Conceptions of God

introducing a few examples on why God has either not willed humanity’s happiness or that He does not believe that happiness is an essential component to the human condition. In his first argument, he asserts first that God is a moral being who values traits such a justice, kindness, and mercy. He then states that God’s scope is infinite, and he can perform whatever deeds he so wishes. Finally, he says that humanity is unhappy. This leads to the conclusion that God must not wish for the…

The Immaculate Conception is Antonio de Pereda’s artistic interpretation of the Virgin Mary in the womb of her mother, Saint Anne. The subject of this art piece is the conception of Virgin Mary as describe by John the Evangelist in The Book of Revelation. The painter portrays the Catholic Church’s belief of the sinless birth of Virgin Mary though a variety of painterly devices— composition, color, lighting, movement, mood, and balance. This oil on canvas is characteristic of the Baroque period…

Mary’s Earthly Apparitions Besides the four Marian Dogmas of the Catholic Church, Mary has inspired the lives of millions of people across the world. Mary is the Church’s leading intercessor for prayer, and she considered to be the patroness of humanity. Something truly miraculous that Catholic’s believe in regarding Mary is Marian apparitions. A Marian apparition is a supernatural appearance of the Blessed Mother Mary here on earth. The three most famous accounts of Marian apparitions occurred…

Gamache 1 Melissa Gamache Sonia Zylberberg Sex & Religion November 23rd The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by José Saramago Catholicism is one of the most know religions around the world. It is meant to “learn to know, love, and serve God from Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who teaches us through the Catholic Church” (Online, Catholic. "Catholic Facts and General Knowledge”), yet people may have different beliefs and views on certain religions like catholicism. Accordingly, living in a…

built up from the material of memories of the helplessness of his own childhood and the childhood of the human race.” (23) Prittie 's anecdote contained the conviction that religion contributes to relief from hardship and, moreover, that a benevolent God intervened to provide him guidance by adopting him as His “child.” Religion is derived from the realization that we are never free from the perpetual vulnerability we experienced as children, because the outside world never ceases to be alien…

lifted. I saw the world more clearly. The people around me claiming to be devoted followers of God tended to be the most hateful and toxic people that I knew. Nikki Sixx and Corey Taylor showed me that one did not have to be religious to be a good person, and hypocritical Christians were everywhere. I began to see how faulty religious claims could be. The world, to me, made more sense without a God than it ever did when I believed. To be clear, this was a very difficult period in my life.…

He says “Now, children this is a court of law. The law based upon the Bible, and the Bible, writ by Almighty God, forbid the practice of witchcraft, and describes death as the penalty thereof.” (Danforth 1256) The Puritans were very strict and straightforward about religion, and they made it very clear that they do all things by God. Their court of law was also based on the principles of God as they followed the Bible. Sacrificing yourself for your beliefs is important for yourself and for…

of controversy, the main controversial view being her lack of faith; Jane has great doubt in those who are believers of religion as shown during the death of Helen, who is the antithesis of Jane. She questions Helen’s faith in God and asks her “Where Is God?” and “What is God?”.…

an individual can truly see the limitless boundaries of the horizon. For Elie Wiesel in his work, Night, his boundaries lied at the edge of his hometown of Sighet. At age 16, Elie wanted to expand his horizons by strengthening his relationship with God, and although his father was against Elie taking up spirituality, he went and found himself a tutor in Moishe the Beedle. Months into their lessons, the Gestapo abducted Moishe. Managing to get away, Moishe planned to teach Elie one last lesson of…

without a God figure present, as well as the importance of being fully aware in the environments we inhabit for the sake of forgoing the jurisdiction of a supreme being. An attempt was made to emphasize this approach by asking the reader to understand that we as individuals exist in a reality of our own creating, as such we exercise our free will within the confines of a reality that is built upon ideas, experiences, knowledge, method, and a drive to discover. Essentially - the need for God is…