I don't like it here. I'd like to stretch my wings. ... He didn't like it at home; he fell out with his father and lost fellowship with him. ... He began to remember what it was like being in fellowship with his father. "I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired hands."" ...

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For instance, drawing a bison being hunted on a cave wall (like the ones on the walls at the Lascaux cave) would be like a spell a shaman would "cast" for a good hunt. ... Osiris also sits on the tribunal that judges where you go after you die. ... It's also one big picture, unlike the Standard of Ur, which is like a prehistoric comic strip. ... It's built pretty much like the Palette, but on a much grander scale. ... It's like the gods let him transcend his body to put his visage on that of a monster. 3. ...

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You heard me! ... Are we going to be like a Saul or a Samuel someone who is merely sincere OR? ... Do you ever get the feeling when you hear prayer today in the evangelical church that it sounds like a pagan wish list to Santa Claus? ... You don't believe me? ... What do you say? ...

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The book of Malachi "and the Old Testament itself "ends like this: Lo, I will send you the prophet Elijah before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. ... On an earlier occasion, kneeling Job-like in ashes (Job 2:8), the man expresses doubt about God's existence: "Are you there? ... The man wonders: "Have you a neck by which to throttle you? Have you a heart? Damn you eternally have you a soul? ...

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Finally, if there's anything Hume would like to say as a final rejoinder, we shall let him have his last word and call the matter closed. ... The first salvo is a statement of the terms of reference: You then . . . have acknowledged that the chief or sole argument for a divine existence (which I have never questioned) is derived from the order of nature, where there appear such marks of intelligence and design that you think it extravagant to assign for its cause either chance or the blind and unguided force of matter. You allow that this is an argument drawn from effects to causes. From ...

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Father Zosima tells her a story about a saint who comforts a grieving mother, like herself, who had lost her only child. ... Children are like chalkboards, when they start out there's no writing on them, but after a while chalk starts to build up on the board masking it, and so you have disguised your chalkboard. ... Ivan's view of children is like the example above; he believes children to be victims of mans cruelty. ... Do you understand why this rigmarole must be and is permitted? ... God himself doesn't even ask you to love him, but just to believ...

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When I watch a sitcom from my childhood, like "MASH", I think, "How innocent things were back then." ... When you live for yourself, everything that doesn't please you and make you happy is your enemy. ... If you do not love God who is perfect and HOLY, how can you then love your neighbor who is imperfect and a sinner? ... It was like a stone crushing my heart - all I could say was, "He is my Lord." then I walked out. ... My mom always said that if you"re working for the Lord each an everyday, you don't have to be concerned with the sabbath. ...

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In those days, wealth wasn't measured by the amount of money you have in the bank but rather by the amount of animals you own. ... If you can put your imagination hats on and just imagine the day the Lord called Abram. ... It can be assumed that he is like a lukewarm believer. ... If gets you somewhere, you won't be going for very long. The problem with lying is that not only is it a sin, but once you start lying; you have to keep lying to cover up your sin. ...

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I feel that it is fair that "If he has broken the limb of a patrician, his limb shall be broken" It's like in the Bible "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." ... In other words "If you lie, you die." ... In ancient Sumer, you had to be harsh or people wouldn't even listen. ... I like the fact that Confucius' ideas are still just as relevant today as they were in ancient China. ... In Christianity one of the Ten Commandments states that "I am the Lord you God.....you shall have no other gods before me", also identical to Islam God is considered t...

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In Matthew 17:2, the story of transfiguration the text says: "His face shone like the sum, and his clothes became as white as the light". Another time, after the resurrection His description goes like: "His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow." ... Based on Jesus" words, "whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me" we can suppose that Jesus being present random in anyone is also present in the animal and therefore is in the lamb and is the Lamb at the same time. ... The question is rather rhetorical and the enquir...

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It is said that if you do not understand this parable you will not understand the others. ... That's why Jesus, finishing the interpretation of the parable said "take heed HOW you hear" (Luke 8:18). ... As we see from the different soils there are people who do not understand the word of the Lord and we should help them to understand so that they will become good soils like God wants his people to be. ... This question gave Jesus a chance to describe what His disciples' relationship should be like to their neighbors. ... Like the priest and Levite in the tale, we are sometimes guilty...

