attention to someone else‚ people won’t hurt or talk about them. They think that it will make them be more popular‚ but actually it just ruins their reputation. God talks about bullying in Luke 6:29 “If someone strikes you on one cheek‚ turn to him the other also. If someone takes your cloak‚ do not stop him from taking your tunic.” God never says to get even with them‚ call them a bad name‚ or hold a grudge. Jesus was constantly bullied. He was spit on‚ ridiculed‚ mocked‚ and whipped. He was
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unbelief aims to show that God cannot exist given the widespread disbelief in God. The argument runs as follows: Suppose God exists‚ if God exists‚ then he is omniscient‚ omnipotent‚ and omnibenevolent. An omniscient being would know how to ensure everyone believes in his existence. An omnipotent being would have the power to ensure everyone believes in his existence. And finally‚ an omnibenevolent being would want to ensure everyone believes in his existence. Now‚ if God would know how to ensure everyone
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Environmentally friendly cars will soon cease to be an option … they will become a necessity. FUJIO CHO The Scales Are Tipping Over Cars are an integral part of society‚ and life is almost unimaginable without them. Most parents drive to work in them‚ drop their children to school in them‚ and even get their groceries home in them! The object of countless boys and girls’ fantasies‚ cars have been pronounced “modern marvels” by the History Channel [1]‚ and the mass produced car one of the
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GROWING IN INTIMACY OF GOD BY: Marian Barra Introduction The beginning of our relationship with God is from the moment we accept and believe Jesus Christ as our Lord and savior. As it gets personal‚ it grows daily until it becomes deeper and intimate. Intimacy generally refers to the feeling of being in a close personal association and belonging together. It is a familiar and very close affective connection with another as a result of a bond that is formed through knowledge and experience
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The movies “City of God” and “Blindness” were two films directed by Fernando Meirelles ‚ a Brazilian film director‚ producer‚ and screenwriter. “City of God” was his best known film‚ released in 2002 in Brazil where Fernando was nominated for an “Academy Award for Best Director”. While “Blindness”‚ a Brazilian-Canadian film‚ was released in 2008. Although both of them were related to violence‚ inhumane and harsh behaviour but they were different to the extent in film location and editing. The film
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PERCEPTIONS OF GOD Pantheism: God exists in nature‚ everything is God and God is everything. Deism: The universe follows God’s Laws of order‚ also believed that God created the universe and its physical laws‚ set the universe into motion and then moved away‚ and also believed that god has no personal relationship with his humans. Theism: God and humans have a personal relationship and direct communication through prayers‚ meditations‚ etc.. Theism can be polytheistic (belief in one God) of monotheistic
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The study of the nature of God: My Reflection Anonymous Theology 104 Professor October 01‚ 2009The study of the nature of God: My Reflection “Test all things; hold fast what is good.” (1 Thessalonians 4:21 TDB:NIV) One of the many unique qualities of Christianity is that the Bible talks about testing everything and holding on to the good. God knows what was‚ what is‚ and what is to come. He wants us to test all things in order for us to have a better understanding and to
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The Cost of a Christ Centered Life Towards the end of David’s life and reign as King of Israel‚ he did something that God didn’t like. He counted his men. People warned him not to count his men. But he did it anyway. So what. He counted his men. What’s the big deal? At this point in his life David had not only outlasted King Saul (when he spent years chasing David around the middle east trying to kill him)‚ and out fought the giant Goliath‚ but David and Israel under David’s leadership
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Pascal says “If there is a God‚ He is infinitely incomprehensible‚ since‚ having neither parts nor limits‚ He has no affinity to us’’ (Pascal‚ 2). Throughout Pascal’s argument he makes the constant notion believing in order to gain finite happiness‚ how is it possible to know if God is willing to provide this infinite gain if he is infinitely incomprehensible? This critical mistake is the very reason Pascal’s argument doesn’t work‚ we just don’t have the knowledge to know about what truly happens
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The movie " The Gods Must Be Crazy " describes a tribe from the people of the Calahari‚ a place in Africa‚ coming in contact with a coke bottle dropped from a plane. A tribesman is struck on the head and thinks it is a gift from the gods. Shortly the tribe discovers wonderful uses of the bottle‚ but they also find later on that there is anger and violence whenever one is using it while someone else needs it and wants to use it. So one bushman decides to walk to the end of the earth and return the
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