Essays 421 - 450
main gods of the Sumerians included the god of water (Enki); the god of earth (Ki); the god of air (Enlil) and the god of heaven (...
knowledge is not as important as faith. That is a significant difference between the two. At the same time, neither admits that hu...
when he has found what he sought, he wanders before every mans door with his song and with his oration, that all may admire the he...
the conflict in terms of an insult to his personal honor. Homer writes that Achilles responded by telling Agamemnon, "Ah me, cloth...
As would be expected there has been a great deal of outcry about this particular ruling. For example, one senator stated, "This is...
been utilized in the protection of public interest, especially when issues of safety can be impacted by widespread public response...
encompassed as well. This view of good and evil has a very Eastern flavor to it, as Eastern religions, such as Hinduism, stress th...
as it is with pure identity based on the unique woman that Janie is. Janies life is one that is likely very realistic as many Af...
unimportant, appearing merely as part of the background and playing not real role in Janies life. In her introduction to the no...
carried through in any short amount of time; in fact, each step forward toward a modicum of religious harmony is often met with a ...
the Big Bang, that was the "source of mystical illumination" (Henderson). This completely undermines the Church dogma that God is...
born a Jew and lived under the Jewish law and system (Galatians 4:4). * Jesus life was characterized by service and humility (Phil...
The Dominicans were like the Franciscans in that they were a mendicant order wherein the friars "vowed to live faithfully in pover...
the idea of punishment; the God of the Old Testament is particularly fierce in his judgments. So perhaps morality is in reality f...
Chief among notable theologians to undertake study of this matter is Jurgen Moltmann, and his philosophy is often referred to as t...
capable of undergoing so many changes with regard to appearance, temperature, solidity and so on as to be rendered completely diff...
As for mankind, numbered are their days/ Whatever they achieve is but the wind!" (Epic of Gilgamesh 8). When Gilgameshs friend Enk...
of this passage implies that humanity resembles God, that is, that the human race is similar "in kind" in a manner that is analogo...
with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...
doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...
journey home to his wife Penelope and son Telemakhos in Ithaka. The gods and goddesses also shape the poem structurally, and are ...
they move to a town that Joe commences to alter. He opens a store and becomes incredibly prosperous, but insists that Janie never ...
"Faith, hard won, has taught me how to value the gains, losses, stand-offs and victories in my life" (ix)...
God Abraham received was detailed in Genesis as follows: "Go forth from your native land / And from your fathers house / And I wil...
basic argument that Aquinas presents for the existence of God. The following is just one way in which this could be addressed: A...
but with the passage of time and the emergence of Christ, this necessitated that their ideology allow for both Jew and Greek to me...
Then M. Scott Peck comes along and tells them that this is to be expected and so, this self-help book begins at a level that is ra...
the christologies of the New Testament. Two of the most significant approaches are that of Paul and John. Maas (2004) points out...
screen. He ran his fingers through his hair. At what point was it a sin to work? Perhaps his resultant weight loss was a sign from...
to the theist these two elements are not inherently intertwined with one another. The baby did burn in the fire and the baby will...