... with line two "for You/ as yet but knock, breathe, shine and seek to mend" these actions are subtle and gentle, insinuating that God is exceptionally kind and caring to the individual. To mend is to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound or usable ... human like qualities as a ruler of the speaker, therefore is an example of personification. According to this line reason is not only ruler, but is God's appointed ruler in the speaker. The speaker has a sense of entitlement in this section of the sonnet. This is evident because of his placement of ... for ...

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... midst of Paradise is forbidden to eat. However, Paradise quickly changes for the worse. Through their curiosity and desire for power, everything changed instantly. Is God going to punish them by abolishing mankind or will he be merciful and provide guidance? Adam and Eve lived peacefully until Serpent surprises them. Serpent, a ... to break the rule-to eat the forbidden fruit because it will give her godly powers. Both Adam and Eve know the danger about the fruit because God has emphasized it many times. It is clear that serpent told a half truth to Eve. However, Eve and Adam's desire for...

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... think that when they die, they die, nothing happens in the afterlife. About 3%-5% Americans are atheist (Wright). Let's start from the beginning when God created the Universe. Atheists believe in the Big Bang theory, while Christians believe it was created. It is highly probable that the universe had a ... everyone believe that there was no afterlife, then many people would have no conscience. People without a conscience are more likely to break laws. God gave Moses the Ten Commandments which Moses shared with the people. Even atheists believe in some of the same moral values as Christia...

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... human race, but instead was merciful on Noah's family and allowed them to live in order to repopulate after those who had become so sinful, perished. God had also made a promise after the forty days and forty nights where he swore that he would never again destroy every living creature. "When I ... in allowing Noah and his family to thrive in a "new" world along with the promise that he would never again wipe out humanity. God forgave the human race by allowing these few chosen to continue with their lives and to repopulate the earth. He didn't regret his actions; rather he ... regret th...

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... everything done by the human race has been a battle between these two. Many theologians and scholars have tried to argue the creation of evil. They question if God created it or if man and his perversion of the good created it. Or even if it goes back farther than that, to the angels and Lucifer. ... This choice of Lucifer's is not documented at any point in the bible. When the war in heaven broke out it was divided into two sides, God's and Lucifer's. Michael, God's general, won the battle. Lucifer and his minions were cast down from the heavens. From this time on Lucifer would be known ...

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... not responsible for both moral and natural evil that occurs because of our independent choices. The existence of evil is rationally incompatible with the existence of a "good god", therefore an outside force must be involved, which is called free-will. The actions of free-will led to two kinds of evil in the world; moral and ... /or behavior, such as murder or stealing. Evil is a choice that people make According to the Bible, in the book of Genesis 3:1-24, God gave humans a choice as to whether they would obey or disobey him and to make their own decisions. After the creation of the fir...

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... his children. He shows mercy on them when they are both good and bad. God loves the humans like a father loves his own children. Like any good father, God is a provider to his children in the book of Genesis. God provides for Adam and Eve. Moses writes, "[T]he Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had ... flood. Rebekah is blessed with twins, Jacob and Esau, after Isaac prays for her. Most fathers would like to give their children everything that they want, but sometimes they cannot. God, the heavenly father, because of all his power, can give huma...

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... a thing must be and if can be, then it is." Then we must also keep in mind the question presented to Anselm which is: For what reason or necessity did God become man and by his death restore life to the world, when he could have done this through any other person, or by sheer act of will? The reply to ... this question is, it was necessary for God to redeem man for his sins in the way he did. When we say necessary we mean it needed to be. So, if in fact man needed to be saved ... , then why not believed it. This concept proves that either by faith or not, the story has no imperfections ...

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... The only tells us how we are experiencing that real! ity. I agree with Blaise Pascal the French philosopher and mathematician when he wrote, " God has given us evidence sufficiently clear to convince those with an open heart and mind. Yet evidence sufficiently vague so as not to compel those whose hearts ... would have to be a limit to one's knowledge. Therefore, genuine knowledge cannot be possible, as no human can be all knowing or they would be God. Is there such thing as an immaterial mind or soul? The word "soul" represents something that is not physical and is not material. A soul...

