Deity

standing deity resembling the goddess Venus. This conclusion can be drawn due to the fact that there is a small winged figure, which is her son Cupid, seated on her right shoulder. In figure 3, the goddess stands on her right leg with her left leg twisted. She rests her left elbow on a pillar and holds her right arm akimbo, which is when hands are positioned on the hips and…

lose our car keys; instead, it means that God thoroughly knows all people as if He had minutely examined them (Spurgeon 258). The knowledge God has is part of His deity, so He need not exert any effort to obtain it. This is unlike pagan deities whose knowledge is limited and who are never thought to be all-knowing (Walton 433). Pagan deities are also not personally known to their worshipers, but David makes the matter of omniscience personal (Spurgeon 259).…

a divide between people; separating them into different groups. And because of their incompatibility with others, it gives them a ‘justification’ for killing others and a promise of rewarded martyrs.Therefore, due to the differences in belief of deities and/or supernatural entities, and techniques, the presence of oppression and war has remained in…

This paper analyzes a genre known as the “creation myths,” as told by a quartet of eastern Mediterranean cultures. These stories’ share a common outline and contain similar facets; especially, when looking at the mythology that explains the creation and establishment of the human race. The stories examined in this paper include, Sumerian/Babylonian’s When on High “Creation and Marduk” (composed circa 2000 BC), Greek poet Hesiod’s Theogony and the Works and Days (composed circa 700 BC), Judaism…

their religion was loosely based on earlier civilization’s religions. It contains many remarkably similar resemblances to some of the most ancient recorded religions in history. Ancient Greek religion believes in an abundant amount of gods and deities but there is one, all powerful ruler above all of them. This is call “Monarchial Polytheism.” In order to fully understand how alike the mythological organizations of religions have been throughout the years, you must look back towards the…

After them came two other minor deities: Umashiashikabihikoji and Amanotokotachi. They were followed by seven generations of male and female Kami. At that time the Earth was covered with a primordial soup. The gods chose the two younger kami, which were Izanagi and Izanami, brother and sister, to create the world and, for this purpose, gave them a jeweled spear. From the bridge of heaven, linking Earth to Heaven, Izanagi, the male deity, waved the primordial mud with a spear from which…

main idea of Daoism centers around the term Dao, which is the closest approach to a deity there is in philosophical Daoism (also called Taoism). The Dao can be anywhere at any time, thus having no beginning and no end. Since it has no beginning, it is the most aged thing in the nature. With Taoism, the universe is neither good nor bad and is the base of all things. The Dao is a natural force than a traditional deity, which makes the universe the way it is. In this sense the Dao can be said to…

The dancers’ hips sways, and perhaps one dancer’s hand will move in pantomime over the head simulating flowing hair. As the while, a singer is calling out an assortment of praises and insults in a creole version of the Yoruba language to the Yoruba deity of love, Oshun. This will hopefully get her attention enough to completely descend upon the dancers. The dancers that are being affected in this manner are initiated priests or priestesses of the Afro-Caribbean religion commonly known as…

Greek colonies that surrounded the Mediterranean and Black Seas were its main trading ports. Built near the shrine of an old Anatolian fertility goddess, Ephesus became the seat of an oriental cult. The Anatolian deity had been taken over by the Greeks under name of Artemis, the Diana of the Romans. There was much trade round about the cult. Ephesus became a place of pilgrimage for tourist-worshipers, all who were eager to carry away talisman and souvenir, hence…

Colton Clemens Dr. Mayra Valadez Philosophy 101 December 7, 2017 Causal Theist 1. Conclusion: Causal theists have adopted the belief that there is sufficient evidence to prove that a deity exists. They take most of their arguments directly from Thomas Aquinas, the original causal theist. 2. Premises: They believe that they have several solid pieces of evidence, but probably their strongest case comes in the form of Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologica. a. One of the premises of causal theists…