reason that Renteria would do this is because he seeks to get revenge on Pedro for exploiting his service. The problem with this decisions is that detracting from the faith of another person and hindering them from receiving salvation is a tremendous sin. As Jesus himself said‚ “If anyone causes [those who believe in me] to stumble‚ it would be better for them if a large millstone were hung around their neck and they were thrown into the sea.” Likewise‚ Renteria has switched from passively damning souls
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that Hester faces because of her exhortation from society. His hatred and guilty conscience cause him to see Hester‚ the woman he loves‚ as the one who is free of the weight of the level of oppression that he experiences daily from the sin they share. He resents the sin to the point that he cannot help but associate the passion he has for Hester with it and then partially blame her. Another example is how Hester‚ having never “felt… love‚ nor feigned any” (68) for Roger Chillingworth‚ is able to clearly
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Evil can often be seen in plain sight‚ but it can just as easily be hidden. Religion‚ however‚ can almost never be hidden due to evangelization. The combination of the two is rarely seen unless religion is used as a cover for evil. The grandmother‚ a nontraditional antagonist‚ exemplifies the combination of religion and evil‚ but she only sees herself as religious when truly she is only evil. However‚ the misfit‚ a conventional antagonist‚ knows he is evil and embraces it. In the short story
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characteristics are ultimately those that affect my life most. I sin daily‚ but God never holds it against me. He chooses to forgive me‚ and is patient in allowing me to do right. His love for me is never ending. Through Gods forgiveness‚ love‚ and patience‚ we see what an amazing God that he truly is. The Christian God is a forgiving God. In order to be forgiven‚ as Christians‚ we must ask for forgiveness. No matter how great the sin‚ if you turn to God and repent‚ He will forgive you. In the bible
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because he/she thinks it’s a sin. Listen to me people; I’m not saying that homosexuality is wrong or right. I know in my religion it’s states that being homo is a sin‚ but we as people can’t make or stop people for doing what people want to do. It’s not our life to tell people what to do. Let people live their lives‚ and stop complaining about those that don’t concern those not involved. We cannot control people or this earth. We just have to let God handle the sins that others have committed. Life
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Expect No Mercy What goes around comes around. When sinners reach hell they are forced to experience the counter-suffering of contrapasso. For each sin‚ Dante gives a specific punishment relating to that sin. Some of these sins include violence towards self‚ violence towards God‚ sorcery‚ and hypocrisy. For the despicable lives they lived on earth‚ they are doomed to suffer relating consequences for all of eternity. “No green leaves‚ but rather black in color‚ no smooth branches‚ but twisted
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to represent his past sins. “He perhaps‚ like other mortals‚ has sorrows enough to be typified by a black veil.” This quotation is an indication that the minister is struggling with his guilt and he cannot come to terms with it. His guilty conscience for past misdeeds are essentially the basis of his problems‚ but he still wears it in order to express his idea In “The Minister’s Black Veil‚” the presence of symbolism helps to show the recurring motif in the story: hidden sin. Wearing this black veil
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adultery. And from that event that happen pearl is born. Hester decided to stay in the town because she wanted to repent for her sins‚ her love for her daughter pearl‚ and her love for Reverend Dimondale (The priest and Pearl father). Hester use her needle skill and thread to earn her living. Hester decided to stay in the town because she wanted to repent for her sins. She wanted to stay in the place where she committed adultery . She wanted to stay in the place where her life change forever
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Prynne’s clothing is a meaningless punishment‚ while the true punishment is the guilt of being an adulterer and a sinner‚ which will not go away until Hester confesses her sin.
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Note Taking Note Making Chapter 1: The Prison Door - Sin “The founders of a new colony‚ whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project‚ have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery‚ and another portion of the site of a prison” (pg. 72) Chapter 2: The Marketplace -Sin 78 “Goodwives”‚ said a hard-featured dame of fifty‚ “I’ll tell ye a piece of my mind. It would be greatly for the public behoof
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