In Genesis, "The Lord God planted all sorts of beautiful trees there in the garden, trees producing the choicest of fruit. At the center of the garden he placed the Tree of Life, and the Tree of Knowledge, giving knowledge of both Good and Bad.... ... But the Lord God gave the man this warning: "You may eat any fruit in the garden except fruit from the Tree of Knowledge-- for its fruit will open your eyes to make you aware of right and wrong, good and bad...." ...

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Another main question is why God went easy on Adam and Eve after they had went against his wishes and ate the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Originally God had stated that, "You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die," (Genesis 2.16, 2.17). Adam and Eve had ignored this warning however and had eaten from the Tree of Knowledge after the devil had tempted them to. ... He demonstrated forgiveness by giving them another chance to live their lives and showed mercy by not ...

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So God not only allowed evil to be created, so that he could give us free will that we might choose him, but he also gave it definition. ... He did not know that eating from the one tree in the center of Eden was evil until God told him. So why would God put the tree there in the first place if he didn't want man to eat it? ... So what was his reason for putting evil with man, why was the tree placed in the Garden of Eden? ... That is why the tree was placed in easy access to Adam and Eve. ...

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When Brown meets with the devil, the devil gives him a staff in the shape of a "great black snake" (261) to help him walk further. ... When Adam and Eve stole from the Tree of Knowledge, they were banished from Eden. Brown's acceptance of the staff gives him with "the instinct that guides mortal man to evil" (266). ... When Brown meets with the devil in the forest, on a path, he finds Faith's pink ribbons hanging on a tree. ...

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Gandhi felt "the means can be compared to a seed and the end to a tree. Between the means and the end there is the same inviolable relation that exisits between the seed and the tree" (Sofri 192). ... Every drop in the ocean shares its majesty and has the honor of giving us life" (Philosophies p.1) Gandhi had a very strong faith in God and religion. ...

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Then God created the plants bearing seeds and the trees- the fourth day. ... They were allowed to eat from any tree, but they were not allowed to eat from the apple tree, but if they did there would be sin on Earth forever. ...

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The author gives examples of how, throughout Parker's life, he was always in need of something more as he was constantly seeking to fill every last empty gap in his physical state. ... Parker might have previously believed that he was completely apathetic to religion, but as the tractor he was driving crashed into the tree he found himself calling on the only help he could call on; "God Above."" ... Yet he looks back at the burning tree and his natural instinct was to once again, run away from God. ... O'Connor gives several examples of Sarah Ruth's beliefs against idolatry. ....

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The scriptures do go on to state how God "after" He created the earth, brought the sphere to life by adding, light, dry land, seas, the trees of the field, grass and fruit trees, animals and finally man. ... The forming of the Sun and the moon to give light, and the creation of trees, plants, animals and finally man prove the point. ...

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" "Come then, in this thing let us both give way to each other, I to you, you to me, and so the rest of the immortal gods will follow," " (Iliad IV: 62). ... A serpent appears to Eve and tells her that by eating the fruit of the middle tree, she would gain the knowledge of good and evil and therefore be like God... When God first informs Adam and Eve about the middle tree, he only instructs them not to eat of it because they would die, but the serpent reveals the information about the tree to Eve in order to tempt her to go against God. ...

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When Earth was created, God planted many plants in the Garden of Eden and in the middle of the garden was the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. ... (Genesis 3:14)" These characters illustrate that God does give each of us the choice to do good or evil and based on our choice there will be significant consequences. ... Did he give it to you? ... On his deathbed, Adam blesses his only living son, giving him the choice to live his life in either good or evil from that minute onward. ... Through the characters of Cathy, Adam, Charles, and Cal, Steinbeck gives the F...

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When they had their harvest next year, they give all their thanks to God. ... People in the court have to give their oath in the name of God. When president wield his response, he has to touch the Bubble, and give his words to God. ... In Chinese's mind, human is not more noble than a bird or a tree. ...

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Even when the King is about to have his wife killed for committing a crime against him, the common people try to stand up for her by asking the King that he at least give her a trial with a sentencing before he just kills her. ... She says this after Tristan and Iseult met in their usual place in the tall pine trees, and they were able to see King Mark before they spoke and accidentally let him know the truth about them. ... The last example I will use which sort of gives of the same idea as the stained glass windows is the sculptures and art such as The Prophet Jeremiah of St. ...

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The Chi is decorated like a Christmas tree. ... The color in this piece of art gives even more meaning to the God that they are describing. ... This means that their God is fair and gives equal treatment to any type of person. ... Bright, bold colors give the painting a happy mood. ... These two pieces of art work give a clear idea of how the Christians and Muslims view their own Gods....

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It can't give concrete answers to some questions, the questions of existence. ... This presumption that all things can be explained here on earth and can be understood and interpreted by us gives way to pride. ... Appreciation of nature requires much more than a mere knowledge of its parts and the transcendence it gives rise to can not be contained in the mind, it must spill over into the soul. ... As I stepped closer still I became almost bothered by all the individual strokes of the brush, I began to wonder if there was any set relation that they bore to one another, if I could perhaps ...

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He is regarded as the only one who gives life and permit death (Adedeji, 2012). ... He is a friend who is truthful, a creator and life-giver who preserve and maintain the universe (Adedeji, 2012). ... This includes natural phenomena-hills, certain rivers, trees and the earth believed inhabited by the spirit..."... In describing God, Al-Ghazzali wrote: "He is the power and the kingdom and the glory and the majesty and to Him belongs creation and the rule over what He created: He alone is the Giver of life; He is omniscient, for His knowledge encompassed all things, from the deepest depths...

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In the Islami world, the beliefs are totally different than that of the western religions.In India the belief stems from a person who became so enlightened when he sat under a puoi tree, he was able to remain on earth and teach others to become more like him or more God like. ... thornton even gives documentation to this effect(insert). ...

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What I have found is that God moves in cycles or seasons and it is just like a time when you can grow a garden or a fruit tree will bear. ... Her main character Hazel Motes blinds himself in the end as sort of his last resort to see if God is real either by or a miracle or to give him peace with his inner self in the end, but since Hazel dies we will never know if salvation was meant for him or not. ...

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Love gives this description: "Caliban, the play's most astonishing character, "a born devil, on whose nature/nurture can never stick" (Love 124). ... For instance, Prospero saved Ariel from the tree and convinced it to become his servant as a way to repay him. ...

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The Religious Government Primitive human civilization came to be around 5000 B.C. with the beginning of agriculture, and primitive religion came to be around the same time. Since its creation religion has always took a strong hold on how humans interact with nature and with each other. Religion ...

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Hell is repeatedly associated with darkness, giving it a sinister and evil connotation, while Heaven is bathed in light, making it appear holy and pure. ... At the moment when Satan's plan is in most doubt, Beelzebub gives a persuasive speech calling for its implementation. ...

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Not only is this woman condemned for eating the fruit of the sacred tree, but she is also banished from the perfect garden and forced to reckon with the man who was banished along side of her. ... Margaret Fuller gives little to the efforts of men, while Anne Bradstreet remembers to acknowledge her counterparts "one main reason for this discrepancy is the fact that these two women live nearly two centuries apart. ...

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