In The Minister's Black Veil , The members of Father Hooper's congregation were uneasy to see a Religions figure like Father Hooper the way he was. Physically, the black veil itself was just a simple piece of crape. ... "But the strangest part of the affair is the effect of this vagary, even on a sober-minded man like myself." " (Hawthorne 2197) Deep down, the people of Father Hooper's congregation knew what the black veil stood for, and it scared them... That doesn't sound very holy to me. ... I will as much as in me lies keep all God's Holy Commandments. ...

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Whether we like it or not because the choice you make could make or break a carreer. ... Just like the poem says in the middle of it; "And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. ... The structure of the poem was great, I like the way that it was written, by Frost, because of the message that is sent through this poem. ... Page number 4 Looking back on this poem I think that this poem, we can see how the poem makes me feel like telling all my feelings out on paper. ... This sums it up all for me. ...

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Baldwin, like myself and many other Americans, was pushed into church as a child. ... He stated that "being in the pulpit was like being in the theatre; I was behind the scenes and knew how the illusion was worked" (Baldwin 37). ... remember is the pain, the unspeakable pain; it was as though I were yelling up to heaven and heaven would not hear me And in the morning when they raised me, they told me that I was "saved"" (Baldwin 29). ... "And the blood of the lamb had not cleansed me in anyway whatever. I was just as black as I had been the day that I was born. ...

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This biting of their toe-nails over what is the cause of badness is what turns me into a fine laughing malchick. ... More, badness is of the self, the one, the you or me on our oddy knockies and that self is made by old Bog or God and is his great pride and radosty. ... In part one there are many examples of the play on white and black implying good and evil. ... In the prison we come across the play on white and black. "The white of the doctors, the black of the prison cell, the white of the technicians, the black of the chaplain, the white of the interrogations room, the black of Alex's...

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This biting of their toe-nails over what is the cause of badness is what turns me into a fine laughing malchick. ... More, badness is of the self, the one, the you or me on our oddy knockies and that self is made by old Bog or God and is his great pride and radosty. ... In part one there are many examples of the play on white and black implying good and evil. ... In the prison we come across the play on white and black. "The white of the doctors, the black of the prison cell, the white of the technicians, the black of the chaplain, the white of the interrogations room, the black of Alex's...

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This biting of their toe-nails over what is the cause of badness is what turns me into a fine laughing malchick. ... More, badness is of the self, the one, the you or me on our oddy knockies and that self is made by old Bog or God and is his great pride and radosty. ... In part one there are many examples of the play on white and black implying good and evil. ... In the prison we come across the play on white and black. "The white of the doctors, the black of the prison cell, the white of the technicians, the black of the chaplain, the white of the interrogations room, the black of Alex's...

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This biting of their toe-nails over what is the cause of badness is what turns me into a fine laughing malchick. ... More, badness is of the self, the one, the you or me on our oddy knockies and that self is made by old Bog or God and is his great pride and radosty. ... In part one there are many examples of the play on white and black implying good and evil. ... In the prison we come across the play on white and black. "The white of the doctors, the black of the prison cell, the white of the technicians, the black of the chaplain, the white of the interrogations room, the black of Alex's...

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Simply stated as, holiness is being like Christ. ... To be holy is to be like God because He is the Holy One (27). ... I believe to be holy means to be like Christ. ... Is it because we are taught the Christian definition of holiness is being like Christ? ... He said to him the third time, "Simon son of John, do you love me?" ...

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June 7 It is said that Martin Luther was stewing about his problems one day when suddenly he noticed his wife wearing a black armband. ... Enable me to be a Godly steward of that with which You entrust me. ... Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow." - Isa 1:17 Isaiah gave this word of God long before the birth of Jesus, but the message is like that of Jesus. ... 'Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. ... And I said, "Here am I, send me!" ...

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This made me feel hot and claustrophobic. ... He says, "A great many old people came and knelt around us and prayed, old women with jet-black faces and braided hair, old men with work-gnarled hands" (219). ... Finally, Westley said to me in a whisper: "God damn! ... Like most children his age, he does not understand the facts about religion. ... I buried my head under the quilts, but my aunt heard me. ...

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To me it is a method of explanation that requires only physical knowledge, not spiritual awareness. ... He's like a bird without wings cursing those that move overhead, not subject to the ground. ... Science to me actually seems the simpler path, it merely explains the way things work, or how they relate. ... What put me here? ... Faith is the only answer you have, like having only air to walk on. ...

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He recounts the memory like this: "Gal liked me from that hour. ... The thing makes me smile! A purty gal in love with a han'some man like Devil-Bug! She used to say she loved me cause I did'nt deceive my looks! For one year, me and that gal was man an' wife!"" ...

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"There remained only a shape that looked at me. ... The overwhelming sense of Elie's experiences during the first day of camp is that it is like a nightmare. ... A week later, the prisoners notice a black gallows in the middle of the camp. ... He has a pipel, or young assistant, who is well liked and described as having the face of an angel. ... (Chapter 5, pg. 79) The march is like a procession of the dead. ...

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But it is hard for me to trust an atheist. ... " They believe that Earth was created by the Big Bang - a theory that the universe was formed by a cataclysmic explosion - and that humans evolved from an animal like the monkey. ... If we die and it is one big black hole then God does not exist. ... As it is said in the book of Matthew chapter 10 verse 32-33: "Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven....

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"Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind With gems and golden luster rich emblazed- A meteor is a very powerful, mysterious and quite possibly destructive entity, perfect in describing Satan and his incomprehensible power. ... Milton gives an in-depth description of the putrid, enveloping blackness of hell to help the reader understand Satan's depressing situation. ... Tears such as angels weep burst forth; at last Words interwove with sighs found out their way:- "For me, be witness all the host of heav'n, If counsels different, or danger shunned By me, have lo...

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Marjane begins her story by a brief summary of why the veil was made mandatory for all women, but presented it much like a joke. ... Like most kids, Marjane learns a lot of her opinion towards the veil from her parents. ... Marjane's mum interrupts the group before they can attack they boy with nails between their knuckles, and gently tells Marjane, "It is not for you and me to do justice. ... In this short series of events, Marjane begins to learn how the complexity of viewing the world in black and white. ... " She stated the facts regarding Anoosh's death and that under ...

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The worship of numerous gods like "Vishnu" and "Siva" rests in direct opposition to God's first commandment: "You shall have no other gods before me". ... John worked to free others of their bondage through water baptisms just as Morpheus freed people like Neo and Trinity from their "dream world." ... Switch, who is always dressed in white as opposed to the black suits that the other characters continually wear, represents purity on a very basic level. ... It is our nature to question things we don't understand, like our existence, immortality, environment and our relationships. ...

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And then I' the front, of course a saint or two-...And so all's saved for me, and for the church, A pretty picture gained.(1855) Browning notices the insincerity of the church goers and clearly satirizes the idea of unearned, expected salvation. ...

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