Well‚ it’s Christmas Eve. I say "Merry Christmas" to you all in the most non-politically correct manner as I do believe that we should keep "CHRIST" in CHRISTmas. Ok‚ lots on my mind so I’ll try and make this understandable. I’ll start this by saying I’m Jewish‚ don’t celebrate Christmas‚ and never have done Christmas shopping. Heck‚ my family goes to Vegas on Christmas and we have a good time. From my observations‚ I feel like Christmas has long lost its true meaning. How long is the
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The Passion of the Christ directed by Mel Gibson depicts the final twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth‚ on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem. This Movie is hardly a historical documentary. It was designed to bring to life the vivid nature and magnitude of Jesus’s sacrifice‚ although theologically it was quite accurate‚ it does contain some historical discrepancies. This movie was accurate in its cinematic portrayal of the attitude and actions of Pilate‚ the Jewish hierarchy‚ the Jewish
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Simon‚ Christ-figure? In the book Lord of the Flies the charecter‚ Simon‚ is portrayed as a Christ-figure. He is shown to have all the qualities Christ has: intelligence‚ determination‚ and resiliance. Simon also is portrayed like Christ physically‚ he is skinny and not a strong person. Simon was very calm‚ kind‚ and he enjoyed being alone when ever he could. Simon was made fun of by the other kids because of how he acted and the things he said. One such occasion was when he was talking
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Courage Through Christ Life is a giant that every person needs to learn to conquer. It possess frightening challenges‚ one after another. Whether it be struggling through a seemingly impossible class‚ putting one’s life on the line to save another‚ or even starting the freshman year of college‚ every person has a battle. Every single challenge is scary‚ and takes strength to accomplish. Life hands out lemons like they are candy‚ and people need the strength to turn those lemons into something sweet
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Different Narratives Surrounding the Birth of Jesus The story of Jesus is popular and well-known in the United States. However‚ when people attentively read the four gospels in the New Testament‚ it can be seen that difference in the narratives of Jesus’ birth. For example‚ the birth of Jesus is not mentioned in Mark Gospel. By contrast‚ John Gospel talks about the theological truth about Jesus before the beginning of the world‚ which means it is not about the human and natural birth. Matthew Gospel
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The crucifixion of Christ is probably is what makes him so man like n one of a kind he was one of flesh and blood a man of thoughts and understanding he had followers he wouldn’t lead you to a door he wouldn’t enter he was esteemed to be great from the beginning But he felt he earned his weight just like the next man he died like a man remembered like jesus our lord and savior he did something others can’t and will not do he have his life for others he didn’t want a reward or anything he just wanted
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Judeo-Christian God was Zeus. There were also many lesser gods in Greek religion‚ and Prometheus wasn ’t even a lesser god. He was a titan. Neither was Prometheus aligned with God/Zeus as Jesus was‚ but was frequently in conflict with him. Prometheus did‚ however‚ save mankind‚ but not in the way Jesus did. Prometheus did not save us from sin or damnation in the afterlife‚ but had stopped Zeus from destroying mankind. 2. Was born of a god and a human virgin on December 25th. Neither
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Opinions and beliefs are very similar. Because of this‚ some people don’t understand the difference between an opinion and a belief. When you have an opinion about something‚ you feel a certain way about something. When you believe something‚ you think that something exists or a state exists. Knowing the difference is important because when people treat beliefs like opinions people tend to do two things. The first is that they discard the consequences of the possibility that the belief is right.
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Jesus Of Nazareth As I have Just finished watching the video "Jesus of Nazareth" six hours a go i thought there was nothing that i didn’t know about Jesus but now as i look back i didn’t know a few things. But I did know pretty much everything else involved in the movie due to a long hard working year in Religion 1 with Mr. Pedro. Also coming from an extremely religious family i thought i knew it all point proven wrong. But from where i started at 8:00 a.m and its now 2:00 p.m. I have learned
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The Christ in the Old Testament The Old Testament was like a world where God would unexpectedly appear to humans and interact with His creations. The main reasons for this particular action was to inform that person of what He was about to do. God would also use his appearances as a way to to strengthen and encourage his people. In this world‚ where God sneaks down to conform into the physical form of a human‚ was for the purpose so that His creations would be more easily able to relate to Him
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