When the first settlers die out, the faltering of tradition and development of new beliefs by newer generations aroused what is known as the First Great Awakening. ... This is just how Martin Luther King Jr. used the Church as a gateway to spreading his political opinion to a broad audience during the Civil Rights Movement. When Graham converts President Eisenhower to Presbyterianism, religion becomes more eminent in government again resulting in the God being mentioned in the Pledge of Allegiance, the motto "In God We Trust,"" etc. ... In 2006 Obama addresses, "Whatever we once were, we are...

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It is how we filter everything we see and experience in the world around us. ... When you think of worldview a few things come to mind such as how the universe started, what happens after we die, and what our purpose on Earth is. ... Worldview is how we filter the world around us. ... Another highly debatable question is what happens to us after we die. ... On the other hand, the non-biblical worldview says that when we die nothing happens and we just return to dust. ...

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The question of whether we should be in Iraq in some ways has no real answer because we don't have all the information. ... If we were to stand by and let Sadaam oppress his people any more how would we differ from him. ... I cringe at the thought of innocent people dying but how could these deaths be stopped if the leader of Iraq stations his troops in hospital, schools and heavy populated areas. ... If you bring up the fact of thousands dying, god killed millions to prove a point. ... What I don't understand about people who believe in god is if he really exists why wont he help th...

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We have to understand the Old Testament before we can get clear vision of the New Testament, for both show how God saves and delivers. ... David first born dies and this corresponds with the action of sin that produce the child. ... But it does not end there, David first born dies and then we see God is showing justice and charity. ... How David could influence our lives if we will open our eyes to see David as a person like us who is thriving to know God and all His power. ... Our past experience does give us an idea of who God is when we see how he saves us and delivers through experien...

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With this statement you can see that Epicurus accused the people of creating the gods in their own image, so they created what we would call false gods. ... Since the soul dies with are bodies we have not to worry about living eternal, so the present should be concerned with pursuing the pleasant life, which includes "elimination of those false ideas about the gods and death which are the chief source of mental disturbances" (Readings pg.92). ... In contrast Epicurus does not believe that the soul is immortal therefore there is no need to search for truth but to seek out "The necessary desir...

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Mostly I view Jesus as a teacher who taught all of the world's people and our great clergy what we know today. ... What it means to be a Christian is how each and every person chooses their life with God and their relationship with God. Every one is entitled to have their own opinion on being a Christian and how they want to live their life accordingly. ... Honestly I feel that when I die I will be able to witness the second coming. I understand death as this when you die it is for a reason and nothing else but that. 8. ...

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If we fast forward to present day it seems very little has changed. ... ("Islamic Beliefs" 1) Though the religions disagree on whether Jesus is God they do agree on how to talk to God. ... Not only must we communicate with Gob but actions are required to show our devotion. ... (Qur"an, 51:19) It is clear that we must take care of those less fortunate but how do the religions instruct us to treat others in general? ... However, we are only looking are current events. ...

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He teaches us how to be patient, how to be generous, how to be selfless, how to be loyal, how to be forgiving, how to be responsible, and how to persevere. ... He asked her, "Who died?" She replied, "God died. ... Should not we be doing His work with it? ... We can't offer the excuse that we were led into doing wrong. ...

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"Why are we Catholic and not Christian?... "Mom, how come you don't save my friends?... These religious fanatics that believe anyone who differs in belief should be killed, are to die, or will die with no hope of salvation. ... Millions have suffered and died and continue to daily. ... But I wonder how tolerant the innocent victims of September 11th and our soldiers dying from terrorist acts everyday overseas would be. ...

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David's expression of the pain that this separation brings was "How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! ... Gilgamesh realizes that he would die just as his friend Enkidu did. ... We find great friendships that were formed. Then, we see the desire to live forever, immortality/eternal life. ... We still find men with amazing physical strength, great friendships, and we all are still seeking for immortality/eternal life which we gain through Jesus Christ....

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Whether their death was caused by greed, selfishness, or just being curious, many people died in The Odyssey. Still, the question of what happens after we die remains. ... Another example of the religious differences is how Ancient Egyptians believed in idol gods which are gods represented in statues. ... Many religions use time and fate as representations of why people die. Ancient Egyptians believed that when a person died, they were hand picked by god and therefore sacrificed. ...

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"Young couple on honeymoon dies in plane crash...16 year old boy hit and killed by a drunk driver...family dog mauls child president of high school commits suicide". ... Why would a God with supreme power not do something about my grandmother and my grandfathers and my uncle dying? ... I grew angry and I just could not comprehend how something like this could happen. ... I sat in the freezing cold and waited, just thinking about how bad of a day I had. ... I tried but could not understand how we could possibly do without evil and still have goodness. ...

