God Is Not Great

sampling of animals, and the boat in all stories comes to rest on a mountain. Moreover, a great rain covers the land with water and all the boats/arcs land in a mountain in the Middle East while all the other mountains are underwater. All three stories contain vivid descriptions of the flood and violence and how the hero is blessed in the eyes of God/Gods. Lastly, at the end of all the stories, the God/Gods seem apologetic for the flood and the eradication of humans. 2. Although all the…

a reader in, as for captivity narratives, a reader wants to know what made this person change and what did the change, or outcome bring into the lives of those that it may have affected. Rowlandson and Williams both express their feeling and have great detail that keeps a reader focused, and engaged as well as connected to the story. Apart from keeping the audience entertained their goal, or purpose is to encourage them, or Puritans to repent. “It was but the other day that if I had had the…

In C. S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce, Lewis is arguing that Hell is not merely a place where wicked people who detest God end up; Hell is a place that offers people exactly what they want. The Great Divorce presents “the reason for Hell,” which is people choosing their own wishes over God (Gibson 110). This novel reveals that the self-imprisonment of one’s greatest dreams can lead to infernal results (Gibson 113). In The Great Divorce, Lewis uses Dantean structure, the nature of Grey Town, and the…

roaring twenties. F. Scott Fitsgerald’s The Great Gatsby is set in the money, love, and party rush of the 1920s, where, after the war, God is no where to be found, and everyone’s true love is short dresses and alcohol. The Great Gatsby portrays several characteristics and struggles of the 1920s as described in Only Yesterday by Frederick Lewis Allen, which includes post war disillusionment, the upcoming of the nouveau riche, and business replacing God. The first wave of change throughout the…

test by God. This will have been Abraham’s last test, and possibly his toughest. God tells Abraham to “take your son […] and offer him there as a burnt offering” (Gen 22:2). Abraham listens to God and proceeds to take his son to Moira to sacrifice him as an offering. Before he manages to do so, an angel from God halts him and tells Abraham had passed the test. Abraham shows how truly faithful he is in this passage. He is then blessed for his actions. The main message of this passage is that God…

Nehemiah Leading Through Change Nehemiah was considered a great leader, and decided with the help of the Lord to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Once Nehemiah set his heart to help the people of Jerusalem, many obstacles were faced. Nehemiah through faith and perseverance proved to be a great leader. Nehemiah served as a cupbearer for the king of Babylon. When Nehemiah heard that the walls of Jerusalem were never rebuilt and the city was going through turmoil, Nehemiah felt obliged to help his…

some are more fortunate than others? Does God like them more? "And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:19 The passage of Philippians 4:19 teaches that my question is answered by God. The passage states that God will meet all of our needs in Christ 's eyes (Phil. 4:19). In humans eyes we may think that if someone has more money than us that we are not blessed this is not the case. In Gods eyes blessings are not just about how…

thought. He uses this to explain to the fool that there is in fact a god and this conclusion can be logically arrived upon. He begins the monologion in a similar way arguing for something that is supreme in its good qualities. by looking at anselms argument we can see that the merit of his argument in the monologion and how it works with the argument of the proslogion. Anselm begins the Monologion with asserting the existence of god, and that one can logically conclude this.This passage…

wickedness and God sent a flood to destroy them. “But they denied him, so We saved him and those who were with him in the ship. And We drowned those who denied Our signs. Indeed, they were a blind people.” (Al-Araf 7:64). In both stories Noah built an ark and filled it with two of each animal and his family. “Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them…

Creation of Adam, the artist's image of God reaching out to Adam has become iconic of humanity and has been reproduced numerous times like Mona Lisa and ‘The Last Supper’ of Leonardo-da-Vinci. The left side of the painting shows a figure who is Adam, the first human, and he is lying on the with his upper body face outward, his right hand on the ground and left hand is lifted up with his index finger slightly lifted and reaching out to God and his face looking at the God. To the right of Adam,…