Essays on Religion Page 117

Since the beginning of Earth, temptation has been a constant presence. Throughout history, civilizations like the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, British, and even modern societies have all fallen prey to the allure of worldly temptations. According to John Owen’s definition, temptation is like a two-edged knife that can bring either benefit or harm. It can serve…

The title of the poem “To Hell and Back, with Cake” is exactly what the young girl in goes through to get cupcakes, a desirable treat or reward. The poem has a lot to do with racism and discrimination. It is written in first person and as a narrative with many different poetic techniques such…

Nelson Mandela once said, “May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears” The idea of hope being a gift that helps us move forward in difficult moments is explored by Emily Dickinson in the extended metaphor poem entitled “Hope” is the thing with feathers” and by Dylan Thomas in the villanelle poem entitled “Do…

Ash Wednesday, in the calendar of Western Christianity, is the first day of Lent and occurs 46 days before Easter. It is a moveable fast, falling on a different date each year because it is dependent on the date of Easter. It can occur as early as February 4 or as late as March 10….

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin more commonly known by his stage name of Molière was a French playwright and actor in the 17th century who is considered one of the finest writers of comedy in western literature. Tartuffe or the Hypocrite is one of his most well known and beloved plays. He wrote and performed it in 1664…

The meaning of 1 Corinthians 10:31 is influenced by various factors, such as its setting, historical context and date of writing, primary theological themes, intended audience, characters within the passage, and my personal opinions upon reading. The passage declares, “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatever ye do, do all to the Glory of…

Anthony Babington, a young Catholic noble, conspired to remove Queen Elizabeth I from the throne and replace her with Mary Queen of Scots. To thwart this plot, Sir Francis Walsingham, the head of Elizabeth’s secret service, caught Gilbert Gifford, a Catholic conspirator, and convinced him to become a double agent. Gifford served as a intermediary…

BOOK REVIEW Title of the book: islam and muslims AUTHOR; ASGHAR ALI ENGINEER Introduction The author of this book has written various essays or articles, papers from time to time on Islam, Islamic world and Indian Muslims. Though these were written either for seminars or academic and non-academic magazines, they all have a running theme….

In America’s time of despair, families, friends and acquaintances drowned among the onslaught on dreams, hope and companionship resulting from The Great Depression. Man’s ability to hope and dream in times of adversity is their ability to survive and having “hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness”…

A common type of Email that we receive provinces that “denomination Ten ” is non Christian ” — where “X ” may mention to the Jehovah ’ s Witnesss, Church of jesus christ of latter-day saintss, Roman Catholics, the United Church, Unity Church, etc. What the Emailer is truly stating is that their ain religion…