that you would pick up, and seems to be the only meaning to this CRAZY life. EVERYONE is born a sinner and separated from a relationship with God (Romans 3:23). God became the Perfect, sinless, Human being as the Person of Jesus Christ (John 1:1, Matt 1:22, Isaiah 9:5) EVERYONE who believes/trusts in Jesus Christ (John 3:16) is BORN AGAIN (John 3:3) and is restored to a relationship with God and HAS eternal life. BUT, whoever does NOT believe in Jesus, CANNOT have a relationship with God, and will be separated from Him forever in Hell (John 3:36). How could a LOVING God send people to Hell? People ALLOW themselves to end up in Hell !!! GOD loves YOU, sooo much!! Whatever you may have done,you havent been so BAD that HE wont forgive you if you ask Him!! Since GOD created you to be in a relationship with Him, if you die without accepting His love in THIS life, you will be separated from Him in the next, and in Hell. God gave us all free will, He will not FORCE you to choose to love HIM.
I used to think that being BORN AGAIN was some crazy cult, but it isnt. Being born again means to have your mind, heart, and life renewed for the things that honor God, instead of selfish things. It makes NO difference whether youre a Catholic, Protestant or belong to ANY OTHER denomination. YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN INTO A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST TO SPEND ETERNITY IN HEAVEN WITH GOD!!!
What about the Jehovahs Witnesses and The Mormons/ Church of Latter Day Saints? At first, groups like these APPEAR to be just another Christian denomination, but Ive learned that this is NOT true. BOTH of these groups were founded as late as the 1800s by MEN who claimed that people have been misinformed for THOUSANDS of years, and that they are each Gods only TRUE Revelation to mankind. The Jehovahs Witnesses even have their OWN version of the Bible called The New World Translation , which they have SUBTLY distorted to mean something completely different than every other Bible. It didnt make any sense to me that a loving God would have His Word around for 1900 years, but withhold the REAL TRUTH up until NOW, like BOTH of these groups insist. Both of these groups mention the name Jesus, but he isnt God like the Bible PLAINLY teaches. ANYTHING ANYONE SAYS OR DOES SHOULD BE CHECKED CAREFULLY WITH THE BIBLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE TELLING THE TRUTH!!!!
Was Jesus REALLY God, or ONLY a good man and teacher? Jesus believed and TOLD people that He was God, so He could be God, a liar, or a lunatic, but never ONLY a good man. How do I know if Jesus even EXISTED? The 15th edition of The Encyclopedia Britannica uses more space describing Jesus than Aristotle, Alexander, Caesar or Napoleon.
What about the Jewish people? I learned that Jesus not ONLY began new relationship between God and ANYONE who wishes to have a PERSONAL relationship with Him, He was the FULFILLMENT of the Jewish religion. The animal sacrifices of the O.T. were ONLY a FORESHADOW of the once and for all, perfect sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Isaiah 53 in the O.T. PLAINLY describes Jesus as the Jews suffering Messiah. Isaiah was written about 700 years BEFORE Jesus was even born. This early recording of Isaiah has been confirmed by the finding of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The ONLY way for the Jews and ANYONE else to have a relationship with God is through Jesus Christ (John 14:6).
I learned a LOT! Much more than I could ever put on this one page. There are many books and Internet web sites , which explain things MUCH better than I EVER could. Some of the best books that I have read are A Ready Defense by Josh McDowell, and Many Infallible Proofs by Stephen Caesar(biblepm@hotmail.com). For these and MANY other APOLOGETIC books with LOGICAL reasons to believe in the Bible call Chirsitian Book Distributors,a world wide, mail order book company. C.B.D. will send you a free, big catalog if you call 978-977-5000. They have a TON of books and their prices are less than the stores. You can also find a good local church and Bible study to check out and ask questions. I am just writing this paper because I was SO surprised that I was able to find REALLY satisfying answers to all my questions, when I thought that no one could EVER really know the TRUTH for sure. I read some books on life after death and re-incarnation by people who have CLAIMED to have died. Then I thought If these people were REALLY dead, then they STILL would be!! I DONT expect anyone to just believe me or this paper, but I would HOPE that this article would at LEAST make people think about all of this on their OWN and do some of their OWN investigating!! I just wanted to share what I have learned and to give people a head start. I know how difficult it is to listen to someone else tell you about their religion, I was there. It all seemed so confusing to me, at first. Since Ive done all this research, I KNOW that the Bible is TRULY Gods Word to all mankind, and I believe it. I pray that THE LORD JESUS CHRIST uses this paper to open up the minds and hearts of everyone who reads this so that they may be saved from an eternity separated from GOD and in hell. Eternity is a loooong time to gamble with. If you died right now, do you know where YOU would go !?!?!

