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Faithfulness Written by Amira El-Gawly 063-70-8811 Presented to Dr. El-Shebeenie On October 12th, 2003 Core Seminar 200 "Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if anything but death separates you and me." (Ruth 1:16-17) Ruth's relationship with her mother in law is the ultimate example of faithfulness. It reveals the characteristics of faithfulness in a moving passage that doesn't seem to find its parallels in the world today. Faithfulness is unconditional, submissive, and sacrificial. The pursuit of personal happiness has a higher following than that of faithfulness, whether it be to one's family, friends, or Lord, in this day and age. The concept of faithfulness is portrayed in the three texts of Antigone, Hayy Ibn Yaqzan,...

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