Why would God kill everyone in the entire earth but save Noah and his family? ... The Lord was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. ... There are good arguments for both and I think one who is going to be a biblical scholar should know both sides of the argument and try to come to a conclusion for themselves. ... The account talks of a catastrophic deluge that covered the whole earth. ... I interpret that to mean God will never again flood the entire earth. ...

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For thousands of years, all Europeans knew that the earth was flat and that there was nothing that lie beyond the Atlantic Ocean. On February 15, 1564, the day that Galileo Galilei was born, everyone in Europe knew that the earth was the stationary center of the universe. ... "* The way that the Church saw it, this Bible verse clearly affirmiated the sun's motion around the earth, in addition to making Galileo a bonified heretic. ... Indeed, Galileo's suggestion in this footnote that the earth-centered view of the universe may someday be considered heretical only provides further...

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God love was predominantly mentioned which in other word could be seen as a protection or reward for good deed and ideas behaviors by showing the characters of religious figures. ... Not only that the poem uses various adjective and adverb to inculcate Christianity religion in the writing but also the imagination of Religious beliefs such as God love, kindness and hope in rewards for any consequences with idea of good and bad behaviors. ... In addition to beginning of the poem, the writer uses an idea about how the God created the earth in a brilliant flat circle with water which is correlated...

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The Bible is here on Earth to teach us and help us to better direct our paths on this journey that we call Life. ... "Thou shall not make yourself any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. ... Six days shall thou labor, and do all your work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates: For in six days the LORD ...

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Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good ( Rom 12.21), to summarize, God has commanded us to love our enemies. ... Amos 9:8-9 shows that God will shake the nation to separate the good from the bad. ... SUMMARY: God is the creator of all things; the heavens (stars, planets, etc.), earth, all animals and mankind. God placed man in charge of the earth and over every living thing that lives on the earth. ... And I also think they are simple, vivid images that inflate and decorate good yarns, making them more instructive and memorable. ...

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Paul chose to live because he thought that he personally had unfinished work on Earth. It could be seen from this argument that without the unfinished work on Earth, he would not feel such a strong attachment to continued life on Earth. ... There is no good reason this instance should be an exception to the rule. 5. ... Hume also states that a good God would not prevent us from ending our miseries through suicide if life became so very unbearable. ... In theory this may look good, but in actual practice some people simply have the ability to face challenge and suffering far better than oth...

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Land is being protected, trees saved as new ways are sought to produce safe and effective energy for people are recognizing that Earth's natural resources are slowly dwindling. ... Furthermore, man's mission on earth to rule is not emphasized but moreso to be a good caretaker of the Garden, which he failed and was exiled from Heaven. Clearly this decree in the Bible preaches taking care of God's Garden which now can be interepreted as Earth. ...

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"I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth; so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your descendants also can be counted," He says to Abraham. ... Your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and by you and your descendents shall all the families of the earth bless themselves. ... (The Holy Bible, Gen. 18:23-24, 26) Indeed, God does not find fifty good men in the city, but later remembers Abraham, as He sends Lo...

• Word Count: 1787
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Both holy books believe that God made the earth in six days: "Verily, your Lord is God, who created the heavens and the earth in six days; then He made for the throne, to govern the affair" (Surah 10, Ayah 3) and "Then the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. ... For him who begs and for him who is denied (good) and those who accept the truth of the Judgment Day, and those who are fearful of the chastisement of their Lord and those who guard their private parts, except in the case of their wives or those whom their right hands possess-- for these surely are not to be ...

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because people can not witness evolution's happening or God's changing of the earth over the course of six days. ... Evolutionists must also realize that evolution may have been God's plan to begin with and God designed and is actually under control of all the mutations that happen on Earth, that eventually lead to greater evolution. ... They told them that if they lead a good life and did not disobey their masters or bosses that they would have a place in heaven waiting for them when they died. ... A realization that God only wants us to be good people and for us to know that ...

