...up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.” (Bible, KJV) God is everywhere at the same time, but we can be separated from God. God is “everywhere” present, but this does not mean that we are continuously with God. We can be separated from God as we read in Isaiah 59:2 “But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear?” The Bible clearly states that iniquities (sin) can separate us from God. God does not tolerate sin and we can see the example from Genesis, Adam and Eve had a perfect relationship with God until they sinned. Not only is God omnipresent, but he is also omniscient (all-knowing). Isaiah 46:10 God states “Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.” In Genesis chapters 3-5 we see God’s...
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...The Voice and American Idol are two of many popular entertainment tv series. Audiences have only increased for each series as they continue to climb up the popularity ladder. However, despite their massive steps toward stardom each show has their own level of popularity. The Voice may be seen as more entertaining than American Idol, but every “perfect” thing has it’s flaws. American Idol has statistically been proven to be the best compared to The Voice due to the fact that the main focus is the contestants and their celebrity production rate. The Voice may have much more popular judges than it’s counterpart, but that may be their downfall. For the most part The Voice’s audience members merely watch the show because their favorite artist(s) are the judges, where as, American Idol’s judges are known but not to the extent as The Voice’s judges. “...the four celebrity “coaches” on the show...
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...Jummah' I went to the Imam and declared my faith (the Kalmiah) at this hands. You have before you someone who had achieved fame and fortune. But guidance was something that eluded me, no matter how hard I tried, until I was shown the Qur'an. Now I realize I can get in direct contact with God, unlike Christianity or any other religion. As one Hindu lady told me, "You don't understand the Hindus. We believe in one God; we use these objects (idols) to merely concentrate." What she was saying was that in order to reach God, one has to create associates,that are idols for the purpose. But Islam removes all these barriers. The only thing that moves the believers from the disbelievers is the salat. This is the process of purification. Finally I wish to say that everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah and pray that you gain some inspirations from my experiences. Furthermore, I would like to stress that I did not come into contact with any Muslim before I embraced Islam. I read the Qur'an first and realized that no person is perfect. Islam is perfect, and if we imitate the conduct of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) we will be successful. May Allah give us guidance to follow the path of the ummah of Muhammad (Sallallahu...
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...In my younger and more vulnerable days, I had a queer habit, one which appears queer only now, in hindsight, but which seemed perfectly sensible and well-meaning to me back then. Perhaps it would suit my tale to first tell you that as a child, I had innumerable idols. Idolatry was my favourite pastime, and I even had a rule to it; I would have no more than one idol at a time. So on different days, weeks, or months, my idols would range from Shaktimaan and Kai to Ronaldinho and Tendulkar. You could term it as a “try and test” method. Now that I think of it, perhaps I was bending my own game’s only rule; there was always one person on whom my idolatry would fall back upon, if all else failed, a sort of a stock idol – my father. Which brings me back to my queer habit; now, since childhood, I had a very strong inclination to be perfect. A “very good!” on my class assignment often failed to satisfy me; I would always be looking for that elusive “excellent!”, and if there was to be a little smile or a star accompanying it, so much the better. So it was that I would make up my mind about an idol, think about how I would imitate the person (or character, as the case may be), and stand in front of a wall, focus my attention on a tiny speck somewhere on it, close my eyes, picturize the person or character, open my eyes, say “Now” loudly, and begin a new life, as it were. Seems like a tedious affair now as I write it down, but I remember it was simple enough, and was an exercise...
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...that is promised to be shown to those who chose to be faithful to Him in their heart and in their ways. But the people of Judah fell into so many sins because of acting on the desires of their sinful hearts. Yahweh had the prophets to go before the people and warn them in so many ways. After the King Josiah’s death 602 B.C the people revolted in idolatry and lawlessness. God commanded the prophets to warn the people of their wicked acts that they were engaging in idolatry. In Hosea’s prophesies; God showed him the house of Israel’s sins through harlotry and idolatry. (Hosea 8:4- 14) They have made kings and princes not by God; God did not acknowledge their detestable idols. They’ve made idols out of silver and gold; their idolatry caused God anger to arouse against them! Israel’s workman made the idols and God wasn’t please with the way the people went on in their adulterous ways. Hosea speaks on the selfishness of the priests producing pleasure-seeking people who turned to the worship of false gods and the practice of abhorrent Canaanite fertility rites as a means of satisfying their sinful lusts. Some Israelites were outright...
