While good and evil co-exist, the lure of the evil often causes man to question his beliefs and undergo a test of his faith. This test could bring about, enlightenment and alter him for the better or an awareness to alter him for worse. ... Goodman Brown, in attempting to retain his piousness loses faith in mankind, in attempting to resist temptation, becomes judgmental of others and of their sins and in attempting to identify himself, he loses his ability to forgive others, thus losing the very premise of his character and morality. A person, in his need to prove his morality would end up act...

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It is within those trials that Irene's beliefs and faith are tested and she finds spiritual maturity. ... In the Christian theology, it is believed that baptism cleanses the soul of sin, giving the soul new life and salvation through submersion in water. ...

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Historically, this term was used for the first time about 1846 by George Jacob Holyoake to denote "a form of opinion which concerns itself only with questions, the issues of which can be tested by the experience of this life" mainly designating the English Secularism. ... The attitudes on the contrary, accepted as the denial of Allah that is the most serious sin of the religion. ...

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In Christianity, women are viewed and treated with a little bit better dignity than women who are in Eastern religions, however women are held accountable for the first original sin, which separated man from God. ... Jesus had a love and understanding for the equality of women that was far from common practice during the time and was often tested by others. ...

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