It helps me realize many things, such as being wealthy person will not help us in entering God's kingdom. ... God is telling me that in order for me to have an eternal life and live in God's kingdom, I have to do the right thing, what is God want me to be and to do. ... As the time goes by in a person's life, sometimes we are getting in the point that we are choosing our gadgets to buy, unnecessary things to buy but do you think God once in a while? ... For me sacrificing some things that you have is just a small way where you can pay back the sacrifices that God have done. .....

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This indicates that the God that they are interpreting is the creator of all living things. ... There are more letters included in this painting then just the Chi, Rho, and Iota, but they are a great deal smaller then the Chi, Rho, and Iota. These colors are shown in the smaller size letters, underneath the Chi, Rho, and Iota. ... The color gold could also suggest that their God is royal, or even that God is wealthy. ... (Possibly combine the top two paragraphs since both talk of color) The smaller letters in the painting are a great deal smaller then the Chi, Rho, Iota, this great size of ...

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In the chapter Fire Balloons, a small group of the Church's best priests take off for Mars, to find new sins and leaving old ones behind. ... They plan to build a church and bring God to them. ... s last cry causes a small avalanche. ... One of the balloons uses telepathy and the voice says a lot of things. ... They say they will never die nor do harm and living in God's grace. ...

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Emerson is saying that people don't stop from their busy lives to notice things in nature, and that they take it for granted. ... By Pan-atheism Dillard must mean that we have come to believe that there is no god. ... Eckhart wants us to see that god is a part of everything and that all creatures are sacred. We can recognize god in all things by spending time in nature with all the creatures that are "so full of god,"(Eckhart, 46). ... It also teaches that something as small as an ant can be your equal and you should treat all things with respect. ...

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If a person wished to pray to a god, or invoke their intervention, they would go to one of the shrines or temples of that god and say a prayer and leave a small gift. ... There were also dedications of small statuettes or even large painted vases (Webster, p79). ... Later on in the Roman Empire things changed, Emperor Constantine made Christianity the official religion of the entire Empire. ... Many of the rituals and customs that are observed came from things done in the early days of the church (Williams, p3). ... One of the interesting things about Christian churches is their steeple. ...

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In the Ten Commandments, God says that "I am the LORD your God and you shall have no other gods before me. " In fact, worshipping any other thing or person beside God is a sin in all of Judeo-Christian religion. ... God wants us to know more about Him and His Son. ... The Egyptians thought it was up to them to provide the dead person the things and preserve the body they would need in the afterlife. ... Our spirits are no longer weighed down by material things, like the Egyptians were in their pyramids. ... Their similarities are small, and their differences are huge. ...

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In science there are certain ways of doing things. ... God created mankind in his image. ... In the Ancient world God did it all. ... God was the one who gave blessing to the people and God was the one who could take everything away. ... In the video science and the book of genesis on of the men said that it was like only hearing a small piece of Beethoven's 5th symphony. ...

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Owen is the only child of a granite worker in the small town of Gravesend, New Hampshire during the Vietnam War. Owen believes he is God's instrument; he is. ... Helping Johnny with his studies, going to a state college instead of Harvard, and picking a role for him in life: these are just a few of the things that Owen has done for Johnny. ... Although Owen loves Johnny, his unfaltering faith in God and the preparation of his whole life in order to fulfill his predestination really makes me reevaluate my values about faith. His ultimate belief that God has planned his future shows us all ...

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Now the Chesapeake region had smaller families because more men than women came at once. ... Later on, when money began to make a difference, they started to back away from God and more towards making money. ... Since they didn't have land as good as the south they had to rely on other things. ... Because some had things that the others didn't, each region went their own paths of life. A lot of other things also contributed in their differences, like religion and economic status when they came here. ...

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That is because they have directly gone against the will of God. ... Christina Dogma states that when God's will is compromised that all existence would be no longer. These guidelines could allow certain transgressions that in God's eyes would deserve the wrath of Hell to go unpunished, which would also cause the contradiction of God's will and end existence. ... Two hundred years ago if you were not a God fearing person then you were in the minority. ... I understand why this would be a sin, since my indulgence is affecting the greater good in a small, but subtle, way. ...

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In Bernard Shaw's play Saint Joan, Joan, a young peasant girl, was born in the small town of Domrémy. ... She brought on a new hope by encouraging them that God was with them. ... She believed that God himself was the person that was directly talking to her. ... Joan and her voices together accomplish incredible things. ... On a different view, one could also be repelled by Christianity because they read that Joan had done all of these wonderful and courageous things that God told her to do and then she is burned for it. ...

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Many things, people, and world events are able to change. ... Well, we all face change in our life, some changes are great, others are small but nether less there will always be change. ... Webster's Second Collegiate Dictionary, defines change as to cause to become different; god alter; transform; convert. Many things, people, and world events are able to change. ... Well, we all face change in our life, some changes are great, others are small but nether less there will always be change. ...

