...Kimberly Burkett 4/2/14 4/A MCP #2 Summarize: Lines from Passage | Summarize | “Thus there are two books…have discovered him in the other.” | Those that never saw God in one book, have saw him in another. | “This was the scripture…from the flowers of nature.” | The heathens knew how to read the letters from God better than the Christians. | “Nor do I so forget…which first did give it motion.” | God has created everything from schools to the sun and it should be adored. | “Now this course of…and conclude he could not.” | God is like a skillful geometrician; he has altered his work with the same instrument which may affect some of his designs. | “And thus I call…honour of our writings.” | The effects of nature are the works of God. | “I hold there is…than the principal fabric.” | There is a general beauty in the work of God so therefore no creature is ugly. | “To speak yet more narrowly…by the voice of God.” | There was never anything ugly and there was no deformity from the creations of God. | “Now nature is not at…for the nature is the art of God.” | All things are artificial; for nature is the art of God. | Theme: God created everything on Earth so therefore everyone and everything is beautiful. Support for Theme: 1. “I hold there is a general beauty in the works of God, and therefore no deformity in any kind or species of creature whatsoever.” 2. “To speak yet more narrowly, there never was anything ugly or misshapen, but the chaos; wherein...
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...Aside from the San Diego Zoo, the San Diego Wild Animal Park is the best place in San Diego to see animals. Over the spread of 1,800 acres, the animal park gives animals the room they need to roam and play. The animals here play just like they do in the wild, which almost makes you feel as if you are in their native of Africa and Asia. Throughout the 30 year history of the animal park, the Noah's Ark symbol of endangered species has grown to dozens upon dozens of animals. Now, every Arabian Oryx found in the wild is the descendant stock from the San Diego Wild Animal Park. In the park, there are many different paths you can take to visit the smaller animal exhibits. Although the smaller animals are a sight to see, the main thing to see is the hour long trip on the Bush Line Railway. Along the railway, you'll see animals that you'd never get the chance of seeing anywhere else, such as the white rhino and the rhinoceros. If you plan to visit the park in the summer, it's always a good idea to visit early. On a normal summer day, ten - fifteen thousand people will visit the park. During the winter, the ratio is down as normally 2,000 people will visit. Although it's much colder in the winter, the park is less frequent with people looking to see the animals the park offers. You can find the animal park 32 miles north of Escondido in San Diego. The park is in a peaceful area, which makes things a lot better for the animals that live...
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...The Transformers Transformers is a live action movie released by DreamWorks in 2007. The story follows the Transformers’ arrival on modern-day Earth and their interactions with the human race, as they search for the life-giving AllSpark and continue their ages-old civil war. The movie is fiction but also distinct in its own right. My favorite "Transformers" character is Bumblebee who is a robot that transforms into Sam's car. I like him because he is a loyal Transformer and transforms into a Camaro which is a great sports car. He feels like a guardian for Sam and wants to be with him always which is very sweet. I also like the character of Optimus Prime because he is a leader who shows children how to be loyal and lead with integrity. Optimus Prime works with the United States military team and helps them defeat the decepticons by fighting alongside them. He could have taken the autobots and left Earth but he chose to help out others and use his powers for good which is very commendable. My favorite scene is when the autobots are trying to hide from Sam's parents. It made me laugh that they were on the front lawn destroying the house. Sam's parents thought he had locked his door because he was doing something wrong and Mikaela had to reveal herself in order to get them to stop bothering him. The quote I like the most is Sam Witwicky in the 2007 "Transformers" movie, "Hello? 911 emergency! My car's been stolen! I'm in pursuit! I need the whole squadron, bring everyone! No...
