Exodus Essay

Additionally, there's something you mentioned that I want to touch upon in reference to your statement: "Turnbull also touches on the fact that these are a dying people, and wants to preserve their history." I decided to do some poking around to see whether or not the Mbuti were still around even today, and I came across a pretty interesting article titled "Lured Toward Modern Life, Pygmy Families Left in Limbo." The article was published in the Washington Post back in 2006, and details how…

between 1838 and 1839, Latter-day Saints suffered great casualties before stumbling onto the marshy banks of Illinois along the Mississippi River. The Mormon’s quickly established a city in Illinois as followers flooded the region following the church’s exodus from Missouri. In the months following the arrival of the first settlers in Illinois, church members, under the direction of Joseph Smith who had recently been released from his Missouri jail cell, reclaimed land, created a university,…

Abortion is a highly controversial issue. Abortion deals with people’s decision and moral code because one decision plays a major factor in what happens to the other person. This issue has been debated for a long time because both sides of the arguments have strong points to their case. This issue is dealing with deciding if a life is worth living or dying. When dealing with abortion, one is not only dealing with one life, but with two lives. Not only does the mother of the unborn child have…

War is that Yahweh, the Celestial Soldier, led Israel into the combat and won the victory for them. The historical narratives endorse this understanding of the spirit of Holy War by repeatedly accentuating that the victory belongs to God not man. Exodus 15 acclaims Yahweh’s victory over the Egyptians; the manner of the total destruction of Jericho, described in Joshua 6, put emphasis on the concept that Yahweh accomplished the victory; and Gideon’s decisive reduction of troops…

homestead in search of opportunity. These farmers flocked to cities, where they would work in grueling conditions for what we would consider to be little pay. They also went to work on things like railroads, modernizing America through labor. The exodus to cities was so massive, that between 1800 and 2000, the population living in or near cities went from 3% to a staggering…

In his article “Why the Secular Needs the Sacred,” William Kirk Kilpatrick correctly explains why society needs the sacred. Kilpatrick states that the secular cannot manage without the sacred because the sacred defines life and provides structure. Kilpatrick shows two views of authority: a contract between two parties, or roles given by the sacred. He claims that without the sacred, there is no basis for morality. Kilpatrick also cautions that if authority is not derived from the sacred,…

Constitutional amendment that had changed America would be the 13th, simply because it abolished slavery. For a country that is so reliant on religion to guide them, you’d think slavery wouldn’t even be a thing considering how much God dislikes it (Exodus 21:16). Not to mention the way White Americans treated their slaves was just completely disgusting. Ever since White Americans found the “negroes” in Africa they considered them slaves and shipped them unwillingly to America it's been an…

decades and in attempts to reform their government a civil war broke out across the nation. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians would soon die, even more becoming injured, and would then cause millions to flee from their home in search of asylum. This mass exodus has created a stir across the world and opened a great debate on morality and whether there is an obligation to open their borders to these refugees. Many countries have minimized their support or even outright refused any semblance of…

stomach of the fish three days and three nights.” These texts in which the number "three" appears as a sign of the unity of the beginning, the middle and the end, we could add the three times a year every Israelite male was presented before the Lord (Exodus 23:17); the triple priestly blessing (Numbers 6: 22-27); the three great annual feasts in the Jewish tradition/holyday: "Pesach" ("Passover"), "Shavuot" ("Pentecost") and "Sukkot" ("The Cabin" or "Tabernacles"); the animal sacrifices which…

On the 15th day of the Jewish Month, Nissan, Pesach begins. Pesach in English means Passover (“Pesach: Passover” 1). Before Pesach begins, the host family must make sure their home is perfectly clean (“Pesach: Passover” 1). When cleaning their home it usually takes several weeks or days to clean every spot (“Pesach: Passover” 1). When cleaning the stove and fridge, they are supposed to clean it with a toothpick and a Q-tip and when cleaning the surfaces that are being used to hold food, they…