There are also clues that Arnold Friend's true identity is that of the Pied Piper. ... (p.62) All the music references hint to a few conclusions about Arnold Friend. ... Pan, the god of flocks and shepherds, is another possible choice for Arnold Friend's true identity. ... (p.63) The music references and this "chariot" of Arnold Friend's could be clues to a Pan connection. ... The same hoof references could lead to the assumption that Arnold Friend is indeed the Devil. ...

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Stephan Cope's Yoga and the Quest of the True Self resonated something within. ... Reading this book was like having a talk with a good friend. ... "Oh, for heaven's sake...every mature human being must have more than one church," Cope's friend said. ... This statement is so true. ... Yoga and the Quest for the True Self showed me that I am not alone in what I am feeling. ...

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It was a statement that was true over a century ago and still holds true today. ... This premise is actually repetitive in telling stories of those who are able to find their true "social self."" And, this conversion is oftentimes one of a religious nature of a deeply symbolic order consistent with what you believe to be true. ... In Dialogues in a Monastery the main character, Synesios tells his good friend Ipklisis why he decided to become a monk; he continues with a love story. After years of being away from home, he returns to visit an old friend of his mother's whose daughter has...

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To get a true understanding, one must be aware of both sides of the story. ... By the ninth remove, I believe Rowlandson really began to trust the Indians and consider them somewhat of a friend. ... During the twelfth remove, Rowlandson talked about her master's absence and said, "seemed to me the best friend that I had of an Indian" (86). ... If Rowlandson would have been acting her true self and in her true nature, she would have helped the child break the food into smaller pieces instead of just taking it from the child. Other than this one account, I believe Rowlandson stays true ...

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A person in public life who I respect very highly is my best friend, advocate, and sister, Mahana Pierre. ... Mahana always gave me good advice when I needed a friend, and she helped me make it through a thought time in my life. ... I consider Mahana my sister, because only true friends and/or family would want the best for each other. ...

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His mother's religious beliefs, his friend's pagan stories and the power of Ultima as seen by his eyes, all made for a complicated world for any kid his age. ... This is epically true in Latin cultures where talking about the dead in "cuentos" is part of the everyday routine. ...

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I had a friend like that she tried to convert me to her religion. ... There are people who are true believers in that religion. I consider myself to be a true believer. ... It was true what Dr. ... It works both ways because I"m sure there are men that say that all women are cheaters and this is not true. ...

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When Razumikhin first sees his old friend, he is overcome with joy and exclaims, "Is it you?My friend, you've cut me out!...... " Razumikhin is concerned for his friend and offers him offers him comfort and safety. ... He is shown to be above Raskolnikov, and possesses a strength that his weak and broken friend needs. ... Dostoevsky uses the symbol of a child to reveal Sonya's true innocence and good intentions. ...

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He is rejected by Fellowship, a fair weather friend, his Kindred and Cousin, who are both detrimental to Everyman's salvation, and finally by Goods, as he is the reason for Everyman's journey to death. ... It is this act of charity, which is greatly approved of by the Medieval Church, along with Everyman's true repentance that allows him to achieve salvation. ...

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However, his best friend Itzie Lieberman is nothing like this. ... Itzie makes obscene jesters and dirty looks to his mother when her back is turned, Ozzie has true affection for his mother (1862). ... This along with another instance later on, proves that Itzie can also be sort of a good friend to Ozzie. ... The reason behind Ozzie's true love for his religion may be from his family's ability to center their whole lives around it. ...

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True, which is to be free from all habits, good and bad. ... Physical freedom means we can go where we want to go: one can get in a car and drive until they wish to stop, hop on a train or bus to visit a friend, fly to another country to view history. ... True freedom is freedom from past and present, good and bad, thoughts and actions. True freedom means the power to act using wisdom rather than compulsive desires and habits. True freedom comes from being guided by your wisdom. ...

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Not knowing Zeus" true intentions, Agamemnon starts a sequence of events that led to the most dramatic events of the war. ... Athena again assumes another mortal's identity, this time as Hektor's best friend Deiphobos, and tricks Hektor into facing Achilles at his last and fatal battle. ... Hektor, on the other hand, does not realize what Athena has done until it is too late and sees that his dear friend is not by his side... Readers see the true personality and integrity of the characters. ... By putting them through hardship, Joseph sees the true nature of his brothers. ...

