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    Sin Can sin really decide a person’s eternal fate? For thousands of years‚ people have accepted that sin is a breach of the religious laws set out in the bible and an offense against God that can result in a permanent place in hell. However‚ there has never been any solid proof of that. Really‚ sin is not only a violation of religious laws‚ but good morals‚ and does not necessarily decide anyone’s eternal fate. In the Catholic religion‚ there are two types of sin: mortal and venial

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    Sin is ignorance. This is well known Socratic definition of sin which‚ like everything Socratic‚ is an opinion always worthy of attention. The difficulty with the Socratic definition is that it leaves undetermined how ignorance itself is to be more precisely understood‚ the question of its origin‚ ect.<br><br>That is to say. even if sin be ignorance(or what Christianity would perhaps prefer to call stupidity)‚ which in one sense cannot be denied we have to ask‚ is this an original ignorance‚ it

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    Parker 05 October 2009 *The Issues* of Sin and Redemption in The Kite Runner Redemption is defined as the act‚ process‚ or instance of redeeming--:to free from what distresses or harms: as 1) to help overcome something detrimental; 2)to release from blame or debt; 3) to free from the consequences of sin‚ or 4) to change for the better. It cannot be accomplished in a single day. Redemption is a process that can take days‚ weeks‚ and months—sometimes even years to achieve. As the definition

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    SIN The world is fallen and not the way if was intended to be. In the beginning‚ when God created the world it was good‚ this is seen in Genesis 1-2. Just a couple pages to the right‚ in chapter 3‚ sin enters the world. The crafty serpent enticed the woman‚ Eve‚ to eat from the tree that God commanded the man‚ Adam‚ not to eat from. After the woman took a bite she offered the man some of the forbidden fruit‚ thus sin entered the world. But how much effect did sin have on the world and humans‚ whom

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    on we take a gander at those characters of the grandmother and the Misfit‚ should be obvious that O’Connor conveys a intriguing message around sin also abhorrence that is totally in keeping for her personal religious philosophy. Christian philosophy contends that all people need aid conceived as sinners‚ and if we submit huge sins or more diminutive sins‚ we would all in compelling reason for grace in place on accept the gift of salvation. Those content investigates this see through the possibility

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    particular the Parson’s tale‚ Chaucer provides a comprehensive list of the Seven Deadly Sins and what each sin entails‚ including their origins and subsets. Following each chief sin‚ he offers a remedium (remedy)‚ or virtue‚ for the corresponding vices – including their subsets as well. Prior to the section in which he offers this guidance‚ he makes clear his belief that pride is the core of all sin‚ and that sin itself is a consequence of the internal battle between spirit and flesh. Chaucer’s work

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    The Seven Sins of Memory Jasey Masoner Oklahoma State University The human brain is a very complex and intricate part of the human body. It is filled with hundreds of functions‚ one of these tasks being memory. Memory is the ability to retrieve and store information over time. There are many ways to use the memory‚ and many ways the memory works. Memory is a great operation of the brain‚ but it also has its disadvantages. A good example of these drawbacks is the famous

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    The Mortal Sin of Pride

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    The Mortal Sin of Pride In &#8220;The Cask of the Amontillado&#8221; Edgar Allan Poe uses symbolism‚ imagery‚ and the atmosphere to help fully explore the sinful nature of pride and its serious consequences within the short story. The character of Fortunato is the main capsule for the explanation of the dangers of being prideful of ones self. By examining Poe&#8217;s use of symbolism‚ images‚ and effective backdrops around Fortunato the reader may begin to understand the importance of the

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    Most Christians these days see every sin as equally bad. In other words‚ no one sin is worse or should draw worse punishment than another. In Dante’s The Inferno‚ however‚ this is not the case. In The Inferno‚ the deeper one delves into Hell‚ the worse the sin that has been committed. The punishments that the souls incur are representative of the sins they committed in their corporeal state of being. Sins that affect others are considered worse then those that only affect ones self by Dante. The

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    Sin‚ Punishment and Redemption in The Scarlet Letter The Scarlet Letter is a book about sin‚ punishment‚ and the hope of redemption. The book is about the life in colonial Boston of Hester Prynne‚ Her husband Roger Chillingworth‚ and Hester’s lover Arthur Dimmesdale. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a very complex and can be interpreted in many ways. Throughout the novel the Concept of sin‚ punishment‚ and redemption was portrayed through Hester Prynne‚ Aurthur Dimmesdale and Roger

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