Criticism of the Bible

evolution fiercely, while liberal clerics saw no conflict with their beliefs. Before he published the "On the Origin of Species", Darwin was very afraid of the church's reaction, and spent many years collecting evidence as defense to the much expected criticism. It is most likely true that all religions would defend their key doctrines, but since modern science was almost entirely European in origin, it was the reaction of the Christian churches which affected it most. We can also see the…

Most people in society today do not know the acronym LGBT. This stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender. All of these are categories that define ones’ sexual orientation other than straight. Within a clinical setting, it is best to use the pronouns that are best suited for the person you are working with. According to researchers Susan Cochran and Vickie Mays, “the term “gay” has traditionally been used to specify others who are attracted to either both someone of the same gender or…

In the bible the very first story is about how suffering entered this world because man desired what he could not have, and the bible reaffirms this in the book of James when it said “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.” This trend continues with bible stories such as David and Goliath, when King David…

will explain the objection to utilitarianism which questions the practicality of the greatest happiness principle and the need for moral calculations in situations where moral decisions must me made. I will then examine Mill’s response to this criticism through distinguishing between the two classes of moral rules: the subordinate rules of morality and the fundamental rules of morality. I believe that Mill’s defense to this objection…

Shadow of the Galilean: The Quest of the Historical Jesus in Narrative Form. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2007. Print Gerd Theissen is a Professor of New testament at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He has written a good amount of books, The Bible and Contemporary Culture, The Fortress Introduction to the New testament and The Religion of the Earliest Churches. The book, The Shadow of the Galilean is known for its historical fiction about Jesus and Andreas. In the beginning of The Shadow…

Dissension and Destruction of Arthur Dimmesdale The obligation or responsibility imposed on a person in whom confidence or authority is placed could be broken by those who are charlatans and ingenuine. These are the type of individuals the reader will encounter in the American classic The Scarlet Letter. Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts the conflict between outer appearance and inner reality through the internal dissension of the character Arthur Dimmesdale who struggles with day to day life while…

sometimes skirt their responsibilities as fathers, Atwood addresses these points discretely and maturely. Granted, there are many interpretations of this narrative, I argue that there is a definitive aspect of inequality that is being portrayed and a criticism of how religion can often be abused and used as an excuse to gain power over…

Alfonso X’s Las Siete Partidas represents the theory of colonial mindset or mentality and how it influenced the cultural and religious ideologies of Medieval Spain. Colonial mindset or mentality represents not only the cultural and religious acceptance of another’s ideologies, but also demonstrates how the concept of superiority of one religion influenced society’s perspectives of the status quo. As a result, colonial mentality creates racial and sexual inequality and establishes a social…

Nietzsche characterized Europe in late nineteenth century as nihilistic, and even considered the late twentieth century to be even more so. He generalizes that we no longer need a God, that a God doesn 't give us meaning and purpose to our lives. Our lives are simply meaningless and lack the capacity to become anything new. Nietzsche stressed that without a sole purpose of living, we would create a new world built on weakness and comfort. He also foresaw that nihilism might lead to radical…

printing press paved the way for the creation of fields such as source criticism. Individuals such as Baruch Spinoza were able to apply this form of textual analysis to religious documents. This later became a critical component of this discipline. The role played by the Protestant reformation in the discipline cannot be forgotten. Before the reformation, the Church of Rome was the only body permitted to legitimately interpret the Bible. The occurrence of said reformation introduced the…