Essays on Religion Page 103

Both Buddhism and Christianity started from, or became known by some religious deader, both of these religious leaders spread their religious ideals similarly. In northeastern India ass’s BCC, a man named Shattered Augusta had discovered how much poverty and sickness was in the world, so he searched for a way to find enlightenment. His search…

Elizabeth Barrett Browning expresses her deep, spiritual love for her partner in Sonnet 43. Throughout the poem, she repeatedly states “I love thee” in eight of the fourteen lines. In the same manner that God gives Moses measurements for the new temple in the Bible, Browning measures her love by depth, breadth, and height. This…

Introduction             Buddhism and Hinduism have been two of the oldest and most traditional religion that is being practiced by most South Asians today. These two religions are most influential in their own way of influencing their followers because of their philosophical notions about life. They have a great deal of similarities most probably because…

Following his November 4, 1949 marriage to Grace Troxell, the couple spent the 1950s traveling back and forth from their home in Austin, Texas (above), to their families’ homes in Texas, Iowa, and Nebraska. Most of the items this time don’t need much comment. 1950, Sept. 6 – Beatrice [Nebraska] Daily Sun: Buys Theater Buys…

The Shema is an affirmation of Judaism and a declaration of faith in one God. The obligation to recite the Shema is separate from the obligation to pray and a Jew is obligated to say Shema in the morning and at night Deut. 6:7). ” The first line of the Shema, “Hear O Israel, the…

The Greek word cosmic, means “order and harmony” in the world, and on a more broad level, the universe. Opposite to “cosmic” would be “chaos”. Cosmic presupposes the concept that all of the universe is collaborating in the still, evolving creation of everything that is. So, merely by its existence, every element of nature performs…

John and Juan             There are times when I find myself wondering about what I read from the papers and what I hear from friends about multi-ethnicity and diversity in American society today.  In particular, I have tried, on numerous occasions, to ponder just what makes a white man different from a Latino?  For instance,…

Scholars do not work in isolation, but rather within the contexts of their communities, traditions, commitments, and beliefs. Their specialized scholarship exists within a larger framework of reality. Hence, we should consider: What is encompassed in this broader context? Does it accommodate the existence of a deity? If so, does the presence of this deity…

            The question on the existence of God has perplexed even the most logical of Philosophers.  The main difficulty being that attempts to prove the existence of God or any deity for that matter have fallen short of the ultimate requirement of personal appearance.  For others, it is not enough that they see omnipotence but…

Helio. Rides high, waving, dodging, his proud four best horses treading lightly upon space. The fiery sun blazes, hot enough to raise a droplet of sweat on his strained brow. His chariot shines brightly with the reflection of the powerful sun, gently off the well-polished mesmerizing wheels. His wild hair, flying in the wind, almost…