Agnosticism

Faith and Science: Matthew Arnold's "Dover Beach" study Matthew Arnold, in his adolescence, sometimes in Christianity, is apparently out of moral reasons and reasons, and has no spiritual suffering from Carlyle and Ross Experience, and turns to agnosticism. After that, he spent a long time trying to tell people this in a polite, gentlemanly way, not to make them too sad. This most influential Victorian has a complex relationship with two very different religious leaders, liberal Protestant…

Cormack McCarthy is well know for his novels including No Country for Old Men, Blood Meridian, and more recently the 2006 novel The Road. On the surface The Road seems like another post-apocalyptic story involving cannibals and other clichés shared by the likes of The Book of Eli or any other modern day post-apocalyptic book, movie, etc. However, McCarthy found a way to tell a story of survival in a harsh and nearly inhospitable world while exploring themes such as love and spirituality. Its…

Poland is an eastern European country which borders the Baltic Sea. It is known for its Jewish heritage and medieval architecture. The country of Poland, though full of history and ancient customs that have stood the test of time, has seen much change in religious affiliation and geographical variation in the last few decades. Established and unified in 1025, Poland has lots of Medieval and modern history and has been at the epicenter of many major events. The unification of many tribes in the…

intelligence” (17). This presupposition begins to fade when the Sophists arise. The Sophist Protagoras “says that in light of the difficulty of the question and because life is short, we are prevented from knowing about the gods” (Melchert, 46). The agnosticism of the Sophists provides a stark contrast from the Nature Philosophers almost undoubting belief in divinity. This distinct discrepancy also gives light to the differing views regarding the attainability of truth proposed by each…

There are many things to learn about in C.S Lewis’s Mere Christianity, but the concept of the theories of atonement can confuse some readers who are not from a religious background. This essay will explain the concept of the theories of atonement. The idea of atonement is that, through the time when Jesus was alive, mankind was committing sin after sin, making everything off balance in the world and with God as well. “The death and resurrection of this one man is at the very heart of the…

Nacirema Response In class we were asked to read “Body Rituals among the Nacirema” by Horace Miner and when reading this article I was very disturbed. The article described very horrific rituals that a specific tribe would do. They would torcher one another to preys there gods. This was my first time reading the article and I can say without a doubt, it will be my last time reading it. My first impressions when reading this article was that it was gruesome and unnecessary to read. I did not…

to be what distinguishes them from a nation with a God-complex. On the contrary, challengers of the expression claim that it only gratifies political and religious interests, turning an irreligious declaration into a pious vow. Austin Cline, MA, Agnosticism/Atheism guide for About.com, says that if it were changed to “under no God” or “under Allah”, supporters would be in an uproar (par. 1). Thus, critics of the phrase consider it to be partial, therefore, incapable of satisfying the conditions…

Along with Socrates, Plato continued building philosophy around the conception of the divine attributes of the universe, termed ideal forms by Socrates. These ideas resembled the Pre-Socratic notions of the mind, being, and logos. The search for reality requires intense contemplation and intuition, years of study, and mastery on the nature of the universe, the shape of the world, the soul and its immortality, human thought, psychology, and politics, but they lacked the empirical focus that…

In Christina Hoff Sommers’ article “Teaching the Virtues”, she begins describing an article she wrote where she condemns the manner in which American colleges teach ethics. Sommers emphasizes that higher educational institutions neglect teaching students about private morality and are too focused on teaching social policy, which in turns “.... gives students the wrong ideas about ethics.” She argues that we must deal with both of them. Although her colleague disagrees and disapproves of Sommers…

College. A word that may strike fear into young adults, or induce incredible excitement and memories. Generally, college comes at a time in the life of an adolescent where they are searching for their own beliefs, ideas, and opinions. Now that they are away from home, without any parents to indoctrinate or persuade them into a certain mindset, they are beginning to question old beliefs and take on new ones. One of the biggest belief sets subject to reconsideration is spiritual beliefs: What…