Essays 661 - 690
for permitting evil; a reason of which we are not aware. And as long as this is logically possible, there is no contradiction betw...
Testament, these words generally refer to "service associated with the work done in the temple."6 In the New Testament, these word...
of the Persian Empire" (Herodotus, 2006). Herodotus begins his story with "an account of the first western monarch to enter into c...
carried through in any short amount of time; in fact, each step forward toward a modicum of religious harmony is often met with a ...
encompassed as well. This view of good and evil has a very Eastern flavor to it, as Eastern religions, such as Hinduism, stress th...
the Big Bang, that was the "source of mystical illumination" (Henderson). This completely undermines the Church dogma that God is...
As would be expected there has been a great deal of outcry about this particular ruling. For example, one senator stated, "This is...
We can look at this and begin to understand that China was going through a great and difficult period in relationship to many real...
Greco-Roman thought and tradition. Nevertheless, traditionally, Christian scholars have been extremely reluctant to give credit fo...
son or "the good shepherd" who leaves his flock in order to find a lost sheep (VanBuskirk). Paul pointed out this change in the co...
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the s...
the idea of punishment; the God of the Old Testament is particularly fierce in his judgments. So perhaps morality is in reality f...
The Dominicans were like the Franciscans in that they were a mendicant order wherein the friars "vowed to live faithfully in pover...
as a "sweet moral blossom" for the reader (James). Hawthorne thus identifies the story at the outset as a parable that is designed...
born a Jew and lived under the Jewish law and system (Galatians 4:4). * Jesus life was characterized by service and humility (Phil...
done to rein them in. Even many business people felt that capitalism had to be saved from itself because it was an economic system...
sex, and they can be both works of sexuality, and still be considered works of art. Heterosexual women may paint women who are cle...
would end without seeing "half my days thats due" (line 13). This suggests that Bradstreet is giving birth in middle age, which s...
Within this framework of using the condemned mans impending death as a general warning, Occom also illustrates how alcohol had pro...
of this passage implies that humanity resembles God, that is, that the human race is similar "in kind" in a manner that is analogo...
capable of undergoing so many changes with regard to appearance, temperature, solidity and so on as to be rendered completely diff...
America, they worked very hard to convert the Native American Indians, who obviously did not believe in Jesus Christ. The new set...
In four pages concepts of religion, God, and transcendence are considered in a comparative analysis of Kant's philosophy and Hegel...
addresses the divine" (Smith PG). Greek mythology is replete with examples of how anthropomorphic gods influenced cultural behavi...
tells the reader that all the Romans desired, and more, would actually be found in the City of God. This is not to say that moneta...
human origins. He discusses the beliefs maintained by the three major Semitic religions and then discusses the role of Charles Dar...
Chief among notable theologians to undertake study of this matter is Jurgen Moltmann, and his philosophy is often referred to as t...
so clearly it is evident why the Indian people placed such importance on caste and took the entire system so seriously....
that can render a thought or a concept wrong. One can do a study one day to prove that cholesterol is bad, and then another day, a...
basic argument that Aquinas presents for the existence of God. The following is just one way in which this could be addressed: A...