Atheism

What is evil? That is a very involved question. Some may say that there is no such thing as evil and that everything that happens, happens for a reason and that we are just too simple minded or close to the situation to see what the purpose of it is. But for most evil is something “bad” it’s the opposite of good, it’s something we don’t like and try our hardest to not indulge in. To me there are two main types of evil. There’s natural evil like hurricanes, tornados, natural acts of the wild such…

The meditator brushes over atheism in paragraph 10, simply stating, to appease skeptics by entertaining this theorem with the “imperfect creation” argument. However, it is clear that the meditator's belief in a god, all-powerful or not, has not been questioned and dismissed the same…

Without God, there is no real obligation to hold true to morals. Morals are simply devices that we have adapted to in order to ensure the survival of our species. Craig uses the example of rape, saying that certainly everyone knows that rape is wrong, but without God there is nothing truly wrong with rape, it is simply something that we avoid because it is not beneficial to humankind. But because there is a real moral objection to this behavior, then it is important because it is another…

theory argues that Marlowe's documented death was faked. Thomas Walsingham and others are supposed to have arranged the faked death, the main purpose of which was to allow Marlowe to escape trial and almost certain execution on charges of subversive atheism. The theory then argues that Shakespeare was chosen as the front behind whom Marlowe would continue writing his highly successful plays. These claims are founded on inferences derived from the circumstances of his apparent death, stylistic…

Clive Staples Lewis (C.S. Lewis) was world renowned speaker, author, and christian theologian. C.S. Lewis was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1898. He was not born in the healthiest city. There was inadequate sewer system, shortage of food, and an overcrowded center. There was several types of diseases, such as yellow fever and tuberculosis that cut an average life expectancy in half at the time of his birth. At a young age C.S Lewis announced himself as “Jacksie” and refused to answer to…

Essay 4: Religion: Scourge or Refugee? I. Scourge In his book Letter to a Christian Nation, Sam Harris analyzes the Abrahamic religions and makes an argument that these religious faiths are based on faulty mythological stories and that the very existence of these traditions is detrimental to society (Harris xi). Harris delves deep into the purpose of morality in these religions, as well as the correlational ties between religion and violence. He also takes the time to question God’s role in…

she may decide to go with him on his journey. Perhaps Brown metaphorically decided to leave his religion due to the idea that there is no afterlife, and this idea would have no negative impact of Brown because Atheism is a growing belief that can be observed throughout all cultures, yet Atheism still has a very negative reputation to many people who are religious (Nugent). If that were the case during the actual setting of the story, Brown would surely be cast away, or…

The Chronicles of Narnia is one of the most celebrated English literary series of the 20th century. The author, C. S. Lewis, wrote this series with a correlation of core concepts, major themes, and key symbols among the books. Three key themes that Lewis focuses on are the idea that God, directly and indirectly, influences our lives, the representation of Satan through the witches, and how persons deal with their sin and how they must discover and repent of their sin to be successful in life…

Civil Rights as an important theme in American history since WWII Civil Rights refer to the rights that are granted to a person and are protected by the constitution of the United States and the Federal laws that were enacted by the Congress. They include the right to vote for leaders, right to having equal protection from unlawful discrimination, protection of the laws and the freedom of expression. During the post World War 11 period: between 1945 and 1950, the activists of the civil rights,…

was a supporter of the women’s suffrage movement. Although Higgins studied medicine and phrenology, he made a career of making tombstones for church cemeteries. Subsequently, his income was severely damaged after he converted from Catholicism to atheism. Sanger has been said to have “shared his questioning mind, outspokenness, and willingness to face the consequences.” This is significant because it gave her the confidence to write many articles about women’s sexuality and challenge the Comstock…