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According to Plato in the “Myth of the Cave,” knowledge is not put into the soul by professors of education but claiming that the “power and capacity of learning exists in the soul already.” The student must take the teachings of his leaders and render them into his heart and find the truth in himself. In most cases, knowledge is not just a fact or an idea plainly stated. ... Great religious leaders of the ages have known this and put their philosophies into stories so that the unenlightened masses can find the truth in a simple story or parable with a spiritual or moral lesson. ... The parables of the Prodigal Son and the Mustard Seed do not directly define the dogmas of the faiths but give examples people can relate to and find the meanings in themselves. ... ” The Christians believed that salvation did not lie in many years of experience or the long road toward spirituality, it lay in repenting to God for our sins. Christianity is not a search for enlightenment, it only promises to the unfortunate a better afterlife and a way to cope with the suffering during life. ... The Son in this story lives not in his own sinful desires but ignorance. ... This son comes to work at this father’s estate not knowing that he will one day inherit all these riches. He toils out in the fields along side the man who brought him into this world as disguised as a common worker for years on end. ... Nirvana is not found in death nor does it promise great rewards, but eternal peace and acceptance. ... He does not start over, he merely enjoys the grace of God in an eternal kingdom.
Approximate Word count = 1401
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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