One of the first quotes that show this is "this settlement was his Bishopric in miniature; hundreds of square miles of thirsty desert, then a spring, a village... ... Here Cather uses this quote to describe the missionary labors that will challenge both the Fathers. ... This is seen where Cather says "observing them thus in repose, in the act of reflection, Father Latour was thinking how each of these men not only had a story, but seemed to have become his story (Cather 182). ... (Cather 256) While talking about Christ in this quote and the church, Cather uses a rock to play an impo...

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When the story first began, Prometheus was being dragged a location where he was forced to spend eternity, "ironbound". ... Later in the story, the Chorus visited Prometheus to ask him about what had happened. ... {PB, pp. 42-43, ln. 402-414) From this quote, it is evident that Prometheus was aware of the actions he chose, as well as the consequences that would lie ahead. ... (PB, p. 53, ln. 743-748) From this quote, it is evident that Prometheus" actions were not a "regrettable or unfortunate thing", nor were they, "caused by awareness of wrong or foolish behavior." ... Both men in t...

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Here he restates his central idea about what he believes the creation stories have become. ... Edwards thinks that these ideas should be the focus of you reading of the creation stories. ... Edwards quotes from Kasper, "It requires omnipotence to be able to surrender oneself away; and it requires omnipotence to be able to take oneself back on the giving and to preserve the independence and freedom of the recipient- (Edward, 41). ... In the quote it is describing God's true nature as is relates to humans here on earth. ... IF we look back to the creation stories we were created with fr...

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This story relates to the Salem Witch Trials. In the beginning of the story, you could tell that Goodman Brown loved his wife Faith very much. ... This story differed greatly from The Minister's Black Veil because in this story, he was pointing out the great Irony in Puritanism. ... According to these two stories by Hawthorne backed up by History of Puritanism, I believe that this paints a clear picture of Puritanism. ... This quote shows two things, it points out how the Puritans feared god and his holy wrath, and it also shows the irony in relation to the Salem Witch Trials which Hawtho...

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Another interesting quote from the next chapter about their voyage to Cape Cod is, "this young man with a grievous disease, of which he died in a desperate manner, thus his curses light on his own head, and it was an astonishment to all his fellows for they noted it to be the just hand of God upon him" (McMichael and Leonard 53). ... It is an easy story to comprehend and describes how one is "supposed" to be feeling vs. what may be felt by others. ... This quote touches upon the differences between Calvinism and Enlightenment before age of reason was even thought of. .....

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This quote has a direct irony in correlation to Nathaniel Hawthorne's tale of "Young Goodman Brown". Hawthorne's profound short story is a pilgrimage to revelation for one devout Christian man; the idea that mankind, being himself, is not without sin and far from saintly perfection. ... Hawthorne's usage of allegory and symbolism in this story shows how perilous excessive pride, moral superiority, and religious zealotry can be to one's mortal existence. ... There is mention of them throughout the story. ... "In place of the needed capacity for both love and hate or, in...

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This is portrayed in a quote by Anu, a Sumerian god,Because they have killed the Bull of Heaven, and because they have killed Humbaba who guarded the cedar mountain one of the two must die?. ... The Egyptians built huge statues of their gods and also preserved stories of them by engraving them into stone walls on pyramids of Egypt to honor them. ... The first story tells about Yahweh's creation of the physical world, the animal world and then the creation of man. The second version of the story tells of a kind of wilderness in the beginning that comes to life when Yahweh causes it to rain...

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Scriptures were dramatically important for the Jewish story of God. ... The laws however, are not the whole story. The Torah contains much more than law: it contains stories and wisdom of encouragement and guidance. ... There are many stories that tell of Jesus" arrest and trial, his crucifixion and resurrection, and his appearances to his disciples after the resurrection. ... Therefore I end with the quote: "The striving after God is the desire of beatitude, the attainment of God is beatitude itself. ...

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I can remember studying Greek mythology and stories that were related to them. The stories of a god named Zeus, king of the gods and the ruler of Mount Olympus. ... Zeus's rise to power is different than other religious stories where is father did not pass those powers down to his son but instead he overthrew is father Cronus and gained the sovereignty of heaven for himself. ... The holy bible which is a book that is sacred to many, holds many words of god and the story of how the beginning started. ... Quotes that "treat every moment like your last" or "never put tomorrow...

