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Culture and society go hand and hand when it comes to defining a person's identity. Man over the years have tried to develop what they think to be the perfect society, but have come up short every time. Until recent years society has been noticeably overridden wi ....

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.... re-enter itself as the image of God. By this quote Bonventure is trying to say that humans are being shaped more and more by society than they are by God. In a sense, humans are being led astray by all the ongoing imperfections, which bombard our society today. We tend to immerse ourselves into the problems of the world and forget about God. Bonaventre says we cannot allow ourselves to shut out our Lord out of our lives. He notes, "when one has fallen, he must lie where he is unless another is at hand to raise him up". Bonaventure is saying that when we do shut God out of our lives and is affected by it, we must let God pick us up and show ....