For example, an earthquake, which may seem as something bad, is not intentionally meant to harm others. ... According to the definition, if god is all good he would not want bad things (evil) to happen. God being all knowing would know about bad things and if he is all powerful would be able to stop all the bad from happening. ... In the beginning of time there had to have been someone to plant that seed that formed life. In order for this seed to survive there had to be someone nurturing and watching it grow protecting it form danger. ...

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The hard ground represents "by the way side " and prevents the seed from sprouting, and the seed becomes bird food. ... The thorny ground allows the seed to grow, but the thorns around them kill the other plants. The good ground receives the seed and produces much fruit. ... The seed is "the word of the kingdom ". ... He realized not only that he had landed himself in a bad place but also that he was unworthy to be called his father's son. ...

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We are simply either reaping the benefit of our good karma or paying back our karmic debt of bad karma.... In his journal, he states: "Buddhism is non-theistic, so it ascribes karma to the condition of the cosmos and/or the inherent nature of behavior-good behavior containing the seeds of reward; bad behavior, the seeds of punishment. ... Generally speaking, all good and bad action constitute Karma, whether we are religious or not. ... Having good or bad intentions or "souls" are all the same. ... Western religions also teach good behavior will be rewarded and bad behavior will...

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This testament served as one of few written accounts of how bad slavery could be and why it shouldn't exist at all. "I began to raise my fear from man to him alone, and to call daily on his holy name with fear and reverence: and I trust he heard my supplications, and graciously condescended to answer me according to his holy word, and to implant the seeds of piety in me, even one of the meanest of his creatures" (Equiano, 88). ...

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There will always be thebad seed? ... Which lead to the saints telling the people to watch out for each other, forcing people to only look for the bad in others. ... This can have serious effects, some of which are good and some of which are bad. ...

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The males impersonated the role of the seed in reproduction, so he assumed the role of leader and became what they called the grain king. ... His wicked brother Seth stood for all of the bad things in life including the desert, nighttime, the foreigner, disorder, and warfare. ...

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To approach any text we must first have some understanding of what it is we hope to take away from it. In approaching a religious text this understanding becomes even more muddled due to the vast complexities and differences that exist between religion and contemporary thought. To accurately approach biblical thoughts we, as moderns, must learn to "unthink many thoughts" resulting from our present alienation of religion and spirituality. God in Search of Man, a text written almost half a century ago by Abraham Joshua Heschel, is the subject of our present inquiry. This text will, no doubt,...

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God, Morality, and Meaning in Cormac McCarthy's The Road Erik J. Wielenberg Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road is, among other things, a meditation on morality, what makes human life meaningful, and the relationship between these things and God. While the novel is rife with religious imagery and ideas, it suggests a conception of morality and meaning that is secular in nature. In this paper I show that while the existence of God remains ambiguous throughout the novel, The Road contains both a clear moral code and a view about what makes life meaningful. I describe this moral code and e...

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