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...Stowaway” is a revolutionary story that presents a unique outlook on the age-old tale of Noah’s Ark. Told from the viewpoint of a bold, outspoken woodworm that sneaks onto the ship, the story defies the traditional telling of the classic flood story. Rather, the woodworm relates unheard of insight on the arduous trip within the ark, the humorous animals he experienced the journey with, and the untrue details that characterize the biblical story. However, the most remarkable information the woodworm includes in the story involves the character of Noah himself. In “The Stowaway,” Julian Barnes uses the voice of the woodworm to depict the character of Noah as a depraved individual. The woodworm brings to our attention Noah’s blind arrogance very early in the story. Noah made decisions and would not change his position even when it was brought to his attention that there were other points of view that might be better than his. As the text of the story itself says, “Animals of a speculative bent began to propound rival selection principals, based on beast size or utility rather than mere number; but Noah loftily refused to negotiate. He was a man who had his little theories, and he didn’t want anyone else’s”. (Barnes 8) This demonstrates the woodworm’s dislike for Noah’s lack of consideration of other’s feelings. Noah made up his mind about how he was going to select the animals for the ark. He would not consider alternative selection criteria. He refused to listen to the pleas of the...
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...adhere to our moral and spiritual standards. With the temptations that surround daily life, reflecting upon Noah’s great strength of character is a sustaining force to guide us. Even though my divine faith will not ever be as strong as Noah’s, and it is not likely that I shall ever build an ark, my faith increases with Noah as my standard bearer. We can only imagine the scorn, ridicule and contempt that Noah experienced while living in a desert and building a huge boat, yet by faith he continued. Not only was Noah uniquely righteous and possessed of strong faith, but he also was implicit in his obedience in doing what he was commanded. Many times we know what we ought to do but are remising in doing it. Not only did Noah take on the colossal of building the ark, but he wisely kept an accurate log of important events during his stay in the ark. VOISIN 2 Perhaps, to me, one of the most meaningful examples of Noah was in his implicit obedience in doing what he was commanded. Many times we shirk or cut corners in matters we know we should not do or fall short in completing the tasks. However, Noah’s example was to not only finish the task but he did more – all the days in the ark, he wisely...
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...Ashley Ryan 12/7/2011 Evaluation of “The Notebook” It’s common to find most love stories come with a happily ever after. This predictable ending seems semi-unrealistic, but is also a fantasy for some. Disney movies often capture this ideal point of view of a relationship, perfect from start to finish. It overlooks the actuality and different series of problems that can occur between two people. The movie “The Notebook”, based off Nicholas Sparks’ best-selling novel, is a beautiful story that captures the emotion of a forbidden summer love remaining strong through distance and complicated times. The movie begins with an elderly man and woman. This man reads the story aloud from an old, worn out book. The story is about a small town country boy, Noah, chasing after a city girl named Allie. Noah does everything it takes to become a part of Allie’s life. The two grew close, spending most of their time together even making dreams for their future. Noah and Allie had their share of arguments but nothing permanently damaging. The true conflict arises when Allie’s parents step in and demand the relationship to end. Noah and Allie come from two different classes with opposite standards and wealth. With the summer coming to an end, Allie’s parents force her to leave town. Within the blink of an eye the two teenagers are separated from each other, without any closure. Seven years pass and Allie is off meeting new people and creating a new life for herself. Noah on the other hand is...
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...Neessa Fleurant 04/27/12 ENGL 175 Major influence Although the narrative or story of Noah and the flood is one of the great stories in the Bible, many question its originality. The biblical version of the flood in Genesis 6-10 is “quite close in many respects to the Mesopotamian flood stories” (The New Oxford Annotated Bible pg 19), which were written beforehand. As much as they are similar, there are significant differences that distinguish the two tales and their reliability. The epic of Gilgamesh, written by the Sumerians between 2700 B.C. and 600 B.C., is the most famous parallel to the story of Noah in the bible. It focuses on the king of Uruk Gilgamesh, and his quest for immortality after the death of his friend. This quest leads him to Utnapishtim, (character equivalent to the biblical Noah) who is the “immortal flood hero” (Wikipedia). Utnapishtim then recounts to Gilgamesh the story of how he survived the flood. There are seven main similarities between the flood in the epic of Gilgamesh and that of Genesis. The foremost and obvious is that both of the characters were warned to build a boat to escape a flood. Secondly families of both Noah and Utnapishtim were saved along with the sampling of animals they were instructed to gather. Third, both floods are believed to have occurred on or in the Mesopotamian plain. Next come the fact that both boats were sealed with tar, and during the flood both men sent out a dove and raven to determine...
