Barbara Kingsolver is the author of many well-written pieces of literature including The Poisonwood Bible. ... Throughout The Poisonwood Bible Kingsolver explores the importance and impact of faith, and a religion based on your own private beliefs. ... This quote is very true, as her father is the evangelical missionary leader who parades his religion around, as he craves for the reputation of being a "good person," because he preaches the bible. ... At five years of age, she doesn't fully understand the bible, or the messages conveyed within it, but God is clearly present in her free-...

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Wood cites the nihilism displayed in the Bible salesman as being far worse than Hulga's atheism since it discounts even common moral principles as being useless (100). After falling for the Bible salesman's false disguise as a righteous Christian, Hulga's faith in science and disbelief in God provides her with little protection from someone who has even fewer moral principles. ... Hulga declares to the Bible salesman, "We are all damned...but some of us have taken off our blindfolds and see that there is nothing to see. ... In the loft Manly Pointer takes out a "hollow" Bi...

• Word Count: 850
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• Grade Level: High School

The Bible is considered by some people to be the truth. In extreme cases, they take the Bible purely literal and do not l! ... The views in the Bible, especially on the subject of creation, had been the predominate way of thinking about how the Earth and humans were formed. ... Even in today's society there are fundamental religious sects that take the Bible literally and believe in creationism, not evolution. ...

• Word Count: 950
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• Grade Level: High School

This caused a huge problem between church leaders and their parishes because they simply did not take the Bible seriously and did not believe or have faith in the many things Catholics are called to believe. ... They believe the Bible should be completely understood fictitiously and only as a spiritual guide to their faith. ...

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God brought along an Indian with a Bible who offered it to Rowlandson. The Bible was what changed her religious beliefs. ... She opened her Bible and read Psalm 27, "Wait on the Lord, Be of Good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart, wait I say on the Lord." ... During her captivity, Rowlandson would the Bible every time she felt tormented. ... Everytime her faith in God began to fade, she would strengthen it by reading the Bible. ...

• Word Count: 840
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"I cannot but take notice of the wonderful mercy of God to me in those afflictions, in sending me a Bible" (Rowlandson 315). An, Indian found a Bible and gave it to her. ... She had no Christian friends or anyone to talk to; all she had was the Bible for prayer and deliverance. ... I opened my Bible to read, and the Lord brought that precious scripture to me" (Rowlandson 316). ... One time Weetamoo saw her reading the Bible she quickly grabbed it from her hands and flung it outside. ...

• Word Count: 893
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The majority of the people in the town are firm believers in the bible and believe that any teaching besides the bible is heresy. This causes an oppression of the free exchange of ideas, that anything that doesn't come from the bible is wrong. ... It is as if the people of the town from the day they were born limit their minds to believe one thing and to not think for themselves, that there is no other possible truth to believe in other than their bibles. ...

• Word Count: 765
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Mary Rowlandson wrote a narrative about hardships she faced during her captivity, in a journal. Despite her suffering she thanked God for her life and his mercy. Rowlandson wrote during the colonial period and is an example of a puritan writer for many reasons. As a typical Puritan writer would, Row...

• Word Count: 476
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• Grade Level: High School

Exclusivists usually discourage the interpretation of the Bible and follow it more literally. They might think their strength is deeper faith in Christianity but that may or may not be true because Bible also asks a Christian to be tolerant. ... Pluralists also read the Bible with an open mind and do not always take it literally, rather they understand it with prior context in mind. ... As mentioned earlier, pluralists also read the Bible with an open mind and do not take it literally. Taking the words as it is in The Bible can be dangerous if they are metaphors and are not meant literally. ...

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When she meets the reverend, we learn that Jane already has a wide knowledge of the Bible and states which parts she likes. ... Rochester are likened to Biblical characters, this use of the Bible helps us to understand certain characters in the novel, more easily. ...

• Word Count: 357
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• Grade Level: High School

God's salvation applies to all nations just as it is said in the Bible, "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you." (Matthew 28:19-20) On the other hand, Christian receives and believes the truth from "the book in his hand", the Bible, but he fails to "obey everything I [God] commanded you [Christian]. ... Ironically, from what Christian says, he could be considered as one of them "whose Religion is only in word"...

