With no society to help develop the ego and superego, man kind's most primitive part of his makeup, the Id, took over. The evil in man is natural and can only be suppressed by the pressures of society acting upon him. ... "Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life.... ... It became apparent to him that the social values of British society had been forgotten and replaced with the wild behavior of primitive man. "...Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart..." ...

• Word Count: 1356
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

What is it that Christian faith requires man to sacrifice? ... Why must a man suffer through "solitude, fasting, and sexual abstinence"? ... What of this God has man actually seen? ... I would be hard-pressed to believe that, in reality, any mortal man really can. ... God is nothing more than an invisible police force. ...

• Word Count: 2488
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"Television," Billy Graham writes, "is the most powerful tool of communication ever devised by man. ... By making religion entertaining, man can destroy its sacredness and purity. ... "Capitalism has a deity: the "invisible hand" that keeps the world moving in accordance with the inviolate rules of the sacred "market". ... Man has completely given in to notion of Capitalism, as if it was the forbidden fruit. ...

• Word Count: 1806
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography

They celebrate Jesus Christ and his sacrifice to absolve man of original sin with the Eucharist, and believe to further join themselves to him and therefore to the Father, God. ... What these rituals tell an observer is that the Christians of early America used ritual to commune with the memory of an event that is monumental in a story where spirit is an invisible force that affects their position in an afterlife. ...

• Word Count: 1611
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate