Original position

In John Milton’s, “Paradise Lost” there is a display of symbolism that comes across his writing. A great example of symbolism is that of the garden of Eden. In Alexander Popes, “The Rape of the Lock” there is a symbolism of materialistic importance and vanity. While in William Blake’s, “The marriage of Heaven and Hell” the symbolism is that of visions of angels and hell. These authors incorporate their symbolism in a way to send across a message whether it is the background story of Satan, the…

The notion that landscapes have the power to stimulate contemplation about human nature is clearly articulated in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Through subverting traditional adventure tropes from Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe to Ballantyne’s The Coral Island, Golding posits through his dystopian novel that landscapes, rather than delivering a sense of the sublime, provokes us to question our human condition and ultimately elucidate “traits that define humanity” (Orslen) – spite, insecurity,…

Knowledge begins the day we are born; we begin to learn how to breathe, how to eat, and how to sleep, and then later we learn how to walk, how to talk, and how to ride a bicycle. We also learn not to touch a hot stove or swim right after we eat. All this knowledge is attained so quickly in our early years. Then in our teenage years we usually begin to make more mistakes, and those mistakes begin to have bigger consequences; these lessons mold and shape our lives and future choices. In…

HOLY which is applied in the concept of time not to space. We can see a higher order of creation represented by each day of creation with humankind at the top of the chain of command. God speaks worlds into existence, and step by step we see the original good and right use of power. God does it in order of creation. We can see the omnipotence of God from these creations. He did the following in Genesis 1. The first…

The fall of man and temptation go hand in hand. There would have never been a fall if temptation was nonexistent. One cannot speak on the fall of mankind without also speaking about temptation. The central theme of the Bible is Jesus Christ. The Bible speaks of Jesus from the beginning of the Bible (Genesis) to the end to the Bible (Revelation); therefor in order for the prophesy to be fulfilled, temptation had to take place so man could fall and later be redeemed. Theologically speaking,…

“Eve’s Diary” and “Adams Diary” both describe the biblical narrative of the Garden of Eden and the beginning of original sin. In both stories they first two humans on Earth succumb to eating from the forbidden tree of knowledge, thus changing the world forever. However, even though basis of the narrative is the same they differ fundamentally on many levels. The main difference between the two stories is the narrator, in “Eve’s Diary” Eve describes her experience of the narrative, whereas in…

In his essay “The Bipartite System of Laws in Paradise Lost" Eric Dunnum argues that in John Milton’s Paradise Lost, man’s fall can be attributed to a system, set by God, that reflects that which is also used by historical kings and governments of the world. This system is a set of laws that is, as the title suggests, bipartite, which means that it is composed of two separate entities that come together to form a whole, and Dunnum’s argument often relies on the works of Louis Althusser to expand…

In the beginning (Gen 1), the world was perfect and without sin. In Gen 3, Adam and Eve sinned. This created a separation between man and God. It is now necessary for people to be saved in order to be restored to right relationship with God. In the beginning, people had a sinless nature but now as a result of the actions in Genesis 3, people have a sinful nature. People have a natural tendency toward selfishness and disobedience. Salvation restores people and puts them on the path to become what…

If I close my eyes and doubt that everything exists, all I can hear is the heater running in the room I’m in. I don’t really smell or taste anything. I would have to agree with Descartes in that I must exist because I am thinking. I must have a brain or I wouldn’t be able to think, so I am alive and a thinking thing. If I couldn’t think, then I wouldn’t be living. I know I have a body because I can move my extremities. I believe with certainty that I am alive and capable of thought and have a…

This will cover the seven world view questions. The questions will be about God and His entirety for the world. The seven world view questions asked and answered are: What is God like? God is an all-powerful person. What is the nature of the universe? The nature of the universe is orderly. What is the basis of ethics and morality? God gives us ethics and morality. What is the cause of evil and suffering? The cause of evil and suffering is sin. What happens to man at death? Man go to heaven after…