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... 's presence. But where did it come from? When was it created and who created it? Since God created the world and everything in it, God must have also created Evil. But, why would God do that? Why would this God who loves us unlimitedly and unconditionally who to share with us his kingdom and eternal life create Evil. ... And place us to live on earth with it? Was it a test? Is God playing with us and testing out faith and loyalty? Since it is not an entity, no one created it and thus it has no creator. But where ... does this presence we feel come from? Well, we create it! We created ev...

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... completely sure that this is really how things happened. Anyways, these theories are the best science has right. Which is the real way we came to be; God's way or science's way? I have wanted to know the answer to that for a long time. I have had my belief system change so many times because ... have no answer for. But, while sitting here and thinking of this subject for the hundredth time I came to an inspirational thought; what if science and God could coexist? Was that possible I thought; both are so different and yet there was some strange feeling that they could work together. Afte...

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... a scientist or some other professional running an experiment. Once all the set up is done, you have to regroup your thoughts and prepare for the actual experiment. God's experiment in this case was Adam and Eve. What would happen when two independent individuals we let loose on the pure and newly formed earth? Adam and Eve ... the experiment. One man was working, but what if there is someone else with him. Once created, Eve was informed by the serpent, the symbol of evil that God created, about the tree and the fruit that she can't eat. Knowing this, she couldn't resist and ate the frui...

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... understanding and properly using genetics. However, because of the greediness and curiosity that human beings have, scientists have decided to take the creation of man away from the hands of God. This procedure is called cloning. A clone refers to one or more offspring derived from a single ancestor, whose genetic composition is identical to that of the ancestor. However, everyone around the ... noted that a cloned child would definitely have emotional problems and what the child would do to suppress these emotions is unknown. Catholic Bishop Albert Moraczewski mentioned that the power ...

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... believe in so, that, it is nice to think that there is someone who will always be there to comfort you, and help you through hard times. Some say that God comes by spirit, or by a person with a helping hand. Others say by miracles, which are things that seem so impossible that it can't happen, but some how ... people choices and he will be the ultimate judge of the choices that one makes. The story of Adam and Even come into mind, how, God told eve not to eat of the tree: giving her the choice for there was other food, and then there was the tree, and when Eve ate ... happen to believe...

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... parts. Everything he created has a specific purpose predetermined by him. The world changing God would be a contradiction to Christian religion. According to the Bible, God knows the past, present, and future, and if that is true, the future could not determine how God feels, because he already knows what is in store. One could say that the ... flesh and organs will all fade away one day, but the spirit within us is a part of God, and this lasts forever. Our feelings and thoughts guide us through this world, and you can choose to let God help and guide you along the way, or you can choos...

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... present we will always have the chance to be redeemed. Milton not only shows that forgiveness is an option, but if people truly love and respect God they would want the opportunity to be forgiven. Milton sets up Adam's story by highlighting his faults and having him fall, face judgement, and find ... At. Augustine 1)." Right away Adam realized that he had sinned; he felt, "guilty shame [and] covered, but his robe uncovered more (Milton 9.1057-1058)." God also was aware of the sin Adam had committed and therefore had to punish him. He "cursed the ground for [his sake and] thorns also and...

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... Evil From the viewpoint of theodicy, the problem of evil lies in its origin: Does evil come from God? In spite of God? Using theodicy to define evil is basically an attempt to affirm God's omnipotence and his/her love for humans, with the existence of evil and without contradiction. Depending on ... atheistic argument concerns the existence of evil, which is hard to reconcile with the notion that the world was created by an omnipotent, all-loving God. The reason why the problem of evil is not a problem for the atheist depends on historical and individual perspective. Some scholars acknow...