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...was just before 7:00 a.m., I rolled over got dressed and headed to the table where I ate the delicious bacon and egg burritos. My sister Amanda and Madisyn were sitting next to me, my father was at the front of the table, and my mother was sitting at the end.My brother RJ phone rang and he got a call from his friends to take the boat out that day, and Madisyn decided to join in on the adventure to Saquaro lake.. After breakfeast, myself and Amanda got dressed, and we headed to church. We got there just before 8:45 am, and 9:00 A.M. is when service started. My sister Amanda was a Worship Teacher, so I decided to join her in the classroom.The theme of the day was “Noah’s Ark”. We created a wood boat and then we used different animals to put on the boat, and we put it in a water to reinact the misson of Noahs Ark. I helped one student with creating the visual aid, and helped her build her boat. Church concluded around 11:30 and we went to lunch as a family as we normally do after church. We decided lunch at Fuddruckers was the place to go. Fudruckers is located pretty close to the mall where we could shop and eat lunch. My mother, father, Amanda, and I just sat down for lunch.As I was ordering, I was watching people take there juicy burgers with French fries to there table, I could tell my mouth was starting to fell like the inside of an abandonded railray station, I was definently hungry. When we finally make it to the order desk, I decided to get a juicy well done ½ burger...
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...civilization and bring about divine retribution (Issar, 2014). Most of them also have a hero who is chosen to survive. A discussion entailing the notion of a great deluge will be made with proofs of a flood in the respective regions being made available. In the Genesis flood narrative, God is disgusted with the profundity of the sinful nature of man thus resolving to flood the earth. Noah, a righteous man, is instructed to build an ark. After the ark’s completion, Noah, his household, and male and female representatives of all animals are called upon to enter it (Issar, 2014). The deluge destroys all life, not in the ark. Later, the waters recede and all those aboard can get off from it besides God promising never to send a flood again. The rainbow serves as the sign of God’s promise. In the flood story of the Babylonians, the gods undertake to wipe out civilization owing to disturbances due to human overpopulation. They first used a plague and famine but did not succeed. Enlil then advised the other gods to use a flood, but Enki instructed Atrahasis to build an ark to escape together with his family and animals (Issar, 2014). The gods also regretted using a flood. In Hindu mythology, Manu who was the first man was cautioned of a forthcoming flood by Matsya Avatar of Vishnu. He was instructed to build a huge boat to save himself. In Timaeus, an account by Plato, Zeus was infuriated by the rampant wars between people and punished...
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...Natalie Sorto Essay Question 1: Biblical Worldview Professor Stroh 10/1/2015 As we know, everyone has his or her own worldview. Take a peek into mine as I talk about human identity, natural world, human relationships, and civilization. After reading Genesis 1-11 we’ve seen how God has worked with those four major concepts, and how He has shaped our world today. In Genesis 3:11-12 (Then He asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” Then the man replied, “The woman You gave to be with me-she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”) Before eating from the tree neither Adam nor Eve knew that they were naked, nor did they care. From my worldview, this is when God put human identity into play. By man not obeying God, we suddenly felt insecure about having our bodies covered, causing Adam to hide when he heard God call for him. Even when they disobeyed God, he turned around and sewed clothes for them; I believe God created human identity to prove that even when we disobey God, He won’t turn his back on us and he’ll continue to provide for us even when we don’t deserve it. From reading the Theology of Work Project I became more familiar with the natural world and coming to realize that, “The book of Genesis is the foundation for the theology of work” says Theology of Work Project. What I mean by this is that before taking this class, yes I was a believer but I hadn’t read much into the Bible. From reading...