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...The differences between Harper Lee’s novels To Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman shares a generalized statement about how growing up helps one realize that there is more than just strictly good and evil people in the world and they may obtain their own personal opinions that others may not agree with. More specifically, when Jean Louis felt as if she had been betrayed by the actions of her father, it was only her starting to think of her father as a human being opposed to being a perfect figure. Atticus’ brother helped Jean Louis realize this by telling her that her father's intentions were to make her “.. reduce him to the status of a human being.” In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jean Louis obtained majorly childish perspectives with...
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...no matter whether those are humans or other creations. When a research is done on the sculptures in museums it is found out that in the times of “Jahiliyyah”(Ignorance-period before the religion of Islam was revealed) -especially during the eras of Roman and Byzantine States- most people showed utmost respect to sculptures and pictures to the level of worshipping them and were caught in the whirl of idol-worshipping. As a result, the idol-worshipping is considered to be haraam, since there is NO one else to worship other than Allah Almighty. However the time has changed and in our modern time now with no more idol-worshipping, is Photos considered to be illicit? Is it haraam to take a photo or keep a photo as a memory? All these questions would be uncovered in the following sentences. A deep discussion about photography and its Islamic judgment will be included in order to understand the case from different perspectives. Body / Discussion: A common doubt is that the use of pictures during the blessed time of the Holy Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) could have become the source of idol-worshiping, but in our time, pictures may serve many purposes such as establishing identity of criminals, advertising trademarks, meeting friends and relatives, investigating events and circumstances and numerous other things. For this reason, it has been included in one of...
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...believes no matter were in the map are located. This has caused a massive movement, especially in the United States of America, where people to try and copy what they think is an “ideal body image”. Women are expected to be smart, care takers, nurturers, we are expected to be beautiful and sensitive but at the same time strong and feminine. However, even with all we can contribute to society as women we still feel the need to be like the idols we see on the media. We think that in order to be like them we must adapt to what’s considered normal. But as individuals it’s hard to obtain the “Ideal body image” we see on these models and pop starts no a days because it’s simply an unrealistic goal. Like a journal about women’s body image in which the author, Michael W. Wiederman, describes his own intimacy problem with a partner who was being too self-conscious. Most of the images we see in the media have been through Photoshop and plastic surgery making them look realistic then their just fixed to look how public wants these starts to look. The Idols who are fortunate enough to have what is considered healthy are just what they are born that way and most submit to unhealthy diets to gain, maintain, or lose weight...
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...Essay #3 Describe the teachings of Hebrew wisdom and diligence and laziness. How does this correspond with the contrast between wisdom and folly? Include Scripture references and quotations as appropriate. Throughout the Bible, it speaks about wisdom and diligence. Along with wisdom and diligence, laziness comes into play. Since we live in a fallen world, we can not have wisdom and diligence without laziness. If we did not have laziness, then we would be living in a world that is more perfect in reality. As Christians, we are blessed by having God's word, so that we can apply the knowledge found in the Bible. On the other hand, non-believers have no such thing as the bible; thus, they try to correct themselves. One place in the Bible that best explains these concepts are found in the Old Testament, from the books of Solomon, especially in Proverbs. Solomon, being the author of the book of Proverbs, was granted the gift of wisdom, because of the covenant that he made with from God, when first became king. When he spoke and wrote about diligence, Solomon used the opportunity to discuss about its opposition, laziness. As I was reading in the Bible, I came upon an illustration, that was given by Solomon, on wisdom and laziness. In his comparison between the two, Solomon sets up wisdom as light and laziness as darkness, “Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king’s successor do than what has already been done? I saw...
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... Wag kang maniniwala sa paligid mo (Hindi lahat ay totoo) Mga naririnig at nakikita mo (Isa-isang isipin 'to) Piliin mo ang iniidolo (Mga ginagawa't binibigkas) Dahil pag-usad ay hindi ganun kadulas Kung ika'y makata sa pinas Kamusta ka na idol Ako nga pala si Elmer Ikaw ang aking idol Ang idol ko na rapper Mula nang marinig ko Ang kanta mong simpleng tao Ako ay nabaliw nung Nilabas mo pa yung lando May bago ka bang album Penge naman ng kopya Meron ako nung luma Ang kaso nga lang pirata Sumusulat din ako Marunong din akong mag rap Gusto mo ipadinig ko sa'yo Wag kang kukurap Di lang ikaw ang idol ko Pati rin yung stickfiggas Bihira lang kasi Sa pilipinas ang matikas Mabilis kang magsalita Pero gangsta ka ba Meron ka na bang baril Nakulong ka na ba Ako rin hindi pa Pero bukas baka sakali May gang doon sa amin Susubukan kong sumali...
