Equality also shows a significant amount of selfishness which is his third sin. Throughout the book he puts himself above others in unnecessary ways. He openly admits “We do not care. We forget all men, all laws and all things save our metals and our wires.” (54).
He made laws to follow and if you broke them you were punished. The Virgin always forgave. God had power. He spoke and the thunder echoed through the skies. The Virgin was full of a quiet, peaceful love”(44).
His actions in the first chapter showed that he believed that humans were capable of both good and bad, but not evil to the
This shows his morality in the fact that he made his men abide by these rules, even though it didn’t benefit him, it made it harder for him, and he didn’t have
In a cry of desperation, he asks aloud, “Is there any God?” (56-57) The use of this question shows he’s vulnerable and desperate. As well as allowing him to connect to the religious audience that believes in God, causing them to question if slavery is what God would condone. They start to think if what they’re doing is right in God’s eyes which is a valuable thing in the minds of much of the audience he’s speaking to.
How can we reconcile this evil in our world with a God who can easily
(Douglass, 38). Douglass does not understand why God chose Douglass to live a life full of hardship. He does not know how righteous God is when God is allowing Douglass to be a slave which is wrong. Douglass does not really know if there is any God. If there is one, he wanted God’s help in order to become free.
God does not simply admire justice, as one might admire a fine painting, God’s love for justice is the love of one who does justice; God is just. The Lord works vindication and justice for all who are oppressed, we sing when we bless the Lord with the words of psalm 103:6 hen we cry for deliverance with the words of psalm 140:12 say, I know the Lord maintains the cause of the afflicted, and executes justice for the needy.” . This answers a question in which we discussed in class, “How important is justice to God?”. Justice is imperative to the understanding of God himself, He is justice and without that idea there would be virtually no point in God. Another question that we answered in class after reading the text was, “Why does God love justice?”, God not only loves justice because it is him, but it reaffirms his will for his followers.
The commands God set put a negative light on slavery (Hodge and Taylor, “Doesn’t the Bible Support Slavery”). Adding rules to slavery showed that God cares; yet, He also showed His love by making sure slaves were treated
Was it simply his instinctive inclination or did his circumstances create who he was? Perhaps if we take a good look around, we may see that our actions affect who others
Nevertheless, God takes all of me, even my own inadequacies, and uses it for His glory. The more I spend time with God, the more I see God changing me for the better. He is working out all the flaws. He is turning me into a beauty I could not
( 2). This lord sadly didn't consider other people that he disliked. He also disliked less pretty things in his appearance. Even worse, the lord was just a boastful, self centered man, for he didn't care about how others felt. The lord was so boastful and self centered that he couldn't stand ugly things, even if they were pretty before, so he demoted people and hide possessions that were no longer magnificent.
He does this as a representation of people. Fear of embarrassment or rejection keeps us as people from expressing our feelings and views of the world and God, the “divine idea” of which we as people of the world represent brings us to shame.
Giving him power merely allows him to fulfill desires he would have otherwise been forced to contain due to limitations placed on him at the time. Thus,
Introduction & Aims The number of alternative schools in the United States has increase significantly since the 1960s and as of 2013 forty-three states, including Michigan, have developed formal definitions of alternative education programs (Porowski, O’Conner, & Luo, 2014). As states make strides to include alternative education in states’ legislation, it is imperative that formal evaluations follow to insure the quality and efficacy of these programs. Moreover, alternative education programs should be evaluated on the basis that they are meeting both the educational and non-education (i.e., mental health, social, behavioral) needs of their students. It is important that students in alternative education programs are receiving rigorous training and education so that they are just as prepared as their counterparts, in traditional education programs, to persist after receiving their diploma.