Dead Sea scrolls

come from, and how my background and culture makes me the person I am today. My cultural identity is uninhabited because I like to combine pieces that do not exactly fit; which is illustrated through my hand wraps, chicken with rice, and The Walking Dead. My hand wraps represents my culture and me. Hand wraps are a long piece of cloth that fighters wrap their hands with to avoid too much wrist…

This essay will demonstrate that the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is historically accurate. In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul states the “first importance” in Christianity is that Christ died for our sins, He was buried, He rose on the third day, and He appeared to 500+ people after his resurrection. If these things did not happen then Christianity would be false. The resurrection of Jesus is historically accurate and has proofs that back it up. This will be demonstrated by science,…

The day of the dead has been celebrated over 3,000 years ago and today it continues to be an important event for the Hispanic community worldwide. The day of the dead was celebrated for a whole month in August, but it changed due to our Azteca’s ancestors which now it is traditionally celebrated on November first and the second. On November the first the Hispanic community honors the memory of the infants who had passed away and on the second the community celebrates and honors the memory of the…

The Challenge of Atheism Nietzsche presents that Christians base their beliefs on faith, without reason, creating a lifestyle in which we are destined to exist passively. The message he sends is that we have a choice. That is, to become dependent on God in a society that has essentially killed him, or to become our own God. Faith is a pillar of Christianity, but you can't go as far as Nietzsche and say that the Christian moral values are invalid because there is no reason behind it. When he…

harvest and the beginning of the dark, and cold winter, a time where death tolls would rise. The Celts believed the night before the new year, a boundary “portal” between the dead and the living would be opened. So, the spirits of ghosts were able to come to the real the living world. It was believed that the ghost of the dead would rise and stroll the earth.So on October 31st, they would celebrate Samhain. They would dress up in animal heads…

You may have seen the action-packed movie, but if you want something even better than the movie you really should read the book. Ender's Game was an intriguing story that is very exhilarating. You will read this book cover to cover over and over. In Ender's Game, the earth made contact with aliens and now the aliens took that the wrong way and started to attack earth. So the earth came together and fought against the aliens, but the aliens technology was to advanced and it wasn't even a…

Each year, Americans spend over $3.9 billion on candy during Halloween, with each trick-or-treater receiving an average of 250 pieces of sweet treats during the night. Candy wasn't always given out on Halloween, however. Children today may be surprised how trick-or-treating has changed throughout the years. Early Halloween Treats During the Medieval time period through the 1930s, England children would go door-to-door on Halloween offering prayers for the souls of the household in exchange for…

Horror is a very common trend with college students. Many people love horror-related entertainment, such as American Horror Story and The Walking Dead. This fascination of gore and death sparks are age group to look for activities relating to these. For example, the Minneapolis’ Zombie Pub Crawl has a huge turn out each year. We associate horror and zombies, with excitement. Also, our generation…

In Ender’s game the computer game foreshadows how Enders character will be in the end of the book. Ender is playing a game and is stuck at a point until he thinks differently about the situation.“And instead of pushing his face into one of the liquids, he kicked one over, then the other, and dodged the Giant’s huge hands as the Giant shouted, ‘Cheater, cheater!’ He jumped at the Giant’s face . . . and began to dig in the Giant’s eye. . . . As the Giant screamed, Ender’s figure burrowed into the…

Envision sharing a universe with strange insect-like creatures, called “buggers,” who are trying colonize your home - Earth. Ender’s Game, written by Orson Scott Card, is about a boy, Ender Wiggin, who gets sent to Battle School - in space! - and soon becomes commander of Dragon Army. Battle School is designed to turn young children into military leaders. At Battle School, groups of students fight mock battles, in null gravity, and are split into different toons. Because of Ender’s brilliance,…