Creator deity

Gottfried Wilhelm Von Leibniz shook the world with his early 18th century essay entitled Monadology. This essay revolves around one key philosophical concept; if the deity is truly perfect, then the universe that the deity created is a reflection of its perfection. In conclusion, whatever happens is for the better in the plan of the deity. This philosophical concept is still widely accepted today, especially among religious groups. Despite being part of the Enlightenment, Voltaire attacks the…

Islam and Hinduism Before we start with the description of Islam and Hinduism we need to understand what its religion, or at least try to comprehend the meaning of religion. The definition of religion is very difficult, many have try but they focus on only the few aspects of religion, some will exclude beliefs, practices and those religions that will not fit well. As Kile Jones once he wrote trying to define religion “It is apparent that religion can be seen as a theological, philosophical,…

The objects that I were assigned were the Bandolier bag from the Native American Delaware Tribe, and the Painted elk hide from the Easter Shoshone tribe. Bandolier bags were extremely popular among most Native American tribes, and each tribe expressed their culture through them in a different way. This particular Bandolier bag comes from the Delaware, or Lenape, Tribe. It is estimated that it was created around 1850 C.E., and is crafted with beads on leather hide. This object has two components…

In America, we have freedom of religion and every religion is accepted, but that was not always the case when the Puritans tried to force their religion on the Indians. Religion is a touchy topic in our society today, but not as much as it was when the Puritans first came to the New World and tried to force the natives to their religion. This created a conflict that got so heated it was a cause of war. This conflict makes us wonder, who started the fighting? Did the natives do something to the…

Ultimately, the arrival of the theory of evolution displaced the need to invoke God to explain the order of the natural world. The early design arguments took the order and complexity of biological systems such as the eye and beseeched God as an explanation of them. The theory of evolution can now explain how simple organisms developed into the complex beings that we see around us, and obviously are ourselves. It may be, then, that these arguments from design are no longer compelling. C)…

The early advent of the sixteenth century presents Loíza as a Taino Arawak Indian settlement, situated on the eastern area of the banks of the Cayrabon River (presently called Rio Grande de Loíza) at the time of the Spanish conquest of Puerto Rico in 1508, led by the leadership of Juan Ponce de Leon. First named Jaymanio by the Indians, the settlement was under the rule of the indigenous chieftess Yuiza when the Spaniards arrived. Believed to have married Pedro Mexia, a Spanish-born “mulatto”…

increasing popularity of Buddhism, the arts of Japan changed to suit the new values and traditions it brought with it. Even the realm of Shinto art was affected by the introduction of Buddhist artistic tradition, with artists starting to depict the Shinto deities. However, the nobles of Japan changed affiliation from Shintoism to Buddhism, and focus shifted from adorning tombs to building Buddhist statues and temples. This caused an influx of immigrants from China and Korea into Japan, who were…

inches wide, and 6 inches deep and was carved during the reign of Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BCE). Now in the Near Eastern art collection of the Walter’s Art Museum, Baltimore, the wall relief depicts a winged genius, who was a benevolent and protective deity, holding a cone in his right hand and a bucket in his left. He wears a sacred horned crown, jewelry, and intricate garments that depict a variety of miniature scenes including multiple royal hunts and a meeting, all of which most certainly…

is the first sense of community. Your sense of community occurs by reason of mutual experience with others.” (L. Ron Hubbard). Religion has always had an immense impact on society even the earliest and most primitive civilizations believed in a deity. However, the idea of a god or all knowing being exciting has been attacked and challenged over the past hundred years. Atheists are trying to use science to discount all religions and the existence of a god. The founder of Scientology, Ron…

they could restore it over and over again. This war lasted for a millennia and during the war many diffrent races were created by the gods to fight each other.These races were all different and each had a unique attribute which came form their creators (Gods). The races that were created are... Humans -Beings created that had no particular affinity towards any god.The god who created them was unknown so most believe…