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June 20 A friend of mine showed me a tape by a Christian Rock group named "X-sinner". I loved the graphics (my friend is going to use them on his Harley's gas tank), but the message is a bit misleading. ... How do you know that it is true? ... One definition of a friend is someone who is willing to inconvenience himself or herself to help another. Isaiah is telling me to be a friend to a stranger. ...

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I, Cedric of San Diego, from the land of sky-candles and sail-roads, son of a gritty Californian warrior, Godric, who, generous to all his thanes, rewarded them lavishly, with funds for the newest Ray-Bans, have come to wipe out the weak and feeble, the evil, and establish mead halls of solid gold i...

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I have always wanted to know if the content in the Bible was true, why bad things happen to good people, and whether or not the religion I have been taught is just that, a religion, or if it is something more (a relationship). To understand first if the Bible is true or not you have to read its content in its entirety. ... I went and asked a friend the same questions I had about religion; I wanted to know whether it is truth or just regurgitated stories told by parents and church members. ... Am I to believe that the Bible is true and that God created everything? ...

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In contrast to this friendship we also have television reporter friend of PK in the metropolitan setup who helps PK regain his lost spaceship remote. ... The inner or true meaning of religion is forgotten by the people, and only the external practices are being followed blindly. ... It is notable here that this aspect of religious practice is also condemned in OMG where Kanji Lalji Mehta totally is against such wastage, and believes that true meaning of religion is compassion towards all living beings. ... This is true in every religion. In the pursuit of power and money, the true essence of r...

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After the Jerusalem Council, it was clear that all people with faith would be saved and that this does not only include Jews, but also the Gentiles. Believers were "free from the law," meaning that they did not have to live under the law. However, we can see Paul blaming the Galatians about their fi...

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God was his friend and his shelter, on whom he could throw all of his burdens and troubles. ... His wish came true and stigmata, marks which are similar to Jesus' wounds caused by the nails when he was crucified, appeared on his body. ...

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As long as humans are graced with a mind, they will no doubt be curious and search for a universal truth. The truth may never be agreed on, nor may it never be found. Either way, truth is an aspect of life that dumbfounds and confounds humankind. Socrates is said to have been on a search for ...

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The thoughts which enter one's mind when contemplating God will determine whether or not that person is a true believer in Christ, a doubting Thomas, or an atheist. ... Some may think God and not be able to see themselves approaching Him for one reason or another where as others think of him as an eternal friend who will always be there for them. ...

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(pg 236) They too are murdered for mistakenly believing they could be a friend of man. Noah's actions make it painfully clear where the true evil resides especially when they are done in the name of his God. ... Anything that Noah himself cannot understand or achieve - such as alchemy- becomes, to him, a miracle, although the only true miracles are performed by Lucifer in the brief resurrection of the Unicorn from the dead. ... With every action he convinces himself that he is: "blameless and - more than blameless - that he and he alone [is] saving the entire situation by salv...

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The use of a supernatural force in these epics eludes to something other than the true God. ... Robin Hood and his merry men were brought into Ivanhoe to excite more adventures and reveal the unfailing loyalty of a witty thief to his land and to his true king, Richard. ... In the case of Arthur, Lancelot, his best friend, and Guenivere, his wife, "plot" against Arthur by their affair together. ...

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After composing Messiah, Handel supposedly wrote to a friend "I did think I did see all of heaven before me and the great God himself". ... He asked his congregations not to show up to the performances of the song and said that 'true Christians' would achieve more by reading the bible than listening to the song. ... Songs doesn't really enrich the true knowledge of nature of the holy; however all it does is bring up emotions. ...

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Silas" loss and regain of faith and religion can be traced throughout the novel and expresses the author's intent on revealing the essence of a true religion. George Eliot divulges that religion is not entirely about believing in a higher being for a reliable source of security, but the dependence on loved ones in an individual's life that helps them discover their true self. ... Being falsely accused of murder and befriended by his good friend and wife led him to believe that, "[...] there is no just God that governs the earth righteously, but a God of lies, that bears witness aga...

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The only personal religious experience I've had was going to my best friend's First Communion in this same Roman Catholic Church. At the time, I didn't understand what the true purpose of it was, only that we were going to get to party afterward. ... He explained to me that Anglicans believe that in order to be saved from the fiery pits of hell, all one must do is believe in Jesus – the physical representation of the one true God. ... Once we become united with God, we can experience true and pure love. ... The reason why we may experience pure, true love by becoming one...

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