Essays 901 - 930
In five pages this 1989 movie's portrayal of ethical and moral considerations is examined along with a discussion of how it portra...
means "face of God" (NIV). These verses record that a "man" (exact origin is unstated) wrestled with Jacob until daybreak. Jacob ...
up life. Most people will not do this, although there are some who are willing. Some of the kamikaze pilots who crashed into build...
and the use of technology in the form of the atomic bomb laid waste to the concept of an egalitarian Utopia. The postwar world us...
the purpose of allowing the repressed feminine or nurturing side of man to come forth and for the brutal or aggressive side of wom...
Sophocles "Oedipus the King" Sophocles establishes a setting in which the twists and turns that ultimately led to the vision of ...
of his time period would see the end of the one city, the city of man, and the reign of another, the city of God. One author state...
accompanies a mortal existence, one will reap the benefits of living a pure life; indeed, whatever trials and tribulations one exp...
their strong financial record demonstrates a doubling in their enrollments and their gross revenues between 1995 and 1999 (Company...
on through infinity. However, at some point, there had to be a first cause, which set these wheels into motion, which is the bein...
out of favor as a more philosophical approach took over. In more recent years, however, the fundamentalist and evangelical movemen...
of the foundational ideas of philosophy. According to him, the problem of evil posed a philosophical threat to the design argumen...
its right-wing allies, "he may be a son-of-a-bitch, but is our son-of-a-bitch" (Schmitz 4). Schmitz traces the origin of this ch...
from grace. I threatend to observe the strict decree Of my dear God with...
needs of the spirit, which were outlined through divine law (Pierce, 2002). The law of nature, Epictetus believed, was that the be...
natural instinct, an awareness of divinity," that "God himself has implanted in all men a certain understanding of his divine maje...
(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...
that is good. The sun is going down, and it is cold, so that is bad. Evil is something much worse than bad. Obviously, a setting s...
God had created an idyllic paradise for man, and it was only when a winged Satan invaded the peaceful calm and inflicted his exist...
literary critics, philosophers, and even theologians have questioned and considered for centuries. That Which Cannot be Known A...
on that he believes in the Presbyterian concept of Predestination -- "From my childhood up, my mind had been wont to be full of ob...
humanism refers to the personal worth of an individual and that individuals right to his own particular values, and freedom from p...
It can be said that his treatises on this subject had great influence on the study of redemption in later years, or in the vernacu...
codified into groups of laws, established the basis of laws established in future cultures. While punishments were severe, they re...
look, God called to him from within the bush, "Moses! Moses!" And Moses said, "Here I am."9 The Lord says: "I am the God of your f...
to their patients. Mostly, these are not commitments that are verbalized and all too often, they are commitments the parties do no...
find faith during their times of troubles (Kushner, 1981; Muder, 2002). In the Introduction to the book "Why I Wrote This Book" K...
there is a universal perception of God, it is not proof that he does exist. Perhaps the most important part of Descartess argument...
gods in the form of logic, reasoning and wisdom (Chung, 2002). Homers work placed gods in a position that was superior to man. In...
the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to...