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    Knowing everything, but still talking and listening to his children, the creator of the universe knows everything before it happens, but somehow still manages to develop a relationship with his children. Everyday thousands of Christians bring their trouble and problems to God, and he always stands ready with his arms open ready to forgive and love. Instead of ruling over the world like his people are his slaves, he talks and loves each one, for example in Romans 5:8 it says, “But God shows his…

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    The coming of age story template has been around for thousands of years, and has stayed the same throughout those years. The template has not died despite it’s seemingly eternal existence. For example, the novels ‘Great Expectations’ and ‘The Hunger Games’ are vastly similar. Although the subjects are totally different, they are the same. From the plot to the character relationships, there are glaring similarities between the two. There are many examples of similar characters in the two…

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    ready to be revealed in the last time” (1 Peter 1:5 NIV). The new covenant gives all that believe and have faith salvation. Because God raised Jesus it tore the veil of death and allows people to have eternal life unlike the older covenant were you just returned to the ground. We once again return to the Lord and be with him just like Adam and Eve were when creation happened. “For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge,…

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    They seek to obtain as much good karma, that way they can continue to chase that eternal soul (Long, p.264). Karma is the principle of cause and effect. A collection of this in the sprit is the subject to reincarnation, also referred to as Jiva. Once you enough good karma is collected as a male, Moksha can be achieved. This is what causes the release of the eternal soul to Brahman, reaching liberation of Samsara and achieving Moksha. Moksha is the ultimate goal of the Hindu…

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    person to receive immortality, Utanpishtim. Gilgamesh then asks him “How did you join the ranks of the gods and find immortality?” (143). Observing death and seeing how it prevents one to become immortalized is exactly what pushes Gilgamesh to pursue eternal life. Being immortal functions normally in this text, it is perceived as the key to becoming immortalized. By becoming immortal, the influence one has on daily life and others around them can continue forever. Therefore, by becoming…

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     Introduction o Catchy Start: Laughs, smiles, and love are the greatest pleasures in life we live for. However, life is not always perfect, there are imperfections, a combination of happiness and suffering. As much as we hope for endless happiness, suffering is inevitable, it will always be existent in life. As John Lennon said, “Life is a like a flower, you’ve got to let it grow.” o Big Question: Why do people suffer? o Big Question Matters: Every human being is on earth for a purpose and the…

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    Philosophy of Life And Death A man who avoids death will never mature, and he will never profoundly understand and solve the problem of existence. In life, people inevitably encounter a variety of problems, the limited life and unlimited desires, the eternal desire to live with the inevitable death of the fate of the contradictions, etc., contained in the lives of everyone , Thus constituting the predicament of human existence. Life and death, as a phenomenon, reflects people's concern for their…

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    who was brave to choose love and ignored the money he could get. He didn’t care about money but he wanted to give the best to his love as much as possible, never asked for return or get back something, even though she didn’t love him but he still said that “ Paid by Robert Gillian, one thousand dollars on account of the eternal happiness, owned by Heaven to the best and dearest woman on earth.” I believe this pure love is hard to find nowadays. It is because people nowadays are realistic,…

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    we are given on Earth. It does not undervalue the worth of the body but yet does the exact opposite: overvalues the earthly body. We have a life after this earthly one to look forward to and by killing oneself, they are completely disregarding the eternal life ahead of us. By taking your own life to relieve yourself of pain and suffering we face on Earth, we are treating it as the ultimate reality…

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    Salvation and redemption is a concept that typically concerns eternal, spiritual deliverance from our sin. In the two stories “Bartleby the Scrivener” and “Elephant”, the two narrators had led lives full of heinous wrongdoings and corruption and wished to redeem themselves, by “giving” to others. Instead of offering others true charity and sacrifice, they placed the highest value on items, and were overwhelmed by the hunger of gaining, instead of truly wanting to help those in need. By doing…

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