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    Society is full of people who sin on a regular basis. The most prevalent sins are known as the seven deadly sins, which are avarice, sloth, envy, concupiscence (lust), gluttony, pride, and wrath. Whether or not a person believes in God, there is a reason why John 8:7 in the bible states “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” Everyone commits sins and we exercise that capacity routinely, but what matters most is how a person redresses it. Students in my classes…

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    Good Pride And Bad Pride

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    A. Quote “There are two kinds of pride both good and bad. ‘Good pride’ represents our dignity and self respect. ‘Bad pride’ is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.” B. John C. Maxwell was the person whom said this quote (need info on him) C. This quote here shows the two equal sides of pride. Pride can go in two ways, but it all depends oh how one may view it. The good pride shows our self respect and dignity. The bad pride shows how one can be arrogant or act…

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    film that turns those traditional deadly sins into a force to be reckoned with. Se7en focuses on the realities of death than life. The plot revolves around two detectives on the hunt of a religious psychopath who embarks a crusade for God. Detective Somerset, played by Morgan Freeman, and his new replacement Detective Mills, Brad Pitt, are both introduced in a case of a man’s gruesome death. There is great imagery when connecting the man’s murder with a deadly sin. In this case, gluttony is the…

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    Sin and virtue go hand and hand. Each of the Seven Deadly Sins has a virtue that creates a cancellation of that sin. Everyone is redeemable in the eyes of the Lord and even with Saint Mary. Saint Mary is Jesus’s mother and is the redeemer in the Miracles of the Virgin, where she saves the sinner from their sins and put them back on the godly path. She always saves the children that are victims of rage, because children have a better chance at living a virtuous Christian life. Since she is also a…

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    In dealing with the situation regarding Maryam Adedayo and Idris Eze, you should go through the state legal system. The Nigerian federal legal system is far too secular, and will not truly be able to bring about true justice in the eyes of Allah. If we really want to interpret what it is Allah would view as justice, then this matter should be dealt with by the Islamic community, rather than the Nigerian government. Afterall, it was the prophet himself who said, “Let there be a community among…

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    In today’s modern society, everyone follows a set of defined rules and it is well known that it is your actions that define who you are. In John Updike’s A&P, each of the main character’s actions reveals their true intentions and purpose in the story. While Queenie may represent sin, temptation and the power of sexuality, the stern Lengel contradicts her, representing the Christian ideals of conformity and the expulsion of rebellion. Furthermore, through the use of herring snacks and skimpy…

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    Imagine you are in a world where everybody is fake. Everybody is wearing a mask, hiding behind their secrets because they are afraid of being judged. Nobody actually knows each other, nobody is brave enough to be the one who admits when they have done wrong. Until one day, a girl is caught doing something out of the ordinary, an action that is typically frowned upon. The entire town finds out and immediately, they all hate her. They talk behind her back, call her names, and damage her reputation…

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    Although authority may seem tough, we learn from three sources that power has the decision to be whatever it wants, including compassionate. We will explore this position through three pieces of text including, “Beat Not the Poor Desk” by Marie Ponsot and Rosemary Deen, “The Prodigal Son” by Aesop and “Stockings” by Tim O’brien. Making connections to each piece, the goal is to reference one another on a common theme. In the short story text, “Beat Not the Poor Desk” by Marie Ponsot and…

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    Dante's Inferno Essay

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    In the Inferno of Dante, which depicts an allegorical journey through Hell, Dante is guided by Virgil through each canto of sins. As Dante travels through the levels of Hell, parallels between the physical and the spiritual are made. Dante parallels his physical journey into the Inferno with his spiritual journey into the individual. The further Dante travels in Hell is like one getting deeper and lost in his own mind. Desire and lack of the knowledge of truth consumes and destroys us so that we…

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    The Pursuit Of Greed

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    One of the seven deadly sins from the Holy Bible is greed, a crime to be excessively acquisitive, yet all of the seven deadly sins can be related back to greed. Lust is a form of greed, for desiring someone or something not rightfully theirs.It is a perverse form of love, wanting someone just for the fact that they are there to fill an “appetite”, but this “appetite” is of a greedy descent. Greed can also be seen in another deadly sin, gluttony. Excessively eating, drinking…

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