With the very foundation of Christianity in jeopardy, Saint Augustine aggressively disputed, with the support of his own past religious struggles, the arguments of Pelagius concerning God's grace and human free will. ... Pelagius believed that human nature was left unaffected by original sin . ... Referring to sin, Pelagius quoted, "Whether we will or whether we will not, we have the capacity of not sinning." ... Because sin surrounds us everyday, surrendering actually becomes easier than eluding. ... Augustine argued that if children were born free of any sin, why were newborn inf...

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The past experience of the Old Testament gives us a general idea of who God is , the general idea of his presence, and the action He chooses with His chosen people. ... The Messiah was like David, but greater, no sin, and would fulfill the promises to David. ... Obviously, David though this would be the end to his sin. ... This tells us that Gods purpose is fulfilled despite the tragedy of sin, and the death that sin brings with it, for from the beginning was to be born Solomon who was to carry on God's promise to the future, and enough for David to say I have sinned. ... Our past exp...

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In the beginning of the story Young Goodman Brown is faithful to the idea that the people he respects and loves remain pure and stray from sin. ... The devil undermines this excuse by revealing his past associations with his forefather's as well as many respected clergy men across New England. Upon realization of his family's sins a large part of his moral foundation crumbles. ... There is no good on Earth, and sin is but a name" (6). ... The world is fraught with evil and sin is only a semantic construct. ...

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While holding the high office of a minister he commits a grievous sin, the act of adultery. ... This is a great example of sin displayed in a selfish way. ... People still want to make sin attractive to justify their failures. ... When they sinned Hester's view of God was that of Hester's view of Dimmesdale. ... Although Jesus did not sin, He was willing to take the humiliation and penalty for our sin. ...

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This is what drives us to sin in the first place. ... And that part of him is what delighted in sin. ... If we didn't, then we wouldn't sin. ... All of our laws are based on past or present religious beliefs on what is right and wrong. ... He sinned for the evil in sinning. ...

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A life in which doing anything for your own pleasure was considered a sin. The play opens with children dancing in the woods, an obvious sin according to the puritans. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne's grandfather was a judge in the Salem witch trials and Hawthorne was always haunted by his family's past. ... There have been many other examples of hypocrisy in religion in the past as well as the present. ...

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According to Emptage, "this act of God demonstrates that man must pay for his sin and failure to live according to the divine covenant" (n/d). ... Only Noah and his family were free from defect and sin and "found favor in the eyes of the Lord" (Genesis 6:8). ... The Abrahamic Covenant Throughout early history mankind continued in sin, despite God's swift judgements. ... According to Allen, "Its perfect law manifested sin in the earth by establishing a standard which however, none could keep. ... It was on this day that a sacrifice was made for the sins of the entire nation of Israel...

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Mind Over Matter All of our past experience and knowledge guides us as we move through life. ... In Mary's vision she is told that, "There is no such thing as sin; rather, you yourselves are what produces sin when you act according to the nature of adultery, which is called "sin."" (Mary 3:3-5) meaning that what we perceive to be a sin is not something ordained by God but rather something that we identify by ourselves. This comes as a major surprise because it was a widely spread belief that the definition of sin was determined by God. ...

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The poem, "BATTER MY HEART, THREE-PERSONED GOD" written by John Donne, sometime in 1610, is a extremely spiritual in nature. John Donne was probably a very religious man. It seems that he worshiped God and feared the devil. As a result, fearing that he was becoming consumed with evil, Donne dedi...

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Augustine's Confessions is a personal recollection of his ascent from a life of sin and emptiness to one of fulfillment and higher understanding. He started his quest (from where we entered his voyage) rejecting God, but as his books are titled Confessions, Augustine begins to confess his sins and flaws to God in order to understand a deeper meaning of life. ... From this statement it is apparent that Augustine's luster for the Manichean doctrine had begun to diminish because Augustine found the pathologies of past philosophers to be more probable than current ones. ...

