Church of Satan

In the beginning was Creation and then the Fall. Man, woman and all living things. Then there was deception and sin. We are all born free of sin. Sin is a part of life, as is the choice to make a sound and righteous decision. God has given us all these things to survive and be one with him in a relationship that is fulfilling like no other relationship. It is up to us as humans to make the decisions and work toward that acknowledgement from God, well done. Genesis two tells us in detail how God…

Tarell El Masri Dr. Greenberg Religion 125 Theodicy and The Book of Job The book of Job is one of the most well-known and controversial of the books of wisdom in the Hebrew Bible, believed to be written between the 7th and 4th centuries BCE. The story not only questioned the conventional wisdom of the time, but provides the framework for addressing the issues of theodicy and man’s attempts to rectify the intrinsic good/omnipotent nature of god with their suffering. The story of Job shows that…

The Sacred Canopy is a book written by Peter L. Berger on the origins of society and how religious beliefs expand upon the sociological theories. In Berger’s book, he analyzes many ideas of sociological functions of religion that are shown throughout the stories of The Righteous Sufferer, The Babylonian Theodicy, Job, and A Serious Man. Berger expands upon the idea of a theodicy that explains anomic phenomenon. He also speaks of masochism and alienation. The ideas Berger speaks of are…

the small things and to remember who we all worship at the end of the day. He wants the world to not be based on several types of religious beliefs, but to all realize who God is. At the beginning of the story, there was a war between God and Satan. Satan and his rebels free away from the lakes of Hell and make a plan to attack God and his believers. God learns of his upcoming actions and prepares his council to be ready for his attack. According to Duke University…

through evil. Before the devil became who he is today, he was actually an angel. His name was Lucifer and he was the perfect angel. He was above everyone in Heaven. He radiated light and glory and he was covered in gold and shimmering jewels (History of Satan). One day God and Jesus had a private meeting and Lucifer was not included. He became jealous of envious of God power and wanted the same thing. Lucifer refused to repent and return back to God. He was thrown out of Heaven along with the…

The word “enemy” often is used to describe the devil or Satan; and the phrase “our father” is referred to as God. “All extremes, except extreme devotion to the Enemy, are to be encouraged”(32). However, in this quote from the book The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, God is the enemy and the devil is referred to as our father below. Although it is a fiction story, the book still gives the readers a way to think about the world’s destruction and recovery through a devil’s aspect (New York, NY:…

are vulnerable to interaction with the evil spirits. Spirits have lived in our world since the beginning of the world. Spirits can be evil and can be of good. God and His angels talk and guide the faithful and righteous, and the evil spirits like Satan and his “minions” attempt pull us away from what is true and right. The only way that we are able to communicate and interact with these spirits is because we are spiritual beings ourselves. In order to understand how these demons can influence…

Gary Soto’s vivid imagery and religious allusions recreate an event where sin and guilt leads him to reflect upon his actions as a six-year-old child. In the beginning of A Summer Life, Gary Soto reveals that he has a religious background by quoting that “he knew enough about hell” and that he “was holy in almost every bone”. In addition to his religiously influenced statements, he also states “angels flopping”. The recurrence of allusions from the bible in the introductory passage emphasizes…

The church scene in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 offers powerful insight into the archetypal relationship between death and rebirth. As darkness shifts to light, Raimi depicts the death of the black Spiderman and the coinciding birth of Peter Parker. Contrarily, Raimi displays the simultaneous death of Edward Brock Jr. and the birth of Venom, as Edward stands with outstretched arms asking God to “kill Peter Parker” (Raimi). It is through these haunting images Raimi challenges our preconceived notion…

Perelandra the Green Lady wasn’t allowed to sleep on the Fixed Land; on earth, Eve and Adam weren’t allowed to eat the fruit of the tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Second, the tempter on Perelandra came in the form of Satan possessing a humans (Weston’s) body while on earth Satan came in the form of a…