Blasphemy

Introduction - Charcoal grillers are generally incredibly reluctant to prepare their barbecue on any electric or gas grill. To many, the very suggestion of doing so is blasphemy. Yes, charcoal grillers are a stubborn bunch, but you can’t really blame them. Even the most ardent supporter of gas or electric grilling must admit that charcoal grills, for all their inconveniences, produce mouth-watering ribs, hot dogs, and burgers, among other delectable barbecue foods. If there is one electric…

The protagonist is the main character in a work of literature that often changes in some important way by the end of the book. In To Kill a Mockingbird, the protagonist, Scout Finch, changes in that vital way. Written by Harper Lee, 1930-era Maycomb County is plagued by racism, prejudice, and hypocrisy. With this atmosphere, Scout and the people around her struggle to keep their own morals intact. Scout learns the true reality that the world has to offer, both respectable and wicked aspects.…

Living in a utopia where it is utter blasphemy to harm animals for human consumption should be an ideal to strive for. Most modern society is aware of this “ideal”, and there is even “research” that shows humans would be healthier if they become vegetarian. Yes, the consumption of meat was essential for the development of the human species, but have humans not mentally and emotionally evolved from those barbarous creatures they once were? But if being a vegetarian is the next big step for…

Throughout the whole novel, the Puritans struggle to accept native beliefs and spirituality, going to as far as calling it as blasphemy against God. According to Brook’s Afterword in the novel, the natives are labeled as “salvage,” “sorcerer,” “wizard,” (317) and the like, by white men. While Caleb and Joel have been horribly discriminated by their own peers in college, they did…

whom she perceives is ignorant towards true intellect. Another example of Renee’s superiority complex is when she receives a note from Sabine Pallieres in which she uses incorrect punctuation. Upon reading it, Renee considers it “an instance of blasphemy” (110) to influential poets who grew up poor, because Sabine is a rich woman in very bountiful conditions who couldn’t bother to use punctuation correctly. By witnessing actions that she considers are inferior to her own philosophies, Renee’s…

Some forty years ago, there was a scientist credited with building the model of Neo-Darwinism, who was Theodosius Dobzhansky. Science lives through constant changes in secular theories and society about the beginning of the universe and of life on Earth, which give way to the idea of existentialism. Through some research, I found that he is best known for one his evolution paper, called Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution. Dobzhansky states in the article his three…

Can you imagine a world, where the Bible is used as a tool in 245 years of American slavery? Although, physical slavery ended in 1865, mental slavery still continues in America today. During the times of slavery, the slave owners would recite a variety of passages from the Old Testament to justify the immoral act of slavery. Uneducated misinterpretations of the bible have implanted true horror stories in the psyches of many African-Americans. Did the bible justify American slavery? No,…

In some sense, Willy Loman of The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller is the epitome of the new tragic hero, an everyman who represents the typical despair of a group of people. Like many people of the working class, he is a loving father who is willing to sacrifice anything for his sons’ financial success, but his delusion and pride proves to be his downfall. In fact, he believes that being rich and well-liked will bring happiness to his family, but it does not. For instance, his son Biff is…

for a long period, by Christianity, but only a few intellectual philosophers would dare to contradict Christian doctoring like, Hume, Kant, and Nietzsche. Even, though Kant 's idea of God is very similar to Christian theology, but it was viewed as blasphemy by many Christians, and Nietzsche believed a death of this idea was needed to reach full potential or "overman" (Baird and Kaufmann). As far as Kant’s ideology of God as a universal intelligence, dictating and end result in which all…

The events of Malouf’s novel Ransom and Eastwood’s film Invictus are both driven by the optimism and courage of their protagonists, respectively Priam the vanquished king of Troy, and Nelson Mandela the triumphant first black President of South Africa. As leaders of peoples harbouring profound historical animosities, it is in large part their sense of hope enables them to transcend division to inspire change. This is manifest within the characters, their relationships to other people (both…