Religions do not miraculously appear in history out of a blank space. ... As the story goes, "the first generation of Mesopotamian gods were the gods of light and darkness, the second generation were the gods of fresh and salt waters, the third generation were the gods of all forms of vegetation, the fourth generation were the gods of the sun, moon and stars, the fifth generation were the gods of the living creatures of the earth, and the sixth generation god Marduk created humans so that they could be slaves to the gods.... On this day, God created the sun, moon, and the stars; "th...

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In search of a place in the sun, a place to belong, Codi Noline set out on a journey to return to her hometown of Grace where during her childhood she had felt like an outcast. ... Much to her surprise, she discovered that she had roots in Grace and that her family did have a history within the community. ... Her passion for heritage remained evident when she spoke to the news reporter concerning the history of the Gracela Sisters with Biblical similitude. ...

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Eschatology is the part of theology concerned with the final events of history or the ultimate destiny of humanity. ... Frazer Cain talks about his view on eschatology and claims that the sun will expand to a size large enough to be a red giant, in the future and will consume the earth and its orbit. ...

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That even though we (humans) realized that the earth revolves around the sun, we still believe that we are at the center of life. ... Eiseley points out at the end of the essay that "The true secret of Piltdown ... lies in the fact that it has forced science to reexamine carefully the history of the most remarkable creation in the world--the human brain." ...

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However, his revival is not seen as a miracle but rather as an inconvenience which is illustrated in the following quotation: "He lay in a coma when he opened his eyes the fact that he made a personal and local history was overshadowed by the immediate fact of the shrieks and faints that afflicted the attendants in the hospital mortuary, and the disruption of routine, temper, credulity and reputation in the hospital itself Ten o"clock Tuesday morning. ... Here in the South he had been overwhelmed by the greenness of the world, the sun and the sea." ...

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• Grade Level: High School