Essays on Religion Page 151

            Obstacles are the only things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. My childhood is inflicted with many pains and hurts brought about by conflicts and arguments between my parents. Family is said to be the first community where you should experience enough love and care. Having a family like mine…

While I understand the impulse to assume that a Catholic Education is not worth the expensive price tag, my own view is that a Catholic Education is priceless. Students cannot only grow in their faith but also receive a quality education that is valuable as an adult. They will have caring faculty that wants to…

Prayer invocation for the symposium Let us put ourselves in the Holy presence of the Lord. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Lord God, we thank you for granting us the opportunity to be gathered here today to witness a symposium that would enhance our knowledge….

Atheism vs. Christian Religion Religion gives order or a meaning in one’s life. This is something one believes, practices, and follows devotedly. Atheism could be either the belief there is no God or the lack of beliefs of any Gods. The only similarity between Christianity and Atheism is that they both are ways to live….

Superstitions have unpleasant effects on the Jewish population regarding the Jewish religion. Jewish people such as Isaac Bashevis Singers father Pinchos Menachem Singer, a rabbi, believed more strongly in the superstitions that are filled into his head than what the Torah and Pentateuch teach him. One of the end results of the superstitious ways of…

The topic of the original creation of the earth is one that is heavily debated. There are two major theories as to how the earth was created: the nebular hypothesis and six day creation. The nebular hypothesis is almost always connected to the old-earth perspective where as six day creation is almost always associated with…

Despite being the world’s third largest and oldest religion, lots of people including me are very unaware of the facts about Hinduism. Hinduism can be traced all the way back to 5000 B. C and has been said to have over 1 billion followers. The most interesting fact about Hinduism to me is that Hinduism…

At the crossroads of paganism and Christianity, the characters in Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxon people alike faced the essential blending of two religious lifestyles in overall life-affecting scenarios into one semi-coherent religious viewpoint. In the epic poem, Beowulf, the ideals of Christianity dominate over those of paganism through the shift of pagan values to praises…

Imagine being stranded on a devastated Earth after it was destroyed by an asteroid. Your original plan was to determine if life could be revived, but unfortunately, your spaceship is now in ruins. The only people remaining are Joshua, who is ambitious, Billy, an athlete, Simon, the brain, and a few other scientists. Your mission…

The Hero’s Journey is a narrative pattern that can be found in novels, storytelling, myth, and religious rituals. Joseph Campbell first identified this pattern in his book A Hero with Thousand Faces (Campbell, 1972, p. 73). The Hero’s Journey pattern describes the typical adventure of the archetype known as The Hero who embarks on a…