Every human being has personal beliefs ranging from simple to quite complex. In the first line of his essay, "What I Believe,"" E. M. Forester confronts the reader with the seemingly irrational statement "I do not believe in belief."" This however is not at all true. Forester is a man with many bel...
It is extremely hard to not praise someone that had that much faith in God, but on the other hand it is very hard to praise someone that was willing to kill their beloved son. ... It would be wrong to extenuate the fact that Abraham had every intention of killing his son; God doesn't want people to start thinking that it is ok to "sacrifice" your beloved son in order to prove faith. ...
What is Puritanism? Encarta Online describes it as the : "movement arising within the Church of England in the latter part of the 16th century that sought to purify, or reform, that church and establish a middle course between Roman Catholicism and the ideas of the Protestant." But Puritanism is m...
(2) For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. (3) For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. (4) He taught me also, and said unto me, let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments and live. ...
The Religious Government Primitive human civilization came to be around 5000 B.C. with the beginning of agriculture, and primitive religion came to be around the same time. Since its creation religion has always took a strong hold on how humans interact with nature and with each other. Religion ...
Instances of vociferously protesting the ties of marriage, as in the case of Akka Mahadevi, or the outright refusal of marriage, as in the case of Andal and even the rejection of the fiercely imposed widowhood, with regard to the story of Mira- are all exemplified stories that that travelled through time as tales of rebellion in the name of God, the beloved. ...
