Criticism of the Bible

all be unimaginably different, had it not been for The Enlightenment. Around the 18th century, The Enlightenment was well underway, as well as new ideas and concepts that came along with it. However, with new theories and understandings, came criticism of the ones already widely accepted. Amidst the search for reason within religion, Enlightenment thinkers sought out a better understanding of their faith and strongly encouraged others to do so as well. This caused some individuals to dismiss…

Eden they were in a perfect state. They were told not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Lucifer uses his skill of persuasion to sway Eve, telling her that to become like God she must partake of the fruit, thus resulting in The Fall. (Bible, Genesis 2-3. KJV) This being the first encounter of evil persuasion. Moving forward to the time of Socrates, at the young age of 30 he was serving in the Peloponnesian War. Socrates and his fellow warriors find themselves in the middle of a…

The film 2081, directed by Chandler Tuttle is a satirical rendition of a dystopian future where everyone is “finally equal”, where no one is greater than the other person in intellect and strength. Harrison Bergeron, a fugitive and the protagonist, rebels against the propriety standards set by the society. He enters a theatre and enacts a liberating performance, critiquing the society’s enforced equality and opinions. Specifically, Tuttle uses Harrison’s dramatic entrance to show how the media…

front of a congregation in Enfield, Connecticut to give his sermon called “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” which then became one of the most famous sermons in American history. He first started his sermon by comparing puritan beliefs to the bible verse Deuteronomy 32:35 ‘Their foot shall slide in due time’. Edwards believed this meant that God controls the world and the humans in it. This sermon impacted an enormous amount of people around him, including the whole congregation which made…

going to a Christian School, I have never had reason to doubt the Scriptures. As Christians from birth I believe that we merely accept that the New Testament is true and there are no more questions. We never had to go on a journey to find truth in the Bible, unlike Lee Strobel. I never had any experiences with Atheists until high school. However, once I got to high school that was all some people could talk about. It was as if those peoples’ one goal in like was…

Alexis Du Tocqueville and Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche are both considered to be among the most influential philosophers in their respected eras. Tocqueville the early to mid 19th century thinker is well known for his literary piece Democracy in America in which he examines the people of the United States within their young democratic government, to contrast it with the monocratic form of government that surrounded him living in Europe. Nietzsche was born in the mid 19th century and wasn’t a…

contrast, in Praise of Folly Desiderius Erasmus uses his character Folly, to voice his many criticisms of the current state of the Christian Church. Both More and Erasmus successfully use rhetoric to expose the corrupt nature of the Church, however More uses Hythloday’s voice to take a conservative approach by praising the central elements of Christianity while Erasmus uses Folly to voice his radical criticisms for the immoral traditions held dear by church leaders. A satire narrated by…

I feel a strong connection with Dorothy Day’s criticisms of organized religion during her years as a college student. The poverty and injustice that plagued the world around her conflicted with the religious preaching of peace and joy. What I find most fascinating is the effect the power of literacy had on Dorothy. Immediately swayed by the books she read, Dorothy began to reject one belief system--organized religion-- and substitute it for another belief system: radicalism. However, by not…

published his findings in his book called “on the origins of species”. Since then his theory has had a lot of criticism especially from creationists who have said that the theory of evolution goes against the story of creation and therefore goes against the word of god. However some religious people agree with Darwin’s theory of evolution and think that people shouldn’t take the words of the bible too…

Correspondingly, the belly of the whale defines the moment the hero or heroine enters a zone of danger. The title refers to the Bible story of Jonah who gets thrown in the belly of a whale in the Old Testament. In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, the narrator notices his balding and how women judge him, causing Prufrock to feel insecure about his looks. The judgment of others places Prufrock in a tough position because he does not know what his current lover thinks of him. A recurring…