Doctrine of equivalents

The process of putting two disparate philosophers in dialogue with each other, in an attempt to reconcile their views, is an old philosophical tradition. Early Christians grappled with making platonic theory and catholic doctrine compatible. The great scholars of Bagdad worked to let Aristotle and the Quran stand side by side. While it may seem like such attempts are simply efforts to “have cake and eat it too”, there is much to be learned from evaluating a text in light of what may at first…

submitted to the the apathetic attitude of the world and gave into to evangelism. James writes “During the mid-1990’s the recognised churches, particularly the Church of England, moved from the theology of sin and redemption to a less uncompromising doctrine: corporate social responsibility coupled with a sentimental humanism. death of christianity” (James 50). Church of England is a church that defies the Pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and the highest ranking priest and it yielded…

show metta (loving kindness) to all living beings that includes animals. In other words, Buddhist scriptures encourage universal compassion (karuna) that even non-human animals, Buddhist are overwhelmingly friendly. Buddhists also believes in the doctrine of livelihood that teaches them avoiding any work connected with the killing of animals. As well as, seeing animals and humans with equal…

The complexity of the development of one’s sexual identity while growing up in a devoutly religious home is a multifaceted complexity; many religions remain unclear in their positions on sexuality. Sexualities other than heterosexuality are hardly discussed, and when they are, they’re connoted with terms like “abomination” or “unnatural.” However, even heterosexuality remains a grey area in many religions. While being heterosexual may mean being free from persecution, the sexual acts of…

God for salvation. He and his followers (the Jasenists) were noted for their severity and moral rigorism. Jasen was interested in a plan to make Belgium an independent Catholic republic analogous to Protestant Holland. The Church disapproved his doctrines and so too his writings. His great work Augustinus, finished just before his death, was published posthumously (1640).…

According to the British Broadcasting Company, “The Roman Catholic Church says that deliberately causing an abortion is a grave moral wrong.” (BBC, 2014). With conservative views, Roman Catholics believe in the doctrine on natural law. This law is determined only by reason, indicating that killing is against natural law since it interrupts the natural process of nature. The church believes that human life begins when the woman’s egg is fertilized by the sperm. Since…

he believes is more relevant distinction than historical and unhistorical typologies. The old continuous nations, France and Britain for instance, are those which developed national identity or national consciousness before the formulation of the doctrine of nationalism. They date back to the 1600s before the French Revolution. The old nations emerged through expansion of state, growth of communications, trade, rise of vernacular literature, and expansion of socio-economic ties. The new nations…

obligations for each person (Jolden, 2013, p. 113). Even the family name is derived from the house name. The location, animal names or even occupation when Ladakh was a kingdom inform the choice of house name (Mann, 2002, p. 64) and, in turn, the Ladakhi equivalent of a surname. The family functions as a social support system, wherein members look after each other (Rizvi, 1996,…

almost hundreds of years scholars have tried to interpret and reconcile the controversial convictions presented by The Epistle of James. In particular, James 2:14-26 received the most attention as it has often been identified as a contradiction to the doctrine of Pauline Epistles that “justification is achieved by faith alone” . Martin Luther even scrutinized the canonicity of James and denounced it as “right strawy epistle”. Upon reading the verses, one can be easily deluded into thinking that…

Companies that produce protein powders as a supplement have been found to be spiking their protein blends by third party testing. This spiking has a number of different names that all mean the same; the only difference is how one describes the process of spiking such as nitrogen, protein, and/or amino spiking. Through third party testing of different blends of protein powder, companies discovered a way to lie to the total number of grams of protein that is actually in the blend. When testing the…