Essays on Religion Page 34

Darkness resides in everyone. whether people want to acknowledge it or non. Sometimes the immorality is elusive. like concealed maltreatment while other times it is beyond obvious. like race murder. Whether it is elusive or known. that darkness will eat off at a person’s psyche. Kurtz was an intelligent individual and respected back place. What…

Discrimination and bias have been in our universe for every bit long as worlds have themselves. Discrimination has caused jobs in societies all throughout history. But despite all of the awful things that have happened because of bias and favoritism, it continues to populate on in our universe today. Anti-semitism, bias against Jews, is a…

According to Jaina’s substance is defined as the substratum of qualities and modes. It is divided into two broad categories namely astikaya (extended) and anastikaya (non-extended). Time or Kal is the anastikaya dravya. The astikaya dravyas are subdivided into two namely- jiva and ajiva. There are again four ajivas namely- dharma, adharma, akash and pudgala….

Existence Precedes Essence/ Subjectivity is the Starting Pointo You are the center of your own value systemo As a free agent, you spin your webo You are thrown in to the world, then you create yourself, your nature, your essenceo Atheistic view of self and how we exist: it gives no explanation for who we…

History Akilam was written down by Hari Gopalan Seedar, one of the five disciples of Vaikundar, at his residence in Thamarai Kulam village, in the present-day Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu. The opening verse of the Kappu was revealed to Hari Gopalan Seedar in a divinely inspired semi-conscious state called ‘Sukuthi Nithirai’ on the 27th…

Sitting after Fajr remembering Allah until sunrise: “Whoever prays fajr in congregation, then sits remembering Allah until sunrise, then prays 2 rakats of salat has a complete reward of (Nafil) Hajj and Umrah. (The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) repeated the word ‘complete’ 3 times for emphasis) [Tirmidhi] … 2. A house in Jannah for praying…

Naomi Shihab Nye’s poem, Different Ways to Pray, is essentially an open-minded view of a religion commonly touted backwards and unforgiving in its demand for adherence to dogma.  Through the poem, the author sends across the message that faith cannot be measured or determined through ritualistic acts and formalities alone.  There is no attempt to…

This paper thoroughly discusses the origin and nature of Jihad, including its transformation from the religious-oriented group to being radicals and extremist. Their ideologies and missions are also discussed and how these ideologies drive them to fight fearlessly against anyone outside the sect of Jihadism. Relevant and reliable reports and studies on terrorism were also…

The synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke) and the Book of John provide a narrative of John the Baptist’s ministry. John is known as the Precursor or Forerunner of the Lord. According to Luke, he was born in a town in Judaea approximately six months prior to Jesus’ birth. Elizabeth and St. Zachary, the parents…

This science fiction story called “The Star” has many religious and spiritual overtones which makes the theme of the story ‘There always has to be one to save all” more obvious. From the first to the last sentence the theme was built throughout to be a parallel experience of what has happened to the people…