Essays on Religion Page 129

“For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can’t readily accept the God formula, the big answers don’t remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries”(Bukowski). In this quote, the American Poet and Novelist Charles Bukowski succinctly explains the major difference separating the…

In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” Jonathan Edwards uses pathos to create images that help his audience experience the consequences of sinful behavior. One such image is that God has been given the power to choose who he feels should spend the rest of eternity in either Heaven, or Hell based on…

I believe that the criticism of president Trump against the NFL players refusing to stand for the national anthem is not congruent with the core American values. Values can be defined as the conduct according to which a group or society judges the importance of people, rules, and other socio-cultural perspective. Values are positive characteristics…

PART I A worldview is the way we approach or think about the world. “Our own personal philosophy.” The worldview of a Christian or whatever is a personal evaluation about meaning and reality. A simplistic biblical worldview would be to have the mind of Jesus Christ. Genesis 1:1 is the first verse of the bible…

In these days, there are many women who play important role in society and it has been increasing since modern civilization has been formed. Many of literary works express the social aspect. Many plays are like a mirror of society because playwrights consider the ambience of society and put their thoughts and values into the…

In the book “The Language of God” Francis Collins presents his original views and beliefs in theism. The entire book is devoted to proving the existence of God, supporting Christian worldview and accepting the anthropic principle. Interestingly, despite Collins supports anthropic principle, he rejects the origin of life as input of the God. In particular,…

During the exploration of the New World, it sparked the beginning of a worldwide exchange, better known as the Columbian Exchange, which consisted of the transfer of goods between the Eastern (like Europe) and Western (America) hemispheres. This exchange was so significant during the time because it made the lives of those around much easier….

Anthem, by Ayn Rand, portrays a possible future for mankind if a great war destroys society. A postcolonialism lens is a lens that highlights the impacts of new power in societies. The new power, “colonizers”, usually insists on being the ‘better’ and ‘ideal’ person and culture. They want to convince the people of the old…

For this particular reason, some see Mishandles as a misguided wacko who caused his own demise, while on the other hand some see him as noble, just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Chris Mishandles is indeed noble! He possessed courage and ideals which admired. He was noble for his self- reliance, being…

The term “faith” actually has more forms than most common people realize. It is not simply a word that can be understood by a definition. “Faith” is much more of a spiritual concept and delves so much deeper than the words conventional definition. There are numerous outlooks on the subject of faith and although these…