The Confessions is a very dense and spiritual book which chronicles the life of Saint Augustine of Hippo, an exploration and study of memory and his analysis and interpretation of the book of genesis. Books one through nine chronicles his life, in which he describes episodes of his life where he can find parallels to the Old Testament and other parts of his life that exhibit god's grace. ... The last two books are a study of scripture where he concentrates heavily on Genesis and the methods of god's creation of the earth. ... He brings up instances in his life like the time when he ...

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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. In a sense his books are a message to Him, serving as Augustine's gradual revelation to spiritual enlightenment. ... During this time period, there is an evident conflict between Roman pagan religion and Christianity. ... Augustine, like most people at the time, was trying to understand the true higher meaning of life and gradually began to shift his view from trivial doctrines...

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As he claims, the entirety of these ideas cannot fit into the new rationality which has exposed the scientific basis behind conception and the circulatory system, the system that carries within it the air and nutrients of life. ... He claims that the first four books by Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John don't even provide a history of Christ, but only detached anecdotes of him. It appears from these books, that the whole time of his being a preacher was not more than eighteen months; and it was only during this short time that those men became acquainted with him. ... In an interesting twist ...

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The Bible is seen as authoritative; it is believed to give a consistent vision throughout of life after death. ... The earliest books of the Bible described Sheol : an underground cavern where all people, good and bad, spent eternity after death, leading a thirsty, shadowy, energy-less existence isolated from God. ... They view the concept of an eternal punishment for a single oversight, error, thought crime or sin during life is unjust. ... Basing their beliefs on the some main biblical passages in the Hebrew and Christian Scriptures (Old and New Testaments) and the 14 books of the Apocryp...

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The Bible is composed of 66 books, written by countless authors, across several centuries, and in different countries. ... However, despite all of man's failures God still loves us enough to send His only son to save us from our sin and give us eternal life with God, all we have to do is believe in him. ... During this time of punishment God does not completely abandon his people, he promotes prophets who tell about a future time and a future kingdom where God will bring salvation back to his people. ... These prophecies are fulfilled in the New Testament when God sends his only son, J...

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Islamic laws and cultural customs impact various stages of a Muslim women's life, particularly the Quran and hadiths, or prophetic traditions based on the life and teachings of the prophet Muhammad. ... This is accepted because of the life of the prophet Muhammad, who had 11-13 wives. ... This idea comes from the life of prophet Muhammad, whose last wife, Aisha, was married to him when she was 6 years old and the marriage was consummated by the time she was 9. ... In the time of Jesus, women did not enjoy the freedoms and statuses they once had enjoyed during the times of the Old Testamen...

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There is a particular group of people that do not know one another, that come from all walks of life, all different religions, but they came together for the one thing they do have in common -the "Twilight" saga. ... "What makes Meyer's books so distinctive is that they're about the eroticism of abstinence. ... There's a scene midway through 'Twilight,' in which, for the first time, Edward leans in close and sniffs the aroma of Bella's exposed neck. ...

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Cynthia Bourgeault's opus, "The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity," offers a provocative study of the life of Mary Magdalene and her relationship with the prophet Jesus of Nazareth. ... Two major themes emerge from the study of these brilliant books and the lives of the women they feature: controversial events in the lives of each woman created a sharp divide among the members of each faith tradition; and their alleged adulterous backgrounds originated from and were crystallized by fearful male-dominated hierarchical societies. ... Mar...

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