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...An American experience can be vastly different for each individual. Thus, the exact reason why America is so unique and diverse. Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone is her own person and is confident in everything she does. She is my idol, and I have personally been to her concerts and plan to attend more. Even though Madonna is 58 years old, she preforms better than most people my age. She has lived her American dream of being a singer, songwriter, mother, and actress. She has achieved this dream by pushing the social boundaries of everyday life. Hence, why it is so inspirational to learn about her American experience Madonna’s early life portrays vastly the image of herself now. Through all her troubles she faced, she was able to make them into her muse, which made her music resemble her whole self. Madonna was born in Michigan to parents Silvio “Tony” Ciccone and Madonna Fortin. Since Madonna had the same first name as her mother, family members would call her by the nickname “Little Nonni”. Madonna’s mother died from breast cancer when Madonna was five years old. Not having a mother, Madonna states: "’I think the biggest reason I was able to express myself...
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...of South Korean culture since late 1990s” (Korean wave, n.d.). This Hallyu trend not only gains popularity in Asian countries like Vietnam, Japan, China and Thailand but also spreads to South America and Europe (tuoitrenews, 2012). Vietnam is not an exception of this trend. The Doi Moi in 1986, which gave a motivation of media exchange, is the leverage for Korean Wave to come to Vietnam. However until the late 1990s and soon 2000s, the Korean wave has started pervaded into Vietnam through some dramas such as: Autumn Fairly Tale," "Winter Sonata" and "Daejanggeum (Huong Dang, 2009). At that time, the Korean film had gradually altered the Chinese films. The Hallyu wave has strongly in infiltrated in recent years via the music from Korean idol. The K-Pop has influenced much to the young generation, which creates a huge impact on Vietnam. Although Korean wave affects variety aspects, this paper will partly analyze the effects of Hallyu on a fraction of Vietnamese’s culture. The domain that will be focused is the influences of Hallyu wave to the young generation of Vietnam. II. Researching: It is easy to see that Korea dramas are dominating the airtime on television channel, from the North to the South. Everyday at least two to four Korean dramas are broadcasted. Taking the BTV channel as an example. Within 9 hours, there are two Korean dramas are shown on TV. This is a schedule of a general channel; if we consider the entertained or movie channel, the number of Korean...
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...Jessica Mejeurooo 10/12/2013 The Song of Moses The Song of Moses is a rather long poem found in chapter 32 of Deuteronomy. This poem is proposed to have been written by Moses as a witness for God against the Israelites. In the old age of Moses, just before his passing on Mount Nebo, Moses was instructed by God to write down and recite this poem to the Israelites before they entered the promise land. After Moses led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, they acted in a manner that was very unappealing. Not only did they complain and act completely ungrateful, many of them turned away from God to worship their own self-created idols. Moses basically had to keep snapping these people back into the correct direction and reminding them of God’s laws. When it came time for them to leave Moses behind, due to him not being allotted into the promise land, God knew that without the direction of Moses, his people would most definitely became horribly corrupt and filled with sin. Once Moses is finished writing this poem, he prepares for the people to hear his voice. He says “Gather unto me all the Elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through...
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...Erring People / God seeks us before we seek God This week’s sermon was “Erring People.” Erring people are those who believe the wrong things and those with whom you disagree. They are also those who consistently make the wrong choices, and consistently do the wrong things. Those whom, if you could, you would call fire down from heaven upon them: Erring people. Our Old Testament Reading was about an erring people: the ancient Israelites. Whiled Moses was conferring with God, God revealed to Moses what the Israelites were doing. Although they had been led out of Egypt by miraculous signs, they began to worship another god, an idol, a golden calf (Exodus 32:7-14). Lest you think you are beyond such idolatry, an idol is anything that...
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...The Korean pop music, commonly referred to as K-pop (it being an abbreviation of the term Korean pop), has actually become a greater part of the Korean pop. The K-pop's popularity has been notably attributed to individualism and also talent. It is also worth noting that the music has been having a wide diversity through the collaboration with different musicians. K-pop has been however termed as being widely manufactured. In the recent years, the Korean entertainment companies are now heavily depending on the YouTube as a key medium for the purpose of spreading of the Korean culture. K-pop music has actually been, and is increasingly music for charlatans. There always been a place for those who are unable to neither play instrument nor sing. This has been ironically 'dressed up' or otherwise inflated with something that is remarkable and excellent. After making a close scrutiny as pertains to the type of music the current K-pop plays, it is apparent that a lot has been neglected and the original test for the music has actually been lost. This may however been highly influenced by the current generation and the fact that many youths are not very keen on the kind of message passed by this particular music but the physically attraction and the kind of costumes by the dancers. Pop and rock music has been, and is increasingly, music for charlatans. There has always been a place for those who can neither sing nor play instruments and this has been "dressed up" or inflated as something...
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