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We cover this emptiness with a thin superficial shield. ... We care so much about image and we always treat people according to who they are and what they look like. ... When she dies, she takes his whole childhood away. ... It is when he dies and is taken to hell when he realizes what he has done and recognizes his sins. ... We expect so much of people that we sometimes change to meet others" or even our own expectations. ...

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That what you believe in ultimately plays a role in how happy you are. ... Trusting in God's goodness and despite the fact that we cannot judge whether we will be saved, we are obligated to seek God and to live according to his commandments.... If we didn't have these commandments to follow where would we be as human beings? ... The cyclic existence means that we live and then we die and are reincarnated into something or someone else, but if God is the creator of all beings and he built everyone good and with a purpose, than how can we die and comeback as something else when our sou...

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Dying is like a calling of God for you they believed. ... They taught that we ought not to be discouraged by the darkness that prevails. We can always expect the fierce opposition and hatred of Satan. Yet we are to observe the sovereignty of God. ... They basically were seeing as God deciding everything and every movement you are making all the way from how u give your lessons to what I am typing right now. ...

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I believe Voltaire is saying how we as humans always try to find answers for life's unanswerable questions. ... How it works? ... I can see why people would turn to religion and why humans made a higher being to tell us how to live and to give us a sort of meaning in life. ... If a person dies every purpose and meaning to that life, is perpetually terminated. ... Hope shatters human capability, and relates to the desperate human chase for purpose and meaning to life, hope allows us to pretend that maybe we wont die, maybe there is existence after death, or lateral to death, or maybe in a ...

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To me this quote means, whatever thoughts or reactions you have when the word God is mentioned will determine how you think, feel, and behave. ... However we as Christians know that Christ died for our sins and that "it is by grace that we are saved," not works (Ephesians 2:5). ... Romans 8:13 states, "For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die" (Life application study bible, 2041). ... We should all live our lives as if God is there to help and not rule. ... Even though we think God doesn't always hear us, we can be sure that He is listening. ...

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Before the Indians arrived, she told herself that she would rather die than be taken alive by them. ... Almost always during the journey she would feel weak and wanted to die, but God was always there to assist her. ... However, God did not want her to die; he wanted her to live to tell people how He saved her during her captivity. ... Another of God's intentions was for her to realize how powerful He was. ... The truth is that God is out there and he will save our body and souls as long as we believe in Him....

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We are all going to die at some point in our lives. When we die God make a decision about where our soul will go. ... God put all his hard work into to building this earth for us to live on and this s how we repay him. ... God is just letting us stay here for a while until we die. ... This might seen as a disappointment to you but this is how it happens. ...

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So many people dieing a horrible death, and so many family and friends missing their loved ones. How can this be called Love? ... Now I understand how God is Love through the actions and prayers of millions of people. ... I see God everyday by looking around and seeing how beautiful everything around me is. ... God is the Creator of life all around us, we should take advantage of what we have because I could never imagine anything different. ...

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Wiesel starts his book in this manner to prove how important God is, and show how improbable it is for him to lose his faith. ... Instead of dying and entering a blissful heaven, Wiesel endures more suffering. ... Several sufferers disagree with the assumption that God is dying. ... "The idea of dying, of no longer being, began to fascinate me. ... When Wiesel's father dies, Wiesel ends his memoir abruptly. ...

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And how much of a significant does it really give? Handel's "Messiah" is a great example of how knowledge and the nature of God/the holy can be conveyed through the use of music. ... The song is split into 3 parts, the first part of the song is the prophecy of the coming Messiah, the second part of the song shows the life of Jesus, his suffering and how died. ... We will relish in the ''glory'' that our long-time-coming achievement sheds and we will celebrate it with emphasis and joy. ... Aslan also sacrifices himself to save everyone, the same way Jesus did; Jesus d...

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Thus, as soon as he was born his feet were nailed together and he was given to a shepherd to be left on Kithairon to die. Unfortunately, he did not die; instead he ended up being adopted by King Polybus. Sophocles wrote this play in order to show how the gods were cruel and also how truth can affect a person or the people around you. ... Throughout the play, we see the characters transforming. ... It was circumstantial of how he became King. ...

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How could we perverse a good without having that perverseness, evil, in us already? ... How could anyone enjoy such sin if it wasn't already in him or her? ... If we didn't, then we wouldn't sin. ... How would we be able to perverse good if the ability to do it isn't in us? ... Therefore, when some dies at the hands of God it is good. ...

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Strikingly, Ely simultaneously denies the existence of God and declares himself to be a prophet in a single paradoxical sentence: "There is no God and we are his prophets " (170). ... The man's last remark is reminiscent of the advice given to Job by his wife: "Curse God and die " (Job 2:9). ... It is when we suffer that we most need belief in a loving God to keep ourselves going. The more reason we have to doubt God's reality, the more we need to believe. ...

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