Conceptions of self

In the Beginning God created the heavens, and the earth, he created light by simply speaking it into existence. He created the land and the sea which he then put plants and vegetation on. He then created the creatures of the earth, and then ultimately he created us, human beings, which he created in reflection of his image to populate and glorify him (Genesis 1-2 ESV). As we see, God was actively involved in his creation since the very beginning, carefully putting all the pieces into place in…

example of sin is the Adam an Eve story, God strictly told Adam and Eve to not eat from the tree. However, they disobeyed God’s word and had ate from the tree anyways. This soon lead to separation between God and people as well as a separation from one’s self. This is where the origin of sin came to be. There are many consequences in life when it comes to sin. It not only affects and influences us as individually but as well as our relationship with one another. Most importantly sin puts our…

or even punished, in the end” (Luther 118). However, self-defense is claimed to be a “proper ground state for fighting and therefore all laws agree that self-defense should go unpunished” (Luther 120). Again, Luther points a finger at the Romans as a prime example. The Romans were attacked on multiple accounts by multiple enemies due to their large amounts of resources and riches, yet, they were not defeated because they were fighting in self-defense. Every prince and lord has the right to…

Theology brings about different interpretations of God and the role he plays within the universe and alongside humanity. These concepts range from a God that is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow to a God that is ever changing by the experiences of his creations as process theism describes; a God that shares a personal relationship with his creations to a God that is emotionless as Spinoza describes (Casanova, The Journal of Religion and Psychical Research, p. 49; Nadler, Humanities, p.…

Basic Introduction: Process theology is defined as “a contemporary expression of Christian faith.”(5) Though the word, “contemporary expression” can have different connotations, in my view, according to one’s understanding and perspective it lets the reader contemplate on the idea about how one’s personal understanding can, or is a part of one’s course of action. Pointing to the word “expression,” one can also perceive the inclusion of orthopraxis, (Dancing with God, 34) which further leads one…

Have humans evolved throughout time, changing their thoughts, beliefs and writing? Has it come to a point where we no longer have the same feelings and entertainment as our ancestors? Has our views on human ethics changed throughout time that now we believe that our ancestors did horrible things? In the early 1600’s there were groups of Europeans came to the North America’s looking for a new blank slate. A group called the Puritans came to America from England because they felt religious…

What constitutes a religion? A question we have been trying to answer for an entire semester. Most, if not all, of us consider Christianity to be a religion, but do we see Atheism as being a religion in itself? Believe it or not, Atheism and Christianity hold a number of similarities, and the single factor I have chosen to compare between the two is whether or not they hold similar attributes that, according to my views, help make up a religion. Both Christianity and Atheism share the aspects of…

Mary’s Earthly Apparitions Besides the four Marian Dogmas of the Catholic Church, Mary has inspired the lives of millions of people across the world. Mary is the Church’s leading intercessor for prayer, and she considered to be the patroness of humanity. Something truly miraculous that Catholic’s believe in regarding Mary is Marian apparitions. A Marian apparition is a supernatural appearance of the Blessed Mother Mary here on earth. The three most famous accounts of Marian apparitions occurred…

The Immaculate Conception is Antonio de Pereda’s artistic interpretation of the Virgin Mary in the womb of her mother, Saint Anne. The subject of this art piece is the conception of Virgin Mary as describe by John the Evangelist in The Book of Revelation. The painter portrays the Catholic Church’s belief of the sinless birth of Virgin Mary though a variety of painterly devices— composition, color, lighting, movement, mood, and balance. This oil on canvas is characteristic of the Baroque period…

Identity develops throughout our lifetime and continually changes as we go through different experiences. A lot of our identity in our youth is shaped by those around us; they define certain identities for us and teach us how to interpret our experiences. Sometimes, people who influence us go the extent of telling us what our identity should be, even if we don’t necessarily agree. As we age, we learn different perspectives from others and go through experiences that begin to shape our own ideas…