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Post by Andrew on Jul 5, 2012 6:53:31 GMT -10
Enter GOOD ANGEL and BAD ANGEL. BAD ANGEL. Too late. GOOD ANGEL. Never too late, if Faustus can repent. BAD ANGEL. If thou repent, devils shall tear thee to pieces. GOOD ANGEL. Repent, and they shall never raze thy skin. [Exeunt ANGELS.] FAUSTUS. Oh, Christ, my savior, my savior! Help to save distressèd Faustus' soul! Enter LUCIFER, BELZEBUB, and MEPHISTOPHELES. LUCIFER. Christ cannot save thy soul, for he is just. There's none but I have interest in the same.
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Post by Caitlin on Jul 9, 2012 11:48:14 GMT -10
is fear stronger than hope?
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Post by Lani on Jul 10, 2012 9:16:16 GMT -10
is fear stronger than hope? I hear/read this quite often and it is interesting that it seems fairly split down the middle. You can command an army, countries and more through fear, but should they have even a slight hope, they can tap into that and rise up. I think hope is stronger than fear, simply because it gives something for people to fight for. |
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Post by Luca on Jul 10, 2012 10:13:11 GMT -10
It depends on your education, history, experience, etc etc. You can't really say what is stronger because each situation and person is different! However, use of fear is how our society function! Governments, institutions, religions use fear to manipulate us! Be careful to terrorsit attacks -> money for the army! If you don't use our products you will be sad and ugly, have a car and you'll be happy, use Nivea and you will be young forever -> money for the capitalistic economy! If you sin, you'll die, if you use condom, you'll burn in hell, if you have sex, etc.-> money for the church! YEAH FEAR watch TV, believe commercials, Doctors saying you will never walk again, Priest telling you you have to make no mistake (when "Sin" actually means "missing the point or target" and not "deadly mistake"). Listen to you teacher who tells you you have to make A's everywhere or otherwise you are not worth it, listen to the news and get scared of everything! FEAR IS ON THE FACES OF 90% OF PEOPLE IN THE SUBWAY!!! WE ARE MANIPULATED..... so stop it! Believe in yourself, in your potential light, in your dreams or you'll end up like Faust, IN HELL (and hell is already on earth if you live in fear now...) Oops, I was carried away... forgive me!  |
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Post by Christie on Jul 11, 2012 17:33:50 GMT -10
Unfortunately I think fear is stronger. We would like to think hope is stronger but it's not.
I do think that fear gives people control. Which makes it a more active thing.
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Post by Luca on Jul 14, 2012 6:40:08 GMT -10
That's why we can relate to Faustus, because like mst of us he is scared. We are all! Once your not scared your a Buddha.... Even Jesus on the cross was scared when he asked God why he abandoned him...
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