Christopher Hitchens’ New Atheist novel‚ “God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything” written in 2007‚ highlights everything that is wrong with religion‚ and how its effects are detrimental to society. Hitchens critiques Christianity‚ Judaism‚ and even Hinduism and Buddhism‚ for their atrocities and blasphemous beliefs and makes a very valid point as to why many individuals have turned away from religion. Though quite persuasive in some cases‚ other times the novel makes points that seem weak
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PRAYER WARRIORS IN THE BIBLE BY Pr. David Munyere Who were the prayer warriors in the Bible? Prayer warriors are people who are known for regularly interceding on behalf of others before God. To intercede means to come between‚ so prayer warriors are‚ in effect‚ coming between God and the trouble in another person’s life. Prayer warriors are like advocates appealing to the Higher Court on behalf of their defendants. We’re all guilty before God‚ but God is merciful. Prayer warriors recognize
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church. However‚ studying the Bible was not something I had ever done. I was the person that would take their Bible to church but would never open it any other day of the week. About three years ago‚ I was worrying about something and one of my friends said‚ “Sometimes we worry only because we don’t believe everything that is in the Bible.” At first I became very offensive and told her she needed to clarify. She asked me‚ “Do you believe that the same God that is in the Bible is the same God of today
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why the Epic of Gilgamesh compares to the Bible in many different ways and the epic also has an extraordinarily different perspective than the Bible does. Yet the Bible and Gilgamesh‚ story or truth‚ myth or religion‚ these are questions that are applied to the ancient epic of Gilgamesh. Interestingly‚ these same questions apply to another major? They were written many years ago‚ both with many different versions‚ and in different languages work‚ the Bible. While the Sumerians wrote Gilgamesh as
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION PAGE 1 II. AUTHORSHIP OF THE BIBLE PAGE 2 - 9 III. THE BIBLE PAGE 10 - 18 IV. AUTHORSHIP OF THE QURAN PAGE 19 V. THE QURAN PAGE 20 - 23 VI. THE BIBLE COMPARED TO QURAN PAGE 24-28 VII. FIVE PILLARS OF ISLAM COMPARED TO THE TEN
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(2009)‚ Form Criticism separates the Bible text into categories based on function‚ “…the Gospels could be subdivided into discrete “pericopae” (self- contained passages) and analyzed according to the form (almost a “mini-genre) of each” (p.92). For example‚ some forms include parables‚ proverbs‚ and prophetic declarations (Bloomberg‚ 2009‚ p.92). Because form criticism uses a skeptical framework to interpret Biblical texts‚ form critics deconstruct or reduce Bible passages until the historical value
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Name: Morgan Perry Student ID: L26846215 Course: BIBL 104-D21 Date: April 17‚ 2015 Old Testament Bible Dictionary Project Proverbs The book of Proverbs is a collection of experiences and observations that is put in the simplest form. According to Hindson and Towns a proverb is a short poetic sentence passing on intelligence in a vital structure (2013‚ p. 193). Proverbs focus more on earth than heaven‚ even though it holds God in the highest light. The majority of these proverbs are ascribed to
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The King James Version of the Holy Bible www.davince.com/bible Table of Contents Preface to PDF Version Preface to 1611 Translation Old Testament Genesis ... 1 Exodus ... 31 Leviticus ... 57 Numbers ... 77 Deuteronomy ... 103 Joshua ... 125 Judges ... 141 Ruth ... 157 1 Samuel ... 159 2 Samuel ... 179 1 Kings ... 195 2 Kings ... 215 1 Chronicles ... 233 2 Chronicles ... 251 Ezra ... 273 Nehemiah ... 279 Esther ... 289 Job ... 295 Psalms ... 309 Proverbs ... 395 Ecclesiastes ... 407 Song of Songs
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Introduction‚ The richness of the truth about the Bible when we read is always embedded in the literary forms and genres that the authors used in the Bible. Chapter 40 of the book of Isaiah somehow opens with a three-repeated call for messengers to receive the news of the God’s coming to a broken and despairing nation. Moreover‚ the chapter lays some foundation of hope in the nation that has been heard in Israel from the beginning of its life. Also the chapter in a greater sense challenges the power
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Hebrew Bible Paper - Abraham Abraham stands as one of the most important figures in the Hebrew Bible‚ and is central to the understanding of God’s solution to the problem of mankind. Man‚ the mysterious creature that God wraught as a semi-experiment‚ is constantly prone to believe he is self-sufficient and capable of survival without God‚ the central problem God must deal with in the Hebrew Bible. To solve this problem‚ God decides to strike fear in the heart of man and to revolutionise
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