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    82). After this the Gods finally create humans, they are satisfied with, who obey their creators, and who are willing to do whatever they can to make them happy. In Genesis though, things go in a completely different direction compared to Popol Vuh. Adam and Eve eat the forbidden fruit of knowledge, and this way they disrespect God’s will. As a result, they are heavily punished. Further, out of disappointment from what He had made, God creates a massive flood on the Earth, killing every living thing

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    God waited to create Eve for 2 reasons: First, God wanted Adam to experience how it was to be alone and to feel that “something was missing”. Secondly, God wanted Adam to love Him completely before loving anyone else. On the sixth day, God created humans to His image. However, not a lot of people will notice that Eve was not created at the same time as Adam of even immediately after him. God waited a bit to create her. Only God knows what His true and real reasons were but in this essay, I will expand

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    The reason God didn’t want Adam and Eve to eat the fruit from the tree of wisdom was because he didn’t want them to become aware of good, and evil, god wanted them to stay pure and clean. After, this they were put out on their own, this is kind of similar to the Skywoman. They sky woman was doing something she wasn’t supposed to do like eat the forbidden apple or like Skywoman she touched the tree roots when she wasn’t supposed to. The similarity here is Skywoman fell and was on her own, but had

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    sixth day of creation, God created Adam and gave him total dominion over the Garden of Eden. After a period of time, God realized that it was not good for Adam to remain alone in the Garden, and therefore created Eve from Adam’s ribs. God allowed Adam and Eve to dwell in the Garden of Eden but commanded that they did not eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. However, a serpent later persuades Eve to pick an apple from the Tree, who then offers it to Adam. God becomes very angry and casts

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    Inthe book of Genesis God reveals himself to Adam after he ate the forbidden fruit. God knew that Adam and Eve had disobeyed him and disobedience leads to sin and sin leads to death and so that is why he came by to see what they had done. Whenever we sin, God speaks to us through the Holy Spirit and let us know what we had done and he calls us to repent, however, we all know that if we don't repent then we will bring judgement on ourselves. According to the Bible, " the Lord God took man,

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    As soon as Adam and Eve took a bite of the forbidden fruit, the utopian idea ceased to exist. Because of Adam and Eve’s disobedience, society today is full of sinners. However people may not be able to avoid the fate that awaits them, but fortunately, freedom allows people to respond to their sin. Some will respond with guilt and pains, while others will live a life of redemption. Similarly, Nathaniel Hawthorne, in his novel The Scarlet Letter, shows two characters that deal with their sins differently

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    The first incident to talk about is: Adam and Eve disobeying God. Originally in the creation, Adam and Eve enjoyed one another and God, with no influence from the dark side. They had regular walks together through the garden of Eden, God gave them everything they could ever need, and they were unclothed around the place with no feeling of shame or fear. Out of many trees, there was only one which was forbidden from touching, or eating of its fruit, the tree that contained the knowledge of the evil

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    Durer’s engraving of 1504, Adam and Eve, clearly reflects his sacred attitude towards his craft. His attention to detail and clever use of symbolism shows the reverence that he has for his art form. Religion itself is a scared subject matter and the fact that he engraved two of the most famous religious figures in history and engraved them well shows the sacredness that he feels towards the subject and his art work. Everything in this engraving has meaning and symbolism. Adam and Eve, standing opposite

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    Actions have Consequences From the story, “Flowers for Algernon” Fanny Girden said, ‘’’It was evil when Eve listened to the snake and ate from the tree of knowledge. It was evil when she saw that she was naked. If not for that none of us would grow old and die ‘’’(329). Fanny explains how Charlie went against nature by getting the surgery to increase his intelligence. Furthermore, Charlie Gordon a thirty seven year old man with a low IQ of 68 gets an operation done on him to raise his intelligence

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    In the book of Genesis, Adam and Eve received an amazing gift from god: the Garden of Eden. He gave them everything they could possibly need plus a tree—the Tree of Knowledge—from which they were not to eat. Eve fell into Satan’s temptations and took the fruit from the forbidden tree, causing Adam to follow her example. Much like Adam and Eve, Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne are cast out for their sin in The Scarlet Letter. They both suffer through their sins and transgression of society's

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