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    among other teachings that aren 't taught in your average church Let 's go to Genesis and see what happened in the garden. Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? You now know who this "serpent" is who was more subtle, meaning cunningly wise, than any "beast" of the field, which means any other living, created being, human or otherwise! So

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    In the epic, Paradise Lost, John Milton’s, characters dramatically establish theme. Milton tells the story of Adam and Eve, as well as the story of Satan’s rebellion against God. Milton emphasizes the major theme of “Man’s disobedience” through his representation of Adam and Eve and also partly through the interactions between Satan and God. Man’s disobedience in “Paradise Lost,” is defined by Sin. The word Sin is defined as the act of going against the law of God. In the epic, Adam, Eve, Satan

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    The serpent eventually persuades Eve to eat from the “Tree of Knowledge”. After she eats from it, she has Adam eat from it. Shortly after, they finally notice they are naked and become self conscious and cover up. God then asks about what they have done and Eve blames Adam, while Adam blames the Serpent. God curses them, and makes Eve suffer through labor and banishes both of them from the Garden of Eden

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    Comparing the Epic of Gilgamesh and Genesis

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    the Bible, especially in Genesis and it’s not just that the both begin with the letter “g”’! One major similarity being the flood story that is told in both works. The two stories are very similar but also very different. Another being the use of serpents in both works and how they represent the same thing. A third similarity being the power of God or gods and the influence they have on the people of the stories. Within these similarities there are also differences that need to be pointed out as well

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    Why is Adam the most to blame for the fall of humanity? Adam is depicted as the main reason for the fall of humanity, because Adam had many opportunities and qualities that Eve never possessed. First, readers see Adams faults when the author writes, “What weakness offered, strength might have refused,/ Being lord of all, the greater was his shame,” (Lanyer 35-36). Here Adam is presented as a failure, due to his inability to remain strong like God created him to be. Weakness is not a quality

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    A dog sits down in front of two identical dog treats, but when the treats equidistant to the dog, what higher value does one treat have over the other? Similarly portrayed in Buridan 's paradox, given the option to chose from two identical things, how can someone or something choose what is the better option. Any kind of choice or decision can only be made by using strategic skill. After staring at the treats, the dog decided to eat one treat and walk over to the other and ate it too. The dog practiced

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    Genesis Chapter 1-3

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    only one condition, they were not to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. The serpent was a tricky creature and he convinced the Eve to eat from the forbidden tree. After Eve ate from the tree she convinced Adam to eat from it as well. Once they ate from the tree, the knew that they were naked. And this is what brought sin into the world. When God see what they had done he punished them. The serpent

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    appearance of Bercilak as the Green Knight. The use of "green" is a reflection of Garden of Eden imagery in the poem that portrays the Green Knight as a tempter, a serpent, in the garden, Arthur’s court. In Genesis’ account of Eden, Adam and Eve live in a perfect, pure garden until the evil, green serpent successfully tempts them. When the serpent tells Eve that consuming fruit from the forbidden tree--the one God warned them not to eat from--will result in the same knowledge God holds, Eve convinces Adam

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    Greek Word Devil

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    Lucifer. The devil is depicted as an evil being, that is often pictured obtaining a human form but with a tail and horns. The bible first mentions the devil to be a serpent in the garden of Eden persuading Eve to eat the fruit from forbidden tree knowledge of good and evil in the book of Genesis 3:14; “And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above

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    Christian Counseling in my eyes, is Christian based helping and caring for another person’s soul (Soul Care). Christian helpers are empowered by the Lord to be the eyes, ears, hands, and mouth of Jesus to those in need. Journeying into another person’s life and helping them with difficulties cannot be taken lightly. Within John 13:14-15, Jesus says, “Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as

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