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is on the subject of whether allowing the life of someone born with Downs Syndrome, and all the hardships that come with it, is a life worth starting. This paper will take a look at the Ethical Dilemma of aborting babies with Down Syndrome, the Christian worldview of the quality of life, and the options
Congo that they arrive in is in turmoil due to political affairs. Within the initial chapters of the book, Orleanna explains the dilemmas and conflictsconflictions between her, Nathan Price, and the Christian denomination he practiced, Southern Baptist: “I could never work out whether we were to view religion as a life-insurance policy or a life sentence. I can understand a wrathful God who'd just as soon dangle us all from a hook. And I can understand a tender, unprejudiced Jesus. But I could never
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A Thin Line Between the Brave and the Audacious: The Fragility of the Heroic Ideal and the Ideal Hero in Beowulf Given the high esteem in which the Anglo-Saxons held the Germanic heroic ideal, it is tempting to read Beowulf as nostalgic for the Germanic heroic past. Yet, even though Beowulf as a heroic figure is largely reminiscent of this heroic past, if not wholly emblematic of the heroic ideal, one might notice that the poem simultaneously appears to be remarkably critical of Anglo-Saxon heroism