Rhetorical Précis for Cause and Effect:
The Vatican, Catholic Church, in their website article titled, “Original Sin Causes a Fundamental Change in Mankind”, suggests that the cause of all the sin and death in the world was disobedience in the first human beings to inhabit the earth.
They support their claim by using quotes from various Popes, for example, Pope Benedict 16. Then they use quotes from the bible. In fact, the whole article is mostly bible verses that are later summarized and explained more in depth and in more modern terms. Finally, they defend God against those who believe that he is unfair for condemning the whole human race because of two people, Adam and Eve, in the beginning of creation. They say that he did this because of his love for humanity and to give them the freedom to elect their own path and hopefully take them to heaven later on.
The purpose of this article is to convince people of God’s love even though he allowed sin to enter the earth and affect his creation.
The author adopts the tone of persuasion to lure the reader into believing what they claim to be true. This is a great source, because a lot of people believe resourced like this one because it comes from the respected, Vatican. This article was intended for, as it was told in the beginning of the article, for the general public.
They support their claim by using quotes from various Popes, for example, Pope Benedict 16. Then they use quotes from the bible. In fact, the whole article is mostly bible verses that are later summarized and explained more in depth and in more modern terms. Finally, they defend God against those who believe that he is unfair for condemning the whole human race because of two people, Adam and Eve, in the beginning of creation. They say that he did this because of his love for humanity and to give them the freedom to elect their own path and hopefully take them to heaven later on.
The purpose of this article is to convince people of God’s love even though he allowed sin to enter the earth and affect his creation.
The author adopts the tone of persuasion to lure the reader into believing what they claim to be true. This is a great source, because a lot of people believe resourced like this one because it comes from the respected, Vatican. This article was intended for, as it was told in the beginning of the article, for the general public.