God Is Not Great

not always good nor is it bad either. It just depends on what you’re the first for. In Moses day being the first born of Egypt on two different occasions meant you could be killed, Pharaoh killed the entire Jewish nations first born and then later God killed the Egyptians fist born as they left. Herod in the New Testament sent out a decree to have all the first born killed in the land. So here it wasn’t the best thing to be a first born. There are many other times and occasions when…

Puritans believed in strict limitations, predestination, and that even though all men were sinners, God was working in their lives. Eventually, the Age of Enlightenment emerged and drew people away from the church, causing a religious revival known as the Great Awakening. During this time, impassioned preachers gave fiery sermons like, Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the hands of an Angry God,” in attempt to reinforce piety and scare people back into the church. Throughout his sermon,…

that the gods are seen and thought to be a great effect on people, and theirs expectations and plans all through the books they appear to suck more often than not, accordingly, demonstrating that people are infrequently more powerful than the god in some ways. The trojans throughout the book are often hated by the gods. The piety shown from the trojans determine if the gods are willing to help them or not. The gods know that the Trojans suffer a lot because of the people and other gods that hate…

cast into hell by God because if his own pride. Satan believes what he has done is right and he wants to be equal with God. Satan was disloyal to God and was cast out of heaven so that he may be the ruler of his own world working to be equal with God. He believes that even though he’s evil, they are going to bring forth good. Satan is fearless for going against God and takes whatever he feels God throws at him. Satan displays his disloyalty to God, courageous behavior to fight God the all…

was an archangel and walked amongst the stones of fire, the thrones of god. Lucifer led a rebellion against God, he thought he was more beautiful than God, so he desired to be worshiped as God. 1/3rd of angels in heaven followed Lucifer's rebellion, then God cast out Lucifer, he fell like lightning from heaven. This ended the preadamic race. God judged the preadamic world by catastrophic effects, this killed every living thing. God came down and inquired after the angels that caused the whole…

Persian Gulf almost to the Mediterranean Sea” (13). Next was Babylon, home of Hammurabi’s code and the beautiful hanging gardens. In these great cities, they established an economy fit to last. Mesopotamia was an agricultural based society, relying on food to trade for what they needed. In order to do that, they had to settle…

The grace and mercy God extended to us has allowed us to live and serve Him along the path towards eternity in heaven. There are times that some may not fully understand why God continues to bless us with opportunities to serve our purpose even though we sin daily. That reason would be because God loves us, and that love is unconditional. Throughout this paper the grace and mercy we have been given will be inter-connected to three parts. Those parts will include theological definition, biblical…

ideas as they also do disagree on many things. The four passages I will be summering for you are “The Great Question Ch.1”, and “Religion Ch.3” by Portier, “God is not one” by Porthero, and “Nostra Aetate” from the Second Vatican Council. The first Chapter of “The Great Question” begins by explaining that our world has many religions and that anywhere there are humans you can find a god or gods…

Ouranos (Uranus, Heaven) should hold the kingly office amongst the deathless gods. For he learned from Gaia (Gaea, Earth) and starry Ouranos (Sky) that he was destined to be overcome by his own son, strong though he was, through the contriving of great Zeus.Therefore he kept no blind outlook, but watched and swallowed down his children : and unceasing grief seized Rhea. But when she was about to bear Zeus, the father of gods and men, then she besought her own dear parents, Gaia (Earth) and…

The America I believe in is a land of freedom and independance. Most people do not really think of what a great place America actually is. On July fourth, Abraham Lincoln signed a contract that gave all Americans independence. Many years ago America had slavery that was destroying our people. Slaves were beat to death, pushed, and constantly working. Abraham lincoln gave a speech on January first during World War 2. The speech set all slaves free. This finally gave them a chance to live in the…