...when he was hungry. He prayed for food, but he only prayed because the widow did it. Huck Finn doesn’t really know how it works. When the boat approached and looking for his dead body, he had to hold his breath to hide from them. Huck Finn was hungry and tried to find bread with quicksilver which people use it to find the dead body on the river. “A big double loaf come along, and I most got it with a long stick, but my foot slipped and she floated out further.” He tried to use a stick to get that loaf of bread the he slipped and the bread just float further and further. He missed the first loaf and prayed to God for one more, eventually there was a second piece came to him. It was ironic that at the beginning of the novel, he claimed that he didn’t believe in God, however, when he was starving, he started praying to God for another loaf of bread. Furthermore,Huck Finn does not believe in prayer and he does not know how did it work for them. In this novel, he said “that is, there's something in it when a body like the widow or the parson prays, but it don't work for me,” This sentence implied that Huck Finn does not trust in God and prayer. He does not understand the “way” of how prayer works for them. Although he did prayed for food, he didn’t really know why he did it. He just did it because someone else he knew did it before. Huck Finn was playing dead in the last paragraph, “By and by she come along, and she drifted in so close that they could a run...
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... THE GOD-IS-DEAD THEOLOGY A RESEARCH PAPER SUBMITTED TO DOCTOR RICHARD ELLIGSON PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF CHURCH MINISTRY BY EL-FATIH J. AJALA (25927535) THEO 510 LUO LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA JULY 21, 2013 Introduction Paul Enns in his book The Moody Handbook of Theology states of theologians who profess this theology, “deny all forms of traditional ontology and allow for no sovereign and unconditioned Being but only a ‘God’ who at some point in the dialectic wills His own self-annihilation” and that, “man must learn to live without God.”[1] The lack of universal truth in our lives in this 21st century can be directly attributed to the lack of morals and moral values begun in the 19th century; and which took root in the 20th century; and might be the death of man in the 22nd century. In stating that God is dead, it has to be shown that: * Is God dead? * Science and technology can solve the world’s problems * God died as a transcendent God when Christ died * The Bible is narrative (i.e. myth) This review of the God-Is-Dead theology focuses on these four questions. Is God Dead? In an article written in the Chicago Tribune in 1963 it is stated that two men (Thomas Altizer and William Hamilton) experienced the death of God. Upon this statement...
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...What Really Happened Concerning My Abduction By: Persephone I’m-a-god-i-don’t-have-a-last-name Slideshow: https://www.storyboardthat.com/storyboards/jaspen/persephone-s-abduction--the-real-story With great power comes a massive head. Although I’m still young for a god (only about 2,500 years old), I’ve learned a couple of things, but the one that the other gods don’t want mortals to know is that gods are more imperfect than mortals (which makes sense as they have to rely upon mortals for their power). They alter every story to put themselves in the best possible light; 90% of the stuff found in Greek Mythology is false advertising to make the gods seem more perfect and godly. They generally get the outline of the story right, but fill...
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...addresses that recognizing the hard truths in relations to God’s stand point. He goes on to describe oppositions that will encounter the natural world towards God and His true will. God being assigned the main cause, he makes it very clear that God is and will always be the Creator of everything. Paul clarifies that the creation of the world itself is God’s way of showing His invisible and unique works (Romans 1:18-21). It can be interpreted here that God showed Himself to us and people will still choose to neglect giving the glory to whom it belongs and even recognize Him for what they do have or even both. Paul also recognizes the problem of the natural world worshipping created things rather than the One and only God, the Creator (Romans 1:25). Just to emphasize on this with some weight to it is Paul states the origin of this fall “Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned” (Romans 5:12). It is said that this is not Paul’s main focus. He not only looks at the fact that we fail to measure up to His standards and are all sinners, but continuously points out to whom we are neglecting because of God’s righteousness and grace. In regards to human identity we can say that mankind is the creation of God, His pinnacle. After God was done with all other creation,...
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...key to understand death as far as religion goes is how a person is expected to live life. When a person is dying or dead what happens to the body as far as a funeral plays a huge role in religions also. What is the afterlife? That is a question that separates many different religions and therefore people. What really is the difference between Christianity and Islam? One of the main chore thoughts in Christianity is that Jesus died on the cross to pay for human kinds sins. However if a person doesn’t repent of all their sins, and ask Jesus to come into their life or heart and change their lives then their faith is for nothing. Islam’s believe however that allah is the only God and allah tricked everyone including his servants that Jesus died on the cross. However muslims believe they can have their sins forgiven by praying at the right time, cursing Jews and Christians, or fighting for islam. From what I’ve learned from my research sin in Islam is not really a big deal. However in Christianity all sins are equal and a person must ask for forgiveness for all of their sins. Differences: living life As Christians people are expected to love God with all their heart, and to live for him completely. For a guideline Christians were given the Ten Commandments to help throughout everyday life. Some of these are that you can’t worship any other God, you can’t murder/ take your own life, adultery isn’t allowed, and neither is stealing. Also Christian’s are taught...
