Act of God

As a young child in a Catholic family, I did not doubt the belief system I was given because I did not know better. I was told to believe in a God that I had no physical proof of and I did not share spiritual experience with many of the people I looked up to, but I “believed” anyways. Now as an emerging adult, I am conflicted between following my own internal thoughts and feelings and listening to the “knowledge” of this external “being” I have been taught to believe in. The Greek tragedy, The…

three of the creation stories is that humans are the highpoint of creation. Mankind is supposed to be the perfect specimen created to serve the God(s) that made them, but in all three stories, these creations end up having major flaws. In Genesis God ordered Adam and Eve never to eat from the Tree of Knowledge, but they did so anyways in a deliberate act against God’s will for selfish and greedy reasons. In the Popol Voh, humans were too perfect and knowledgeable…

compassion. The question of what should be considered as right in a world not governed by laws resonates throughout the novel. However, McCarthy portrays the protagonist boy in the story as representing the virtues of God in order to demonstrate that benevolence is how humans naturally act without societal influences. The novel implies that the boy’s age is less than ten because of his straightforward communication and his reliance on…

rendered: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth..”, whereas the Hebrew makes it clear that Genesis 1:1-3 is describing the state of chaos immediately prior to God’s creation. In the beginning of God’s creating the skies and the earth when the earth had been shapeless and formless, darkness was upon the face of the deep, and God’s spirit was hovering on the face of the water, God said. “Let there be light!’ so that in both Enuma Elish and Genesis, creation is an act of divine…

Dualism speaks of. Going back to what I said about equality, this is where Christians have to abandon the thoughts and beliefs of Dualism as a whole. One of the greatest beliefs that us as Christians have deals with the awe-inspiring omnipotence of God. God, Christ, the Trinity, and any other word that we use for Him is the same, and that person is the most imposing and greatest thing in the universe. No other man, woman, child, or creature can stand in His presence and be on equal footing. …

The motivation for Las Casas to write A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies was to inform the king and queen of Spain about the horrific acts the Spaniards were committing in the New World. He is also writing to inform the king that if these acts do not stop that the Spaniards will be punished by God by saying “if God is to continue to watch over the Crown of Castile and ensure its future well-being and prosperity, both spiritual and temporal” then the actions of “Your Royal Highness…

some connection between the two. To claim that someone does not have ideals, that they cannot think for themselves of what they think is right and wrong is to many, a ridiculous statement which in hand is a ridiculous statement to say those without a god are not able to form ideals for themselves. Religion, in many cases three main components within itself. First and the most obvious, the history of an individual religion, it’s culture and concepts which…

Generally, the practice of phallic worship is found within the majority of ancient groups and various scholars such a James Weir, M.D., believes that its presence had been implanted in human nature since the beginning of time. The concept of Satan as an ‘evil spirit’ in our modern day definition exists a great number of times as a made-up superstition; on the contrary, the ancients believed they had a real life spiritual force that steadily advanced through time. In light of this, essentially…

Weldon Johnson. "The Creation" is about God in action with his feelings and love for the world and mankind. The definition of creation is the bringing into the existence of the universe with regards to be an act of God. Johnson shows us God's power and love expressing God's love and concern for his creation. This poem is taken and recreated from the book of Genesis from the Holy Bible. It is seen as a third person point of view looking through the eyes of God. This poem paints a vivid…

disposes them all” (87). The “highest originator” in his definition is God. In order words, providence is the belief that God is in control of everything, and he is directing them for the good. Boethius is not saying that God is the creator of evil by his definition of providence which he used in attempt to solve the problem of evil in the world. His point is that God created everything and He has power over evil. However, God, chose to give fate to human beings. Boethius defines fate as “the…