Essays on Religion Page 124

Ares’s Roman name means Mars. He is the God of War and typically found on Mount Olympus. If not he is found in war with others. He has multiple powers that consist of Super Strength, Invulnerability, Combat Skills and he creates conflict wherever he goes.  Ares parents are Zeus the God of Sky and Lightning…

While exploring the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, I encountered an array of art pieces. Among them, one particular piece caught my eye and distinguished itself from the others – it was the Figurine of the Goddess Wadjet. The Goddess Wadjet, created during the twenty-sixth dynasty between 664-525 BCE, is known as the protectress…

Lily Owens is a 14-year-old motherless White female who lives with her bitter and abusive father, T.Ray. She is disturbed by the memory of her dead mother Deborah, who she accidentally shot and killed when she was 4-years-old after witnessing a fight between her parents. Lily constantly thinks and talks to the spirit of her…

The victims’ loss of humanity results in various forms of cruelty and callousness among the prisoners as they fight for survival. This loss also causes them to lose faith in their god and, in Lie’s case, brings him closer to his father. Throughout most of Lie’s horrific experiences, he grapples with the inhumane treatment the…

Jonathan Edwards’ sermon in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Minister’s Black Veil” have very different styles of writing but there are stark similarities between the two of them that highlight the passage’s true meaning. In comparing the two stories one may clearly see the things that set them…

The article talks about racism being a fake science which seeks to discover racial differences in the characteristics of people of different races. These views range from an individual to an institutional level and reflecting a universal view of white dominance and culture. Jennifer then explains the ability racism has to establish itself in terms…

In Edmund Spenser’s allegorical epic poem The Faerie Queene Book I, the adventures of hero Redcrosse and his quest on behalf of Una are described. This quest, which represents a spiritual allegory, depicts the Christian hero’s heroic struggle against various tribulations and temptations, including dishonesty, the seven deadly sins, and despair. Despite encountering these challenges…

I believe that the biblical account of creation found in Genesis 1 is to be taken literally, and therefore, that the earth and all of its inhabitants were created by God a mere thousands of years ago. This conviction is fueled by the belief that the Bible is the infallible word of God and the…

As Tom looks up to Leggier and tells him he would give everything in him If It was deed, Stows Illustrates the ability the human spirit has to overcome suffering. With Tom being the example, Stows uses the Christian faith as fuel to his ability to be Christ-Like throughout the novel. As Tom chooses to…

The Ontological Argument was, and still is, a hot-topic for debate among philosophers; many famous philosophers have published criticisms of the theory including Immanuel Kant and St. Thomas Aquinas. This obviously raises questions regarding whether or not this argument works. While there is no clear-cut answer to these questions, I personally believe that the negatives…