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...Job in The Book of Job shows these views in both works. Utnapishtim says to Gilgamesh, “There is no permanence” (Fiero 37). This shows how Utnapishtim believes that good things won’t last forever. God blesses the main characters in both works. Gilgamesh is blessed with a perfect body, beauty, and courage. “Two thirds they made him God and one third man” (Fiero 19). Job was blessed with flocks of animals, a large family, and protected land. Job is said to be “blameless and upright” (Fiero 34). Although blessed both men were pushed to their mental and physical limits to see what they were made of. “Job and Gilgamesh are tested by superhuman forces, and both come to realize that misfortune and suffering are typical of the human condition” (Fiero 37). Gilgamesh is tested when Ishtar, the Goddess of love, takes the life of his companion Enkidu for rejecting her affections for him. “Because I am afraid of death I will go as best I can to find Utnapishtim whom they call the Faraway for he has entered the assembly of the Gods” (Fiero 21). In result of his fear of death his worthiness for personal immortality is what’s tested. Gilgamesh embarks on his journey to conquer the test and obtain his goal of personal immortality. Job, on the other hand, is tested because his questionable fear of God. “But...
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...Osiris represents many titles and nicknames, which he appears to be a god of the eternal life. He was in charge if the Osirian cycle, the afterlife, incarnation, and having an animal form. He was related with spirits and the soul of a divine god. Osiris is known because he gives all life like high fertile amounts of water and vegetation. Some say that he is from the upper religion of Nile and has the symbols of divine authority and agricultural. Osiris is associate with the representation that bulls have which symbolized the king’s strengths of kingship. It includes the pyramid’s text that had important religious ideas and some similarities with the book of the dead. This source is helpful because it demonstrates the symbolic meaning that Osiris represented as a king and a god. Also, it mentions all the reasons why Osiris was important in religion and all the power that he had to be well known as well as being cherished, so in the source it mentions all of this. It will be used to know all the names and purposes that Osiris was mostly known for....
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...Knowledge Vs. Opinion Plato is one of the philosophers that interest me the most because of his search for knowledge outside his “comfort zone.” Plato left the Athens and wandered for twelve years and during that time he studied mathematics and mysticism. For me, as a math minor, it was interesting to see how mathematics influenced Plato’s philosophy and I wondered, does an individual’s knowledge in science and math affect their philosophy claims and theories? After he finished most of his writing he founded his academy “Academos.” I was fascinated how Plato lectured without notes for forty years. Does knowledge come from the heart and soul? In Plato’s work theory of Forms he attempted to provide a rational explanation on what knowledge really is and he wanted to identify...
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...Nietzsche declared that God was dead and believed that people would be completely lost after this realization. He also proposed the two major aspects of human nature, the Apollonian and the Dionysian. Jung proposed that the collective unconscious, information reflective of human experience as a whole, was the most important component of personality. Kierkegaard stressed faith and having a personal relationship with God. Batson formed the three-dimensional model of religion, which characterized how people view and use their own religion. Nihilism is the belief that any search for the truth will fail because what is considered true will always vary. Nietzsche made the statement that “God is dead”. This was not meant to be taken literally, and...
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...Dante Talavera Denys Thompson English 11 22 May 201 English Final 1. The Scarlet Letter – Nathaniel Hawthorne Quote: “God gave her into my keeping, “repeated Hester Prynne, raising her voice almost to a sudden impulse, she turned to the young clergyman, Mr. Dimmesdale, at whom, up to this moment, she had seemed hardly so much as once to direct her eyes The them I choose for this quote is motherhood and love. It really connects to the quote because Hester Prynne is raising her voice saying that God gave her into her keeping and it shows the love she has to her child and also to God. It shows a lot of motherhood as well, when we see that Hester Prynne takes care of her child very good and plays with her, bust of all she is not ashamed of her daughter and that she did adultery with Mr. Dimmesdale. Also the quote really says how she loyal she is to her daughter and that she is very special to her because God gave her child and that she wouldn’t gave her up for anything. I also think or imagine that when you are going to have...