There are now more than 6 versions of the Bible

There are now more than 60 versions of the Bible (Different versions not translations. The different versions of the Bible are not merely different translations, but are actually versions i.e. they add and remove things from other versions).
These revisions serve as concrete proofs that all the Biblical books are not at all divinely inspired. This is because it is beyond man's ability to correct the work of his Creator, who alone is Almighty and perfect.
The Bible is a collection of writings by many different authors. The Qur'an is a dictation. The speaker in the Qur'an - in the first person - is God talking directly to man. In the Bible you have many men writing about God and you have in some places the word of God speaking to men and still in other places you have some men simply writing about history.
The previous scriptures were meant for a limited period (and a specific people) that ended with the revelation of what abrogated them and exposed what had taken place in them of distortion and change. That is why they were not protected from corruption.
Muslims believe in all Messengers of God without any discrimination among them, as every known nation has a Warner or messenger from God. They were chosen by God to teach humanity and deliver His Divine message. The Qur'an mentions the name of some of them including Jews including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, Elias, Jonah, John the Baptist, and Jesus (peace be upon them).
There is a violent debate amongst Christians regarding which Bible to use and which christianity... catholic...protestant...morman...arthosex..more than 70 they do not agree about who is GOD.
Muslims believe in the books of the previous prophets including the Torah which was sent to Moses, the Zaboor (Psalms) which were given to David, the Injeel (Gospel) which was given to Jesus, and the Qur'an which was given to Muhammad However, Muslims are told that the previous scriptures were tampered with by mankind and the Bible should only be accepted in as far as it is confirmed by the Qur'an. It is to be treated with respect, however any statements which clearly oppose those of the Qur'an are to be rejected as the work of mankind.

