Born to Die, part sixteen

My study of the Bible leads me to understand it as a theological communication of the integral relationship between cause and effect in the context of assessment, evaluation, and, yes, judgment. The operative term is relationship. Black contrasted to white. Good to evil. Life as opposed to death (perhaps juxtaposed is more accurate). It can generally be said of Hebrew and Christian scripture that it regards death as a phenomenon composed of assessment or evaluation with particular emphasis upon an evaluator or judge which figures prominently in its fundamental worldview. Thus, the process of life becomes meaningful—significant—in its function of determining and establishing the relationship that is going to successfully pass—for lack of a better way to put it—the final exam.