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Similarly this links to the bible quote in Isaiah 54:17 which states no weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. ... In this, Lewis's shows us that divergence to a biblical story. The film show us with a variety of different ways on faith and brings the story of Jesus to come to life, I believe this is a very effective way of conveying the nature of the holy. ...

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They told stories of how the gods had the power to determine your fate in the afterlife based on your actions on Earth. ... They adopted ideas of the afterlife from fictitious stories such as Dante's Inferno. ... Another approach to proving the existence of an afterlife is quoting the bible. ...

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First, Zorba the Greek is a story about Alexis Zorbas who greatly impacts the life of the narrator, an Englishman, who decided to get away from texts and experience life. ... To show that Zorba's views are more complicated, one can refer to the end of the novel and the collapse of the mine he owned, as he blames God for the happenings.(289) As stated in the last quote, Zorba still views lifes happenings as existing separate from God. ... The Pearl is a novel told by an all-knowing author, yet the story most often limits itself to Kino's perspective as he suffers the many trials of an...

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In these former quotes it is clear that they mean: God is omniscient. ... In the story of Adam and Eve from Genesis, we comprehend that Eve chooses to eat the forbidden fruit, leading God to spite Adam, Eve, and the human race with the original sin. ... The Bible takes on a creationist viewpoint to explain the nature of the world (for example, think about the story where God created the world in 7 days). ... In Exodus, we can read the quote: "And he said, I will make my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you" (Exodus 33:19). ...

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The story takes place the night after a big revival, in a hot and crowded church. ... This quote is an excellent example of metaphor. ... Throughout the story Langston uses much dialogue to help the reader understand what he experiences that night when he thinks he is going to see Jesus. ... In the story, Langston's attitude represents strong character, and when he sees himself lying, he truly feels bad for what he is doing. ...

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The story, "Parker's Back"," by Flannery O'Connor, is about the marriage of O.E. ... As stated in the story, "Parker had never before felt the least motion of wonder in himself " before the day he saw the man covered in tattoos. ... Sarah Ruth was a devout Christian who knew the Bible well and often quoted from it as she cautioned Parker of how horrible Judgment day would be for him if he continued to live his blasphemous life. ... Parker's thoughts on why she married him are displayed in the beginning of the story as contemplates "she had married him because she meant to save h...

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"NOW I KNOW WHY MY VOICE NEVER CHANGES," is a quote from John Irving's novel, A Prayer for Owen Meany. ... Similarly, in A Prayer for Owen Meany, predestination, in the form of foreordained events, dictates the path that the story takes and how the story will end. ... Yet by the end of the final performance, Owen had forever changed the history of The Christmas Story in Gravesend, New Hampshire. ...

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Looking back at the quote made by Hume concerning the use of evidence, it must be asked; how useful are these testimonies? Hume rejected the reliability of using others testimonies as evidence of miracles and suggested that the only way we ought to believe in a miracle story is if it would be more incredible that all the witnesses were mistaken than if the event were true. ... However as a country develops and the population becomes more educated such stories disappear. Moreover Hume asserted that we should be wary of evidence because of "the passion of surprise and wonder arising from miracl...

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Title: The Promise To David Author: Joseph Blenkinsopp Publisher: Darton, Longman & Todd LTD Publication Date: 1964 The Promise To David What promises? Do these promises apply to everyone? The argument of this book is God enters our world in ways we can understand. But do we under...

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This book had stories by many travelers that Chaucer went on a trip with. ... She was quoted to love sex and did not care for what others thought. ... The Confessions tells a story in the form of a long conversion with God. ...

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In other words, when the story begins, the earth and the deep are already on the scene, so that the rest of Genesis 1 merely tells how God gave form and structure to this material. ... Surely this corrects the statement above where certain students are quoted, "when the story begins, the earth and the deep are already on the scene, so that the rest of Genesis 1 merely tells how God gave form and structure to this material". ...

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