• Word Count: 1635
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• Has Bibliography

I think that preachers must praise Abraham because Abraham is praised in the Bible. ... Back in the days of the Bible, it was common for people to "sacrifice" lives in honor of a god or belief. ... However, if in the times of the Bible, a god spoke to you and asked you to make a sacrifice, you would be frowned upon if you didn't follow through and do as you were told to do. ... Had Abraham not been selected, and not written about in holiest book of the Catholic religion, the Bible, he would not receive the praise he does, but the fact he is represented in the Bible for his great faith ...

• Word Count: 1550
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• Grade Level: High School

I will demonstrate the treatment that the religious slaveholders put towards the slaves, the passages they used from the Bible while beating the slaves, and how they refused to educate slaves, fearing the power they would gain if they were on the same level mentally. ... Although there are many types of religions in the world that people believe in, the religion that is mentioned in Narrative of the Life is of the Christian faith that believes in the word of the Bible and that there is some kind of God. ... In particular, he notes that his Master, Captain Auld, was one Christian who would voca...

• Word Count: 1984
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Extremists would start to argue that "same-sex marriage is a violation of basic biblical tenets,"" and then would start citing passages, without regard for the cultural context or literary genre of the passages invoked, from the ground of religious faith which is the bible. Doing this might cost them to lose the credibility of the claim, for like the ones in the bible, stories that are so old, so very ancient are always true, but they aren't always correctly noted down and explained. ...

• Word Count: 562
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For an example, the story of David and Goliath in the bible:1 Samuel 17:1-58. ... In the end, because of the David's faith he knew that God would help him defeat Goliath; Goliath is killed by David with only one sling of a stone (Bible 399). ... Again war was shown many times in the Bible and there is no biblical verses that preach against war. ... The New International Version Bible. ...

• Word Count: 1556
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• Grade Level: High School

These people were deeply religious fundamentalists who practiced Puritanism, doing everything by the Bible and living to solely please God and get to Heaven "of which they could freely do in America. ... In the midst of the Civil War and, later on, the Scopes Trial, people realize that even amongst the people of the same religion, they all have different opinions despite reading the same Bible and praying to the same God. This leads to the interpretivist movements and the idea that the values presented in the Bible can be grasped differently by different people. ...

• Word Count: 1128
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One main source of Hebrew literature is the The Bible as/in Literature, by James S. ... The Bible as/in Literature illustrates the strong beliefs in God through short stories. ... These two books have short stories, much like the The Bible as/in Literature, that illustrate the beliefs of the Greek culture. ...

• Word Count: 1409
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The results of a national poll taken March, 2001 conducted by the Per Forum on Religion and Public Life revealed that 55% of Americans believe religious influences in public life have been declining. The problems with religion are what scare Americans away from God. Most people do believe there is a...

• Word Count: 684
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I am a roman catholic who goes to church almost every Sunday with my family. My faiths major influences are the bible and Jesus. I have made my confirmation and completed my church school for my church. I have had no major experiences that affect my faith as of yet. I am still looking for an experie...

• Word Count: 318
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Mary Rowlandson's A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration, is an autobiography of her experiences when being attacked and captured by Native Americans. Mary never losses, or questions, her faith in God throughout the rough times she is going through. When her town is invaded by the Native Ameri...

• Word Count: 294
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Religion- A Matter of Faith No simple definition can describe the numerous religions in the world. For many people, religion is an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, practices, and worship that center on one supreme God. For many others, religion involves many gods, or deities. Some even hav...

• Word Count: 334
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"Seventeen percent of those who trust Christ as Savior and 11% who self-identified as "Christian" read the Bible daily" (Lifeway 11). ... If you consider yourself a "Christian" and do not go to church or read your bible, one would like to believe you at least pray right? ... All throughout the Bible, Pride is talked about being despised by God. ...

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One of the persons listed in the bible with a larger than life storyline is Noah. Noah was the creator of the Ark, a large ship build out of wood timbers, he is also the third longest –living human o record in the bible. ... The holy bible which is a book that is sacred to many, holds many words of god and the story of how the beginning started. ...

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I once had a friend who refused to believe that dinosaurs ever existed solely based on the fact that dinosaurs were never mentioned in the bible. To me this seemed absurd that my friend could hold this belief to be true in the face of such strong evidence. The world has a great diversity of peopl...

• Word Count: 381
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The Bible, however, says, "faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen- (1532). ... There are many flaws inherit in the bible which Christian children are taught to believe at an early age. ...

• Word Count: 1158
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• Grade Level: High School