Faith-based

immoral act, or a sin, can prevent one from obtaining true divinity and could lead to not being allowed in heaven. In Hamlet, his life has flipped turned upside down, and he would want nothing more but to end his own life, but he cannot because of his faith, Shakespeare writes “His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable” (1.2.129-137). It is Hamlets superstitious beliefs which hinder him from doing as he…

been most of their life. Growing up, I went to church every Sunday morning and Wednesday night. My parents never forced me to go to church, but it became a part of my life. I am so thankful that they brought me to church because I was able to find my faith and I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior at a young age. I really do not like to use the word religious when referring to myself because it often has a negative connotation, but I feel that a relationship with Christ is much more…

hypothesis for the explanation of what subsists. Generally, science and religion pursue knowledge of the universe using different methodologies. For example, science acknowledges reason, pragmatism, and evidence, while religion tends to include faith and inviolability. Each is in competition for cultural authority. Either science…

Ryan Pimentel Ethics & Current Issues Fall 2015 My Privacy Beliefs Personal privacy and the privileges it comes with is deeply rooted in one’s upbringing, as stated in the classroom, there will be varying opinions on privacy depending on where you came from. Students who are from a wealthier or are an only child will look at privacy entirely differently than I would. Coming from a family of 6 in a low income area privacy took a whole different meaning. For the majority of my youth, I shared a…

Many of life’s lessons are never discovered in one particular place. We learn valuable insights from personal experiences in a classroom, our work place, and daily life occurrences that influence us to have successful futures. One of the more important subjects that will impact our future decision-making is diversity. I believe I have gained valuable knowledge of diversity while working in different work environments. Diversity is a noun more and more organizations are broadcasting when it…

Most people think they know enough about themselves, but if someone asks "Who areone?" to them, they cannot answer it right away since they do not know enough as much as they expected. This is especially for people who lived in more than one country as finding their identity is much harder than people who live only in one country. The reasons are varied, including they have more than one name and learned both cultures. In the story, Jasmine, the main character Jasmine is confused whether she…

People get tattoos for all sorts of reasons. Some tattoos give a person a sense of freedom, while other tattoos may have a deeper meaning or sentimental value to them. Therefore, in today’s generation body art should not be judged because it is seen on all types of people, for all types of reasons. A study done by Liu and Lester (2012) conducted a survey, to see in what location people got a tattoo and why. Liu and Lester (2012) states “Out of the 4,690 responses (2,078 men, 2,581 women, and 31…

What inspires more literature and wars than any other force? The first and most widely distributed book on the press is the Bible, a book critical to the Christian faith("Best Selling Book of Non-fiction."). Religion involves a personal relationship with God as well as connection to other believers who trust a central doctrine. In his play Mother Courage and Her Children, Brecht’s criticisms of religion reveal his attitude that organized religion produces social inequality.…

be one? What most atheists or agnostic do not understand is the idea of faith. They seem to think that it is a crazy notation to believe anything the bible says. What they fail to understand is that faith is something that is felt. There are times when a person turn to their faith when all has failed. Miracles do happen and it often cannot be explained. Can science result in a miracle? To me, miracles happen as a result of faith. I had a discussion with a student in my class. He is an agnostic.…

“ ‘Who are we to question God?’ they say.”(Reilly 1) He alludes to the fact that most religious individuals find the idea of questioning their faith to be a sin to some degree. Reilly uses bible stories to illustrate that the people in history who did in fact ask these hard questions, weren 't even philosophers, but “characters in the scriptures of the worlds religions.”(Reilly 1) His first example…