Premature death was often viewed by God's faithful as a punishment or rectification of a past misdeed. ... In Genesis 2 - 3, God attempts to explain the relation of sin to death. ... But since original man had disobeyed, death became the result of a life of sins. ... By dying on the cross, Jesus perfectly released of man's sins. ... It is simple: Live a good life in God's name and you will be free of sin at death and made pure because of Christ's dying for our original sin. ...

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Through the compilation of his sins, Macbeth grows accustomed to evil and numb to the world. ... This quote demonstrates his belief that humans do not learn from the past and only repeat the mistakes of history. ... He insists that he cannot live a proper life after the partaking in the sins he has committed and resigns from life entirely. ...

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Onto another interesting point, Socrates believes that the difficult part is not death but rather avoiding sins. ... Consequently, one is condemned to death to pay for all the sins they have done in the past. ... Walking the path of life, one would eventually have to face different problems and sins are just inevitable. ... As a result, minimizing the unrighteous acts would be comforting at some point and at the same time, it soothes down the thought of having to pay for sins through death penalty. ...

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My children are all grown past infant strangles; so, reassured, I knew some other baby perished in the snow. ... She hung her tail, flagging from her sins. ... The persona is reflecting on the past fondly and remembering when she behaved like an animal. ... The persona looks to her past as though she is looking back on her life as though it might be at its end or very close to its end. ...

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Greek Platonism stated "the pre existence of the soul in a celestial world and its fall into a human body are due to sin". ... We learn of the citizens burning down a book store in the past which sold books on reincarnation. ...

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We all have our secret sins that we never tell anybody. We all have something dark in our pasts that we hide from people. ... You can never know if you know every aspect about that person, every detail in their past, it is impossible. ...

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Native American Religious Beliefs Through out history, historians have had the ability to pass on the knowledge of the past because of written documents and other forms of evidence that acknowledge the existence of past civilizations and cultures. When there are no written documents, whether lost or never created, it can be more difficult for historians to explain past civilizations. ... Interestingly, the Native Americans did not have a concept of individual sin and salvation. ...

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Johnson stated " We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it." ... Rosa who I have known for almost three years now, represented my link to the past. ... Dating dose not necessarily mean sex but I do not think premarital sex signifies the ultimate sin either. ... We now spend hours talking about the past and the further. ...

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It is sometimes seen as testing from God, punishment for sins or failing to live the covenant, or a result of human abuse of free will. ... This provides a meaning for life, a reason for humans to be kind and caring to one another and to avoid "sin" or destructive behaviour. ...

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Liesl transforms and change Dunstan by tempting him to do new things and a live a life which does not tie him to his past. ... Paul believes in a better life and tries to build his own life and his own way of living by leaving his past which in part is his mother. . "She is part of a past that cannot be recovered or changed by anything I can do now. ... (Davies, 148) Paul Dempster believed that the only way for him to forget about his horrid past was to start a new life for himself and stay as far away as he could from Deptford. ... Joel changes his immoral life of sins to a life he didic...

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Within christianity, Roman catholics believe that the souls of those who have not sinned since their last confession will go straight to heaven; the souls of those who have sinned will go to purgatory; a place between heaven and hell, where their souls will be cleansed. ... The bible teaches there will be a day of judgement which is when people will have to account for their past actions. ...

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A whole system of networking and trade would develop in the new world by using past trade ideas. Two different stories from Las Casas, a Dominican priest ,and Josephe an Indian that spoke Spanish that witnessed the brutality that the Indians had to face will be discussed to paint a clear image for what happened in the past, and to help show the historical context of the arising history. ... They saw it as freedom in ridding sins and leading a wholesome life under god. ...

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Kim grows up in an environment full of physicality and sin. ... He does not get rid of the physicality that he grew up with; rather, he makes a balance between his past and future. ... He combines the worldliness of his past with the spirituality and religion of the lama which creates a clear and balanced future. ...

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Christians believe that the earth will be demolished when God is finally fed up with all of the sins that man has performed, and the only way to make things right is to destroy everything and start with a fresh page. ... Those select few who manage to make it past the actual event will cease within a matter of days due to the loss of all natural resources and no clean air to breathe. ... The event of creation is a point in the past that can never be lived again. ...

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However, the Romantic in Keats saw past their deaths; he saw past it to find love. ... Where if every one of my sins were absolved I'd still burn in Hell; however would smile and joke with the devil and hold no contempt for the unforgiving nature of our Creator. ...

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THE STORY OF DEATH The story of death goes far back to times unknown to any scientist who has studied the topic. It has many interpretations but the most popular version that I truly believe is the authentic story, I will tell now. It all started back in ancient Greece. A Greek god named Timex h...

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Hoffer explains" "It is a strange thing that both the injurer and the injured, the sinner and he who is sinned upon, should find in the mass movement an escape from a blemished life." he also says that remorse and grievance seem to drive people in the same direction. ... They may think that they are doing something for a cause and they tend to forget the wrong they have done in the past. ...

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Many believe and feel that suicide is the ultimate mortal sin, and anyone who succeeds in it, will go straight to hell, with no hope of a reprieve. ... The authors of the various scriptures do not appear to consider such actions a great mortal sin; they seem to regard them as straightforward personal decisions. ... For I live in eager expectation and hope that I will never do anything that will cause me to be ashamed of myself but that I will always be ready to speak out boldly for Christ while I am going through all these trials here, just as I have in the past; and that I will always be ...

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Introduction Over the years, there have been countless philosophers and scientists - as well as billions of everyday people - believing in a higher power and questioning how the world came to be. There are numerous ideas on how the world has become what it is today, but the two prevailing theories ...

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