body forever‚ and once the physical body dies‚ the soul lives on. I do find Hick’s point of John Smith dying and then appearing in another country is unlikely. Once the body dies‚ I believe that the soul lives on and the soul goes to either heaven or hell‚ not another place on the earth. 4. After reading all of the assigned articles for this module‚ in your own words‚ how would you define the self? How can the same person exist at different times? Please provide reasons to support your
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When using evil to justify these claims‚ it is not a problem of evaluating the misfortunes that occur on a daily basis incorrectly‚ but rather an incorrect understanding of these qualities that God possesses. Even in a world of a Judeo-Christian God‚ there will always be evil‚ and humans must accept that and learn to adjust to the circumstances given. Also‚ because we are not omniscient like God‚ we are unable to completely solve the problem of evil‚ but we are rather able to justify why evil exists
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Passage is key in realizing Antonio resolves his conflicts between the Catholic God and the Golden Carp. The Catholic God refuses to let Antonio in to heaven during his dream because he worships the golden carp before God. God deems that “I can have [one] who has golden idols before [me]” (165) thereby forbidding Antonio from heaven because he had an idol‚ the golden carp‚ before God. God does not forgive Antonio because he is a “not a God of forgiveness” but when he does
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followers have suffered. Satan is trying to infuse fresh courage into them. His speech shows a heroic quality. SATAN’S THIRD SPEECH: Lines 242-270 is Satan accepting Hell as his new thrown‚ stating “be it so” since being farther from God is best. The lines “The mind is its own place‚ and in itself/ Can make a Heav’n of Hell‚ a Hell of Heav’n.” reminds me of a quote from Hamlet -
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Dante’s Inferno we read of the nine circles of Hell and why souls are put there based on Dante’s Christian view of their sins. There are people suffering in the cores of Hell due to lust‚ adultery‚ suicide‚ gluttony‚ greed‚ etc. Souls suffer as they grieve their contrapasso punishment for the atrocities they have done while in their bodies on Earth. They have been traitors to the word of God and now they are destined to spend their eternities in Hell where they constantly remember the sins they
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Benjamin Town 31 August 2012 A Ray of Hope “Sinners in the hands of an angry God” was preached by Jonathan Edwards during a time when the people were relying on science more than their saviour in heaven‚ a time when people were lacking in their spiritual needs. This speech opened the eyes of many‚ and was so powerful it may very well have been the trigger of the great awakening. But why was this speech so powerful? Why did this speech change the lives of thousands? As we can see he used plenty
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final destination‚ we are able to infer that he is writing about heaven. The first two lines are “If you wander far enough you will come to it.” In these lines the author tells the audience that if you go through life‚ you will one day die and be accepted into heaven. The wandering refers to living your life. If you wander far enough you will end up dying someday. Then when you die‚ you will live your afterlife in heaven. Heaven is what the “it” stands for. The next two lines are “and when you
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Stillness in the Air — / Between the Heaves of Storm” (3-4). Here‚ the speaker compares the aura of the room in which she is dying to the calmness before a large storm. The speaker anticipates her death to be a monumental event (whereas she ascends to heaven or some form of afterlife). Her final moments appear silent and tranquil due to the fact the speaker‚ as well as her accompanying mourners‚
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Dante’s Inferno “Dante’s Inferno” is a comedy based on his journey through the nine layers of hell. The voyage started in the 1300’s‚ during Easter Week‚ and the descent to hell began on Good Friday. After Dante finds his guide to the Underworld‚ Virgil who is also a poet‚ in a mysterious dark wooded area‚ they begin their journey to hell‚ a treacherous place with the most horrendous tortures. Dante become lost on his journey and he states that he does not remember how he became lost but he wandered
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Christians believe that the soul would continue to exist‚ and the body is just a vessel of the soul. Thus‚ there is an afterlife where the souls proceed to three places‚ the heaven‚ purgatory‚ and hell. Those people who are doing well when they still alive‚ they will be put to heaven. While those who do not do well‚ they will be put to hell. Death is not really something that we can experience and it does not exist for an individual to experience. It is inevitable‚ means expected to happen because it is
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