It was a statement that was true over a century ago and still holds true today. ... This premise is actually repetitive in telling stories of those who are able to find their true "social self."" ... In Dialogues in a Monastery the main character, Synesios tells his good friend Ipklisis why he decided to become a monk; he continues with a love story. ... They fall so deeply in love, but Synesios' good fortune is no more when his love, Nouty, tells him she must leave him to return to her husband, who earlier we learn was affected by fighting in the War. ... But, one's experience i...

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Time allowed for various stories to be told. ... All cultures have a creation story and some are fairly complex to tell. ... For example, Egyptians use the story of Osiris and eternal life to explain how they are able to use mummification. ... (One on each side) It also uses three registrations, or strips of work, to tell the story of each scene. ... If that's true, which side was facing front? ...

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It illustrates how "God works in mysterious ways," and how he can use anyone he desires regardless of social class. ... This story, found in 2nd Kings 5:1-19, depicts how a person, regardless of age, gender and social status, can positively impact society in a way that only those with a willing and faithful heart can. ... Naaman was a hero of war and had been triumphant over the enemies of the nation. ... She tells her mistress, who is Naaman's wife, "If only my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! ... How much more then, when he says to you, 'Wash, and be clean'...

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The same is true for Adam when he consumes the apple. ... The parallel is Gilgamesh was also becoming too powerful for his city, leaving no virgins, and sending all the young men into war. ... God tells Noah that he is going to destroy all living things on earth with a flood because it is overrun with wickedness, and that it is his job to replenish the earth after the punishment. ... This statement would cause a riot between many Christians who believe that the Bible is completely true and is the first account of the great flood in history. ... Wiseman's interesting theory on how the two ...

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Once the war ended, he left the army, returned to Russia and declared himself an anarchist. ... These years were considered as golden era for him in which he wrote some of his best known novels such as War and Peace. ... Makar asks Ivan for the for why he is sentenced, but Ivan does not utter a word, then the prisoner tells Makar all the story. Makar slaps his knee and happily tells Ivan that is wonderful he meets him there but tells Ivan that he has grown old. ... But Makar replies that the killer must be the one whose knife was in his bag, then Makkar tells Ivan how is possible that someon...

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The story explains the battles that every one will fight in their own lives and how only people of God can overcome the many obstacles that he has set for all of mankind to overcome. ... Now that he is in the world, how can he be stopped? ... So he throws it to the ground and continues to wage war. ... Also the story shows how some one from a different nationality is a crucial necessity if your society has been corrupted. ... The story does not come out and tell you in plain text that this is what it is about. ...

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THE ODYSSEY From the very start of this story you can begin to see how things in Ithaca are much different from things of other polis's. ... Although she was the main god discussed in this book, you can tell that she is not the most important god during this journey. Every god in this book had to answer to Zeus, as in true Greek mythology, and most all prayers that are prayed are prayed to him. ... By not doing this it allows the Prince to return to the palace and begin to set their plan into action by removing the tools of war from the walls, finding the unfaithful women of th...

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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin is not a "story" in the conventional way we are used to a story with a main character, a plot and so forth. ... He stated that "being in the pulpit was like being in the theatre; I was behind the scenes and knew how the illusion was worked" (Baldwin 37). ... Wars have been fought for generations and centuries over the right to praise God in any way you want. Wars not just in the dictionary definition, but wars even in the home, families are separated over religious beliefs. Within the walls of worship, a temple, church, Mecca, what have you, there are wars f...

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When you are behind closed doors do you worship the one and true God or do you only do that at church? ... This is the reason why they needed to show how they were different from the rest of the group. ... All the wise men of the kingdom (so called the Chaldeans), were summoned to the king's court, not only to interpret the king's dream but to tell the dream itself. ... The most interesting part of this story was when the king praised Daniel for his ability, Daniel gave God the credit. ... Secular sources mention how Nebuchadnezzar himself stopped the revolt. ...

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Augustine himself identifies with this in his famous story of the theft of the pears. ... How could anyone enjoy such sin if it wasn't already in him or her? ... But if that were true, then we still wouldn't sin. ... When the war in heaven broke out it was divided into two sides, God's and Lucifer's. ... So if God tells us "thou shall not kill" then he shall not either because he knows it is evil and he can not do any evil. ...

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Secondly, the matter of how to live concerns all people. ... Now that we know the nature of religion, perhaps we should examine the Bible to discover its nature and how it is useful to us. ... Can it then be true that our religious beliefs are but a mere attempt to subconsciously justify ourselves? Is it also true that God is nothing save a "projection of self-seeking emotions . . . the self in disguise?" ... How is it then, that we begin to establish this relationship with our Creator? ...

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In many epic stories and poems, authors have been successful in conveying basic human concepts through intricately crafted supernatural characters. ... It is true that many ancient cultures were largely polytheistic and believed in many gods and goddesses. ... In Homer's The Odyssey, the protagonist of the story, Odysseus, was a valiant warrior, who along with his men fought in the famed Trojan War and came out as the victors. ... " Look how the gods have changed their minds about- while I was off with my Ethiopians. ... His pleas, however, did not fall on deaf ears completely, for h...

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If one were to repent of their immoral ways and believe in the one true God, their eyes would be opened to the world of possibility that God has for them. ... Because of the father figure that Morpheus establishes over Neo, he can also be considered a representation of God himself, or more simply the voice of God who tells Neo that he is the one sent to free man. ... Several minor examples further develop the story's connection to Biblical events. ... After he died, the Oracle prophesied his return and that his coming would hail the destruction of the Matrix, end the war, and bring free...

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This shows responsibility because if the man did not tell the truth, he was responsible for not entering the afterlife. ... In Egypt, it was important that a man be truthful when brought before Osiris, because if they didn't tell the truth, they would be banished from the afterlife. ... In the Christian religion it was pride that caused the downfall of man, Eve thought that God had no right to tell them what they could and could not eat. ... In the early Islamic community, this meant the use of force in the form of jihad, or holy war. ... The Koran, using sources in the older Scriptur...

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In a society where the conception of social life is individualistic, drama has to deal with how the character copes with such a society and how the family deals with the problems which beset it with such tedious familiarity: "most characters do not cope at all but only react passively. ... As far as themes are concerned, "the dramatists dared to explore such untraditional subjects as (1) the complexities of human experience, (2) the moral and social values of American life, and (3) the economic and political problems created by technological changes and a great World War....

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