Essays on Religion Page 128

When we think about it, it kind of makes sense, Because the bible said God loves us, and we think he cannot send us to Hell. He will always forgive us, just like any parent would forgive their child when they do wrong, no parent would ever have their child killed or tortured just because…

How do I keep my faith alive? In this essay I will talk about how my family keeps my faith alive. All families are different with their faith and how they keep it alive. My family keeps our faith going by going to church at least once a month. During Christmas we have a little…

“The devil in the desert” short story by Paul Horgan (1903-1995) was written in the year 1950. It is a story that features the adventure of an elderly priest who leaves a missionary centre to go preaching to a tribe of Indians that lives in a desert land. At the start of the story, Louis,…

Puritans were a group of protesters who sought to purify the Church of England. In The Crucible, the Salem Witch Trials took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1692 to 1693, where the afflicted girls accused innocent people and resulted in numerous deaths. In the “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,’ Edwards…

In 1947 an Arab shepherd boy was throwing stones at the opening of a cave above him near the shore of the Dead Sea. He heard a jar break and climbed up the cliff to investigate. What he discovered has revolutionized the study of the Bible. There, in that cave, stuffed in jars, were scores…

The theatre version of Lord of the Flies based on the novel by WilliamGolding and adapted by Nigel Williams are now being presented in the LyricTheatre Hammersmith, London. Tickets cost about 7.00. This review is comparingthe book and how Nigel Williams adapted it. The theatre version of Lord ofthe Flies is very good. Interesting and…

On Tuesday, November 14, 1995, in what has been perceived as the year’s biggest non-event, the federal government shut down all “non-essential” services due to what was, for all purposes and intents, a game of national “chicken” between the House Speaker and the President. And, at an estimated cost of 200 million dollars a day,…

Catholic Christianity and Islam: A Comparison and Contrast History has always been witness to the myriad of incidents involving bitter human conflicts and misunderstandings. Among these, the thorny issue of religious pluralism has been a constant catalyst for sowing human division and separation. This happens most distinctly when people try to pit one religion against…

For more than two centuries, the Christian church suffered persecution under the Roman Empire particularly those in Rome. With the rise of Constantine the Great to the throne, the persecution stopped as he was sympathetic with Christianity in view of his famous Christian vision just before the battle at Melvian Bridge against Maxentius in 312…

In “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven”, Sherman Alexie depicts Thomas Builds-The-Fire as a strong and determined character who lives with his stories and doesn’t bother about what others feel about him. Through Thomas Build-The-Fire’s words, Alexie tells us about our path of self attainment in life. He tells the readers, through this…