YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong
Essays 601 - 630
for them, allowing them to live in a state of perfection. But, in so doing Adam and Eve would not have had free will. They would h...
one had to make a leap of faith because history was unimportant in the quest for Jesus (Geisler, 1999). Cain (1999) reports the ...
does not have a split hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you." As this suggests, only animals that chewed its cue and possessed ...
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...
son or "the good shepherd" who leaves his flock in order to find a lost sheep (VanBuskirk). Paul pointed out this change in the co...
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the s...
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...
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 ...
as a "sweet moral blossom" for the reader (James). Hawthorne thus identifies the story at the outset as a parable that is designed...
"probably influence a greater number of important decisions than do statistical projects, opinion polls, consultants reports or ev...
He was the promised Messiah: The woman said to Him, "I know the Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He wil...
Greco-Roman thought and tradition. Nevertheless, traditionally, Christian scholars have been extremely reluctant to give credit fo...
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...
are not representative of nature and he finds refreshment and nourishment in his memories, and now in his seeing nature again. ...
of Gods existence; even in "leaving" God to come to earth Jesus remained with the Father. Though physically separate, spiritually...
"the cauldron of competing doctrines which swirled at the heart of the early church...All medieval philosophers drew on his work, ...
also suggests that battle was not only crucial, but perhaps desired. We also note that in some legends Odin sacrificed one of h...
groups" (Robinson 73). Apparently these community fault lines developed in accordance with the religious/ benevolent functions of ...
between knowing a subject and that object of thought and he presents this as an artificial distinction in that the object that one...
came about where concepts such as heaven, divinity, truth, the sanctity of birth, and sacrifice (2005). These were new concepts in...
sixteenth century when Martin Luther, an Augustinian monk, nailed 95 complaints against the Roman Catholic Church on the church do...
and reflection question : In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus pictures a religious and moral orientation that draws on Jewish tradit...
been utilized in the protection of public interest, especially when issues of safety can be impacted by widespread public response...