Bahá'í Faith

Faith is something that everyone proclaims to have. Faith is something that Kierkegaard wanted for people to think about before claiming they possessed of it. He used Abraham’s story to explain what faith can do. Abraham is seen as the father of faith in the bible, and for Kierkegaard Abraham was the knight of faith. For the bible Abraham was the father of faith for the reason that he passed the trial that God put on him. The trial consisted of Abraham sacrificing his best, which was his son…

Elephant that is God If you asked any devout Christian or Atheist, to define the meaning of faith, they would give you completely different answers. The Christian might define faith as an unwavering belief in mankind’s salvation through Christ’s sacrifice, whereas the Atheist might say that it is an unwavering belief in something that can never be proved. Regardless of what one may have faith in, faith is not something that is easily discovered. Certainty and doubt constantly contradict one…

1. Flood defines religion in several places throughout the article. Summarize in your own words what religion is according to Gavin Flood (remember: religion is complex, so your answer should reflect that complexity). Many believe that religion is the process that an individual use to obtain or receive those things that God have reserved for us. Others seem religion as the process to obtain a high power (protection from God). We all want to get to the same level in our live where we can reach…

glory.” Explicitly, they declare their genuine beliefs in God and their deeds which honor the grace of God; however, in a deeper manner, I find that so many people are so hypocritical, inasmuch as they merely attempt to be nobly mendacious about their faith and and their action. I can comprehend the replicated, repeated contents which they intends to convey to other people, and the wordings of those spoken, or written contents are felicitous, making the hearer delighted. I am able to sense the…

Throughout the world there are several different opinions when it comes to the belief of God and the Bible. There are thousands of different religions that people belong to; the most well known being Christian and Catholic. Many writers often use different genres that help to symbolize different realism aspects of stories. For the short story, “Parkers Back” author Flannery O’Connor uses a Christian realism theme to portray the life of a man who battles with the belief of God. The idea that…

Soon into The Java Spirit: Religious Diversity of Indonesia, we hear two contrasting quotes regarding beliefs. The first, spoken by a man who appears to be a restaurant worker, says, “My understanding is spiritual: all that is true is from God.” The second is said through smiling teeth and chuckles as a laborer says, “The Divine comes second, after money, money, money.” These quotes epitomize not just the contrasting religions, but also the contrasted opinions towards religion. The Java…

I was exposed to religion ever since I was born. I was raised in Lima, Peru, which is a very religious country, even though some of its traditions may not be very familiar to everyone. If you were to compare it to something, you could say that the type of traditions I was exposed to were like the traditions Americans had in the 1900's. I remember having to dedicate entire days to God, sometimes even longer periods, without any distractions. Religion was an extremely important aspect of life in…

goes into great depth of the ideas behind Christianity. He doesn’t just state the details and places where the faith has shown up and grown in his life. Lewis goes deep into the concepts that form his beloved faith. In his book Mere Christianity, he spends a lot of the the beginning of the book talking about human nature. He uses this subject to start at the basics of the Christian faith so he can go into greater detail later. He talks about the natural belief of what is right and what is wrong.…

We as Christians are called to walk by faith. Faith meaning complete trust or confidence in someone; to abandon our will for the Fathers. Yet how many Christians truly have faith in God? Nehemiah had complete faith in God. The Nehemiah's story is astounding, but not a very well known one. Coming from a high position in the king’s palace he placed himself lowly to help the Israelite rebuild there once beautiful wall. Nehemiah not only rebuilt the wall but also the Israelite themselves. It’s very…

drawing are very similar to the images in the first; however there are some slight but key differences. The first difference is the symbol that is resting in the religion container. The symbol is the crescent moon and star which represents the Islamic faith, differing from the cross which represented Christianity. The second difference is the container size, on the first drawing the containers were fairly similar in size, but religion was larger. In this drawing however, the government container…