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    References: Religion Facts. (2014). Islamic belief about the afterlife. Retrieved on 30th October‚ 2014. Retrieved from http://www.religionfacts.com/islam/beliefs/afterlife.htm Masjid al-Muslimiin. (n.d). Belief in the Day of Judgment. Retrieved on 30th October‚ 2014. Retrieved from http://www.almasjid.com/content/belief_day_judgment

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    Quiz 8 Study Guide Towns: pp. 809–853 Be familiar with the prominent perspectives on hell during the period of the church fathers and the Middle Ages. Pg 812-814 Church Fathers Didn’t alter view of Christ Eternal judgement is one of 7 fundamentals of early church (Hebrews 6:1-2) No apostle neglects mention of Hell Doctine endless punishment for wickedprevalent opinion Major church fathers uniform in insistence upon doctrine of endless punishment for wicked Middle Ages Neglected‚ but not

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    out to sea by the undertow…we are all going.” In other words‚ at some point in time we know we are going to die/suffer or someone we love and care for is going to die‚ how do we deal with this knowledge? Right now Miles’ answer is to believe in an afterlife‚ however Miles becomes enlightened and he changes his outlook on

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    trepidation. However‚ poetic recluse Emily Dickinson viewed death in a manner contrary to her time‚ as she was fascinated with the unknown regarding the passing from this world into the next. Dickinson expresses her attitude towards death and the afterlife in “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” through personification‚ symbolism‚ and form. Dickinson expresses her outlook on death through personification. Death is described as a gentleman‚ “kindly stop[ping]” for the narrator when it is her time to

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    researched‚ but the universal phenomenon of what happens to humans after they die remains a mystery. While there are many theories and personal opinions on what may occur‚ no one has been able to find concrete evidence on whether there is in fact an afterlife. One would think that as technology is quickly advancing‚ people would at least have an idea of what occurs‚ but this age-old question continues to be a well-kept secret. Individuals who have been let in on the secret of life after death are unable

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    Death‚ the big question mark on people’s lives. What happens after one’s death? Is there and afterlife? Do you meet god? Be reunited with your loved ones? All this has been speculated on for centuries by the people of earth. Different religions envisioning on their own paradise for the dearly departed. I wish I could answer all those questions‚ but I can’t. All I can tell you is what happened to me after my life was over. My name is.......no longer relevant‚ and this is my tale. The day

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    Hillary Adams Instructor Child English 1302.32 16 April 2012 Death Emily Dickinson‚ who is now considered to be a great American poet‚ was not a well-known writer during her life in the mid-19th century. Although she was recognized for her work‚ most people thought it to be “eccentric” and unconventional. Her poems were “usually altered significantly” to fit the conventional rules of that particular era. She wrote “nearly 2‚000 poems during her life time‚” most of which were found after her

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    1.) How do you interpret the story of the caterpillar pillars and the transformation of Yellow and Stripe into butterflies? The story of Yellow and Stripe in Hope for the Flowers is analogous to our own Human search for purpose in life. Human life seems as open as life would seem to a caterpillar‚ a parallel that the story draws on to create a critical dialogue in our own mind as we read the text‚ raising such questions as: What is my purpose in life? Is whatever I am doing now only just “climbing

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    Emily Dickinson thoroughly explores every aspect of death in her poetry. She considers the physical‚ the psychological and the emotional aspects of this unknowable experience. She looks at death from the perspective of both the living and the dying‚ even imagining her own death. In ’I felt a Funeral‚ in my Brain’ it is as though she is observing her death‚ and in ’I heard a Fly buzz - when I died -’ she captures the very moment of death and reflects upon what it may be like in a very calming manner

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    requests for “...there [to] be no moaning of the bar‚ / When I put out to sea” (3-4). As a sailor‚ Tennyson desires a calm and quiet tide‚ so he can easily cross over a sandbar. He commences on a journey out to sea‚ to compare his departure into the afterlife. Tennyson compares the moaning sounds of the waves hitting the sandbar‚ to sounds of mourning that are typical after a death. He

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