God Essays

The search for God and His relationship with the world was as fundamental in the Middle Ages as it was at any time during the history of Christian thought. At the time of Aquinas, Augustinianism was the most appreciated doctrine in the school of philosophy at the University of Paris. In virtue of illumination, which …

Every poem has an element of God in it’s words. Just as God spoke through the writings of Peter or Matthew, elements of His word are in the beautiful themes in poetry. In this essay, I will compare the poems of William Blake and William Wordsworth with the written Word of God, in five poems: …

byBert Thompson, Ph.D. Introduction Either God exists or He doesn’t. There is no middle ground. Anyattempt to remain neutral in relation to God’s existence is automaticallysynonymous with unbelief. It is far from a “moot” question, for if Goddoes exist, then nothing else really matters; if He does not exist, thennothing really matters at all. If …

In the beginning of the 20th century, it was a new era for everything, especially literature. Two new and unique literary movements began; Local Color and Naturalism. Local Color with its distinct character tone and Naturalism with its weak main character was knowingly cherished by readers. As a response to Darwinism and the inequality in …

Introduction We live in a world where millions doubt the existence of God: a world of science and technology in which people only accept what they can prove. Why do these people doubt him and why do others believe so fervently?People have many varied reasons in believing in God. Some need the faith as a …

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Jonathan Edwards wrote this lecture, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” to preach to the congregation of his church during the period of Great Awakening, a time of religious revival. He knows how to persuade and uses numerous techniques to do so. In his sermons, …

Historically, the job of women in society is to care for the husband, the home, and the children. As a homemaker, it has been up to the woman to support the husband and care for the house; as a mother, the role was to care for the children and pass along cultural traditions and values …

According to Christianity, the attributes of God can be organized into two categories: Physical and ethical or moral. Some terms address Gods transcendence of physical ideology, others address Gods Devine intellect and will. There are a multitude of terms from which to choose when labeling the attributes of God. Therefore, this paper will only deal …

The relationship between Egyptian rulers and their gods were ever present in many examples of Egyptian art throughout the many changes in leadership. The depictions of these relationships, however, were not always consistent from ruler to ruler, dynasty to dynasty. The Palette of Narmer, Seated Statue of Khafre, and Akenaten and Nefertit and their Children …

Love is a emotion hard to describe in word’s. love can take is shapein many different forms and have different meanings to every person. Loveis a emotion felt from the day of birth, a infant to its mother or achild’s first crush in elementary school. The theme of love is addressed inZora Neale Hurston’s novel …

Descartes sets about proving the existence of God through his meditations on knowledge in an effort to prove the skeptics of his time wrong. He first determines that human knowledge is based entirely too much on unproved presuppositions. He argues that this makes it difficult to distinguish between truth and error, since we cannot recognize …

March 8, 2002ACHS marketing program breaks new ground By MARK TYLERStaff Writer, (609) 272-7238ATLANTIC CITY – Atlantic City High School students Catrise Lackland and her partner Kevin Barksdale had a difficult task ahead. Their mission: teach free enterprise principles to a group of second-graders. “It’s hard trying to get them to understand,” Lackland said. “But …

Although there seem to be similarities between Dante’s vision of Satan and his vision of God, Satan is actually an inversion of the Trinity and God. There are also significant differences between the two visions, which are essential to understanding this inversion. The most obvious instance of inversion is Dante’s construction of the world of …

Robert Hutchins Goddard (1882-1945). A native of Worcester, Massachusetts, Goddard’s family was staying at the suburban home of friends in Worcester when, on October 19, 1899, he climbed into an old cherry tree to prune its dead branches, Instead, he began daydreaming about sending a device of some sort to Mars. It made him feel …

“Poetry, Passion, and Power: The Lyrics of Andal-Goda and the Music of Goda Mandali,” Vasudha Narayanan”Mirabai: Inscribed in Text, Embodied in Life,” Nancy M. Martin-KershawThis is a summary and reaction to the above articles, both of which have similar foci in that they each discuss different female Hindu saints. These Saints, though women, have life …

So many people have a false interpretation of who God really is. Understandingwho God really is can clear up a lot of false pretences (ideas) that so manypeople have about Him. According to the Bible, there are a number of differentnames and interpretations for who God truly is. WHO GOD REALLY IS! Yahweh*Eternal God most …

…god is dead and no one cares drowning in his own hypocrisy and if there isa hell I will see you there burning with your god in humility… TrentReznor, from Heresy Does God exist? As you can see above, even the most vilehuman beings acknowledge him. But trying to argue for or against the idea …

In Ancient Greece the existence of gods and fate prevailed. In the Greek tragedy King Oedipus by the playwright Sophocles these topics are heavily involved. We receive a clear insight into their roles in the play such as they both control man’s actions and that challenging their authority leads to a fall. The concepts of …

The existence of God has been a question since the idea of God was conceived. Descartes tries to prove Gods existence, to disprove his Evil demon theory, and to show that there is without a doubt something external to ones own existence. He is looking for a definite certainty, a foundation for which he can …

Hymne to God my God, in My Sicknesse The poem is probably written late in Donne’s life, definitely following his conversion to the Anglican faith. Donne seems to be dying of some incurable illness that the doctors do not know how to cure. He begins by saying that he is coming a holy room, possibly …

In my life on this planet I have come to question many things that many take on as blind faith. We all know that someday we will ‘physically’ die, Yet, we continuously deny the forces working inside ourselves which want to search out the true outcome of what may or may not come after death. …

The play Hippolytus by the Greek playwright Euripides is one whichexplores classical Greek religion. Throughout the play, the influenceof the gods on the actions of the characters is evident, especially whenAphrodite affects the actions of Phaedra. Also central to the plot isthe god-god interactions between Artemis and Aphrodite. In this essay,I hope to provide answers …

December 31, 2001THE FATHER OF MODERN ROCKETRYRobert Hutchings Goddard was a futurist. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 5, 1882. He was the son of a machinist and his father was known for his brilliance with machinery and tools. The Goddards moved from Worcester to Boston while Robert was just an infant, because …

The Gospel of Thomas is unlike any other scripture written about Jesus. It is a collection of Jesus’ secret sayings that only someone who actually knew him, like his “twin”, would be able to recount. Jesus, in the Gospel of Thomas, is a teacher that points his followers in the direction of the Kingdom of …