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... represent the enticement of now world, and we seldom overcome our desire for things that aren't ours, just like the tree of knowledge actually belongs to God. The snake seemed positive that the fruit and its words would attract Eve, and it seems to know humans always attempt to disobey and cross their limitations ... ; so the trick worked. Since the relationship was no longer perfect between God and human, God sent them away into the real cruel world. The human aren't immortal anymore, so the real world would be full of danger for them. There are ... am living in right now. Maybe it wou...

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... represent the enticement of now world, and we seldom overcome our desire for things that arent ours, just like the tree of knowledge actually belongs to God. The snake seemed positive that the fruit and its words would attract Eve, and it seems to know humans always attempt to disobey and cross their limitations ... ; so the trick worked. Since the relationship was no longer perfect between God and human, God sent them away into the real cruel world. The human arent immortal anymore, so the real world would be full of danger for them. There are ... am living in right now. Maybe it would...

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... , including livestock. This would be a cowardly act, an action that not only proves his selfishness and but also lack of faith in God and His judgment. On the other hand, this doing may have been an act of sacrifice on the part of Abraham and Sarah. In order to preserve ... the birth of a great nation, Abraham would have to be alive. Through this perspective, Abraham would have been showing the utmost loyalty and obedience to God, willing to sacrifice his beautiful wife in order to follow his Lord, an action that is paralleled later on when Abraham nearly sacrifices Isaac. After escaping...

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... naked until the conditioned eros parents make it known unto them. This leads us to believe that even though Adam and Eve are beings made by God they are still thanatos oriented. The thanatos mindedness of Eve causes her to be susceptible to the craftiness of the serpent. For many ages women ... Adam and Eve should be cursed for the remainder of their days on Earth. They were punished like any child would be if they broke the rules. God's role as an enforcer and a authoritative figure plays a large part in this latter part of the story as he give the appropriate consequence for the ... h...

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... to relate to them. Adam in particular is a remarkably deep character, blending loyalty and perfect morality with emotion and conviction. Holding counsel with God and directly receiving the commission for mankind, Adam is poised to brazenly lead the world in a perfect state of being. Yet Adam willingly chooses ... upon Adam himself. His passionate love for Eve is also his only possible flaw. By allowing his relationship to take priority over his relationship with God, Adam subjects himself to exploitation by Satan. It is the conflict of relationships that leads Adam to sin. Adam's relatio...

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... the heavens and the earth". This is the first verse of the bible and is base to the entire bible. By accepting this verse we are saying that God is our All-powerful creator and we have to accept this before we can totally understand the bible. The first two books of Genesis can be summarized fairly easy. ... to be the curator of the world and he was very happy when he made each of us. The second book of the Genesis can be summarized fairly easy also. God created Adam, place him in the garden of Eden with one restriction, that is if he eats from the tree of knowledge he will die. Since t...

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... Fall' ( a term used to describe the chapter of Genesis in the Bible where Adam and Eve are removed from the Garden of Eden or Paradise by God because they disobeyed Him when Eve was tricked into eating forbidden fruit from a certain tree by a snake, perhaps a personification of the devil?) is seen as ... a mythological account of the testing of humans. Adam and Eve sent from Eden because they needed to develop into God's likeness and they needed further testing. The Fall' allows for Jesus to arrive and set the example of how to develop into creatures fit for salvation. ... (to heaven) ...

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... in which Paradise Lost was written, Calvinism was growing as a major branch of Christianity. Calvinists believed in predestination: all events have been willed by God. The parallels between Satan and Man are not about the question of the culprit; rather, they reflect the inevitability of Man's downfall. Exploring ... Brought Death into the World" (I, 2-3). He then implies that it is due to predestination ("I may assert Eternal Providence,/And justify the ways of God to men") and finally points the finger at Satan, "Th'infernal Serpent" who " first seduc'd them to that foul revolt& ... f...

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