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...and the grandchild of a Baptist minister. I know that he was brought up in the church and that he has been exposed to the gospel; however, has not chosen at this time to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior. Today’s conversation started the same as many that we have had in the past. I inquired about his family and how everyone was doing. I then asked him how he was doing and we talked a bit about what was going on with him since he finished his bachelor’s degree in December. He let me know that he was currently pursuing his master’s degree in public relations and that he was doing pretty good as a struggling college student. I asked him if he had been attending church since returning home from school to which he responded, “not really”. I then asked Mister Man, “If you died today, would you go to heaven or hell?” My intent was to use the Romans’s Road method of evangelism; however, after starting the conversation, I realized that this method probably would not be very beneficial for Mister Man. He was already familiar with the scripture and using this structured method for him felt forced and phony. I decided to try conversational evangelism which is conversation for the purpose of sharing the gospel. This type evangelism was the method Jesus often used. What was the reaction (questions/comments/statements) of the unbeliever? . After some consideration, Mister Man stated that he was not sure if he would go to heaven or hell. He stated that he tries to live...
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...WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT....SALVATION AND THE NEW BIRTH? by Betty Miller Everywhere in this world we find heartache, strife, sickness, poverty, injustice and a host of other ills. Why can///'///t men live in peace and enjoy the good things in this earth? The Bible (God///'///s book to mankind) gives us the answer to these questions and tells us how to be born again and what that means. He tells us in His Book that all the troubles in the world are due to either my sin or someone else///'///s. All of mankind is sinful, thus separated from the holiness of God. The Bible says that men and women can only find salvation in Christ Jesus. "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 6:23). What exactly is sin? If you asked ten different people, you might get ten different answers. Some might say that sin is "doing something wrong or breaking the law", while others might say that sin is "hurting another person or taking an innocent life." Still others might deny the very existence of sin, saying that there is no such thing as right or wrong-- in short, that there are no real absolutes in this world. However, most people agree (regardless of culture) that there are certain actions that are wrong, and should be punishable by fines, imprisonment or even death. Even the person who "doesn///'///t believe in right or wrong" would have a hard time...
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...real story. This essay will be looking into the symbolism in the story Night. The main protagonist refers to the flames of the crematory as the death of his faith. One of the first things he sees when he arrives to the concentration camp is a burning pit of babies. This sight hits him so hard that the disbelief in this event causes him to question if there is a god. Not only were the babies burned on the spot, but those who were too strong and those who were eak would go next. The more and more people who were burned the more Elie's faith in god would dwindle. Mrs. Snatcher had seen fire before their arrival to the camp, and because the others couldn’t see fire they all assumed she was possessed. However later after the horrors of the camp were revealed Elie’s father asked if he remembered her. This could have been taken as an omen or warning but it was far too late....
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...change if someone could prove that Jesus never did become a human being’. The Birth Throughout the entire Old Testament God was worshipped as a God. Offerings were made, and God was happy, giving covenants. People sinned and God punished them. Priests talked to God and people attempted to serve him. But nobody knew God. So God made a plan, he began to tell people that someday they would know him. In fulfillment of prophecy he did come. Now if God were to come to earth today, people would expect something amazing, something that would tell them he is God. Essentially that is what happened more than 2000 years ago. God spoke to a virgin named Mary and told her “You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus” (Luke 1:31). As most peoples knowledge of procreation, it is impossible to become with child if a woman is a virgin, unless it is the Son of God. The creation of Jesus was a miracle, emphasizing Gods involvement. The Life The life of Jesus was humble yet very significant in that he wanted to relate to people. By relating he lived and by living he experienced love, pain, hunger, exhaustion, joy, frustration, temptation and death. Through his travels, Jesus began teaching what God wanted from man. He clarified Old Testament rules and traditions and provided new standards of living. He told them what moral standards God sought (Mathew 5) and spoke to them with stories the people could understand and apply to current life and times through...
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...Human thought cannot grasp the perfect nature of God because we are not perfect, and we are born into sin. We try to rationalize ideas that do not make sense in our minds, but really make perfect sense if we apply them to scripture. God allowing any human into heaven ultimately shows his love. Humanity on a day-to-day basis goes against what God commands, and what God expects from us. No one deserves to go to heaven. If we choose to live in sin all of our lives why would God allow us in heaven? People who love the Lord and say no to earthly temptations will experience riches in Heaven, and those who choose to live for pleasure now will feel the wrath of God in Hell. God is sovereign and people forget this, and we must not confuse love with justice. There are three popular views on what happens to the soul when you die. Eternal punishment is the opposite of eternal life. It’s that idea for that eternity one will suffer in the absence of Christ instead of living eternally in his presence. In this view sin will ultimately be punished for those who do not repent. Annihilationism claims that when a person dies they will pass, or ultimately perish out of existence. This theory can be broken down further classifying the soul as naturally mortal, God gives immortality, or all are immortal unless destroyed by God. The third view is universalism, which claims that atonement is not limited and extends to all. Universalists believe that God is incompatible with eternal suffering, and saved...
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