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    or Adam‚ they chose to eat from it‚ without listening to the command of God. By eating this fruit‚ it imposes the knowledge of good and evil on Adam and Eve and now it causes the risk of making a sin against humanity. This is where the comparison of Adam and Jesus Christ come in for it explains the sin of Adam and how Jesus Christ maybe have cursed humanity through Adam according to Nietzsche. The Bible tells the story of two men that stand head and shoulders above all the rest‚ in terms of their

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    he took our place and our punishment so that we would not have to. God loves you at all times‚ even when you sin‚ because God loves the sinner but hates the sin. Sin affects you and your life. Even when God forgives you‚ you still have to deal what happens after you sin here. Some consequences could be a young person getting grounded from their cell phone or when you get older and you sin and its against the law‚ of course the punishment would be however much jail time that the court sees fit for

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    Is human nature good or bad? We have read and been exposed to several theories about human nature in the last two modules. In an essay of not less than six double spaced pages‚ evaluate arguments on both sides of this issue by first summarizing‚ in your own words‚ at least one argument on each side and then arguing for which one of the opposing sides you find more compelling and why. Support your position with at least two additional scholarly or scientific sources (not the popular press) that discuss

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    a) Explain how the theodicy of Irenaeus differs from that of Augustine. One of the main arguments used by non-believers against the existence of God is the presence of evil and suffering in the world. The term ‘evil’ is often used to describe something that is morally wrong. Philosophers make a distinction between moral evil and natural evil. Moral evil results from human actions that are morally reproachable‚ and Natural evil results from the malfunctioning of the natural world‚ which produces

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    sinfulness of the entire human race. Why did I say so? Because even on Sophocles time‚ i.e.‚ c. 496–406 BC‚ things like parricide and incest had existed. That’s for me. I saw in the story‚ it reminds me of Adam and Eve’s disobedience‚ that in just the sin of a man the whole kingdom suffered in a plague. Put it this way. The two parallel situations has the same thing in common‚ they have conscience‚ of course we all do but what’s important here is this; we can’t say that they didn’t know that they did

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    much? To find that answer‚ we must look to the deadly sin of Gluttony. The definition of gluttony is an inordinate desire to consume more than that which one requires. Although the sin focuses mostly on the consumption of food‚ it also relates to the pleasures that the body experiences. The punishment for committing the sin of gluttony is that you after your death‚ you will be force-fed snakes‚ rats‚ and toads. The animal that represents the sin of gluttony is the pig‚ and the color that represents

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    vices they delt with in the past. In fact‚ the first known sin in literature can agreeably be found in the Bible. It was Cain’s jealousy and anger that caused him to take the life of his brother Abel. Approximately 4000-5000 years later in the first known work of written English‚ the Beowulf-poet demonstrates the seven deadly sins through the title character’s battles with the three monsters. Obesity and sloth-modes vices. The seven deadly sins are ; envy‚ gluttony‚ greed‚ lust‚ pride‚ and wrath. Although

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    The seven deadly sins are spoken of often and frequently in every day life for that is what they are affected with. All of these sins can intertwine to form a domino effect of actions and reactions that link to all of the sins. Once one is committed‚ it becomes easier to fall into the others for they are all interlinked. This is prevalent in Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur as proven by the acts committed by the various characters throughout the book.<br><br>When looked at as separate words‚ the definition

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    not commit as many sins as Abigail did‚ she was not as secretive about it‚ and her actions only affected herself and her child. Hester did sin horribly but it was not comparable to Abigail ’s many sins.  The sins that Abigail were guilty of were wrath‚ avarice‚ lust‚ and envy‚ while Hester only committed lust.  Hester ’s adulterous behavior was considered one of the worst sins of the Puritan women.  Although that was an awful sin to have committed‚ Abigail committed a sin of the same kind and

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    and Ford Prefect traverse an imperfect galaxy plagued by a lack of individuality. In The Seven Deadly Sins Today‚ Henry Fairlie ventures that this galactic epidemic correlates to the transmission of immorality throughout the world. Douglas Adams utilizes satire and characterization to demonstrate how the human condition is flawed. Furthermore‚ Henry Fairlie calls upon the archetypal seven deadly sins to criticize human banality. Collectively‚ Adams’s wittiness and Fairlie’s bitterness encourage the

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