... " and "was it just made up". Many Christians believe that the bible is the direct word of God and believe every word of the bible. However, to me this seems hard to accept, since the bible is made up of 66 books and was written over a period of 3000 years by many different authors who believed that God communicated with them, but how do we ... " items. It has nothing to say about faith, for faith goes beyond the reality of things seen. Science has nothing to say about God, for He is a spirit. Some question the inspiration of the Bible, suggesting that individual books, such as the book of...

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... let people escape reality. He then explains the discovery of Somas. "The perfect drug. Euphoric, narcotic, pleasantly hallucinogenic. All of the advantages of Christianity and alcohol; none of the defects. Take a holiday from reality whenever you like, and come back without so much as a headache or a mythology.""(Pg 36) The state sponsored usage of this drug is saying that the state encourages that whenever ... anything beyond euphoric and ultimately taking away the human emotion. Another symbol illustrating the theme is the fertilization process. When the director is lecturing the stud...

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... and Christianity. Although likely composed within the eighth century, the action of the poem is set somewhere around five hundred A.D. this gives Beowulf the dual aspect of both focusing upon an era and a later cultures reflection upon that time period. This Anglican poet fuses Scandinavian history and pagan mythology with Christian elements. However at certain points these elements seem to clash, rather than ... assimilate seamlessly into one another. These conflicts are most apparent at times when the poet attempts to place Christian ideals, or otherwise moralize the characters and th...

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... with. The Altar of Zeus from Pergamon The whole of Greek art was bound to undergo a change in the Hellenistic period. This change can be noticed in some of the most famous sculptures of that age. One of them is the altar of Zeus from the city of Pergamon which was erected ... around 160 BC. The group on it represents the struggle between the gods and the Giants. It is a magnificent work, but we look in vain for the harmony and refinement of ... in his hand, and Apollo would have a musical instrument, and so on. This is the Greek God named Apollo. According to Greek mythology, the god of...

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