The Rose Garden

Hamilton, in responding Enns’ claim that Pauline Adamic understanding is foreign to the Old Testament, points out that Enns does not take account of the narrative nature of Genesis account in Torah. He argues that the narrative in Genesis shows the consequence of Adam’s sin in a narrative style, and the story of Cain and Abel and the flood should be understood as “the outworking of Adam’s sin” to show the readers that Adam’s sin brought the irreversible consequence of sin into the world. Enns’…

Satanism Satanism as a religious topic refers to the collaboration of philosophical and ideological beliefs on the character of Satan. Satanism officially lingered in the public offing in 1966, with the emergence of Church of Satanism. However, prior to the Church of Satanism, history shows that Satanism existed earlier. Earlier, according to historical facts, a group known as Sphite Cultus Satanas established itself in the State of Ohio in 1948. Sloane Arthur Herbert founded the Sphite Cultus…

Genesis is established as being the beginning of everything and being all good but there is also the portrayal and interpretation of evil in the creation. In the genesis of evil, Dr. Altizer explains that the origin of evil is “unknown and as orthodox as the origin of god” (Altizer 80). The journal explains how Genesis contains several indirect interpretations of the portrayal of evil in genesis. One of the first interpretations of evil is seen when Adam and Eve sinned in Eden and turned away…

The mood changes from a normal and mundane to cold and lifeless when the dementors attack. Dementors are soul eaters, when they kiss their victims, the soul of the victim is taken away. Without their soul, a victim of dementors will most likely have no love, no expression. They can’t ever get their soul back again. So, when the dementors attack in the alleyway, “The star-strewn indigo sky was suddenly pitch-black and lightless ---- the stars, the moon, the misty streetlamps on either end of the…

The important role that healthy interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships play is depicted in the model of the Trinity. According to Darrell Johnson’s Experiencing the Trinity, “we are created and redeemed to enter into the love each person of the Trinity has for the other” (64). This statement encompasses both intrapersonal and interpersonal interactions. The Trinity is one; thus the love that each person in the Trinity has towards another person in the Trinity is the love that the Trinity…

is an example of Shakespeare’s motif of garden imagery and a theme of corruption in the play. In this passage, Hamlet is talking to himself after the Queen and Claudius ask why he is acting so strangely. He goes on to lament that suicide is against God’s law, then describes his life as “an unweeded garden / that grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature / possess it merely” (1.2.135-137). I believe Shakespeare writes Hamlet comparing his life to a garden full of weeds in order to show his…

John Milton 's epic, Paradise Lost, recounts the Christian Creation story, filling in the gaps with touches of misogynistic lore shaped by the culture of his time. Although it is difficult to conclude whether Milton 's sexist portrayal was intended to bring an awareness to the absurdity of gender roles or was intended to reinforce the patriarchal culture of his time, it is undeniable that the gender roles presented in Paradise Lost are still pertinent. Acknowledging that gender equality is the…

the first time he meets Sula. Jude’s perception of Sula’s birthmark as a copperhead represents the darker side of humanity usually associated with snakes, things like temptation, evil, and sin, all stemming back to the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Jude eventually gives into these temptations and holds true to the fact that…

forbidden fruit because the Tree is “good for eating and lovely to look at” (Genesis Chapter 3). In Paradise Lost, Satan’s approach is more complex than the Biblical version. Satan uses charm and flattery, extolls Eve above all other Creatures in the garden and woes her trust towards him. When Eve gets cautious of his words, the Satan, disguised in the body of a snake, refers her figure to that of a “goddess” and continues to exemplify her beauty until finally warding off her doubts. The Satan…

The sun was shining upon Adam and Eve as they named all the creatures entering existence through the Garden of Eden. Chattering cheerfully, the couple noticed a wooden sign around the neck of the an alpaca. “Adam, what on earth is that writing and what does it mean?” said Eve. Adam went to retrieve the wooden sign, and he proceeded to notice that the sign had one word on it. “Sweetie,” said Adam, “this is a word that I do not know.” Eve stood pensively and rubbed her chin. They both stood…