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    ante-Nicene Fathers thought that the Son was inferior to the Father. Therefore, because of his inferiority, the Son had to be distinct from the Father. Even Justin considered the Son distinct from and subordinate to the Father. Justin contended that two Gods and two Lords existed. One was the Lord in heaven, who is the “‘Lord of that Lord who appeared on earth.’” (p. 85). God the Father is the Lord in heaven, who is also the Creator. The Lord who appeared on the earth, the Son, is an inferior God, who

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    “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. - Matthew 6:9. The idea of “God the father” is one that is rooted deep in our society predominantly the ways in which it rejoices men. The almighty all and powerful God is outlined as a male figure in the bible, constructed using almost entirely masculine language. This simple fact has provoked men to assume the position of authority, to oversee over his family. This simple fact leads to an imbalance of power between men and women subconsciously oppressing

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    (thought) and Muninn (memory or mind). Odin was the god of war, death, wisdom and poetry as well as the sky god. He rode an eight legged horse named Sleipnir. If you died in battle, you would go to Odin’s hall: Valhalla. Odin’s wives are Frigg and Jord and his eldest son is Thor, the god of thunder. Thor Thor protected the homes of gods with his hammer that caused thunder and lightning. His symbol was an oak tree. Thor is red-haired and bearded. He is the god of thunder. Thor is the son of Odin and Jörd

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    God Father Symbolism

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    famous time for gangsters, mobs and mafias. The God Father directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by Mario Puzo focuses on this era. Gangster genre films always seem to have dark colors and low lighting, usually an urban city location and outfitting is formal, props in these films are guns, cigars/cigarettes, drugs and money. Everything is put in a film for a reason and all these elements combine to create a typical gangster setting. But, The God Father was not a typical gangster film. Mario Puzo

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    live with my Dad, Mom, Grandpa, Grandma, two Brothers, and Sister. I have always had a very close relationship with my entire family, but also with the members of my church. My Father has instilled in me as well as my siblings that God is the ultimate authority over all things. My view of authority is that we are commanded by God to obey our earthly leaders that he has put in place for us such as parents, government leaders, administrators, teachers, etc. I believe that a piece of scripture that displays

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    he was such a great teacher of the Bible. I could not fathom how my pastor, a man of God, could be capable of a sin like this. After church that day, my family went out to eat. At the restaurant, my father mentioned that he wanted to try out a different church. This idea my father posed to my family was so foreign to me. This church family was all I had ever known since I was four years old. I continuously asked God: after eleven years, why did my family have to be uprooted. I could not understand

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    Brahma, the father of Hindu gods and men, is depicted as the creator of the universe. He is the first member of the Hindu Trinity and ruler of all. Brahma is acknowledged as the creator as he periodically creates everything in the universe, periodically due to the Hindu cyclical belief of everything being created for a certain period of time and destroyed only to be renewed in a new form once again. Of the three greatest Hindu deities, Lord Brahma dominates the first position, that of the creator

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    this story. All of them play a part in conveying the message that death cannot be defied, death is constant, and death is fair. The father in this story searches for a godfather for his thirteenth child, a son. The first person he comes to is God. He sees God as unfair and biased toward poor people. He states he does not want him as the godfather because he feels God does not disperse wealth equally; this stems from

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    does happiness come from?”, “is the government hiding aliens from us?”, “are we really living or are we dreaming?”. One of the most influential skeptics is a philosopher from the 17th century named, Rene Descartes. Descartes is widely known as the father of modern philosophy. He is the one that created the term “cogito, ergo sum”, or “I think, therefore I am.” This term has become one of the base lines for western philosophy. Descartes was most well known for his method of doubt that he established

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    of God in all the main branches of islam. Prophet Muhammed was born 570CE in mekkah, and died 8 june 632CE aged 62 (these places are located in Saudi Arabia). Periodically he would seclude himself in a mountain cave named Hira for several nights of prayer, but later at the age 40 Gabriel visited him in the cave, he received his first revelation from God. After 3 years Muhammed started preaching these revelations publicly, proclaiming God is the one, and he was a prophet and messenger of god, (similar

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