"Reverend Mr. Hooper wore the black veil to symbolized secret sin; this veil represented how everyone has something in their heart that no one knows about." Everyone of these articles begins with a statement about secret sin and this why Reverend Hooper wore the black veil‚ the congregation were led to believe that the reason behind his choice to wear the black veil was because that had sinned himself and he was human and they were all to sin by nature. But the real choice behind this is that Reverend
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Capital Punishment is always wrong‚ do you agree? A Christian would agree as they believe all life is sacred and only god can choose when your life ends‚ he will punish you in hell for your sins and it is not the place of the government to decide whether you are killed or not. This is because in the bible it says “Do not kill” which is one of the Ten Commandments which are not to be disobeyed‚ they also believe in forgiveness and love which are the fundamentals of their religion therefore criminals
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Miller’s The Crucible illustrates this concept vividly using the 1982 Salem Witch Trials. During The Crucible‚ people are accused of an act they did not commit and have to go against their religion and sin or face being hanged which leads to mass hysteria and paranoia. Even though Reverend Hale sins according to the
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necessitates that we forgive others. “We believe that God forgives us our sins; but also that He will not do so unless we forgive other people their sins against us.” (Lewis‚ 2001‚ p.178) The argument was that true forgiveness from God means admitting our sin and not trying to excuse our sin‚ also the same thing is true with others. When we forgive others‚ it is not finding excuses for their sins but truly forgiving their sin and not holding against them. I believe the arguments were set up logically
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relate to God. Relational: Community understanding instead of an individual. Functional: Merges both Substantive and Rational to make something bigger. Cristims: doesn’t exactly tell you where you will be at if you don’t follow gods plan. * SIN Sin is accidental!! It is not how we are supposed to be‚ not how we were made. Unnatural‚ something that needs to be fixed‚ it against gods will. But it is not outside of gods will‚ god can use this and work with it to fulfill his plan. Judgement: both
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represents the thought of the puritans that sin was an inexcusable mistake‚ the secret sin and dark side in each individual‚ and he uses this symbol to teach a moral lesson to the puritan society. Puritan society was very hypocritical and was very close-minded. People thought that sin was an unforgivable mistake. They all know the have sinned and still do not accept the minister with his black veil because they thought he was hiding a secret sin. He is excluded and judged from his very first
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presence. In the Christian religion‚ sin is seen as a corruptive and tainting agent that affects the soul. There is an emphasis on the cleansing and repenting for committed sins entirely because sin cannot exist in heaven. Through death the soul transcends the body and through the divinity of Gods judgment a soul will either be raised to heaven or cast into the abyss. This logically makes sense when you consider that God vanquishes all sin and evil and if your soul is of sin or evil it cannot exist in Gods
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qualified to be the president during his first inauguration‚ let alone by the time he was speaking at his second inauguration. In his Second Inaugural Address‚ Lincoln examines the fact that slavery was going to rip the fact that slavery is not only a sin of the South‚ but also of the North. (Basler‚ p.793) He understands the nation to have a progressive aspect built into its very nature‚ and it must overcome any shortcomings along the way. For a nation to erupt in a civil war over a matter that seems
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Over the years the topic of human nature has been studied and debated by many. Human nature can be defined as distinct characteristics that include how people think and act naturally. Between past and present events‚ there is corruption in human nature. With the corruption of human nature people only do kind acts only out of self interest. Throughout history‚ early American authors‚ such as Jonathan Edwards‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ and Olaudah Equiano‚ convey how they view human nature through their literature
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insane are not responsible‚ because they have lost the intellectual capacity. However‚ part of our being human is also that we make mistakes. Sometime‚ we make mistakes without deliberation and intention. But sometime we knowingly and deliberately sin and do wrong to others. It is said‚ “to err is human and to forgive is divine.” Both parts of this statement are very true. As human beings we are responsible‚ but we do also make mistakes and we are constantly in need of forgiveness. Islam speaks about
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