Emerson and Dickinson both show some similarity in how they express their views of God. ... This passage says that he becomes a part of nature or an essential part of God. ... In this same poem Emerson according to his passages would have probably said that was just the absence of spirit or God. ... He goes through his whole essay giving reasons why nature is the way to God and how to get to nature. ... She gives evidence of negative feelings toward God and questions him. ...

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We do know that science does raise questions that it cannot itself answer. ... Some theologians believe the Bible provides us with scientific as well as religious understanding. ... How do we approach the people who believe that the Bible is inerrant? I think we can surely state that some passages of the Bible are to be understood in a metaphorical way and it's not precisely an astronomy book (like St. Augustine said: "The Bible tells how to go to heaven, not how heaven goes-) but that doesn't allow scientists, who, for example, promote evolutionary naturalism, say that evolution is ...

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This passage goes on to explain how the Lord knew exactly of the situation but kept quiet because of Augustine's need to learn on his own through trial and error and his own experiences... This is more of the passage from above. ... He also begins to question many more things. ... He observes the actions very closely and begins to realize the way people react to things and how they deal with different obstacles in their lives. ... Many of his questions are beginning to be answered. ...

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TO BE EVIL OR NOT TO BE IS THAT THE QUESTION? ... Hawthorne's usage of allegory and symbolism in this story shows how perilous excessive pride, moral superiority, and religious zealotry can be to one's mortal existence. ... The passage to adulthood is to accept one's sheer lack of the capability to be perfection incarnate. ... This passage reveals that Brown had an unwitting knowledge of his own failure of perception. ... This leads him to doubt "faith" and question life. ...

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God's unwavering character and unlimited power is not in question here. ... If we are not eternally secure then how can one be the bride of Christ? This idea would cause any believer in Christ to question this loving relationship with Christ. ... In response to such passages, there are three main points. ... Second, just because passages warn believers not to fall away, it does not imply that they can. ...

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The story of creation answers some of the questions that are still asked to day as to how the earth and all life came to be. ... The world was not just something that God made with plans to on abandon when he got bored with it. ... In this passage God is concerned that the man is alone. ... The story of creation helps explain how everything as we know it today came to be. It answers many of the hard questions that are asked everyday, but still leaves much up to the imagination. ...

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Then Satan tempted Jesus by taking him to the highest point of the temple and told him to jump off, possibly to make Jesus question if God was actually there and would rescue his son. ... Every temptation we face with our lives test those aspects as well. ... Being able to parallel this passage with another, such as the account in the book of Matthew, helps us understand why it would be important to include such an important event, even if it was very brief. ... Something else to notice in how Luke differs from Matthew is how different aspects of how the story is told differ. ... Differences...

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In my path to discovery I have tossed and turned with a few questions that will hopefully help me to decide. ... The very basic foundation of our existence lies within the first passage of the Bible, the choice between evolution and creation. ... How is that fair for a God who loves us do this to people? ... He believes in God, his creation, and the laws created, but he too questions the religion (Christianity) that we both grew up with. ... How do I know for sure what is being to me is the truth? ...

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From that passage I got that If God is the creator of all beings and he is perfect in every way, then all that has a beginning has an end since God is perfect and good. ... That what you believe in ultimately plays a role in how happy you are. ... I will use the example of a hospital patient with cancer who believes in God and believes that there is a place after death, once you know that there is an end coming you are more likely to be prepared to go without any hesitation or question as to why it's your time or if God is spiting you for something that you did wrong. ... The cyclic exist...

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In this passage, she exposes her weakness to God while crying out for help. ... After receiving this nourishment, she says, "See, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey, 1 Samuel 14.29." (129). ... This passage reveals to her the reasons God is punishing the Puritans and the success of the Indians. ... Rowlandson is extremely relieved once she is reunited with her husband. ... Later, she is able to question one of the English men taken captive about the welfare of her husband. ...