Sexual Assault

Sexual assault is the most damaging form of abuse. This infectious and savage act should be forced to stop all together. A crime this emotionally damaging should not be taken lightly. Enforcement of the law does not adequately address the crime at hand and for this reason many guilty people walk free. On these grounds, numerous victims stay quiet about their assault. The after effects of sexual assault are both emotional and physical, leaving survivors scared for life. Sentencing to people guilty of this crime should be handed out in equality to second or third degree murder. The laws on rape as they are, are satisfactory, however, the enforcement of these laws is less than such. The sentencing ruled by most judges is far too light and does not sufficiently punish the assaulters. The Criminal Code of Canada does not seriously impose all penalties when an assault is sexual. Section 271 of the Criminal Code of Canada states that "a person commits a rape or sexual assault when that person commits an assault a) without the consent of another person, he applies force intentionally to that other person, directly or indirectly; b) he attempts or threatens, by an act or gesture, to apply force to another person, if he has, or causes that other person to believe upon reasonable grounds that he has, present ability to effect his purpose; or c) while openly wearing or carrying a weapon or an imitation thereof, he accosts or impedes another person or begs; of a sexual nature or with sexual overtones" (Greenspan, 2002, p. cc-503). People who commit crimes knowingly by forcing themselves upon another person deserve the maximum punishment possible. According to section 151 of the Criminal Code of Canada, "every person who, for a sexual purpose, touches, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, any part of the body of a person under the age of fourteen years is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction" (Greenspan, 2002, p. cc-250). Section 152 states that "every person who, for a sexual purpose, invites, counsels or incites a person under the age of fourteen years to touch, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, the body of any person, including the body of the person who so invites, counsels or incites and the body of the person under the age of fourteen years, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction" (Greenspan, 2002, p. cc-252). In section 153, it is stated that "every person who is in a position of trust or authority towards a young person or is a person with whom the young person is in a relationship of dependency and who a) for a sexual purpose, touches, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, any part of the body of the young person, or b) for a sexual purpose, invites, counsels or incites, a young person to touch, directly or indirectly, with a part of the body or with an object, the body of any person, including the body of the person who so invites, counsels or incites and the body of the young person, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction" (Greenspan, 2002, p. cc-253). Each of these sections states that rape may be punishable as a summary conviction offence. Rape is far too serious an offence to be considered anything less than indictable. Too consider it anything less should be considered a crime in itself. Though the idea of the consequences may be improving to meet the seriousness of the crime, they are not fairly enforced. According to Stats Canada, "there were 24, 049 rapes committed in the year 2000, in Canada". "720f these rapes/sexual assaults are not reported to the police. Those rapists, of course, never serve a day in prison. If the rape is reported to police there is a 50.8hance that an arrest will be made. If an arrest is made, there is an 80hance of prosecution. If there is a prosecution, there is a 58hance of a felony conviction and if there is a felony conviction, there is a 69hance the convict will spend time in jail" (RAINN, 1999). So, even in those 280f rapes that are reported to the police, "there is only a 16.3hance the rapist will end up in prison. Factoring in unreported rapes, about 50f rapists will ever spend a day in jail and the other 95% will walk free" (RAINN, 1999).
With such little enforcement of the law being pit in place against people guilty of sexual assault, it gives few victims the incentive to report the crimes committed against them. According to Dr. Philip S.L. Beh, author of the report Rape- Why Are Victims Not Reporting?, many victims feel that the crime is too trivial and unimportant, that there is nothing the police would or could do about it or that there is a lack of evidence linking the attacker. Also there are factors coinciding with the legalities that follow the report, such as going to the hospital, testifying and identifying the assaulter, as well as dealing with the publication of being a sexual assault victim. This can be thought of as a social taboo. Dealing with the psychological and physical effects is often thought of as enough, without dealing with the actions of seeking justice. A raped victim, who has not even begun to recover psychologically, may be faced with the knowledge that their assaulter is being released back into society. Even worse, to know that the assaulter was never sent to prison in the first place.
Every survivor of sexual assault must face the emotional baggage that is left by the assaulter. Rape is not a crime of lust, but rather a crime of violence, aggression and anger. "It is the imposition of power over another person, involving no consent from the victim" (The young women's project, 2001, par 1). According to Rape: What Would You Do If... authored by Diane Booher, common reactions to sexual assault are severe and can put a person into a state of emotional shock. Many survivors many feel numb to the situation at hand and are confused by their lack of emotion. Fear is a factor in a survivor's decision of wither of not he or she wishes to report the case. Many victims are in fear of society's reaction given that a large number of survivors are often blamed for the assault and subject to social reprisals or accusations of the validity of their story. In addition to these reservations, victims are also subjected to fears caused by trauma endured during the assault, such as pregnancy and STDs. Long term lingering fears of being intimate and maintaining a relationship also exist. In addition to fear, feelings of guilt stay with the victim long after the sexual assault took place. Victims may internalize that the sexual assault was somehow their fault and that they might have been capable of preventing it, or that they may have provoked it. All of these feelings may stay with the victim their whole lives, taking away from the person's experience as a human being. One cannot imagine the depth of the pain caused by a rape. Measurement of psychological damage is difficult. Even with therapy, a person never really recovers from such an act of violation.
Sexual assault is the most heinous crime committable in our society today. When a person is sexually violated, there are very valuable things taken away from them. Their sense of safety, of trust and of self-determination is broken down. When the assaulter strikes, he brutally strips his victim of the ability of a normal, meaningful relationship with another human being. The laws that exist now may be well rounded, as they seem to cover a lot and protect the rights of the victims, however, the enforcement of these same laws is the complete opposite. This in turn effects the number of reported incidents of sexual assaults, leaving the number of free rapists higher and the amount of justice served lower. Sexual assault needs to be taken more seriously and the severity of the punishment for the criminals should be tremendously increased and better imposed.

