Essays on Religion Page 77

Robert E, Howard’s “The Pool of the Black One” (Weird Tales, October 1933) features a magical pool that kills humans by transforming them into miniature statues.  There is firm evidence that the concept was borrowed from the works of Sax Rohmer and Robert W. Chambers, two authors whom Howard frequently listed among his favorite writers. “Robert…

While the story and the contents of the film stays true to the Old Testaments of the Bible, It seems like the story takes place In a distant future after a global post-nuclear disaster, unlike In the Bible, In which the story did took place In the distant past during a time when modern civilizations…

Unlike most modern spiritual groups. the Westboro Baptist Church is alone in the fact that the organisation doesn’t meet in a modern church puting. Alternatively. the Westboro Baptist Church meets on Lord’s daies to picket and protest the funerals of people whom they feel have created profane Acts of the Apostless against God. This late…

Marriage in Islam             Each country and culture is rich with rituals that are extravagant and elaborate. From someone outside that country, learning how these rituals are done is an eye-opening experience. Marriage in Islam is something that can teach people about the sacredness of the ritual. Marriages in Islam are based on equality and…

esus is true and not just made up?There are several ways in which we can be assured that what we are taught about Jesus is true and not just made up. These are called our faith sources. These sources, like the Bible and other sources of information about Jesus have accounts of Jesus life. The…

I am fearless because I have the Lord Jesus Christ as my companion. With Him by my side, there are no limits to what I can achieve. I trust and embrace His grace, empowering me to accomplish anything. In moments of vulnerability, I seek God’s presence and guidance through prayer, confident that He will guide…

Ninian Smart’s religious dimensions include that of the ethical, defined as how people behave based on the doctrines and teaching of his particular religion.  This provides people with a certain set of ways on how to “act”.  Ethics is relational “whether expressed as laws, moral commandments, custom, or a system of values, it is the…

The Nicola Passion in the Pulpit, Pisa Baptistery provides a good example of the Roman heritage in Italian medieval art that shows the influence of Etruscan and Roman Tomb Effigies. 3. Who was the last great Byzantine painter? Describe the influence of the Byzantine style in his painting discussed in the notes. The great Byzantine…

Several faiths coexist in Nigeria, assisting to stress regional and cultural differentiations ( Kane 86 ) . Religion is frequently times the beginning of imposts, civilization, felicity and wars: it influences about every aspect of our life. In Nigeria, the chief faiths are Christianity, pagan religion, and Islam. Christianity began to distribute in the nineteenth…

The author of this book, William Fay, has a very interesting past. He was once the “president and CEO of a multimillion-dollar international corporation” (p. 1). He was involved and directly tied to the mafia, as well as running a prostitution house. Apart from his business life, Fay was a very successful racquetball player. He…