Essays on Religion Page 150

            The existence of God had always been a controversial and debatable topic.  It was established that God’s existence can never be proven.  First, God is a figure of faith and all that falls under the category of faith cannot be proven.  Also, God’s existence cannot be demonstrated; that which cannot be demonstrated cannot be…

Cultural Artifacts There are two artifacts that I am going to be analyzing. One of the artifacts I have chosen is “The Lamentation” by Giotto di Bondone who was an Italian. This painting was done around the year 1305 around the 15th Century and placed in the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua Italy. The Scrovegni Chapel has…

To what degree does maintaining obedience to authority lead to aggressive or violent behavior? After reading The Lottery and The Stanford Prison Experiment, I believe that I can answer this question, as both passages helped me develop analogies on this subject by comparing their concepts with real life situations. While they are both very different…

Spread of Islam vs. Spread of Christianity 600 CE to 1250 CE—a time in which Islam’s golden age took place and, from a Eurocentric point of view, a time of Christian expansion and conversion—was a period of religious spread and expansion. While Islam was “spread by the sword” due to the military conquests and expansion…

Love and marriage, love and marriage, they go together like a steed and carriage!’ So murmured Francis Albert ‘Straight to the point’ Sinatra during the 1950s. After sixty years, another Francis is rehashing similar verses, but with a marginally progressively authoritative song. In the fourth part of his missional urging Amoris Laetitia, on Love in…

What we know the world to be today is not what the world has always been like. Millions of years ago, continents that were once connected drifted apart from each other, otherwise known as continental drift. North and South America were, at one point, connected to Eurasia and Africa. This shift caused many changes, for…

Sir Thomas More lived during the 16th century in England. He influenced many aspects of politics in Medieval England, including the church. England during this time consisted of people of varying education, social classes, wealth, and influence. However, despite some issues, the culture has influenced many aspects of modern life in England and many parts…

Privilege is an advantage, benefit or right that a person or group of people have. Privileged people have the opportunity and/or power to access these benefits because of their “favourable” position. This position can include, but are not limited to a person’s skin colour, age, sex, gender or ability to do every day activities. In…

Examining addiction, we’re used to looking at the mental, emotional and physical factors of addiction, the correlations between addiction and our mental health, our emotional wellbeing and the physical effects. What many of us fail to realize is that addiction is just as much a spiritual illness as anything else. Looking at the spiritual side…

To begin with, it was a powerful motivation to the supporters of Islamic State Movement (ISIS) when it has declared establishing of caliphate, or known as Islamic state on the territories where they have controlled in Iraq and Syria, also announced that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is the leader or as a caliph, the leader for…