Armageddon

fling a bomb at him”(Remarque 114). While in war, soldiers begin to believe in killing more than they believe in family. War is a place of anarchy. In his poem, “The Second Coming”, William Butler Yeats describes Armageddon as a time when “ [m]ere anarchy is loosed upon the world”(4). Armageddon and war are one and the same. The two works are related to each other because they are both during…

Eschatology of Christianity and World Mythologies When dealing with the idea of eschatology, many common views come from break-offs of the Abrahamic religions, with the most commonly known revolving around Jesus’ second-coming, the Rapture, and the Armageddon, the fight between the Antichrist and Jesus. While this view seems to be the most developed view of the end of the world, many religions prior to modern times also had some stories or ideas that explained how the end of the world would…

Both books Nothing but Freedom by Eric Foner and Standing at Armageddon by Nell Irvin Painter both represent many aspects of history throughout their books. As well as exploring the events that have happened, they also exhibit many issues along with each area of history. Both of these together make these books valuable sources of information. Throughout the novel Nothing but Freedom by Eric Foner, Foner explores the major outcomes that the South of the United States experienced through the…

delusional thoughts associated to Armageddon and the inevitability of another Terminator being sent back to kill her. Throughout the course of the film, Sarah has a reoccurring dream of Armageddon and has the knowledge from the film’s prequel that there is a war between humans and machines. Both Terminators are sent back because of John’s importance in the future so they want to either kill or save him. These anxieties are both short and long term as Armageddon takes place in 1997 and the…

holocaust. Though his decision is part of a scam that feigns time travel, the author reveals that thousands of other unknowing victims of the swindle have chosen the same cataclysmic fate. Common sense seems to dictate that choosing a future of nuclear Armageddon is nothing but a daft decision. However, in Susan Sontag’s essay “The Imagination of Disaster,” she discusses the influence of people’s attitudes toward annihilation, and how individuals can be indifferent to the end of the world.…

Sodom and Gomorrah Summary: Sodom and Gomorrah are two exceptionally evil cities. God sends angels to see just how evil the city of sodom is. The angels enter the city and are taken home by a man named Lot. That night the evil people of Sodom beat on Lot door and demanded he send out the angels to them. The angels go out and strike everyone blind. The next morning the angels convince Lot, with his wife and two daughters, to flee the city. God then destroys both Sodom and Gomorrah with fire and…

In their simplest form, Jehovah’s Witnesses “strive to adhere to the form of Christianity that Jesus taught and that his apostles practiced” (“Jehovah’s Witnesses…”). Everyone knows of Jehovah’s Witnesses, for they are one of your friends or they have stopped by your door, but how many people know their true beliefs? Part of understanding their stray from Christianity, as well as their global influence, it is essential to learn about the history of Jehovah’s Witnesses. Jehovah’s Witnesses…

The movie franchise that began with “The Terminator” in 1984 has had its ups and downs. Being the first film of the series, “The Terminator” did not make a lot of money in total given that it had little hype going into it and it co-starred a relative unknown with some German sounding name that it turns out was Austrian. However, considering it only had a budget of $6.4 million and it made $78 million worldwide according to the Wikipedia page about the franchise, the producers were no doubt happy…

Thank God for the Sea Shepherds With a helicopter, two ships, and a fearless group of men and women, Sea Shepherd, a non-profit advocacy organization, battles on behalf of God’s great whales—the largest mammals on planet Earth. Founded in 1977 by its president Paul Watson, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society does whatever it takes to stop crews on Japanese whaling vessels from slaughtering whales. Watson was also cofounder and board member of Sea Shepherd’s sister organization, Greenpeace.…

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.…