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the fiery pits of hell or in relaxing joyful heaven what would you choose? Choose wisely because you don’t get to leave after your decision is made. Obviously everyone would choose relaxing joyful heaven unless you have issues. Hell is ruled by the devil and according to many religious beliefs it is an afterlife of suffering where the wicked or unrighteous dead are punished. Heaven is ruled by God and it s referred to the sky or the area above the earth where the heavenly bodies are placed.…

Emotions are not the only tool used by Satan against us. As we continue to look at the story of Job, we see another tool in the arsenal of Satan. Just for the sake of simplicity, let’s call this second tool compound problem. I’m sure you are familiar with those, or at least the phrases “if it isn’t one thing, it’s another”, “when it rains, it pours”, etc. Notice that Satan did not give Job time to focus, or room to breath. He sent problem on top of problem, test after test and trial after…

The word “enemy” often is used to describe the devil or Satan; and the phrase “our father” is referred to as God. “All extremes, except extreme devotion to the Enemy, are to be encouraged”(32). However, in this quote from the book The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, God is the enemy and the devil is referred to as our father below. Although it is a fiction story, the book still gives the readers a way to think about the world’s destruction and recovery through a devil’s aspect (New York, NY:…

The Author Dr. Phillip Zimbardo creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment states how good people can have intentions of becoming evil. He argues that good people can become bad people and that bad people can become good people. In this interesting article the author Dr. Phillip Zimbardo focuses on what really makes people become bad people. He uses Lucifer as an example. Lucifer an angel of God who used to God’s light bearer and favorite angel questions God’s authority and was sent to hell on…

When two books go hand in hand, it is clearly not a mistake. The books, The Epic of Gilgamesh and The Bible (more specifically the Book of Genesis) evidently represent each other. In both books, the divine figure had a specific purpose to initiate the flood and who they wanted to be the book's’ “hero.” In reference to the Book of Genesis, the divine and humanity develop a tenacious relationship subsequent to the flood due to the divine realizing it was a mistake. Earth was created in the eyes…

The pagan gods were and still are shells for demons that live in the world. God protects those who do not stray from Him from the demons, however, those who turn away are vulnerable to interaction with the evil spirits. Spirits have lived in our world since the beginning of the world. Spirits can be evil and can be of good. God and His angels talk and guide the faithful and righteous, and the evil spirits like Satan and his “minions” attempt pull us away from what is true and right. The only way…

The third stanza is centered on the question of what kind of bodily strength and skills could create the Tyger. The first two lines question “what shoulder, & what art, /Could twist the sinews of thy heart?” (9-10), which are simply asking what strength and beauty could twist the tissues of the Tyger’s heart. The next question Blake asks is “when thy heart began to beat, / What dread hand? & what dread feat?” (11-12). Here, Blake wants to know that when the Tyger’s heart began to beat, did its…

Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been Essay With the elements, parallels, and biblical strands to the bible laced within the story, Oates is able to discus how humans tend to often give into deceitful tendencies and how in today society false icons and concepts have replaced religion. To begin with, Oates uses the elements of parallelism to the bible to communicate the understanding that the different strands of Arnolds Friend’s appearance and actions are not that of a normal person. When…

The devil has been tantalizing with people’s lives since the beginning of time. Often times making deals with people in order to make their wishes become a reality, but there’s always a twist when it comes to working with the devil. This type of situation has been used in many stories throughout the years, especially in the story “The Devil and Tom Walker” and the movie “Snow White and the Huntsman”. In Washington Irving’s story “The Devil and Tom Walker” Tom Walker had shown signs of interest…

centers around the journey of a group of schoolboys that find themselves resulting to savagery after being stranded on a desert island following a plane crash. Golding touches on the Christian aspect by having the boys worship a devil instead of a God, and eventually the devil controls the boys so much that they are unable to foresee a hope for rescue or redemption. In William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, Golding describes the fall of civilization and the division of power through the explicit…