God Is Not Great

prove the existence for God, and I commend you on your attempt; however, I am uncertain that you are taking the correct approach. I encourage you to correct me if I stray from the idea you are trying to convey or if I misunderstand you. I believe that you are trying to say that if God did not exist, we would not, in our limited and finite capacity, be capable of conceiving a being as great as God. The fact we can fathom God proves His existence. Perhaps it should be because God exists we can…

Mere Christianity, where Lewis made the following statement: I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t…

Pan is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature of mountain wilds and rustic music, and companion of the nymphs (Pan(god)). He is half human and half goat. He walks on his two hooves and large horns reach to the sky off his head. He has two arms of skin and two legs of fur. Pan is a God that everyone feared. His hideous face and screeching roar scared everyone away, but the sweet sound of his horn kept people curious. Pan was different from other gods. Although he was feared by many,…

the Dominican Republic, during the oppressive regime of Rafael Trujillo ultimately about the story of the Mirabal sisters, who band together to fight for freedom against their oppressive tyrannical ruler. Dede, Minerva, Maria Teresa, and Patria show great determination, strength, faithfulness, and courage in their fight for freedom against their patriarchal government. The four Mirabal sisters value freedom through their fight for common good, but they each contribute different ideas to the…

relationship between the gods and the men in the Odyssey is a unique relationship. Sometimes the way the gods treat the men make the gods seem mortal although most of the time they grant help and wisdom to certain people. In a way, the change in the behavior of the gods between the two stories is extremely significant. The gods and the men in the Iliad and the Odyssey help each other most of the time and they both have similar traits and views. In the Odyssey Homer portrays the gods as narrow…

Audrey Mariamo November 4th 2014 Theology 201 Dr. Paul Allen Sermon Report on “How Great is Your Faith” by Fr. Robert Barron In his sermon “How Great is Your Faith” Father Robert Barron, founder of “Word on Fire” Catholic Ministries, discusses the gospel story of the persistent Canaanite woman. With references to sources of theology, Barron examines the themes of human faith, and the testing of that faith by God, in this intriguing passage of the New Testament. The gospel story explained by…

1. “The Sacrifice of Purusha” – In this narrative the Gods used Purusha to create the worlds. From Purusha came the verses and chants, the meters from that, the formula from that, and from that came horses, animals with double rows of teeth, cows, goats, and sheep. Purusha’s mind became the moon, his eye became the sun, his mouth turned into Indra and Agni, from his breath the wind was created, from his navel the atmosphere, from his head the heavens, from his feet the earth, and from his ear…

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" to persuade his audience. Edwards uses stylistic device to get his message across and to change the mindset of the people he was giving his speech to. Jonathan Edwards implements similes in his speech to give a stronger sense of what is going on. For example he states "The wrath of God is like great waters that are dammed for the present...". Here Edwards explains god's wrath with great destruction by implying that it is is like great waters that are…

According to Nelson, author of The Icon: Egypt’s Great Sphinx, “Who built the Great Sphinx of Giza? No one can say for sure (5).” Therefore, nobody knows who officially constructed the national symbol of Egypt that is the Great Sphinx of Giza; it’s a huge monumental figure that has a head of a human and a body of a lion (Winston 2). However, there are a few conspiracies about the human-headed lion such as who really actually built it, and why was it made? This mystery of who built the…

was reflected in their religion. They worshipped their deities as all knowing, all powerful gods who could save or kill anyone with a snap of their fingers. The Romans did have their deities that were not a part of Greek mythology. Janus, the two faced god of doorways and opportunities, was consulted in the time of war and was said to be able to see the past, the future and the present. The Romans did not continue to hold to their beliefs of ancient mythology, though. Between 300 and 400 CE…