Antichrist

The Effects of Actions During the Cold War After World War Two there were two powerful military powers that still remained: America and Russia. The two countries were on disagreeable terms, but both wanted to set the world in their likeness. Russia supported a communist image, while America wanted many countries to follow a capitalist image. Their ideals created a war, the Cold War, which put many third-world countries in the crosshairs of either American or Russian weaponry and espionage.…

Gnosticism by stating in 1 John 4: 2-3, “By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.” In 2 John, he opposes Gnosticism in 2 John 1:10, “If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting”.…

The nature of authority went through a gradual transformation from the beginnings of Western civilization to the early modern period. These changes occurred through many centuries of European history in how authority was exercised, its centralization, and the way that people would not tolerate tyrannical authority, and these are manifested through several specific instances. History is often said to repeat itself, and as members of society it’s important to reflect on the plasticity of authority…

Martin Luther is a person commonly known for being the key component of the Reformation. His Ninety-Five Theses Concerning Indulgences, which he posted on the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany in 1517, grabbed many people’s attention for listing the issues of the corrupt clergy and is commonly known for marking the start the Reformation. However, according to the Sixteenth Century Dutch scholar Erasmus, “The egg was laid. Luther had but to incubate and hatch it.” There was an abundance of…

during the war conflict between the Bulgars and the Abares. Candide encounters an orator that preaches on the subject of charity, and when he approaches the orator in request for food the orator responds by asking “Do you believe the pope to be the Antichrist” (Voltaire 6). When Candide responded that he had not heard of such matters, the orator denies aiding Candide in any way. Voltaire is satirizing the religious community of his time for being hypocritical despite their pious religious…

The Mongolian Empire existed for approximately 200 years and in that time, there were no other peoples more feared or ruthless. Starting as a group of tribes unified by a charismatic and moderate ruler under Chingis-Khan, over time and after many successions, became a merciless military force conquering most of the known world from Eastern Europe, to China and South to Persia. The Mongolian Empires’ expansion can be attributed to its military strength and brutality while installing governments…

Uncanny is the state of being odd in an unsettling way. Freud draws back to this phenomenon as the case of incidents wherein one becomes lost and accidentally retraces one's steps, and instances wherein random numbers recur. As if you can say that uncanny is similar to Deja vu but defers from it considering the aspect of the nature of the incident and not its circumstances. Uncanny is also characterized by the Uncanny Valley that resembles the unsettling factor. To be simpler, uncanny can be…

Philip Jenkins was a prominent scholar from Baylor University in the leading field of religious studies. Jenkins, in his book The Great and Holy War: How World War I Became a Religious Crusade, focused on a different aspect of the Great War from 1914 to 1918, which took away millions of lives. Other than the usual aspects of the Great War, Jenkins took a deep look into the religious perspective of the war. Namely, Christianity, Judaism and Islam played their respective roles in the areas of…

scriptural quote, “For the blood is the life,” and Renfield’s quote, “The blood is the life!”(Stoker 130) also shows the influence that religion had on the novel. “Through mere glimpses of [Dracula], however, demonic accuracy is achieved: Dracula is an Antichrist,” (Mordrake). One is that he possessed powers that only God should possess but he used those powers for evil. Another is that holy objects, like the rosary beads and crucifixes, can be used by the characters to shield themselves from…

Calling himself an "Antichrist Superstar," he became a mainstream antihero. According to allmusic.com, Manson ripped up a copy of the Book of Mormon on stage during a concert in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ultimately, his acts on stage and his dark lyrics received backlash from many…