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You have sought my disciples; you have sought to do my will, therefore I can heal your son. ... He could have said, you are here because of your faith; yet Christ did not say that. ... Christ allows each of us the very same opportunity to declare our faith, with a gentle reminder such as, "If you desire a further witness, cast your mind upon the night that you cried unto me in your heart, that you might know concerning the truth of these things. ... What greater witness can you have than from God?... "The size of your faith or the degree of your knowledge is not the issue- it is the ...

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Freud states that religious ideas, just like any other accomplishment of the civilization is developed out of a need to defend themselves against the cruel nature as wells as the need to justify the shortcomings of the civilization. But these religious ideas are not given to the individual, nor could he discover it for himself, rather they are already there and as he enters the civilization he takes it over just like learning the alphabet. ...

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(John 6:44, NRSV) "And he said, For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father." ... (Romans 8:28-30, NRSV) "The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance." (2 Peter 3:9, ESV) "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame...

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"But God did say, "You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die"" (Genesis 3:3). ... "I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you" (Gen.12:2-3). ... If they chose to obey His law, they would be blessed overwhelmingly, "Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all ...

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On the other hand condiment means like a seasoning or something that is used to enhance a thing. ... We wouldn't be desiring for something which we never like. ... I think, Clement refutes the ideas of the pre-Socratics that the world emerged from a created source (elements like water, air, fire etc.). ...

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Thirdly, just because verses speak of such things as "falling from grace" or "being in a worse state then prior" this does not mean we can assume they were truly saved. 1 John 2:9 speaks of it like this, if anyone were to abandon Christ, it is proof that they were never actually with Christ. ... One way to look at this is, once you let Christ into your heart by choice, He chooses to stay and never leave. ...

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The jaw muscles relaxed which allowed the skull to grow larger to fit the larger brain. 1.6 million years ago the first creature that looked like us and was as tall as us had evolved. 2. ... A significant portion of what little surplus of what people grew and made went into making tools and temples like Stonehenge. ... Also, like the previous Kingdom, the Middle Kingdom struck upon great troubles. One difference between the two kingdoms is that the Old Kingdom brought new achievements like writing, trade and pyramids that had a greater contribution to society. ...

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Existence exceeds Companionship A person's beliefs and values transform with death lingering at every waking moment. In Elie Wiesel's memoir, Night, Wiesel estranges himself from his companions and morals to survive the Holocaust. It is expected that the Holocaust survivors would lose faith in Go...

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"12 Rather then God seeking the death of sinners with the help of Noah like in the Bible, Noah sought help through God for their deaths. ... Yahweh went on to tell Moses, "I am sending you to Pharaoh, for you are to lead my people the children of Israel out of Egypt....

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Darwin was originally sent to study medicine, which he did not like, and was then a clergyman, which had the same fate. ... The humans, especially in Britain were crammed full into housing and also competing like the animals for fresh air. ... If you are good then before people thought they would go to heaven. ... To kill someone, is to be like an animal, and perform natural selection. ... Matthew Arnold liked to teach lessons of the wrongs of current society through his poetry. ...

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Within the context of the earlier discussions, the paper will also consider questions like "Is hell the place where a loving God would actually send the object of his affections? ... These gospel writers present the question "are you inside or outside of God's Kingdom?" Being outside is a perilous place to be where Christ will ultimately declare "Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.... If hell is forever, what is it like? ...

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" (1782), when he said: "I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have four wives of different nations.... The characters are ordinary people like us, taken from the lower and middle classes of society, who struggle with everyday problem, such as poverty, sickness, crime, family strife and other problems within marital and paternal relationships. ... To briefly consider O'Neill‟s concept towards paternal relationships, one can notice that the fathers, in his works,...

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Throughout the ages, humankind has been deeply troubled by the existence of evil. We have often wondered: what is evil? Simply stated, evil is the infliction of pain upon sentient beings. Evil, however, is much more complicated than that definition suggests. It is a complex synthesis of moral, natur...

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The dream-like ideals are crushed by a harsher reality and the survivors are left with the scars. ... Blake believed that truth is what you perceived it to be. ... Blake attempts to bring home the fact that we all have innocence of the lamb and ferociousness like the tiger, but we are all chained by the chains of civilization (religion, law). ...

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