Essays on God Page 16

The Holy Trinity is regarded as an early example of Renaissance art due to its depiction of god in human form behind Jesus on the cross. Prior to this time, it was uncommon to portray God in artwork, and this representation also reflects Humanism. Traditionally, God would be depicted as a single hand, symbolizing an…

The Leviathan and The Behemot: Dinosaur, Dialect, or Diety From the Romans to the Greek to the Kush to the Egyptians, folklore has been handed down from generation to generation. In most cases this folklore transcends any one religion and carries over into the next. Much like the Romans adopting and perverting Greek folklore, so…

Tim Winton’s that eye, the sky (1986) uses first person narrative techniques, symbolism, imagery and characterisation to create the persona of Morton Flack, the narrator and protagonist of the novel. Winton uses Ort’s narration to give the reader insights into the Flack family, the relationships they have and the issues that they face. As Winton…

A miracle is held to be an act of God, or an invisible agent, which goes against the laws of nature and has some religious meaning or significance. Definitions of miracles are often very broad and leave them particularly wide to interpretation. We may say that it is a miracle that someone has recovered from…

Despair, or the loss of hope and expectation, is when one gives up and feels hopeless, lacking motivation or energy to keep trying. It commonly occurs in those who have experienced or are experiencing traumatic events. Additionally, despair can lead to a loss of identity. Elie Wiesel’s novel Night depicts this loss of hope through…

In the book “The Lost Letters of Pergamum” by Bruce Longenecker, a fictional character named Antipas is created based on the name found in Revelations. Antipas, a Roman Civic leader living in a world two thousand years ago, gains knowledge about Christianity through Luke’s Gospel writings. Through these writings, he discovers that Jesus is the…

Although it is a common enough idea that ethical judgments based on rationality may come into conflict with ethical or moral decisions based on religious faith, Kierkegaard’s particular interpretation of this well-known dichotomy allows for a much more immersive discussion of the issue than is usually granted in “everyday” thought of discourse. To begin with,…

Thomas Aquinas is renowned for formulating the cosmological or “first cause” argument, which posits that the phenomena we observe are a consequence of a succession of causes. Nonetheless, this sequence cannot extend eternally into the past. Consequently, there must exist an initial cause that was not prompted by any other factor. This uncaused cause is…

In his novel “Arrow of God,” Mordaunt discusses how the Nigerian author Chinua Achebe addresses the issue of personal conflict. The protagonist, Ezeulu, is the chief priest of Ulu, the deity worshipped in the village of Umuaro. Ezeulu grapples with an internal conflict as he strives to retain his authority despite his old age and…

Read the assigned readings in Topic 3 ( textbook chapter 4, Lecture 3, “The Mystery of Original Sin” article, and Bible transitions ) and turn to the undermentioned inquiries with a entire word count ( including inquiries ) of 500-750 words. Cite all of the resources used with in-text commendations, utilizing at least two beginnings…