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    1. What is your belief about ultimate reality? I hold a worldview of theism. I believe in a God that created man, and cares for and communicates with man. God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit are ultimate reality. 2. What is your belief about the nature of the universe? God created the universe and all parts thereof. God is separate from his creation. God rules over his creation. The creation of the universe is a gift from God, ruled by God. God is transcendent. 3. What is your belief about human

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    While Judaism considers sin to be any violation of one of the 613 commandments, Christianity deems it primarily as a characteristic that all humans are born with. Overall, Christianity and Judaism have several different perspectives regarding the definition, historical significance, and consequences of sin. Christians believe that modern sin originates from the tale of the original sin, as told in The Book of Genesis from the Bible. It began when God created

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    In the novel Have a Little Faith, author Mitch Albom visits the idea of redemption throughout the telling of Henry Covington’s hardships and his attempts to overcome his weaknesses through his faith. Covington is a recovering addict and former convicted drug dealer. For Albom, he is living evidence of God’s remarkable power and the redemption that it can bring. Basically, when Christians talk about redemption, they are talking about their messiah saving them from punishment for sin, like Henry Covington:

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    Romney gave his “Faith in America” speech on December 6, 2007. In this speech he told the people about his religious views and what that has to do with voting him for the presidency. He discusses all the faith that America has showed through out the past years. In Aristotle’s Rhetoric he talks about three proofs that define it. The proofs being ethos, pathos, and logos. When all these proofs are put in public speaking the persuasion really takes a toll on all of us Americans. The Faith in america speech

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    word “good” randomly, blurring the definition of a “good man” until the label loses its meaning entirely. She first applies it to Red Sammy after he angrily complains of the general untrustworthiness of people. He asks her why he let two strangers charge their gasoline. He has obviously been swindled; and the grandmother says he did it because he is “a good man.” In this case, her definition of “good” seems to include gullibility, poor judgment, and blind faith, none of which are characteristically

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    of the rival Capulet family, truly experience love at first sight when they meet at her family’s ball. As they fall in love with each other, they quickly realize there are many obstacles to overcome for their relationship to work. Paul begins his definition of love with the statement,

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    these virtues prevents access to a Heaven-like place. But in order to keep the Cardinal Virtues one must keep Faith. The four Cardinal Virtues include: Prudence,Temperance, Justice, and Fortitude. They are called the cardinal virtues because, “they are the virtues on which all the others hinge (Latin, cardo, a hinge).” Faith, Hope and Charity, given in 1 Corinthians (And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity), complete the seven virtues and are often

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    When his son started having his asthma attack he went back to praying and asked God to please not take his son away to. Graham then got his faith back from this experience with his son. After this experience Graham continues to pray in response to the alien spraying the poison gas in his sons face as well as that the inhaler and shot help him pull through. At the end of the movie it shows that

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    to look out for others people before yourself in order to win the race. Enzo uses this to realize that you can be selfish driving because when you do you become too distracted and will end up losing. When Enzo said it was pointless, it gave the definition of this word its actual meaning. It was pointless for Denny to get angry because it can cause the lost of the race. It could also mean it is pointless to be selfish and unaware of your surroundings. Another piece of evidence is when Enzo narrates

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    The film, Silence, has a myriad of characters that are on a spectrum of religious belief. There are certain characters that show an immense devotion to their faith, willing to risk their life and the lives of others to profess their fidelity to God. Although this film highlights two Jesuit priests, Father Sebastian Rodrigues and Father Francisco Garupe, there is an interesting contrasting devotion from the Inquisition to Buddhism. They have no tolerance for Christianity and believe it to be a cancer

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