Criticism of the Bible

Rev. John Stacey states that John Wycliffe, born in England in 1328, was a religious reformer who translated the Bible into English. In Germany, according to Hans Hillerbrand, Martin Luther was a cleric who protested against the practice of indulgences. He wrote a book, “95 Theses”, in which he propounded two central beliefs—that the Bible is the central religious authority and that humans may reach salvation only by their faith and not by their deeds (Hillerbrand). Rev. Marie-Dominique…

When studying the word of God one is invited to the joy of revelation through scripture. However, the study of theology is almost comedic due to the effort of one trying to simply understand and share what is simply indescribable and unfathomable. Nonetheless, the Church still tries to discover, learn, and grow. The study of theology is an exposition of divine revelation. This is accomplished through the study of scripture, tradition, and historical reflection. One man that demonstrates a…

When I began this course, my mindset remained that my spiritual formation stood strong. Even though I knew I had dark side issues, to my knowledge they had never come to the surface. That mindset was challenged in 2012 when I experienced personal attacks from members of my church in which I had yet to experience in ministry. The personal nature of the attacks helped me to realize I had unresolved issues from my youth. At the time of the incidents, I did not have the tools I needed to be able…

In liberal democratic societies, there is a tendency to consider the right to freedom of expression as being of more importance than the right to freedom of religion. This is apparent through several cases in which, despite their actions causing deep offense to numerous religious individuals, the media’s freedom of expression has been defended and protected. In liberal democratic societies, one should seek to fairly balance the competition between the freedom of expression and freedom of…

the command of Aslan, who represents God in the fictional world of Narnia (Lewis). Both of these parallels are significant in that they both feature the falling of stars occurring at the end of each literary world, Revelation (the last book of the Bible) telling of the destruction of the earth and The Last Battle (the last book in the biblically-inspired Narnia series) telling of the destruction of Narnia. The image of the world ending seems to fit in with the man’s idea of rapidly approaching…

Oral language is the easiest way to transmit any kind of message. African Americans in the 19th century uses the oral language to portray their sufferance and sadness as slaves, since it was the only permitted way to express themselves. African American spirituals emerge from the injustice of the masters and Christianity influence. The songs are a desperate call for a better life, a call for freedom. In fact; the impact of African American spirituals during the 19th century influences the world…

It additionally fosters an almost autopsic tone in the poem, viewing the human body as a specimen under the harsh microscope of criticism rather than as the man’s physical being. McFee compares the rings of a tree (which increase in number as the tree ages) to the gradual increase of the man’s weight over his lifespan, saying, “...belly’s cambium / expanding to match each birthday…”…

"It made her the very brightest little jet of flame that ever danced upon the earth" (Hawthorne, p.96). ‘The Scarlet Letter,’ written by the critically acclaimed author Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a suspenseful and dramatic novel that follows the struggles and triumphs of Hester Prynne as she attempts to preserve her personality. Born in England in the seventeenth century, Hester’s husband, Chilingworth, sends her across the world to Boston, before becoming lost at sea. Presuming him as dead, Hester…

Thomas paine was born on January 29, 1737 in Thetford England he went to the local school until the age of 13. He left school to help his father.U.S. history.org States that “Thomas Paine’s father, Joseph Pain was a Quaker who kept in Thetford as a staymaker, in modern terms a maker of women’s corsets. Joseph Pain ran a small farm besides his stay making business and he made enough money to able to send his son to grammar school.” (Ayer 91). Ushistory.org stated that, ”Thomas began helping his…

phrase itself is the subject of much evangelical fervor, Henry, in his vast global scope, tries to evade pressing the minutia upon which much ink is spilt and highlight the essentials of the kingdom of God that all Christians who have faith in the Bible would share. Henry says, "the burden of these articles is not to press a personal kingdom viewpoint, but rather to promote an evangelical conviction that nothing is so essential among Fundamentalist essentials as a world-relevance for the Gospel.…