Through the theme of religion, Blake wants to point out that we demarcate energies which we cannot accommodate and this gives rise to unsocial practices. ... In Blake's angriest manifestation of him, Urizen stands for the cruelty of an establishment that has failed to keep the peace and give the people bread and that has forced the young to work and weep in grime and suffering. ... Christianity is the all-embracing force in this world, giving hope, leading to joy, protecting the children against viciousness. ... The view of religion he gives us in Songs of Innocence is no different. ... I...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

Give us this day our daily bread. ... It's a false doctrine that takes the glory away from Christ alone and gives it to man. ... When someone is concerned about their salvation and asks us what they must do to be born again we give them a checklist of things to do. 1st admit this than say that than do the other. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

When starting to give up on all hope of life and God, it would be anticipated that one would no longer trust others, especially when they are fighting each other for their own survival. ... This gives Wiesel a powerful feeling. ...

• Word Count: 2963
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It gives us the idea that God is our father and we are his loved children, also that he desires a relationship with us. ... "The younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me. ... He basically says, "Give me now the part of the estate I will get anyway when you are dead, and let me get out of this."" ... "But when he came to himself he said, How many of my father's hired hands have bread enough and to spare, but here I am dying of hunger!...

• Word Count: 3350
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• Grade Level: High School

Body and soul is an example of ingredients of the human person; a flour for bread; and a lens for camera. ... " These thinkers taught that reason is not enough to give us a proper religious knowledge; instead, we have to rely on faith to set us in the right direction. ... Truth, for him can give some truth, and there are some truths that are only attained through faith. ...

• Word Count: 4208
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School