Answer the following question based on the article "the mystery of original sin: we don't know why god permitted the fall, but we know all too well the evil and sin that still plague us," by shuster. shuster states that one of the themes of the genesis account of the fall is that god wants us "to believe, trust, and obey him even when there is not a reason to do so that we can wrap our minds around." what does shuster propose is god’s reason for this?

He wants us to believe that having him at the center of us is best for us no matter how big a decision we face.

Explanation:

The author proposes that God want's us to believe in him even if there isn't a good reason to do so. As it is quoted:

""God wants us to believe, trust, and obey him even when there is not a reason to do so that we can wrap our minds around."

i have read the novel roll of thunder hear my cry by mildred d. taylor.

1. this isn't like any other story i've read or watched because it is about a black family in mississippi right after slavery in the u.s. had become illegal. most of the novels i have read were about slavery. another point is that the author of the novel used symbolism in a way i haven't seen before. for example she uses thunder as something negative meaning something bad will happen. but by the end of the novel, she made thunder a good thing.

2.   one character that changed during the novel was stacey. stacey is the eldest child of the black logan family. around the begging of the novel stacey was avoiding the white boy jeremy simms. he had a dislike for jeremy's family. but at the end of the novel stacey began to like jeremy.

3. the author starts the novel with the problem that the children of the logan family have to avoid the white kid school bus while walking to school.

onto a large boat, and mark the water level that the boat sinks to. then, take the elephant out and put a bunch of marked weights onto the boat until it reaches the same water level. add up the masses of the weights to get the weight of the elephant.