According to this passage, you can see the Bible clearly states the flood covered the whole earth. ... The Bible says it happened and other cultures provide a story that includes a flood narrative. ... However, one needs to be careful when weighing the facts of the Bible and what it says. In the Bible we have the flood narrative for a reason. ... It seems to come down to your interpretation of the bible and what you believe to be true in your own studies. ...

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The Holy Bible does reveals that when the earth was born, not much had occupied the earth; but process of how everything got here differs slightly from evolution. In the Holy Bible, the first verse of the book of "Genesis" states, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis. 1.1). ... The Holy Bible states that man was created as a spitting image of God himself. ... Jesus, who the Bible shows to be the most powerful being to ever walk the earth, was also in the form of a man. ... This ending is slightly different from the Holy Bible as that says mankind will continue to s...

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If one is to believe the content of the Bible (taken literally), then one believes at least in part in predestination. ... This shows that though there seems to be a choice on the surface, if one is to believe the text of the Bible then there really is no choice in the matter of their destiny. When literally interpreting the Bible, there is absolutely no compromise between believing in God's omniscience and believing in free will. One must either give up their particular interpretation of the Bible or give up their beliefs about predestination. ...

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The study of Judaism reveals a "millennial effort to foster a religious culture of self-restraint that intuitively respects the value and integrity of its natural environment. " Schorsch notes that the Talmud and the Hebrew Bible both frequently "regulate a Jew's relationship to the natural world" and especially speak to the curbing of "man's unlimited use of his environment." ... The history of man, according the Genesis of the Bible is directly related to the fact there are two "beginnings" to man's earthly existence. ... Clearly this decree in the Bible preaches taking c...

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Around this time Spinoza was expanding a philosophy deeply marked by natural science, which was incompatible with a literal belief in the Bible. The Bible, when closely read, appeared to be a compilation by anonymous scribes and full of contradictions. ...

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I believe every single word in the bible, so I will always use biblical text to support my arguments in life. In the bible, it says," Truly children are a gift from the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward" (Psalm 127:3). ... " God makes very few threats, as you may have seen while reading the bible. ... In Romans 9:10-11 the bible says, "For when the children were not yet born, nor had done any good or evil" in life we can never live without sin. ... I believe every word in the bible. ...

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But to reveal the truth, Findley has to recognize that the Bible does not present a factual account of an actual flood, for the importance of the flood is not its historical accuracy but its meaning for humanity. ... In the Bible God did, He saw the wickedness of man and brought a "flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life" (Genesis CH 6). ... In other words, it becomes clear that Not Wanted on the Voyage is Findley's response to and questioning of the Bible over its philosophical value, which is, does the story of the flood, with its wicked descri...

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Seuss books, some of my very first stories came out of the Christian Bible. ... The Bible says of death, "then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. "1 Not only was I taught about the existence of the soul, but also about morality: "Who will render to every man according to his deeds: to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life: but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every so...

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The post-apocalyptic setting has become one of the most prevalent settings in modern film making and literature. The extreme situations strip the human race of morals and beliefs. The civilization of the world is reduced to an animalistic survival scenario. These worlds offer an ideal stage for a co...

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People's View and God's View of Bioethics What is normal for the human race? Is the human race in the United States normal and all other countries races abnormal? Is the United State's race abnormal? The term normal is much more difficult to define then it sounds. In genetics, normal is used t...

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It dates back all the way to before the Bible with the crucifixion of Jesus. ... However, one that is opposed to the banishment capital punishment would state a particular phrase, "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth," from the Bible, meaning that if you kill then you shall be killed. ...

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However, According to the Bible, God created both animal kingdom and human beings, but he specified that human beings are to be the masters of all the animals, giving them the ability to kill them for food and resources only through respect of his creations. ...

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In the eyes of Nietzsche Christianity has many sacrifices, these sacrifices are made for someone or something that only exists in the man- written accounts of the Bible. ... This is all of course in the contents of the Bible. ...

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Modern science cannot be given sole responsibility for the diminution of intelligence and the rise of atheism and agnosticism. Nor can modern science be blamed for the death of metaphysics and the privatization and cultural eclipse of religion. Certainly there have been scientists who have been atheists and propounded a specifically materialistic metaphysics while simultaneously rejecting religion and metaphysics. Jacques Monod, a biochemist, says that: It is perfectly true that science attacks values. Not directly, since science is no judge of them and must ignore them... man must at las...

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In 1859, Charles Darwin published his famous research, "The Origin of Species".1 His findings brought rise to the theory of evolution, inferring that humans came from lower forms of life. It is safe to say that if this is true, the organism that which humans rose from would share some traits with hu...

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Post, associate professor of bioethics at the Center for Biomedical Ethics at Cast Western Reserve University, claims that "[ ] cloning demonstrates a lack of respect for God and for the union of sex, marriage, love, and procreation mandated by the Hebrew Bible and adopted by Christianity" (Post 135). ...

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To many religious groups believe cloning is morally wrong because there is no mention of cloning in the Bible and because of this they think that if God wanted us to clone he would have mentioned it. ...

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The possibility of cloning came from Scottish scientists at Roslin Institute when they cloned a sheep "Dolly " in 1997. "Dolly " was cloned from an adult sheep mammary gland. She was created using the technique of somatic cell nuclear transfer, where the cell nucleus from an adult cell is transferre...

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The full value of translations and their use as invaluable tools of cultural and social integration has been understood by academics and historians and even when the printing press was just beginning to reveal its potential, the translators of King James' Bible remarked about translation that, "Translation it is that openeth the window, to let in the light; that breaketh the shell, that we may eat the kernel; that putteth aside the curtain, that we may look into the most holy place; that removeth the cover of the well, that we may come by the water....

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The term he proscribes is legitimate defence and it is defined as, "The intrinsic value of life and the duty to love oneself no less then others".9 In the Bible it also states, "You shall love your neighbour as yourself"(Mk 12:31); this coincides with indirect abortion because the mother of the unborn child must choose to seek treatment because it is proscribed to her by God to seek life and herself, unintentionally knowing it may harm the unborn child. ...

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Religion and Medical Issues A) (i) There are many different treatments available that are available to people who are infertile. Different treatments are all given to people with different conditions. A common problem with infertile men and women is that they have a physical blockage ...

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An ancient medieval philosopher by the name of Moses Maimonides stated, "the only path to knowing God is through the study of science and for that reason the bible opens with a description of creation." ...

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The philosopher, after many years of education and study into the Bible, found that not since the time of Christ's death has the typical faithful Christian been specifically chosen to take on one and only one task in life. ...

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"No argument has ever been advanced by any reasonable man against the fact of differences among men. The whole argument is about what differences exist and how they are to be gauged (Mulnar 1)." (Jacques Barzun, 1965) What are the differences that exist among men and what should mankind do about...

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Along with the Bible, Homer's famous Iliad is a masterpiece of unrivaled historical and literary value. Central to Homer's epic is the theme of interactions between human beings and gods are central to Homer's Iliad. The epic revolves around the story of Achilleus's plight, and the manner in which...

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