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...A motif is a recurring subject, theme, idea, etc. There are many motifs in all of the creation myths. If I were to read just 3 creation myths I could talk about many motifs right away. Many creation myths share many ideas and thoughts. That would be where we get motifs from. In my personal opinion; three of the most common creation myth motifs are destruction by angry gods, creation of humans to take care of the planet, and multiple attempts at making humans. Destruction by Angry Gods In many of the creation myths, there was destruction by angry gods. This shows the chaos and the bad in the myths. It also shows that we have to go through the bad, to get to the good. For most, there was a bloody struggle involved. The creations that included destruction by angry gods were Yoruba, Maori, and Norse. The Yoruba creation saw destruction when Olokun, the master of the sea, was angry about the creation of Earth and mankind. He caused a flood that wiped out all of the creations. In the Maori, there was destruction when Tawhirimātea was angry about his parents being split apart. This caused him so much anger that he ripped his own eyes out, and those eyes turned into stars. He blew hurricanes, tornadoes, and cyclones. He also made tsunamis and huge storms. In the Norse creation, there was destruction when Ymir’s giant sisters were mourning his death, and were looking for a way to take their revenge on the gods who killed him. The sisters gathered at the foot of Yggdrasil and began...
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...Several intriguing similarities between two ancient literary texts are addressed in Esther Hamori’s “Echoes of Gilgamesh in the Jacob Story.” Though fundamentally different, these texts have a series of elements that are quite unusual to other literature of the time which Hamori indicates throughout the article. She discusses a group of seemingly unique features that appear in both The Epic of Gilgamesh and in the scene of the wrestling match between Jacob and God in Genesis 32:22-32. Her argument is that the author of Genesis knew some form of Gilgamesh and used it as a framework while writing the wrestling scene in Genesis. Some of the arguments Hamori makes are solid and defend her initial statements. However, there are several small issues like overlooking several factors and the possibility of making too many assumptions. Several pages into the article, Hamori compares the outcomes of both wrestling matches to illustrate the parallels between the two. She explains that in both matches the two contenders were equals and the protagonists ultimately prevailed. Details from the different stories were analyzed side-by-side, which supported her argument. Jacob and Gilgamesh both had the upper hand in their respective fights and were ultimately blessed by the attacker. The blessing is even phrased with similar form, and Hamori comments on this: “In both cases, the force of the blessing is clear: the hero will continue to prevail as the divinely appointed father or leader...
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...The comparison and contrast of “The Story of the Flood” and “Noah’s Ark” The Epic of Gilgamesh “The Story of the Flood” and the biblical story of “Noah’s Ark” founded in (Genesis 6-9) story titles are very similar. The flood occurred in the Mesopotamian plains. The tale of the “Great Flood” was around before the story of Noah’s Ark. Some say that the biblical story of Noah was a revised copy of “The Story of the Flood”. Although, the details in each story is different, there are so many smalls ways they similar. Things that both stories have in common were, that Utnapishtim and Noah were warned to build a boat to escape the flood, told to save himself, his family, and a sampling if animals, boats came to rest on a mountain top, birds were released to see if the water receded from the earth. Noah and Utnapishtim both made sacrifices and offerings to their God. Each man were given the assignment to warn and save mankind from the destruction that was about to come upon the earth. Noah’s story the earth was full of people who once pleased God. They were people who had ambition to continue making the...
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...them. He did not like what his creation had turned into. God then made a decision to destroy and eliminate humankind from earth. Humankind made God regret the fact that he created them. But there was a good man, which God wanted to save, because he was good and faithful servant to him. Noah had an unbelievable faith in his Lord, so God trusted Noah. Noah was the man that God loved and cared for because Noah had shown his faith to him (Moore, 2005). Noah was the tenth in line from Adam, having descended from the line of Seth. He was the son of Lamech, as well as the grandson of Methuselah (Gen. 5:25-32). Noah was married and had threes sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. His sons were married too. Before God commanded Noah to build the ark, Noah and his family were living in a place corrupted by evil. The people forgot about God. They worshipped statues and other Gods. There was nothing, but a world full of violence and bloodshed. There was evil everywhere,...
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