An Inconvenient Truth

The question of whether or not Druids really existed has been up for debate for a long time now and historians have never been able to prove it ether. Aside from a couple transcripts and a recount from Julius Caesar himself there is hardly any backbone to the myth. However, that has not stopped many authors from incorporating Druids into their stories, and having almost not historical limits to base themselves on has given them a blank canvas to get as creative as they wished. That being said,…

Sandy Hook Shooting Conspiracies The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary was a tragic event, with twenty six dead and only questions remaining, it’s hard not to sympathize with the families of those lost. There is a movement, however, that claims the shooting was false (Spaeth). The shooting is believed to have been staged in order to pave the way for stricter gun control (Salazar). Conspiracy theorists, calling themselves Truthers, have presented evidence to support their claims numerous times…

In my opinion, Find Me was less about Joy finding her biological mother, but more about her finding out who she is as a person, as we often said in class. Of course she originally wanted to find out if Beatrice from the Discovery Channel show was her mother as it was suggested, but as time continued and she managed to “escape” the hospital and venture out into the world, her journey to find her mother became less and less of the meaning of the journey. I think that, by basing it off of her…

not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.” Lying is commonly used in our society, and can bring people do a disagreement regarding whether or not it is justified. Some feel that it is crucial in life today, while others strongly believe that it should never be used. Faust’s statement is true because in the articles, “Rejecting All Lies: Immanuel Kant,” by Sissela Bok, “Teens Do their Share of Lying,” by Loretta Ragsdell, and “It’s the Truth: Americans…

Allegory of the Cave and the Inferno In the Allegory of the Cave there were people only able to look at the cave wall and only be able to see the shadows of what people were doing. The people looking at the wall could only really see a glimpse or part of what was going on in real life. This is a form of torture because the people are chained to face the wall and this is it, they can not turn around or anything. In the inferno Dante has to go through seven different layers of hell and…

Neuroscience research evolves at a rapid rate due to the persistent implementation of new diagnostic techniques. At times advancement within neuroscience outruns philosophical and religious understanding. Thus, it is crucial for Christian neuroscientists to approach the field with openness as well as proper perspective. In order to make sense of discoveries in neuroscience, a Christian must adequately defend their interpretation of the relationship between science and religion. A good defense…

The third lie is the Out-and-Out Lie, which telling something that everyone knows is a lie. As the screenwriter Ericsson puts it, “At least when this sort of lie is told it can be easy to confronted”(479). The essence of her argument is that it is easy for the liars to argue with the person who is being lied to because those liars are already have the prove before they try to act like they do not know anything. I had used this type of lie many times when I was a high school student. For example,…

"Lies that build are better than truths that destroy," Senegalese Proverb. It seems like this is the best way can also protect both themselves and their relationships as well. For example, I remember when I was a child, I asked my parent let me to come to the teacher house, and I promised…

Short Paper #3 Emile Durkheim In Emile Durkheim’s writing The Elementary Forms of Religious Life (2008), discovering the genesis of religion and how it was implemented into society is the primary theme within. Durkheim defines religion as “a unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things set apart and forbidden—beliefs and practices which unite in one single moral community called a Church, all those adhere to them” (47). Finding the genesis of…

The truth of stories is one we have been taught ever since we were children. Humanity started with the oral tradition, the telling of stories, the spread of information. Truth was told in stories, much like in Beowulf. Similarly, stories like those in the Bible are taken to be truth. The texts we read this semester all reflect that idea that truth often lies in stories. This is shown by Mary Anne in The Things They Carried, by the lead actor in Hamlet's play in Hamlet, and Beowulf in Beowulf.…