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    would need to take several trips on foot to gather the materials needed and travel on uneven dirt paths or mountains that are dangerous. In many aspects of the world there are different cultures that progressed over time. In the Creation stories from around the world the myths are from religious views and cultural background. They all have a way of telling individuals how the earth was created and how we came to be in the world. Animals showed the humans how to work together to form a better…

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    Traditional folk culture evolved for thousands of years, carefully stored and inherited many generations. Its uniqueness is evident in everything: in the content and in the methods of storage, transmission, distribution. It has deep historical roots. In what consequence it is necessary to revive and preserve the cultural traditions to the younger generation. We live in a time of crisis - political, social, economic, environmental, but the most terrible crisis - moral. Therefore, it is necessary…

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    serious messages or conspiracy theories like most stories told today. Despite the fact that this is how most people like to share their stories, they spread quickly and bring amusement to the public, whether it's through the internet mass where every myth and legend has become more modernized through waves of new technology that bring pressure to our lives by using websites, emails, and social networking, or by people that like to speak out about different ideas and situations, all these…

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    season of his life. Job lost his family, and lost his faith in God’s justice and creation. In his desolation, Job declared, “From the city the dying groan, and the throat of the wounded cries for help; yet God pays no attention to their prayers (Job 24:12).” Job puts God’s justice is on trial. When God, in a whirlwind, finally responds to Job’s demand for answers, God points him upward towards all of earthly creation as a means to place Job in the proper perspective of his ignorance about how…

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    Song 2 8-17 Analysis

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    The exposition reflected that the passage was meant to transmit the core values and beliefs of ancient biblical Israelite community towards God, humanity, and creation given that the Song has been preserved, reshaped, and refined over period of centuries through both oral and written tradition. Moreover, this passage not only celebrates sexual love but also life itself as it is lived by ancient Israelite culture…

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    Egyptian Cosmogony

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    biblical text come together to give a similar but a diverse account of the creation. Although the Egyptian cosmologies and the biblical text both have a superior being who creates the world, there are various differences in the cosmogony and its purpose, foundation of relationships, and the characteristics of God or gods that aid in understanding the biblical text through the Egyptian texts. In the Memphite Theology and in Genesis, both texts have a God/god who creates all things. Ptah, the…

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    Trickster Tales “Uncle, let us play a game”, this is a quote from a trickster tale called “Coyote Steals Fire”. In the trickster tales ,“How Stories Came to Earth”, and ,“Coyote Steals Fire”, there are some similarities and differences in both stories. There are some similarities between ,”How Stories Came to Earth”, and ,”Coyote Steals Fire”. One Similarity that the stories have is that both the main characters are small animal-like beings. For example Anansi in ,”How Stories Came to Earth”,…

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    The Two Creation Stories Typically, when two stories conflict in detail, one tends to question the authenticity of either or both accounts; however, in stories such as the creation stories and in particular, Judaism, the differences only helps one better understand the duality of God or Yahweh. The creation stories are meant to charter fundamental values of society and the two stories differ in the sense that the first one depicts a more perfect, idealistic, world, whereas the second story is…

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    The Difference Between Bradford’s and The Natives’ Beliefs Creation of all is always a speculation of how it actually began. William Bradford and the Native story tellers, Iroquois and Navajo, definitely have two different ideas of their creations, and who or what is the master of their creation. This is also who they worship, for instance Bradford believes in “Divine Providence,” and the Native believe in a that nature is their “divine one.” Neither belief is wrong or right, just shows how…

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    In the film “Is Genesis History?”, multiple experts discuss a variety of topics regarding several theories and views concerning the beginning of creation and the historical accuracy of scripture. From analyzing fossils to analyzing the earth's strata, these experts seem to agree that there is a consistent theme in the debate regarding creation: time. In this film, experts approach this debatable topic from a variety of perspectives influenced by their areas of expertise. Kevin Anderson, a…

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