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"God" took 7 days to create heaven and earth. ... God saw light was good, and he separated the light from darkness. ... God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.... 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. ... Compared to the Koran the Bible actually describes how God created heaven and earth and the people on it and how this all actually happened. ...

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Some religious conservatives believe in conditionalism or annihilationism: individuals in Hell will be punished for an interval proportional to their sins on earth, and then totally annihilated, ceasing to exist in any form. ... The earliest books of the Bible described Sheol : an underground cavern where all people, good and bad, spent eternity after death, leading a thirsty, shadowy, energy-less existence isolated from God. Borrowing some ideas from the Zoroastrian religion, some later Jewish writers saw the faithful being resurrected and leading long lives in a purified earth before dying...

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There is meaning in our days on earth and it is to seek and live for the meaning that is after life. ... God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few... "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: if on falls down his friend can help him up. ... For God will bring every deed into judgment; including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil. ...

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Taken from a selection of Confucian analects, "13:29 The Master said, "Let a good man teach the people seven years, and they may then likewise be employed in war.... The first of these documents originate from verses taken from Hindu scripture Bhagavad gita 2.37, "If thou fallest in battle, thou shalt obtain heaven; if thou conquerest, thou shalt enjoy the earth. ... " This verse is very encouraging of warfare by claiming those who die will go to heaven, and those who win will be rewarded on earth. ... He says, "The good man wins a victory and then stops; he will not ...

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In my point of view, I believe that the good life is achieved with a good relationship with God. ... The good life is made up of many different parts. ... I think that everything that God has given to us is good. ... We will be living a good life whether or not God is real. ... If on this earth we live the "good life" our actions will be rewarded and we will experience eternal joy. ...

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He felt that it was not a good account of what happened because it was written by so many different people. ... He said "Ye are the salt of the earth". ... Darrow pointed out that it meant that the earth would have to stand still in order for this to happen. ...

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However, there is good reason to believe that Paul did not intend to leave women out forever. ... People have claimed that Christ anointed women to do His good work only when willing men could not be found, however we have seen God's ability to raise up even the seemingly least likely man, Saul, renamed Paul, to become on of history's greatest spiritual leaders. ... If it were a clear matter which Biblical evidence would overwhelmingly reveal God's will for the church and his kingdom here on earth, we should be expected to take immediate action and conform. ...

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I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all people on earth will be blessed through you" (Genesis 12:1-3). ... God specifically states, "So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of the land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey - the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. ...

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The human species sometimes is so totally engrossed in the idea of themselves having infinite possibilities and choices that they forget that having a distinct persona is a good thing, not a bad. Without life experiences to guide one through the course of their days on earth, what else would they have? ...

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Or, what was in that big warm smile that, as my brother puts it, makes you believe there's peace on earth. ... He served the family as a good father, he served society as an ardent activist and social worker, and he served God and His church passionately as a pastor. ...

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Puritans used the Bible to relate everything that happens to them, good or bad, and used it to justify the current situation. ... Come, behold the Works of the Lord, what desolation he has made in the Earth" (14). ...

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Introduction to Ethics Reasons, Emotions, Blood "Never has there been a good war or a bad peace." ... Although for the larger piece of the Earth's populous having a standpoint was "as easy as 1, 2, 3- the real problem, the real solution and the right way to approach the conflict were far more sophisticated. ... We are trying to accomplish certain goal and it is probably good enough to where "the means justify the end."" ... Freedom is good. ... I will stay away from dealing with conspiracies and I will just look at what other good things the war might bring if not freedom. ...

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I also want women to dress modestly, with decency and propriety, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes, but with good deeds, appropriate for women who profess to worship God. ... It was thought that through these practices, one could achieve something akin to heaven on earth. ... This would explain the strong words Paul makes in reference to Eve, reminding the women that she was indeed led into sin, and that bearing children and raising them was a good thing, not unspiritual as they were being taught. ...

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