Part I One of the topics discussed in class earlier in the semester that really stuck out to me was the existence of God. I feel as though, this topic in general, the topic of whether God does or does not exist, is not black and white (as in concrete), but instead contains a lot of "gray area." By t...
Neither the heaven nor earth existed. Instead, long before the earth was made, Niflheim was made, and in it a spring gave rise to twelve rivers. ... The earth is a disk, and they set up Ymir's eyelashes to keep the giants at the edges of that disk. ... The gods did leave one pathway from earth to heaven. ... The earth was young then, and land floated like oil, and from it reed shoots sprouted. ...
In the Bible, the Apostles wrote Noah's story in a way that showed him, as not only a man of good faith, but the only man of good faith. God began to believe that the mankind he had created had turned wicked, and through fore God wanted to, "wipe out man whom I created from the face of the earth. ... He must also bring pairs of all creatures, both male and female, along with sacrifices on the Ark as well, for a great flood will be coming to eliminate all sinners from the Earth. ... With these sacrifices, God promised to "Never again damn the earth because of mankind, for the hu...
Mankind had progressively become worse, falling into continual sin and depravity, and "the Lord was grieved that He had made man on the earth, and His heart was filled with pain" (Genesis 6:6). He was so grieved that He decided to destroy man and wipe him from the face of the earth. ... God's covenant with Noah also regenerated the covenant made with Adam by giving man dominion over the animals and by charging him and his sons with the responsibility of repopulating the earth. ... I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be bl...
Developing a standard to determine the validity of revelation, Heschel states that "only that which is good for all men is good for every men." ... The loss of awe in the face of the earth's grandeur pushes God farther away from our lives as "indifference to the sublime wonder of living is the root of sin." ... The history of the earth, seen even today through the Bible, has been God calling out to mankind. ...
Dinosaurs ruled the earth, while mammals were not able to evolve because they could never challenge the dinosaurs. Then, a comet hit the earth and the dinosaurs disappeared. ... It is thought that the people might have done this to ensure that they would continue to have a good supply of animals. ... Osiris was the god of earth, fertilizing, water and vegetation. ... He controlled life on earth but also controlled the access to eternity. ...
Darwinian Proofs Charles Darwin is one of the most recognizable names from the Victorian period. His works caused a major flux in culture including religion, science and human nature. Darwin showed that scientific observations collect facts and through these facts we can learn things about how th...
In Egypt, in the Book of the Dead, a man couldn't proceed into the after life unless he was found innocent of any wrong doing on Earth. ... This God was creator of the world (In Christianity, it's documented in Genesis Chapter 1 verse 1, In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth), and He would one day judge mankind (This is also true in Christianity: "The Lord will judge his people." ... In Christianity this was Adam, who had dominion over all the animals and beasts of the earth. ... The life of each Muslim is always within the community of the faithful: All are declar...
During the life of Jesus while he was on earth his ministry was mostly composed of parables. ... The good ground receives the seed and produces much fruit. ... One of the more well-known parables is the "Good Samaritan ". ... The next person to come by is The "Good Samaritan " who helped the man. ... The Good Samaritan is Jesus, who provides the help. ...
For example, when lying on my bed after a good night's rest, I feel comfort, security, warmth and satisfaction. ... "Some [seeds] fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away" (Matthew 13: 5-6). ...
Through Paul we are commanded "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." ... "Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. " Exodus 20:4 My parents were very sensitive to this commandment, so I always prided myself on not being an idolater. ...
(John 6:65, ESV) "We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose. ... (Romans 8:28-30, NRSV) "The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance." (2 Peter 3:9, ESV) "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame ...
But converted philosophers did not abandon their acquired wisdom in rational methods, and intended to use it in the service of faith.6 Augustine, one of those converts, did not abandon whatever good that he had found in philosophy but vindicated its use for the Christian faith. ...
"According to the famous formula of 'The Prince,' "good laws and good armies' are the principal foundations of all governments." ... In "The Prince," Machiavelli states "hence it is necessary that a prince who is interested in his survival learn to be other than good, making use of this capacity or refraining from it according to need." ... Parel from Political Theory observed that "indeed, self-preservation is the initial way of articulating our tendency toward the good. ... He writes "The prince who fears his subjects more than he fears foreign foes should erect fortresses; b...
He believed that the soul was split up into two halves, good and bad. ... The poem raises an innovative question that if God is responsible for creating both the good things in life (the lamb) and the evil things (the tyger), how can God be good and moral? ... To the children in the poem, the thought of heaven is a great comfort because while they may have to undergo an enormous amount of agony here on earth, when they get to heaven; all their pain will be forgotten. ...
Without it, I am told, man could not have existed on earth, for he could not have known good and evil. Why should he know that diabolical good and evil when it costs so much? ... But he answers his own question by asking another one, "What good can hell do, since those children have already been tortured? ... He needs sunshine, childish play, good examples all about him, and at least a little love. ...
For instance, drawing a bison being hunted on a cave wall (like the ones on the walls at the Lascaux cave) would be like a spell a shaman would "cast" for a good hunt. ... However, to a caveman, if you said that you were going to cast a spell for a good hunt, and then the hunters came back with a bison, you had special power. ... Stonehenge is a very good example. ... Mesopotamia was a good example of this. ...
Are these events little miracles "the hand of God reaching into the burned-out hellscape to protect the child "or are they just strokes of good fortune? ... "1 Like the man, Job goes about "in sunless gloom " (Job 30:28); unlike the man, Job possesses unwavering faith: "I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand upon the earth ... then in my flesh I shall see God " (Job 19:25-27). ...
Future of an Illusion Religion today is a topic of many controversial arguments. It being one of the main basis of our development as a civilization, it is hard for it to still keep its place in a world as developed as ours, as the advanced and modern ideas of today start to contradict with the...
In this sense there is still a kind of "freedom" in the choices that people make.Yet because of their inability to do good and to escape from their fundamental rebellion against God and their fundamental preference for sin, unbelievers do not have freedom in the most important sense of freedom-that is, the freedom to do right, and to do what is pleasing to God. ... He paradoxically states, "many good theologians have defined sin as lack of conformity to the character or will of God which, when expressed in any manner at all, is the law of God. ...
Hume "I was from the beginning scandalised, I must own, with this resemblance between the Deity and human creatures." --Philo David Hume wrote much about the subject of religion, much of it negative. In this paper we shall attempt to follow Hume's arguments against Deism as Someone knowable from the wake He allegedly makes as He passes. This kind of Deism he lays to rest. Then, digging deeper, we shall try our hand at a critique of his critique of religion, of resurrecting a natural belief in God. ...
Introduction Russian author, essayist and philosopher, Leo Tolstoy enriched the literature; specifically the Russian literature heritage with enormous astounding genius literary works. The inconstancy of Tolstoy's life has left a great impact on his style of writing; approximately most of his works ...
What is the American family? This question was answered by John de Crevecoeur, in "what is the American?" (1782), when he said: "I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have four wives of different nations."1 In fact, Crevecoeur summarized the history of the American family, in particular, and the American man, in general. There are many kinds of family systems in the world; the English family is but one of them. ...
