Since the beginning of time, man has had a belief of some kind or another, and with beliefs normally comes a religion. From year 20 BC to the year 2003, people seem to need a religion or belief of a higher being. Some may believe to give a purpose and a meaning to their life and actions. Others may believe that no one is truly alone in the world and religions can comfort people from complete loneliness. Most religions consist of a life plan or goal giving those who follow something to look forward to in the afterlife. Whatever the reason for new religions to form, people must gain from the religions or else there would be no religions.
One valid basis for a religion would be to give meaning and purpose to one's life. Many centuries ago people did not have the scientific advances that there are now so they needed ways to explain what was going on around them. If one did not know why the animals came into being thinking that a God created the animals is a simple answer. If God created all that was good, He would be the reason we are kind. Simple minds give simple answers to big questions and God is a good answer to anything when one is a believer. Those who have simple minds may also have simple fears, such as loneliness.
Many people, centuries ago, lived alone or out in the middle of nowhere, making it easy to get lonely. If one was lonely, would a higher being, such as God(s), not give comfort to those who were alone? No one wants to believe that he is truly alone and believing there is a God watching out for him can give a sense of safety. Even to this day and age it is possible to feel fully alone in the middle of a crowded room, and knowing that God will be there helps. One is said to be born alone and will die alone; however, one who believes in God would say, "God is always with you." God may always be with some in life, but what about death?.
Death is a common worry for almost everyone; death is also the number two fear in America.
He also comes to understand life's continuity and life's transience. ... Jim comes to understand that by going to war he will know why and how he has changed. ... Jim also comes to understand life's transience. ... Jim comes to understand this as he experiences war and, in the end, his death. ... Jim also comes to understand life's continuity and it's transience. ...
" Many people might think that soldiers who come back are rich, but it does not work that way. ... Soldiers are also left homeless because they do not have families to come back to and are on their own. ... Most soldiers that come back with life sometimes do not feel happy about what they have done in battle. ... Soldiers can be fine for a moment, but out of nowhere the possibility of getting a hallucination will come. ... A lot of soldiers come back without a family to look forward to be there for them because when they left for war, they were single. ...
In the story "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky", by Stephen Crane, we are introduced to a newlywed couple traveling from San Antonio to their hometown of Yellow Sky. ... But as Jack says, "I've just come from San Anton" with my wife. ... Everyone around him make big changes in their lives and it is time for him to come of age and stop acting like he is in one of the old Western stories. ...
In "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" by Stephen Crane, you see the changing of Scratchy Wilson. When he first comes into the story he is depicted as someone who is the village drunk, he is calm most of the time, but every once in a while he gets drunk, and goes looking for a fight, mainly with Jack Potter. ... But at the end when he is trying to pick a fight, he learns that Jack just got married, and he then comes to the realization that he is now going to be ruining his life with her, and calls off their rivalry. ...
Despite any injustices they may have encountered upon their trek, they still encourage anyone they knew in their country to come to the U.S. ... Immigrants come from everywhere in the world. ... Opportunity and freedom from political and religious persecution both was other reasons as to why immigrants wanted to come here. ... The reasons are too numerous of to why immigrants come to America. ...
Death Comes for the Archbishop Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) is about two nineteenth-century French priests, Father Vaillant and Father Lour, who come to America to establish a mission in the southwestern desert which changes them. ... -Immigrants, Pioneers, Europe - Religion spirituality-throughout her life and especially after 1922, Cather was concerned with the decline of spirituality in an increasingly materialistic American society - Nature, Catholicism/Protestantism, Modernism -Missions and Native Americans Death comes for the Archbishop: symbolism and imagery In Death Comes ...
'Nobody Comes' by Thomas Hardy is a poem based on true events which happened in Hardy's life. ... The poem explores the various things Hardy witnesses whilst waiting for his wife to come home. ... "A car comes up It has nothing to do with me" The use of the word "nothing" shows that it's not his wife approaching meaning that Hardy is once again left alone awaiting her arrival. ...
She's Come Undone - Self-Destruction In She's Come Undone Wally Lamb addresses the effects of personal trauma on one's self-image and the propensity of survivors to move towards self-destruction. ... One reviewer stated that She's Come Undone is a tale of a young woman overcome with life's problems (Publisher's Weekly 59). ...
Introduction and Overview You may have seen Robin Williams in a movie called "What Dreams May Come." ... It's a beautiful place, (thanks to a lot of cool special effects work) where all his dreams really do come true. ... When he finally realized that all his dreams could come true if he just believed, he put all of his trust into God and was finally able to enter Heaven. ... It states that once you enter into a life of sin, there is no forgiveness in this age nor the age to come. ... The movie portrays Heaven as a place where all your dreams, big or small, can come true as long...