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    with Mackie when he says “evil is inconsistent with the existence of an all-caring all-knowing and all-powerful God. God cannot be omnipotent and omnibenevolent while evil exists. Those three premises don’t correlate with each other. If God is omnipotent and omnibenevolent then evil cannot exist. And If evil exist God can’t be both omnipotent and omnibenevolent. Just as Mackie said “evil inconsistent” with a good all powerful God. Evil should not exist given an all-good, all-powerful, and…

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    Consequences Of Savagery

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    The author stresses the negative consequences of savagery are clearly stated throughout the novel. In the early chapters of the novel, he proposes that one of the important roles of a society is to provide an outlet for human impulses. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding is a novel in which the theme of savagery versus civilization is explored. William Golding uses word choice and Sam and Eric’s impressions, looks, and actions to reveal their attitude of being positive and nice. Firstly…

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    “ Fate decides who comes into your life, your heart decides who stays.” Macbeth is a Shakespearean play about how an innocent soldier becomes a ruthless king, all because of his proposed fate. In Macbeth, fate played a huge role in how Macbeth as a character acted and why he had a tragic resolution. Fate is what drove Macbeth into having a tragic resolution. Every human believes fate is predetermined. People tend to hold onto the unknown. It moves us in many ways, whether that be hope or…

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    Discrimination is so bad it can even lead to death. The novel Of Mice and Men shows how radically lives can be affected by discrimination. It can change a person’s live completely upside down for the worse. Steinbeck uses discrimination to dramatically affect characters such as Lennie, Crooks, and Curley’s wife. To begin with, Lennie is treated completely differently because he is mentally challenged. George and Lennie are travelling to a ranch to find work when Lennie looks over to George…

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    It can be said that Flynn unselfishly looks out for Donald and tries to be a father figure to him. In one of the many meetings between Father Flynn and Sister Aloysius, he suggests a caring idea. Father Flynn suggests, “Maybe take the boys for ice cream”, (Shanley 30). Flynn proposes this as a way to become closer to the boys and become more a part of their families. This could show…

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    Hi, I chose the story of The Happy Prince because it is a beautiful story that opens our eyes to the current reality, where poverty and greed abound, and with the example of solidarity of the prince we can be born love and peace. Descriptive paragraph : The happy prince is the story of a statue that lay in the highest part of the city, whose statue was admired by all, from the children to the highest representatives of the city, like the mayor. Even a failed man, who cried to see the statue so…

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    Evil tends to be a driving force behind many of the world’s most calamitous acts. In Lord of the Flies written by William Golding, the inner evil in the boys on the island results in an uncivilized society full of chaos and violence. In Macbeth, written by William Shakespeare, evil changes Macbeth from a noble person to a murderer. The article “Stalin’s Great Purge: Over A Million Detained, More Than Half A Million Killed” indicates Joseph Stalin's inner evil by organizing The Great Purge to…

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    deception are always indicative of some imperfection (54).” Descartes also posits that although humans are made in the image of God, and therefore are imbued with similar traits, we cannot reach his level of perfection because we find ourselves in between “…the supreme being and non-being (55).” By this Descartes means that although we at birth, are given the…

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    and Day, fish and birds, animals and lastly mankind. Each of theses things God created he said was good however he took pride especially in mankind. He created mankind in his own image to worship him and give him glory. On the seventh day of creation God rested according to the bible. When God created the garden of eden, he also allowed their to be a tree called the Tree of knowledge of Good and Evil, Adam and Eve were told directly by God not to eat from it however they were tempted by satan…

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    because Rick is the cliche “good guy” in the award winning drama the Walking Dead in which he is the protagonist. Rick is stuck in a zombie apocalypse with his family in a group of survivors who help each other in order to survive the harsh conditions of the apocalypse. As the show progresses Rick is constantly being placed in situations where he needs to make decisions that almost certainly will cost people their lives. At first the choices are clear cut, meaning one is the “good path” and one…

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