Leviticus 11:20-23 `All the winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. `Yet these you may eat among all the winged insects which walk on all fours: those which have above their feet jointed legs with which to jump on the earth. `These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds‚ and the devastating locust in its kinds‚ and the cricket in its kinds‚ and the grasshopper in its kinds. Judges 14:8 When he returned later to take her‚ he turned aside to look at the carcass of
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Genesis and Gilgamesh Throughout the Epic of Gilgamesh there are many parallels with the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament‚ most notably in the biblical stories of the Garden of Eden and Noah’s flood. Both Gilgamesh and Noah were instructed to build a boat to survive a great flood brought forth by their respective gods. There are also similarities seen between the creation of Ekindu and the creation of Adam in the Garden of Eden. Also in the Garden of Eden a snake’s deception causes Adam to
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“who are victimized through sexual abuse often begin to develop deeply held tenets that shape their sense of self: ’My worth is my sexuality. I’m dirty and shameful. I have no right to my own physical boundaries.’” The entry into Old Testament slavery was a choice one could make‚ and protected them from being without their
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nutrition‚ sanitation‚ and soybean. “I teach classes in nutrition‚ sanitation‚ and soybeans‚ to women…” (Pg.523) Leah was homeschooled. “Mother shooed us from the window‚ ordering us to go hunt up our schoolbags and read them. It wasn’t the proper time for school‚ or even a school day‚ but we did everything she said…” (Pg.79) She used to live in Georgia but she now lives in the Congo‚ Africa. “We came from Bethlehem‚ Georgia‚ bearing Betty Crocker cake mixes into the jungle…Out mother predicted they
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The Bible vs. The Matrix The Matrix is a current movie and the Bible is a piece of inspired literature that has withstood scrutiny throughout the ages. The Matrix has many biblical themes and it parallels the Bible in numerous ways. Let me briefly explain a simplified plot of The Matrix. The story centers around a computer-generated world that has been created to hide the truth from humans. In this world people are kept in slavery without their knowledge. This world is designed to simulate the
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Marcus J. Borg is a Professor of Region and Culture at Oregon State University. Including Reading the Bible Again for the First Time‚ he has written the following books: The God We Never Knew‚ and Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time. Borg has been studying and teaching for 35 years at various universities. His specialty is Jesus and the Gospels‚ but expresses an interest in the Hebrew Bible. Borg has taught both subjects‚ and much of his book comes from teaching undergraduates. He describes
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root of slavery is racism. Whilst this is the case of slavery in the American South‚ Caribbean and the Atlantic slave trade‚ Roman slavery and Medieval slavery contradict this notion. Although‚ perhaps the root of slavery being racism is dependant on the opportunity and access to another ‘race’‚ in order to be able to enslave and exploit them. Whilst Ancient Rome and Medieval slavery didn’t have the opportunity to enslave another race‚ the demonstration of setting a precedent for slavery was evident
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What is the Bible? Is it simply just another book? Or is it something more‚ something most people undermine? When people consider what the Bible truly consists of‚ they would be surprised to find out that it isn’t just a book of fairytales‚ full of rainbows and butterflies‚ Jesus sitting in the long green grass with a lion and lamb by his side. The honest truth? The Bible contains many gruesome stories‚ stories that contemporary horror movies would worship and adore. Child massacres‚ incestuous rape
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Slavery was a very controversial subject in the 1800’s. While some people did not see anything wrong with slavery and saw it as a part of the economic and social structure‚ other people felt that it was morally wrong and completely unethical. Even in the North‚ where slavery was nonexistent‚ there were people‚ like Lydia M. Child‚ who disapproved of the way African Americans were treated like second-class citizens. She believed that although the actual physical institution of slavery was not present
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Colonialism and Slavery “I hate imperialism. I detest colonialism. And I fear the consequences of their last bitter struggle for life. We are determined‚ that our nation‚ and the world as a whole‚ shall not be the play thing of one small corner of the world.” (Sukarno) When it comes to taking over another country‚ the selfish reasons behind it cloud the minds of the colonizers into thinking that what they are doing is to the advantage of the victims. The lived experience of Okonkwo and Linda challenges
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