God Is Not Great

Greece and their Gods is often a complicated one, man recurrently feeling at odds with their many fickle Gods, who can be struggling with dilemmas and agendas of their own. In literature we often look for conflicts to be Man vs Nature or Man vs Man, however much of Greek literature is influenced by the relationship between themselves and their Gods establishing a far more intricate conflict premise of God vs God vs Man. In H POEM we learn about some of the history of Greek Gods, as well as the…

and many other of our founding fathers established our great nation on God and Christianity. They emphasized good morals and a way of living that was pleasing to God. However, Christianity over the centuries has slowly dulled into religion that is made fun of for its beliefs and those who follow God our mocked by their peers. What happened to the strong country that was lead by God? What can the next generation do to bring America back to God? First of all, America has never been a perfect…

Among the main arguments for the presence of God is referred to as cosmological argument and it affirms that the flora and fauna that make the world were not capable existing on their own and therefore there ought to be something that brought them into their right place. The initial cause for the world to begin was God according to this argument. Since God was the main source of the universe’s presence, it has therefore been concluded that God really exists. This argument has however been met…

an Angry God” Analysis The message that I got from this sermon was that God is the only reason that we have not gone to Hell. I believe that Jonathan Edwards was trying to bring people back to a life of faith. It seems to me that he was a very devout believer that wanted others to join him in his belief. He was trying to make people realize that they need God and that they need the church. The author connects the physical world to the spiritual world. He tells us that the hand of God is the…

a huge piece of art, written by those whom God found worthy. As we begin understanding the meaning embedded throughout the Old Testament, it is important to start from the beginning, before mankind. With the great power of God, He created the world in which we live today. In this creation He also created something exceptional, one man and one woman. As the story goes on we being to learn of the important tasks this man and his wife were asked to do. God granted them the duty to tend to the…

existence of the evil in the world with the existence of an omnipotent and a perfect God. The argument from evil is an argument saying that the existence of such evil should not be in this world with an existence of a God. Christianity says that God created the world we live in and that he sustains it. They also claim that God knows all things and is capable and of seeing everything. Christianity claims that God is perfectly good, and wants only the best for us humans. The other sides of the…

with God calling Abram and Sarai, who were later called (Abraham and Sarah) to leave Haram, their home country to become the parents of a new generation and new country. God’s message to Abraham, “Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee” (Genesis 12:1) preceded seven blessings as listed in verse three (3). Some of the blessings included “I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great;…

toward the gods. Many of the characters are indifferent about them and push their prophecies aside. They would try to change their fate but end up suffering and with the prophecy that they dreaded coming true. Many say that the play is a warning about the gods and how we are great, but the gods are greater, but could have Sophocles really been trying to show us his dislike towards the gods? He shows us what the gods are truly like and how they are cruel, by having a story where a great king…

controlling power. A God. It states that our fate and fortune is attributed to a higher power, and that we have very little or no control over our own life. This is one of the main principles that brought the settlers in from Brittan known as the Puritans and Pilgrims. They believed that God brought them here and that Typology should be use to interpret his message. It didn’t take long for a new way of thinking to emerge. Deism doctrine states that there is a God. However, God has no control…

To many people, the story of The Great Flood from the Bible is commonly known. But, what is not typically realized is the many similarities it shares with The Epic of Gilgamesh. In both the Bible and The Epic of Gilgamesh, there are many common themes including a great flood to wipe out humanity, saving the animals from death by the flood and blessing the builder of the ark after the flood subsided. The common theme of a flood wiping out humanity is shared between the Bible and The Epic of…