Psychological Egoism

Psychological egoism is the view that people are always selfish. When was the last time you did a good deed? Did you do it for its own sake, or for your own? The egoist says that all of us are necessarily self-regarding. I shall argue that this view is incorrect.
First we should ask, what kind of claim is this? Is it an a priori claim, or a generalization from experience? If it were the latter, we could never conclusively prove it: we could never show that necessarily all actions are selfish. So it must be a priori. But no a priori claim could be substantive: a priori truths are all analytic (that is, the predicate is contained in the subject). So if this claim were analytic, it would become trivial. (It is worth noting that Kripke's claim that there are a posteriori necessary truths does not show that a priori truths are not analytic.)
The situation is paralleled by pseudo-sciences such as Freudian psychoanalysis. As Karl Popper has argued, any theory can be maintained so long as it is drained of empirical content. Like psychoanalysis, psychological egoism makes no genuine claims and can never be refuted. But it purchases certainty at the price of becoming vacuous. I shall have more to say on this below.
The simplest way to see the egoist's mistake is to distinguish between the side-effects of an action and the reason for which it was done. Suppose we grant that in doing a good deed, we usually get a pleasant feeling (though I suspect this is false). Even so, this would not show that that feeling was indeed the motivating factor in our behavior; it could simply be a side effect of doing the good deed. Compare the case in which someone types for hours on a philosophy paper and gets a cramp in his hand. Did I type in order to get the cramp? Of course not. To be sure, it was a foreseeable result of my typing, but it was not the motive for my heroic efforts.
Perhaps we can go further in refuting the egoist's claims. Phil Washburn presents the opposing view in his book Philosophical Dilemmas. This is called psychological altruism. The altruist points to phenomena such as love that seem to show that people can be genuinely other-regarding.
What will the egoist say? The egoist has to admit that there seem to be acts of selflessness, such as the soldier who jumps on a grenade to save his comrades. Here Washburn's egoist appeals to re-interpretation: there is always a competing story the egoist can give that makes the act turn out to be selfish. Perhaps the soldier wanted to avoid the pain of living on as a coward, or wanted to become a hero and bring glory to himself and his family.
Yes, perhaps. But it's not enough simply to present such a story: one must also give some reason to suppose that it is true in the case at hand. Since egoism is an a priori claim, as we have seen, it supposes that in every case such a story will be not just available but justified by the evidence. But this is totally implausible. The egoist's `just-so' stories are just so much hot air.
We need not leave matters like this, however. For we can grant the egoist his ability to reinterpret all acts as selfish. What, then, becomes of the claim that we are always selfish? It has thereby become immune to empirical refutation or empirical tests of any kind. But as Popper has shown, this only drains egoism of content.

Philosophy of life

This Essay shows how I think people should live, and the Necessities to do so. This quote is from Buddha “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment”. I think this a good quote that shows how I and other people should live, because if you dwell in the past on relationships, or things that you did for too long you won’t be able to move forward in life which is needed if you want to make new relationships, and if you dream of what the future will bring to you too often you’ll forget what is at hand, it’s best to focus on what you are doing. I think that People need 5 things to live a happy and successful life. The first thing that people need is Common sense so that they can know what’s right and wrong. Common sense is an important thing because it is what we use to make good decisions. The second thing that people need to live a good life is support from others because it helps you get through hard times in life. Without it you’ll have a hard times and nobody to help you through them. The third thing I thing people need is a good attitude so that they can get along with others. This will help you gat somewhere by being nice to others, because if you’re always being negative, nobody will want to be around you which can cause a hard time at getting a job, which will keep you from being successful. The fourth thing people need is a basic knowledge so that you can get a diploma, go to college and get a high end job and become successful and wealthy in life. Without a basic education the colleges you want to go to won’t want you because you don’t have the requirements. The fifth, and final thing people need is love because it is what drives us to do everything we do. People need this most so that they have something to help them get through life. But love is much more important then just having others support you. It shows someone personally cares for you. These 5 things are what I think are needed the most to live a life successfully and be happy. I believe people should live doing what makes them and others happy and allows you to enjoy your life. The reason why people should live like this is that if you have a job or do something that you like you wont end up turning to alcohol or drugs to feel good about yourself. But when you are doing something you don’t enjoy and you’re unhappy you could eventually turn to using drugs and alcohol which can end with you jail or even dead. If you do something that you like to do and are good at it you will eventually be able to enjoy your life and be wealthy. When people do something for a career and they really don’t like the way they are going they eventually turn to drugs or alcohol so that they can forget about it. When people waste money on drugs and become addicted they will sooner or later have to increase how much they use to just be normal, which will cause psychological problems. These are the reasons why people should live doing what brings them and others happiness, and allows them to enjoy life. With these things in mind I can make sure that I live a happy and successful life