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Augustine continually incorporated Bible verses and passages into his own writing, artfully blending the Scriptures in with his own views. ... He fervently desired the recognition and prestige that came with being an accomplished rhetorician. ... In his youth he was obsessed with counting all the branches, while never seeing the whole tree. At times Augustine asserted that his pursuit of worldly wisdom was in direct conflict with his journey towards God. ... "For I felt that I was still the captive of my sins, and in my misery I kept crying "How long shall I go on saying, "tomorrow, tom...

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I believe that science answers the questions that religion "asks", and religion answers the questions that science "asks". ... So how dare we judge people with their "no valid experience" because it doesn't show on a radar? ... Brains and consciousness take place and questions started to form. ... How did this world even become a world? ... Religion answers these question with supernatural forces that we tend not to understand. ...

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In this passage Huck is pointing out the hypocrisy of the Widow Douglas; although she forbids him to smoke, she still uses snuff (a form of tobacco) for herself. As well, the Grangerfords attended church, heard a message on brotherly love and raved about how wonderful a message it was. ... Like a man who looks in a mirror, goes away and forget how he looks, the religious people in "Huckleberry Finn" profess faith in God and yet live a life of sin. ... Far from being a children's novel, Huckleberry Finn is a story with much hidden meaning. ... There is no doubt, no skepticism, no quest...

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When you and I discuss how an infinite God can have a relationship with a finite human being there is always a sense of discomfort or of deep darkness. ... A better understanding of this passage will allow us to see how Jesus taught his disciples and the Pharisees about the love and grace of God. ... When this boy was living at home with the father and was in fellowship with him, he was a son, and there was never any question about that. ... That is never questioned. ... In this story that our Lord told there was never any question as to whether the boy was a son or not. ...

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The validity of personal assumption is plainly questioned with the subject of the "Matrix" as a powerful illusion. ... The slaves of the Matrix see the programmed images of their false reality, with no doubt in its validity. ... A role reversal occurs in Neo's first test, the "jump program," which relates to the Bible passage where Jesus walks on water. ... It is how we learn, how we cope and how we grow in our understanding of whom we are and where we belong. ... Neo is searching for the truth with the question that will inevitably be contemplated by every individual: who are we and w...

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A main passage that most use to support this argument is in chapter six verse six of Genesis where the Bible says, "The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled.... God forgave the human race by allowing these few chosen to continue with their lives and to repopulate the earth. ... Another main question is why God went easy on Adam and Eve after they had went against his wishes and ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge. ... God wasn't insecure in his decision to have Abraham kill Isaac, he was pushing to see how far Abraham would g...

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Cordelia understands her position and accepts her duty without question. ... When Lear is forced to live in the elements by the maltreatment of his daughters, he experiences how the poor are treated and he becomes humanized. In the following scene 3.4 line29 Lear sympathizes with the poor, Poor naked wretches, whereso"er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitileess storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your looped and windowed raggedness, defend you, From seasons such as these? ... In this passage Faustus reveals his desire for the powers that will bring him ...

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The first objection to refute the claim that God exists mentions how "If God were to exist, nothing would be bad. ... The issue is that the traditional idea of God implies that if God exists then he knows how to, wants to, and is able to prevent all suffering. ... It is a great question, a concrete way of asking the abstract question, "What is the meaning of life?" That the question is asked at all shows that we are in a story, not a jumble, and a story points to a storyteller. ... " I agree with this point due to the fact that, when thinking about the world and how it first began ...

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They question if God created it or if man and his perversion of the good created it. ... How could we perverse a good without having that perverseness, evil, in us already? ... How could anyone enjoy such sin if it wasn't already in him or her? ... How would we be able to perverse good if the ability to do it isn't in us? ... After an extensive search of the bible, I have failed to locate any passage that explains the creation of the angels. ...

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The one downfall of these stone monuments is that they do not include any writing which would have provided priceless precise knowledge of how the late Stone Age people lived. ... The pyramids show how important the funeral and burial of the pharaoh was. ... If a noble could be buried close to the pharaoh's tomb and he could carve his titles to show how he served him, and how he could serve him in the future, he might be taken along. ... They remembered how they had been invaded from the north and decided to no longer rely on their geographical location to protect themselves. ... Nu...

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