LIBERTY UNIVERSITY THE HELL DEBATE A RESEARCH PAPER SUBMITTED TO PROFESSOR MASHALL WICKS IN COMPLETION OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THEOLOGY 350 BY JOHNNY CARTER LYNCHBURG‚ VA JULY 6‚2012 Introduction When trying to have a conversation about hell Hendrikus Berkhof says concerning the dominant ecclesiastical idea of hell as eternal punishment that ”there has always been a reluctance to engage in a deeper probing of this frightening
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true to themselves will find paradise in the end. Looking at Dante’s poem the Inferno and Frank’s film It’s a Wonderful Life one can see how when the government is facing problems people with power have a history of becoming deceitful‚ greedy and malicious and how during these times people turn to
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others because if they do not convict others it looks as if they themselves might have something to hide. It is ironic that Reverend Parris says that the witchcraft investigation might reveal the source of all the community’s problems ‘Why‚ Rebecca‚ we may open up the boil of all our troubles today’ because in the end the witchcraft investigation provokes the burning down and destruction of the community. The witch trials are also metaphorically a melting pot‚ again‚ for people’s
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I decided to write my paper about Rin-Tin-Tin because I have a German Shepard of my own back home named Chucky. Rin-Tin-Tin was a German Shepard who was an international star in motion pictures. During the World War I‚ U.S. Army Air Service Corporal Lee Duncan saved a pack of six dogs. He gave them away to his fellow soldiers expect for two‚ who he named after a pair of good luck doll charms‚ Rin-Tin-Tin and Nénette‚ that French children often gave to the American soldiers. After the end of the
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During a visit to the Phoenix Art Museum‚ I was exposed to hundreds of different types of art. Having only been there once in May for prom‚ I never had a chance to see all of the art that was on display. I was amazed at the different styles and mediums used for the work. One work in particular‚ Madame Adélaïde by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard caught my attention with it’s large size and bright colors. It was made with oil on canvas in 1787 and is approximately 84 x 60 inches and looked in even more massive
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In the Inferno‚ mutilation is the most common way for those in hell to be given the ineluctable punishment for their sins. Mutilation is an act or physical injury that degrades the appearance or function of the body. Mutilation is both used in the inferno as a way to cause physical pain to those in hell‚ but the form of mutilation used on the sinners is also a form of emotional torture because it pertains directly to their sin. Because mutilation is used so frequently in the inferno Dante must use
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Rosas 10/26/11 Roger Chillingworth: The Worst Sinner? Who would it be to consider the worst sinner. Going through each of the puritans‚ it seems that three of them would be the worst sinner. Out of Author Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne; Roger Chillingworth would be consider the worst sinner‚ because he never manage to confess his sin to others and remains with it for the rest of his life. Although Author Dimmesdale may seem to be the worst sinner‚ he actually manages to confess his sin to the public
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In his verse translation of Dante’s Inferno‚ Allen Mandelbaum translates the Italian phrase “sovra lor vanità che par persona” to “their empty images that seem like persons” in Canto IV. This Canto poetically describes Dante’s awakening to the Third Circle‚ where the Gluttonous dwell and are constantly bombarded by a ceaseless rain. The phrase describes how most of the sinners in this circle pay don’t pay any attention to Dante and Virgil. The Gluttonous are like ghosts‚ or empty images‚ that fail
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Getting What They Deserve: Punishment in Dante’s Inferno Dante’s The Inferno is his own interpretation of the circles of hell. The people that Dante places in hell tried to validate their offenses and have never seen the injustice of their crime or crimes. They were each placed in a specific circle in Hell‚ Dante has nine circles in his hell. Each circle holds those accountable for that specific crime. Each circle has its own unique and fitting punishment for the crime committed. There are
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In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚" Jonothan Edwards makes use of similes‚ hyperboles‚ and repetition to strike fear into his audience in order to persuade them. By utilizing the sense of fear along with the rhetorical devices he manages to prove his point. By utilizing similes‚ Edwards makes a comparison to illustrate his point. An example would be when he states‚ "his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else..." In the quote the comparison being
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