Existence

The Earth is the only known place that can sustain and create life. What happens if it can no longer serve its purpose? In Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, the world can no longer be seen as lush, green, or even inhabitable. Animals and vegetation have rapidly died off and there less consumable matter exists as each day passes. Similarly, humans are struggling to survive the harsh conditions of this reality; some people turn to cannibalistic habits in order to receive their next meal. However, this…

(A) Yahweh's achievement in latter days (4:1a) (1) bə’aḥărît hayyāmîm (in the latter days) denote the final period of history and is not an expression for the end of history. The prophet's future was not eschatology. It means "a future that is not presently discernible." It denotes "in varying contexts a remote future that paradoxically reverse the present situation and at the same time brings to a fitting outcome that toward which it is striving." There is a sense of conclusiveness but…

Fallacies A fallacy I notice in a song is The Appeal to Tradition. The song is by Weird Al & it’s called “Weasel Stomping Day,”. In the lyrics it talks about a fictional holiday, in which people spread mayonnaise across their lawns. These people put on viking helmets as well as hiking boots and smash weasels to death. The song also states “It’s tradition, that makes it okay” basically saying that despicable acts are tolerated if they’re tradition. People deny that aliens exist because humans…

Two philosophers by the name of William James – supporter of religious belief without sufficient evidence – and Richard Feldman – a supporter of Clifford’s Principle – argue their side in separate essays on what to think about beliefs. James denies that one must always use sufficient evidence and insist on using a set of rules called “hypotheses”. When all three hypotheses are used at once, then it leads to the final answer known as a “genuine” option. Feldman disagrees with James and uses…

In Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Theologiae article one and two, he demonstrates the concepts of: goodness in human actions, man’s objective of happiness, and how a human’s good action contributes to partaking in God. The Aquinas’ main argument is simply that what actions make it good or bad. In first article begins with the question regarding if our actions we as humans are good. The answer that Aquinas provides is a yes due to that every act of a man does is good and evil does not come from the…

Hinduism is a very complicated, yet historical, making it a very interesting religion to learn about. Hinduism has five basic beliefs. The first is that truth is eternal. Hindus pursue knowledge and truth. According to the Vedas, an ancient Hindu text, truth is one, but it expresses it in a variety of ways. Another basic belief is that the Brahman is truth. Hindus believe in Brahman as the one true God, who has no limit, no form, and is eternal. The Vedas are the ultimate authority, another…

In Troilus and Criseyde, there is an outgoing conflict regarding the determination of fate. The debate lies on whether the characters’s destiny has been predetermined by divine forces or is, on the other hand, defined by the individual’s decisions. Nonetheless, the characters in the poem appear to be of the belief that their judgment holds no role on the outcome of the events, as these have been already determined by mightier forces. Such is the case of Troilus, who upon being offered Pandare’s…

Tao or Dao is a word signifying in abstract- 'way', 'path', 'route', 'key' or sometimes more loosely- 'doctrine' or 'principle'. The Dao is the intuitive knowing of "life" that cannot be grasped full-heartedly as just a concept but is known nonetheless through actual living experience of one's everyday being. The Dao is not a 'name' for a 'thing' but the underlying natural order of the Universe whose ultimate essence is difficult to circumscribe due to it being non conceptual yet…

Empathic Response Task Set Text: Life of Pi by Yann Martel Approach: You are Pi when the three religious leaders approach you and argue over which religion you belong to. Rationale In this emphatic response task, I take on the role of Piscine Molitor Patel when the three religious teachers approach him and argue over which religion Piscine truly belongs to. The reason I chose this approach was because the way Pi thinks is interesting especially in terms of religion in which he has an extremely…

B) He who knows the individual soul, the experiencer of the fruits of action, as Atman, always near and the Lord of the past and the future will not conceal himself from others. C) He verily knows Brahman who knows the First−born, the offspring of austerity, created prior to the waters and dwelling, with the elements, in the cave of the heart. D) He verily knows Brahman who knows Aditi, the soul of all deities, who was born in the form of Paraná, who was created with the elements and who,…