YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
Essays 601 - 630
nature worship, and may have in common the 3 kind of occultism: Divination, witchcraft (magic) and spiritism, with the sacrifice o...
to happen. There is also the reality wherein a being that is powerful enough to create the entire world is far beyond...
states that the anthropomorphites commit a grave error because Jesus Himself said that God is a spirit and mans body cannot possib...
finally suspended the rule of law leading to the massacre of the aristocracy; it was class warfare at its ugliest. In a sense, one...
established and has sex with a woman and thus loses some of his superior strength. He became more human but "his understanding had...
existence as fact. However, the existence of God still remains unproven; the Cosmological Argument has been raging for centuries a...
as a "sweet moral blossom" for the reader (James). Hawthorne thus identifies the story at the outset as a parable that is designed...
He was the promised Messiah: The woman said to Him, "I know the Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He wil...
the Big Bang, that was the "source of mystical illumination" (Henderson). This completely undermines the Church dogma that God is...
encompassed as well. This view of good and evil has a very Eastern flavor to it, as Eastern religions, such as Hinduism, stress th...
as it is with pure identity based on the unique woman that Janie is. Janies life is one that is likely very realistic as many Af...
unimportant, appearing merely as part of the background and playing not real role in Janies life. In her introduction to the no...
carried through in any short amount of time; in fact, each step forward toward a modicum of religious harmony is often met with a ...
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 Dominicans were like the Franciscans in that they were a mendicant order wherein the friars "vowed to live faithfully in pover...
the idea of punishment; the God of the Old Testament is particularly fierce in his judgments. So perhaps morality is in reality f...
Greco-Roman thought and tradition. Nevertheless, traditionally, Christian scholars have been extremely reluctant to give credit fo...
been utilized in the protection of public interest, especially when issues of safety can be impacted by widespread public response...
born a Jew and lived under the Jewish law and system (Galatians 4:4). * Jesus life was characterized by service and humility (Phil...
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...
card ready, as this seemed to impress people and verify that, yes, an African American could be a public accountant. Mentally, Ann...
when he has found what he sought, he wanders before every mans door with his song and with his oration, that all may admire the he...
the conflict in terms of an insult to his personal honor. Homer writes that Achilles responded by telling Agamemnon, "Ah me, cloth...
and reflection question : In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus pictures a religious and moral orientation that draws on Jewish tradit...
knowledge is not as important as faith. That is a significant difference between the two. At the same time, neither admits that hu...
main gods of the Sumerians included the god of water (Enki); the god of earth (Ki); the god of air (Enlil) and the god of heaven (...
man knows truth. How can this be? It is through the very essence of man, through the essence of the tree and of flowers and of dog...
"experienced" internally in some manner, as well as externally via touch or logical use of the item in daily living. In thi...