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    important than his repentance. There are two other major factors that help me to decide to forgive the dying SS soldier which are peer pressure and his naiveness. I am just a normal person who does not believe in any superhuman being. However I have learned about different religions and they share the same common lesson about compassion---mercy is sometimes more important than justice. They forgive sinners who genuinely repent. I would forgive Karl because he finally showed repentance before he died

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    Is Lady Macbeth’s character stronger than Macbeth’s – Discuss Lady Macbeth is an ambitious and ruthless woman who desires power and status. She appears stronger and more callous than Macbeth as she manipulates him to assassinate Duncan. However‚ as the bloodshed continues‚ her guilty conscience becomes more affected than Macbeth’s. Unlike Macbeth‚ who grows insensitive to the murders that he has committed‚ she descends into madness and (apparently) commits suicide as she becomes less capable to

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    moral aspect. Really‚ the author introduces his novel as an adventure story‚ but he highlights the moral aspect more than the adventure side. That is‚ he aims to teach the reader the importance of reason through the disobedience‚ punishment and repentance of Robinson. Crusoe’s shift from disobedience to obedience shows everyman’s journey from suffering to God’s grace and mercy. This moral theme is built gradually throughout the life and experiences of this protagonist. At first‚ the author shows

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    Lindsey1 Hannah Lindsey New Testament Mr. Horton November 18th 2012 John the Baptist John the Baptist was an important religious figure in the New Testament. John the Baptist was‚ according to the Bible‚ the cousin of Jesus Christ. He was the son of Mary ’s sister‚ Elizabeth. He was a little older than Jesus. He was Jewish‚ and lived in Israel. As with Jesus‚ we don ’t have any information from that time about John the Baptist except what the Bible says. According to the Bible‚ when John grew

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    | Scriptures: | Vedas‚ Upanishad‚ Puranas‚ Gita. | The Quran and the Hadith. | Means of salvation: | Reaching enlightenment by the Path of Knowledge‚ the Path of devotion‚ or the Path of Good Deeds. | Correct belief‚ Good deeds‚ Prayer‚ Dua‚ Repentance‚ Fasting‚ Jihad An-nafs (Struggling against your own desires)‚ Pilgrimage (Hajj)‚ Charity‚ Dhikr (remembrance of God)‚ Recitation/Memorization of Quran | Practices: | Meditation‚ Yoga‚ contemplation‚ yagna (communal worship)‚ offerings in the

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    sins and unworthiness.’ By showing a sense of sorrow and repentance for their sins‚ they realize their sin is not only against themselves but against someone more important‚ God Almighty‚ the Creator of Heaven and Earth. Allison points out that this Beatitude also blesses those who mourn ‘over the evil in the world and the evil prospering on earth.’ This Beatitude is morally significant as it teaches us that Godly sorrow brings repentance that

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    Christians I feel that we are all too often conditioned to see ourselves as pursuing the ideals and beliefs of Christ‚ yet Niebuhr’s explanation offers insight into how mankind is unable to possess true sacrificial love and furthermore how faith and repentance of sin are all that is needed to gain the eternal gift of life in heaven. In analyzing how sacrificial love is impossible‚ I found Niebuhr’s example on

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    Deceitfulness We tend to form the first impression of a person by their physical appearance. We look at them and analyze what they wear‚ as we try to read their personalities. We analyze their body type‚ as we pre-judge them as lazy or as good stewards of their body. After knowing them a little more‚ we start paying attention about their behaviors and practices‚ and creating an image about the person with our own concepts. We tend to impose on ourselves what is right and wrong‚ and we follow this

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    discipline training. The first step is to teach. Teaching is informing people to submit to the word of God which gives the truth. Then there is conviction‚ which is the laws and for people to acknowledge sin. Correction then leads the person into repentance of sin. People can then follow biblical principles to rethink their actions. The last step is discipline training is when people put away old thoughts and actions and began thinking Christ like. As a result‚ people are changed. After following these

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    THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER The Moral of the Poem: It is usually thought that great art suffers‚ if its didactic purpose is over-emphasized. Everyone recognizes that didacticism has something very impressive and effective about it‚ but no one likes a moral to be offensively obtruded in a work of art. Some go even to the extent of thinking that art and literature should be content to give pleasure and should never set out to teach a truth or preach a moral. There are those who believe

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