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Is it a sin for a Christian to smoke pot in legal countries and states?

Galatians 5:19-21 lists "immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these" as sins.\nSorcery, in this context, translates as "the use or the administering of drugs," according to GodandScience.org. Even if marijuana is legal in the area in which a Christian lives or visits, it is still contrary to the word of the Bible to smoke it for intoxication.

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What do Christians wear?

The Bible does not offer precise instructions on how Christians should dress. In Deuteronomy, the Bible states that clothes made of a wool-linen mixture should not be worn. Most modern Christians, however, believe that such rules were rendered obsolete after the New Covenant. In 1 Timothy and 1 Peter, women are instructed to dress modestly and with decency and propriety. They should not wear jewelry or gold, nor should they braid or style their hair. Some Christians interpret this very literally, while others do not.

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What is a behavioral trait?

Behavioral traits are at the heart of the nature versus nurture controversy debating which human behaviors are inborn and which are learned, according to Scitable. It was thought for a long time, for example, that addicts were weak-willed, but more recent science has shown that addicts are often genetically predisposed to addictive behaviors. Today scientists generally agree that human behaviors are made up of complex interactions between socially learned behaviors and inherited behavioral traits.\nThe human ability to modify behavioral traits through learning has proven to be evolutionarily a..

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How do you learn to be funny?

As a form of human communication, humor may well be something a person can learn. Learning to be funny starting from scratch may take effort. Those who choose to learn to be funny by attempting to learn how to perform stand-up comedy may need to prepare themselves not only for hard work involving research and joke writing but also the potentially painful and embarrassing process of actually performing in front of other people. For those who simply want to learn more about comedy and see if that has an effect on their sense of humor, purchase or borrow books such as the Upright Citizens Brigade..

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What are the two main branches of Islam?

Sunni Islams believe that Mohammad intended for the Muslim community to choose a successor by consensus. The name "Sunni" means "traditional," and the followers believe the Koran is authentic and may not be added to or taken from. Approximately 90 percent of Muslims are Sunni.\nShia Islams, or Shiites, believe that Mohammad chose his son-in-law, Ali, to be his successor. Their name means "partisans" and they reside primarily in Iraq, Iran and Yemen. They view the Koran as unauthentic and offer their own interpretations to its doctrines.

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What are the differences between the middle and upper class?

Although the majority of Americans consider an income of $100,000 or more as a qualification for the upper class, the top 1 percent earns at least $250,000 or more. Anything below $23,050 is considered at poverty level. Middle class is the vast space between that amount and a six-figure income. Approximately 5 percent of the American population earns at least $100,000. Although there are no statistics to support the idea that the upper class is either more intelligent or greedier than their middle class counterparts, roughly half of all Americans believe both to be true. Most Americans also co..

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What kind of shelters do Hopi Indians traditionally live in?

Pueblos were permanent homes, because the Hopi tribe was not nomadic. The Hopi were a farming tribe, who had no need to move their village to a new location each season. Adobe homes are good to build in warm, dry climates, such as the area of north-western Arizona that the Hopi are native to, because the adobe can be easily mixed and dried there. Ladders were used to reach the upper levels of adobe houses. Traditional Hopi houses are still used by some people today, unlike most traditional Native American shelters. The Hopi tribe currently have a reservation in northwestern Arizona that is ent..

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Are boys smarter than girls?

Although men on average have a slightly higher IQ than woman, the difference is related to height rather than sex. People who are taller are, on average, more intelligent than shorter people. Men typically are taller than women and therefore have slightly higher average IQ scores when compared to women. In studies that control for differences in height, women are actually slightly more intelligent than men.

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What happened to Paul Jan Crouch's home after he died?

An article written by the New York Times details the properties of Mr. and Mrs. Crouch as his-and-her mansions, one street apart, in the gated community of Newport Beach, California. Reportedly, the homes were provided by the network using viewer donations and tax-free earnings.\nAs of 2015, it is likely that Mrs. Crouch still resides in her portion of the home or that it has been utilized for another employee of the network. A second home, the reported primary residence, of Mrs. Crouch is located near Orlando, Florida, and other properties exist in Texas and Tennessee. While there is no repor..

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Who were the wealthiest members of the Third Estate?

The Third Estate was the largest estate because it was made up of everyone else not included in the first two. Although the Third Estate accounted for 98 percent of the population, members of this estate had almost no political power. The system of the Three Estates under the rule of a monarch became known as the “Old Regime” in France because the system was soon to be replaced.

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