Condemnation

Stories “are lies in search of a higher truth” (Cloke). This paradoxical statement suggest that “fragments of the storyteller’s truth” extends beyond merely facts to fabricated ideas created in order to support a certain thought (Cloke). Controversies and conflicts exist when one storyteller’s truth clashes with another storyteller’s truth such as the situation in Success Academy. Through the attempts to rationalize their violent behavior towards children, Success Academy displays their own…

Today, the condemnation of Galileo’s advocacy of Copernican heliocentrism is often cited as an example of how the medievals were inherently hostile to science. However, a closer examination of two factors of the Galileo controversy shows that the modern conception is incorrect. First, the history: Galileo had enjoyed the pope’s support until Galileo attacked the pope personally, and even once convicted, Galileo did not suffer under substantial persecution from the church. Second, it is necessary…

The fall of man and temptation go hand in hand. There would have never been a fall if temptation was nonexistent. One cannot speak on the fall of mankind without also speaking about temptation. The central theme of the Bible is Jesus Christ. The Bible speaks of Jesus from the beginning of the Bible (Genesis) to the end to the Bible (Revelation); therefor in order for the prophesy to be fulfilled, temptation had to take place so man could fall and later be redeemed. Theologically speaking,…

Critical/Controversail Issues: Corrections 1. Do you think more alternative punishments where offenders are subjected to some degree of public humiliation should be utilized in our country? Punishment is Shaming is described by ordering criminals to perform tasks or get involved in activities that draw public attention and hence makes the public identify the criminal and the criminal act the committed. I believe that alternative punishments subjecting offenders to public humiliations should be…

This in a sense shows how guilt attributes to our sense of morality. According to society, those guilty deserve some sort of negative attitude, condemnation, and have set themselves apart from the community because of their failure to commit to communal norms. When labeling a person guilty, we transform their status and “believe that we are entitled to take from the guilty something they owe”. They…

Hosea is a prophetic book telling story of the prophet, Hosea who both lived and prophesied in the northern kingdom of Israel. Amongst scholars, the consensus regarding the dating of the events detailed within Hosea as having occurred between 755-722 BCE, stemming largely from the books opening verse which detail the kings of Judah and Israel during the ministry of Hosea (1:1). Nearly immediately, Hosea is established as a prophet whom the Lord spoke “through” and “to” (1:2), however, there is…

Romans 2 deals with the condemnation that comes from sin and its realization in a person’s life. This aspect is important to our worldview, because it often it difficult for us to understand how to deal with sin. Many people who get to this stage revert back to stage one, because they do not like the feel of condemnation. They realize they are no longer under control. This point also takes us back to Genesis. Unless someone…

The sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” was given by Mr. John Edwards, a well-known minister, during the Great Awakening to a church congregation in hopes of educating them about the horrors of hell and alerting sinners that in order to be saved they need to turn to God for forgiveness. According to Mr. Edward’s beliefs, we as humans do not have the authority to judge a person’s sold or redemption as only God has this sovereignty. One idea that characteristically appears in the work of…

Dante Alighieri's first book in the divine comedy the Inferno is a religious epic that condemns those who are blasphemous towards the church but is also a careful condemnation of the power of the catholic church.Through the Pilgrim's journey through hell he sees and learns many things from his environment, the people he meets in hell, as well as his guide Virgil. However as he is traveling through the hellscape Dante is commentating about the state of affairs as he sees it in 12th century Europe…

to Christianity. While her father openly disapproves and mourns Perpetua, her brother seems more understanding as he asks her to request a vision from God in regards to her fate. Perpetua’s family is openly involved and concerned with Perpetua’s condemnation, but this seems to have little to no effect on her to decision to sacrifice for the sake of her…