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Violence pervades our past, shapes our present reality and threatens our future. ... The 1st of these 4 parts consists of an enumeration of the sins of 6 neighboring nations, and Judah, with the purpose of highlighting the enormity of the sins of Israel. ... I think they are warnings to all listeners, readers, and believers of the dire and mortal consequences of sin and disobedience. ...

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Antonio's thoughts in this chapter indicate a new obsession with sin and punishment. ... Before, he was largely concerned with sin and punishment. ... Or does the dream mean that becoming a priest does not save Antonio from sin as his mother thinks? ... The story involves sin, punishment, and forgiveness. ... The inability to look past biased assumptions is especially visible in the townspeople's treatment of Narciso. ...

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Christians believe that after the messiah, Jesus Christ, had spent about three years teaching the gospel, he was crucified for all of our sins. ... Basically I think that taking this journey, which is stated as a rule in the five pillars (five duties of every Muslim containing only worshiping the one true god Allah, praying five times a day in the direction of the holy land Mecca, giving alms to charity, fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, and making a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in your life), is a way to relive the journey that Mohammed took in order to be closer to him and also ...

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She knew all of their past mistakes and feelings of inadequacy. ... Repeated sins, without repentance, will bring on his harsh punishment. ... She felt that defying policy without discipline would be detrimental to their health, just as sin is bad for the spiritual health of a person. ...

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His past actions were determined by fate, but his decisions to flee from Corinth, murder an older man (which so happened to be his father and the King of Thebes), and to marry an older woman were that of his free will. ... When Oedipus tore at his eyes he accepted the full burden of his acts and knew that he must be punished for his sins. ...

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This God gave his Son to die for us and cleanse of us of our sins so that we may enter the kingdom of heaven. ... This is probably the fault of my past in dealing with stupid adults and irresponsible authority figures. ...

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Church attendance has been declining across America for the past decade. ... A lot of my friends have even said they feel really guilty attending church after a weekend of sin. Every person on this planet sins, including priests. ...

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Church attendance has been declining across America for the past decade. ... A lot of my friends have even said they feel really guilty attending church after a weekend of sin. Every person on this planet sins, including priests. ...

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The name of God creates the problem and then provides the fix: sin and salvation, guilt and redemption. Religion and the God-concept create problems where none would otherwise exist, through the creation of guilt and sin. ... President Bush has voiced this concept many times over the past two years, as he seeks to inspire harmony between the diverse religions of the United States. ...

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Your life won't be spare and almost all will suffer for their sins. ... God works hard to try to save others from their sin but he can't always be there so he gives you the choice to do good for yourself and other to make his work load smaller. ... You can't get past that. ...

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During his meeting with the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, he compares the feelings of his past relationship with God, to the Nation of Islam. ... People should be allowed to have their relationship with God not to be tainted by any one of the seven deadly sins. ... Where his soul was purged of the sins he had committed, he had given his life to God, out of what he though was love. ...

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That Jesus is the Son of God who died to forgive our sins. ... Buddhist: Buddhist believe that evil is the effect of past Karma; it is by craving or grasping for the wrong thing in wrong ways. ... Jews and Buddhist differ in the fact that Jews believe that everyone has the ability to do right or wrong and Buddhist believe that it is an effect from the past. ...

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The Devil tells him not to stress about it because members of Brown's family has met with the Devil in the past, even the minister of the village has met with him. ... Hawthorne mainly illustrates symbolism and irony through the theme; man is oblivious that sin is an unavoidable part of human nature. ...

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Once Job spoke all three of his friends jumped right on top of him saying that he had to have sinned or else this would not have happened to him. ... God also made Job become even more of a believer than he had been in the past. ...

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Faith is not just a word. It is so complicated that it took an entire chapter to describe it and still even now the word is used so flippantly. According to God, faith is the "assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." A good illustration for faith is a flashback to "Adventures...

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