Eternal return

pseudonymous writings. Although they both opposed Christianity, their oppositions were quite different. Nietzsche despised the entire idea of Christianity, whereas Kierkegaard disliked the westernization of the Religion. While Kierkegaard sought to return Christianity to its origins and de-westernize it, Nietzsche sought to remove it from the world entirely by disproving its fundamental ideologies. Famous for being an influence within the Nazi Movement, Friedrich Nietzsche carried disbelief…

detailed information from the Law of Moses, ten commandments, and Jesus Christ’s atonement and resurrection. Abinadi prophesied that Christ is both the Father and the Son; salvation does not come through the law, but through the atonement; and having eternal life is redeemed by the Lord are the doctrines that are embedded in the scriptures. Abinadi was commanded by the Lord to go and prophesy to the people about their evil doings since they have not been following the Lord and are not teaching…

A return to the beginning affords an opportunity to change what has gone wrong and thus try and regain orientation and meaning trough naturalistic processes (sacred) oppose to an objective supernatural reality (profane). In the book The Sacred and the Profane written by Mircea Eliade, the author notes that the sacred space is always considered the “really” real part of the universe, while non-sacred space is ambiguous and without structure (20). And therefore, the sacred is the solid, fixed…

Each religion was created by humans, to teach well, and humanism is a common theme in each of the religions. They all believe in the notion of good people and bad people. And that being a good person will benefit you in eternal life. They all have an idol of their worship. Christianity is Jesus, Buddhism is Buddha, and Hinduism is Krishna. All three religions focus on their doctrines around the actions, sayings, and teachings of these men. Each religion has a say in life…

speaks to my perspective on altruism and acts of kindness. I believe that a person should help others in need whenever possible and not expect anything material in return. Helping others makes me feel fulfilled and gratified and that alone is more than enough. This poem highlights the belief that acts of kindness do not demand anything in return and that they benefit both parties. Without the Sun, the Earth and everything on Earth would cease to exist; the Sun is sustaining life. Nonetheless,…

When reading paragraph six what stood out most was the emphasis on the sacrament of the Eucharist being the essential part of the Catholic faith. The Church is built upon the foundation of Christ’s sacrifice which is made eternal through the Eucharist. One has their faith because of their belief in the Eucharist, “Faith and the Sacraments are two complementary aspects of ecclesial life” (Sacramentum Caritatis Paragraph 6). The Eucharist enables one to grow in faith and it is because of faith…

and one of the last pieces Verdi created before he passed away. Verdi’s Requiem Mass is a total of seven movements. The first is called “Te Decet Hymnus”. It is the opening act, and it comes in with a lower pitch, but not quiet. It disucusses the eternal piece, and it gets very loud and high pitched at the end. Verdi’s second movement has 10 sections. It begins with Dies irae. Its much louder than the first movement starting off. The 10 sections versus are about the day that Christ will come…

Christians as a whole and Muslims believe in an eternal paradise and an eternal punishment in hell for peoples souls to go to once they die. However, Christians believe that one day that the bodies of believers will join them in the after life once the end of the world happens when Jesus returns. Muslims do believe that Jesus would return to Earth, as they believe that he did not die but rather God took him with his body to be with him, and that he would return at the end of the world but that…

trying to trick Death. It all begins when Asopus, son of Poseidon, went to look for his daughter Aegina. Sisyphus, knowing Zeus had taken her, uses this to his advantage. Promising Asopus he would tell him her whereabouts only if he would create an eternal spring for his kingdom, Corinth. Once Zeus was aware of Sisyphus’s betrayal, he sent Death to take him. Using his cunning skills, he out witted Death by entrapping him in heavy chains and locking him in a room in his house. With Death locked…

world, and then it appeared to be “adorned with treasure”, along with other various, much lighter depictions which symbolize the magnificence of the deed he was sent to this Earth to do and his reward of eternal royalty bestowed upon him by God. In line 59, it says “I was all drenched with eternal sorrow; nevertheless I bowed down to the hands of the men...” which is an allusion to Christ surrendering to the people that arrested…