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Age and danger. No matter where you go in life these words will cling to you like weights slowly dragging you down. “You’re too old to do this, it’s dangerous”, “You’re too young to believe in that, it’s unsafe”. The message behind The-Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson and the movie Guardians of the Galaxy by James Gunn is to break these weights called age and danger, Live life to the fullest and do not let such things hold you back.…

Jakob Ammann is known as the founder of the Amish movement. Jakob was born in Switzerland on February 12, 1644. He was an Anabaptist/Mennonite/Amish leader and he founded the Amish religious movement. In his early childhood, he barely could read and write; historical documents suggested that he possibly could have received some form of limited formal education (Huppi). At first, Jakob strongly embraced the Anabaptist and he had a good standing and relationship with the state church, Swiss…

The corruption of the Catholic Church caused many to reject its authority. As you mentioned, “the people of Europe were no longer satisfied with the ‘do as I say, not as I do’ philosophy of their leaders”. The response was the flourishing of Protestantism that offered new denominations that allowed the interpretation of Scripture by the people. In consequence independent thoughts emerged and the masses had a new and revealing understanding of the grace of God that contradicted Papal…

Background: In the the 1400’ to the 1500’, people started to think about society, government, religion, science, art, philosophy, and trade in a secular way. This new way of thinking was called humanism and it revolved around the individual. Martin Luther was one of the first to think that an individual can understand human nature and the world through reason. The Renaissance in Western Europe is the period of time where thoughts were humanistic and began conflicting with the church. Thesis:…

iii. Luther rebelled against the Catholic Church not just with great reasons, but in a very eloquently manner. He didn’t just have great points, he was entertaining too. Luther was arguably the match to the fire to encourage men to defy traditional authority. Human and social progress began to make the most headway when the scientific paradigm began to shift with Luther’s 95 thesis that encouraged self-educating and the invention of the printing press that assisted spreading knowledge. The…

The reformation is a 16th century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of christian churches that rejected the popes authority. It was kicked off after some clergy were selling indulgences. These selling of abuses led Martin Luther, a german monk, to write the 95 theses, a list of complaints about the Roman Catholic Church and hammered them on a churches door in Wittenberg, Germany. Establishing the reformation. The reformation was highly significant because…

Reform and revolution are topics that our world faces every day. We live in a society where things are rapidly changing, and there is always someone with a new idea. Malcolm X once said, “Reform is for people who have government connections, revolution is for the people!” All changes start with a revolution. The reform is the aftermath of the revolution, that all hope is positive and for the betterment of the people. Some specific revolutions that have taken place are in areas such as religion,…

Slaughterhouse 5 and Brave New World Novels are ways that can be manifest to explain ideas or philosophical views that might influence other humans. Sometimes novels that have different type of theme or genre can have the casually of having same ideas but expressed differently according to the author wants to express. Slaughterhouse 5, written by Kurt Vonnegut, is a satirical novel that tries to mock war by making the reader followed the journey of the main character, Billy Pilgrim, in…

Martin Luther remains as one of the most influential yet controversial individuals in history. His involvement in the Protestant Reformation changed the course of both Christian and European history for the better. Unlike those of his time, Luther was rather forward thinking, and was willing to challenge the church in order to accomplish what he believed was right. His actions and ideas led to a great deal of disagreement, yet ultimately brought into question unjust action being taken by the…

As this course started, we have touched upon many terms, events, artifacts, and influential figures from the 16th century, but the historical movement that shocked me the most was the “Iconoclasm”. Iconoclasm as defined in our textbook is a “systematic destruction of religious icons because of their religious connotations”(336). The reason behind that important movement came after the Protestants or anti-Catholics, who wanted to reform Christianity, criticizing most of its false doctrines, so…