Cult of Reason

“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence” Helen Keller, author, humanitarian, and lecturer once said. Many Americans may be unaware on the true impact she left on the women’s rights movement. Keller pursued life as an avid activist promoting, humanitarian beliefs, education, and women’s suffrage. Keller published an essay, “Why Men Need Woman Suffrage” in 1913. She targets men as her main audience hoping to broaden their minds to realize…

the Memphis Temple was built. Arguably, all the cults believe their temple is where the primeval mound lies. Not to mention, to lessen the greatness of Heliopolitan’s Atum, they replaced Atum with Horus, who became the new “ancient” sun god and Thoth became the moon-god and the god of wisdom. It is said, that Ptah created the physical world, the gods and all the good things in the world. Ptah also created who they were, the places where their cults practiced, founded their shrines and the…

considered essential for Christianity because they pertain directly to the character of God, the path to salvation, and the Trinity. These doctrines are agreed upon by all Christian denominations, and are used to determine whether or not a church is a cult. However, some doctrines are not crucial for salvation or for describing God. These doctrines create controversy within the community of believers, and if the conflict is passionate enough, it can create new denominations of faith. New…

However this case is exception. For in this case, Veda Vyas does justify the reason for untouchability. The clause "as well as others who eat cow's flesh" is extremely vital. It shows that the Smritikars knew that the origin of untouchability is to be found within the consumption of beef. The dictum of Veda Vyas should shut the argument…

What the play shows is that she tempts to disobey her husband which is going against the characteristic of submissiveness in the Cult of True Womanhood. Noah has her son get his mother, since she was being difficult coming on board, Sem say, Father I shall fetch her in, I trow, withouten any fail. Mother, yonder wend. Look up and see the wind for we been ready to sail (Anthology…

requirement to be a semi-god. A man could be worshiped in his tomb because the fame he gained during his life or because he had an unusual death. These special circumstances provided the man some kind of power over the living. According to Homer, “one reason for worshipping heroes must surly have been the feeling that they had been beings stronger and altogether more splendid than the men of today” (Parker…

gas attack. During this event Sarin gas was released in the Tokyo subway system resulting in twelve dead and thousands injured. This attack was conducted by five members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult (Aum). In his book Underground, Haruki Murakami interviewed the victims and ex-members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult in order to discover what occurred during the 1995 Sarin attacks. He compiled those interviews together and included ideas that explained why they occurred, this was done in the hopes that…

reality reflects that this is merely a facade to cover up their inner hatred. The myths spouted by them, their blatant hatred for men, and their deliberate disregard for scientific facts, as just some of the few reasons why feminist activist are not seen as a beacon of hope and change, but as a cult that uses deceptive tactics to lure in members, and destroy all those who can not be convinced. Among the biggest guns in the feminist arsenal is…

This too shows that the upper echelon had reservations about the killing Christians. Trajan’s persecution of the Christians was implemented as a means of social control to ensure that the pagan population did not rebel against the emperor. However, Trajan’s quest for social control did not deter pagans from converting to Christianity, courageous martyrdom in the circus actually promoted the faith. The act of martyrdom is Christianity embracing their ideological differences and exaggerating the…

Violets Point of View Year: 1864 As I’m sitting here outside of my old family home I think about what led up to this moment. What led me up to this point? What brought me to the point where I killed my best friend, my only friend. Nate my best and only friend who has ever cared for me and the only person I have ever cared for. I think back to the moment I first met Nate. At the time we were 7 years old. We had quickly become best of friends over only a few months…