Acceptance‚ Forgiveness‚ and Hope: The Parable of the Prodigal Son Explained In the first century AD‚ Jesus told a parable to the Pharisees‚ who believed they were better than the common sinners of the world. This has since come to be referred to as The Parable of the Prodigal Son. In this parable‚ Jesus tells of a family consisting of a father and his two sons. The older son appears to be very well mannered and level headed‚ while the younger seems somewhat rebellious. Jesus uses this story
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The Prodigal Son Jesus tells the parables of “The Lost Sheep” and “The Lost Coin” as he was eating with the tax collectors and sinners. He tells the parables because he hears the Pharisees and the scribes murmuring about him accepting and eating with the sinners. The parable of the lost sheep is about a shepherd who has 100 sheep. When he loses one he leaves the 99 to look for the one that is lost. When he finds it he calls his neighbors and friends and tells them to rejoice for the return
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Chapter 4 – Reasons for belief and doubt * If we care whether our beliefs are true or reliable then we must care about the reasons for accepting those beliefs * The better the reasons for acceptance‚ the more likely are the beliefs‚ or statements to be true * Inadequate reasons‚ no reasons or fake reasons should lead us to doubt a statement * When two claims conflict they simply cannot both be true * If a new claim conflicts with other claims we have good reason to accept‚ we
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make a decision. One’s failure to take a position due to a lack of security does not necessarily constitute a disadvantage. On the contrary‚ even though one’s certainty in a situation may build confidence‚ the benefits of doubt outweigh those of certainty‚ for not only does doubt provide hope and allow one to have conversations with others without the presence of biased thoughts‚ it also leads to the much progressed legal system that exists today. The reluctance to fully rely on a concept‚ even
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Question 3 Being certain about something can sometimes be misleading or misunderstood. You either assure certainty or question doubt. You can easily be a cocky football player‚ think you have the best team‚ and go into the game knowing you’re going to win and have no doubt that the other team is better than you‚ but end up losing. But as soon as you have doubt and get intimidated by the other team you instantly try your best to win the game‚ no matter the obstacles and challenges you go through
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As a Persian Proverb once said‚ "Doubt is the key to knowledge." Doubt is one of the factors that influence the expansion of knowledge. Any fact that is considered true beyond any suspicion had to be subject to at least one person ’s questioning‚ since "any belief worth having must survive doubt" (Anonymous). It is possible to follow a pattern in the growth of knowledge in many subjects such as the natural sciences‚ history‚ and human sciences; a significant boost in the accumulation of information
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Themes Doubt and Ambiguity One of this story’s difficult aspects is the sense of uncertainty it creates by leaving important facts unresolved and seeming to offer several possible interpretations for its events. The reader is never allowed to doubt that the old man and his strange wings are as “real” as anything else in the story; yet the reader can never be sure just what he is — a heavenly angel‚ a sad human who happens to have wings‚ or perhaps some other‚ unexplained possibility. This deliberate
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specifically to populism. The convoluted idea that “The Wizard of Oz” is a parable to populism only takes into account drastic assumptions about Baum’s work and does not take into account that the story is based off his real life experience. The idea that Baum’s fanciful story is comparable to populism can only be reached by drastic conjecture. Henry Littlefield‚ n historian that believes that “The Wizard of Oz” is a parable to populism‚ made several comparisons of the wizard of Oz to the gilded
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remains may be channeled into destructive fanaticism. Without positive obsession‚ there is nothing at all. (Butler‚ 1) ~ Webster defines a prodigy as a “young person who is unusually talented in some way.” (“Prodigy”). Octavia E. Butler’s main character Laren Oya Olamina‚ of whom I will refer to as Lauren‚ was indeed a prodigy. Her unusual talent draws a remarkable resemblance to that of our modern day prodigies such as Akim Camara of Berlin or Jacob Barnett of the United States. And although not
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The Favorite Child A Critique of the Parable of the Prodigal’s Son from the King James Bible From the King James Bible‚ Jesus Christ is the speaker in “Parable of the Prodigal Son.” A parable is a simple story from which a moral or religious lesson can be drawn and are most commonly read within the New Testament. This parable is about a wealthy man and his two sons. The youngest son requests an early inheritance from his father with which he receives and goes on a journey. On that journey‚ the
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