Essays on Religion Page 92

Despair, or the loss of hope and expectation, is when one gives up and feels hopeless, lacking motivation or energy to keep trying. It commonly occurs in those who have experienced or are experiencing traumatic events. Additionally, despair can lead to a loss of identity. Elie Wiesel’s novel Night depicts this loss of hope through…

    Hinduism, unlike Christianity, Judaism or Islam, does not have a central founder, a single morality system, or a specific theology. In spite of these differences from Western religions, it is the third largest religion after Christianity and Islam. While there are many forms of Hinduism, most are considered “henotheistic”, where there is a central…

Sects, Cults and The Catholic Church in New Zealand Section 1: Define the report. The purpose of this report is to analyse religious expression in New Zealand, specifically of certain cults, sects and the Catholic Church. I have chosen The Unification Church as a cult, 7th Day Adventists for my sect and the Catholic Church….

Through the novel Les Miserables, Victor Hugo depicts the rigor and cruelty of the French society in the 19th century. Although human beings all have the inclination toward sinning and making mistakes, the harsh and inhumane laws enforced by a corrupt government system made people miserable, forming many prejudices. Jean Valjean, the protagonist of this…

The beatitudes are simple statements yet they impart a profound meaning.  These simple statements serve as a guide to a Christ-like way of life.  They direct as the same time as they teach the way towards righteousness. They communicate the values worthy to a Christian life.  In following such values, a person will not only…

Chapter 1: Ancient America. A great number of aboriginal groups (indians), speaking many different languages and having many different ways of life, occupied America at the time of its discovery by Columbus. False, the Maya’s were around before the discovery of Columbus. And the different aboriginal groups were very similar in lifestyles and customs. Chapter…

Religious dogma and its customs are so fixed in stone that the practice of such is not open to question. A pious person simply follows the established traditions of his church on account of pure faith and belief.  The same blind adherence is true with a young and innocent child or perhaps even more so….

In the book “The Lost Letters of Pergamum” by Bruce Longenecker, a fictional character named Antipas is created based on the name found in Revelations. Antipas, a Roman Civic leader living in a world two thousand years ago, gains knowledge about Christianity through Luke’s Gospel writings. Through these writings, he discovers that Jesus is the…

Introduction: Coming to Terms with the Problem Most everyone who reads the Synoptic Gospels observes similarities that exist among them; their passages are very similar in content and structure which would make one think the authors borrowed material from each other or perhaps at all the same sources. However they are equally different in content…

Christianity is founded on the life and instructions of Jesus, a first century C.E. Jew. Christianity became an independent faith as it spread beyond its Palestinian boundary lines. However, since during its first few decennaries, it was a religious order within Judaism, there must be a relationship of Judaism to Christianity. In the “independent faith”,…