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That's why it was a major change for me going from a small town in New York to Charleston, South Carolina. ... This includes saying prayers, and also accepting what is called the "Body of Christ", which is a small piece of bread, and the "Blood of Christ", which is red wine. The small piece of bread and wine are supposed to represent the acceptance of Jesus, and the remembrance of who he was. ... As previously stated, the Body is represented by a small piece of bread and the Blood is represented by red wine. ... It is said in the Bible in passage 1 John 4:16: "God is l...

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Upon discovery of the largest and most beautiful pearl the small village had ever seen, the life of Kino and his family is changed forever. ... Regardless of which "God" each character lives under, the role of God in each characters life varies. For example, Zorba looks to God but still holds his own beliefs and does not let God rule his life. ... For Kino, any good things that happen in Kino's life is a result of Gods will and His understanding of good and bad. ... I've done things for my country that would make your hair stand on end, boss. ...

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But other times, people or religions cam agree on things so well, that they are very similar in an abundance of ways. ... Abraham had a great amount of faith in God, as you may well know, and Abraham was made a believer in God that this miracle would happen. ... Isaac then married Rebekah, and gave birth to Jacob, or Israel, the name given by God to Jacob. ... In the Muslim's Koran, it does not specifically say which son God tells Abraham to sacrifice. ... Even though these three religions have different beliefs on some smaller parts of Abraham's life, they can all agree on one th...

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The answer is simple, the relation between god and the people was good at first, and then because man was always selfish and acted arrogant and wicked the relation was broken between human beings and god. That is why god created the religions to reestablish the relation ship that was broken between man and god. ... You can analyze the words of god and think about it but this comes after you believe. ... To clarify and explain this more let me make a small historic preview on how religions had limited man's freedom and this can be by talking about: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Ev...

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This nation was founded by our forefathers and deemed to be "under God", removing God from our schools and government buildings would contradict the original plans for our great nation. ... We believe it is unethical to withdraw God from government and public school systems. ... Why do our courts change laws for only a small percentage of our population? ... Our culture is so vast and multi dimentional, that it is understandable why some would take action to remove all things religious from the public eye. ... I believe it would be a start to becoming more ethically responsible with God i...

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Death to me means the end of your life on earth and the beginning of your life in heaven with god. I believe that smaller groups and other people suffer more than other because of the choices they make and the way they live their life. ... When thinking about god I feel that there is a greater purpose in life. ... I believe that all religions are true and that we all praise the same god, no mater what religion, we all praise a higher being that gave us all life so in reality we all praise the same god. ... My idea of mature faith is that people dot worry about what others think and they do...

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If it was not for Owen believing in God and the things that God had shown him, it is quite possible that the rescue of innocent children or numerous other events in his life would not have taken place. ... In Sunday school Owen would always be harassed for being too small and was often thrown around and abused by the children. ... Owen Meany was always small and abnormal; his looks were something that most people would normally make fun of. ... As a small person, Owen could talk and act like he meant business but it all depended on how people reacted to him and accepted him. ... The part ...

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One can easily see the difference in their personality even down to the most basic things. The Marez's are very free spirited, they do not like to have to worry about things. ... They believe highly in God and everything else that is involved in the Roman Catholic religion. ... They don't believe that God plays a very important part in their lives. ... In this dream he says, "Then the silence was shattered with the sound of hoof beats; vaqueros surrounded the small house with shouts and gunshots, and when they entered the room they were laughing and singing and drinking." ...

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Some are complicated and some are simple, but even small and seemingly insignificant decisions can have large and long-lasting consequences. ... It is part of human nature to covet the things of desire. ... David forgot that God was still aware of his actions as immoral. ... Temptation can lead a person to do things that they normally would not consider. ... Human desire and temptation can lead people to do things that are very immoral. ...

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God sees my name; God knows how black my sins are! ... God is the sole one he needs, so he will not give confessing to anyone except God. His faith leads him to do the right things. ... He believes that his loyalty enlightens a small piece of his soul. ... Those three things promote the same thing that is the prow, the Christian morals, that directs exactly to the right way. ...

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Most people believe in some kind of god but there is a small percentage of people out there that don't believe in a god of some kind. ... She told me that it was a sin to say something like that about god. ... It was Sunday dinner and we were gathered around the dining room table for supper and my father started talking about god. ... I now think that the reason I can't believe in God because I"m not a person that believes in faith. ... I added more of my personal thoughts and stories instead of just general things about the topic. ...

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Some of the other salvific truths that Edwards believes that you should take from the creation stories is, "The preexistence and transcendence of God over all creatures, the ongoing relationships of all things to God as creatures to their Creator, God's delight in creature, the divine proclamations of the goodness of creation, the blessing that makes creation fecund, the call of humans being to work with creation but also to take care of it as God would, the social nature of the human person,"" as well as many others (Edwards, 12). ... He says in these stories, "Religious meaning is not...

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If God did not exist, would anything matter? ... Now, this is not to say the extreme of morals but of smaller issues. ... Within our society many cultures frown upon these things while others praise them. ... This is why I have a basis of morality and I can see things that are right or wrong, based on my faith. ... But then again, if God does exist, who's to say that my God is the true God. ...

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