The Burning Bush
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  RELIGION  
     
  Religion helps people make sense of life and provides them with the support of others who See, Celebrate and Live life as they do. Jews, Muslims and Christians accept the Old Testament, especially the first five books, as God's Word. They find an initial answer to the basic questions about the meaning of life in the first three chapters of Genesis.  
     
 

Check the button which best expresses your response.

  1. Does the author of Genesis say that there is a purpose to life?
    1. Yes, there is meaning to life
    2. No, what happens in life is due mostly to chance.
    3. Don't Know / Unsure
  1. Does the author of Genesis indicate that Good will triumph over evil?
    1. Yes, good will finally triumph over evil.
    2. No, rather evil will overcome good.
    3. Don't Know / Unsure
  1. Does the author of Genesis indicate that life will win out over death?
    1. Yes, life will win out over death.
    2. No, the grave is the end of everything.
    3. Don't Know / Unsure
  1. What does the author of Genesis indicate as the cause of suffering? Fill in the blank
  1. According to the author of Genesis can people finally live in peace?
    1. Yes, people can learn to live in peace.
    2. No, people will always be at odds with one
           another.
    3. Don't Know / Unsure
  1. According to the author of Genesis can humans contact the Ultimate?
    1. Yes, humans can contact the Ultimate.
    2. No, people are unable to contact the Ultimate
           force in the universe.
    3. Don't Know / Unsure
  1. What does the Genesis account of creation teach us about: Fill in the blank
    1. God's relationship to the world...

      		2.

    2. People's relationship to animals and the world of nature...


    3. God's relationship to humans...


    4. People's relationship to God...


    5. People's relationship to one another...


  1. God entrusted the world of creation to Adam and Eve who represent the first humans, but Adam and Eve turned away from God. They sinned. What do we call this first sin? Fill in the blank

  1. According to the author of Genesis the result of sin is the disruption of the relationship between God and humans, between humans themselves and between humans and the created world.
    1. Yes
    2. No
    3. Don't Know / Unsure
  1. Did God abandon Adam and Eve after they sinned?
    1. Yes
    2. No
    3. Don't Know / Unsure
  1. What did God promise Adam and Eve? Fill in the blank


 

  
     
     
     
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