Fornication

Rebecca Goetz in her book The Baptism of Early Virginia examines how Virginia planters manipulated their Christianity to create an idea of race. This new ideology “effectively re-imagined what it meant to be Christian, but they also invented an entirely new concept- what it meant to be white.”(Goetz, 2) Skin color became the prominent factor in what Goetz calls “hereditary heathenism,” which she defines as the permanent incompatibility of Africans and Native Americans with Christianity. This…

Homosexuality is and always has been a controversial subject. However, in 1981, the massive outbreak of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ensured that the subject could no longer be ignored(Twenty-Five). Homosexuality was, and still is, frowned upon by many people and religions. The belief that AIDS was a “gay disease” further damaged the gay communities hope for equality. Since then, the attitude towards homosexuality has improved. Kushner employs multiple methods to get his message of…

When does a sin become a sin? In Paradise Lost by John Milton, the seven cardinal sins are represented throughout the novel, and are apparent to the reader since the reader is reading paradise lost post-fall (humans are no longer innocent enough to see this text its original form). The first character to fall in the novel is Satan: his greed and envy caused him to start a rebellion against Gd and his newly appointed Son. Satan mentioned in the time before a head angel would be chosen that…

There are many different ways to understand the world: ontologically, epistemologically, and ethically. All of these intellectual understandings are interconnected in such a way that there is no straightforward way to understand the world. Ontology, what is known, can lead to epistemology, how it is known. Yet, ethics can also lead to epistemology or ontology, or vice versa. In his book Confessions, St. Augustine explores the cohesive interconnectedness of ontology, epistemology, and ethics. He…

In his 1940s tragedy, A Streetcar Named Desire, Tennessee Williams explores the helpless psychological downfall of Blanche Dubois as she attempts to deal with the events in her past, and resolve her uncertain future. Dubois’ lamentable romantic history acts to push her on an unremitting path of mental deterioration, which manifests itself in a heavy reliance on alcohol, predation (on younger men), and romantic fantasies—this gradually escalates from the benign and simple act of visualizing a…

Dimmesdale’s circumstance, Chillingworth, was considered a sin because it was an offense against his morality. The characters in The Scarlet Letter were constantly under the pressure of preventing sin. Some sins were beastiality, adultery, masturbation, fornication and other offenses against morality. They were punished by whipping, being hung or other unusual forms of punishment (History.org). Refusing Chillingworth’s help was considered an offense against Dimmesdale’s morality. Branching off…

For centuries, human trafficking was treated as something natural , no one was scandalized nor surprised . Nowadays nowhere in the world slavery is allowed. International legal acts recognize that the prohibition of slavery and forced labor is a human right, which under no circumstances can be violated. Yet trafficking of human beings, especially women flourishes. It is difficult to assess its scale but it estimates that about 10 thousand Polish women are exported aboard and forced into…

not existed since A.D. 70. Jesus clearly taught in Matthew 22:23-30 and Luke 20:27-35 that after the resurrection marriage no longer exists. With this in mind, if “Realized Eschatology” is true, millions of married couples have been committing fornication! Another unforeseen problem in this doctrine is the Lord’s supper. The Bible states to partake of the emblems to “shew the Lord’s death till he come” (1 Corinthians 11:26). If we are only to observe this memorial until Christ returns and he has…

Consequently, the confessional aids focused scrupulous interest on transgressions of the sixth and ninth commandments (sins of impurity, including adultery, fornication, homosexuality, masturbation, and lust). Additionally, we can momentarily consider how religious transformation challenged the Chumash ideologies regarding the religious and the sacred. Finally, all these new regulations the Chumash associated them as foreign, Christian meanings and values. Factors and Conditions Leading Up To…

Bioterrorism is terrorism involving the release of toxic biological agents. Common biological weapons are anthrax, botulism, plague, and smallpox. The plague has been one of the most devastating epidemics to mankind, second only to smallpox. Humans can become infected after being bitten by fleas that have fed on infected rodents. The plague develops rapidly and carries a high fatality rate despite immediate treatment and antibiotics. It has been used on various occasions because it’s difficult…