God of Carnage

actions and lifestyles geared toward the same destination, in spite of their apparent contradictions. While Aristotle advocates for a principled obedience to a core of virtues and Perpetua stresses the definite singular importance of giving one’s life to God, both authors approach a common definition of appropriate behavior involving courageous resolve in pursuit of the highest happiness. Aristotle elaborates his viewpoint with regards to human desire and society, and Perpetua champions an…

The city of Los Angeles today, is deemed as one of the “mural capitals of the world” (MCLA). With 3,000 and counting murals citywide, they can be displayed as either being from a religious, cultural, or political standpoint with the purpose of leaving behind an underlying message from the art in itself. Made from vinyl acetate, Rico Lebrun’s Genesis, is influenced from the central story of Genesis, portraying Adam and Eve with their children. Alongside including the events from the Great Flood…

In the story Night the main character Eliezer, a young jewish boy, has faith in God and believes that god will heal him and protect him from all those who to try to harm him in anyway, has lost his faith and innocence. Among him a man whom he had became friends with during his young years trying to find a mentor. This manś name was Moché the Beadle. They both had faith in God but lost in along with their innocence in very terrible and tragic ways. Innocence is such a valuable thing that is so…

Dreadlocks: This is an important aspect of the Rastafari movement because they believe that their hair is a source of their strength and is written in the Old Testament such as Leviticus 21:5. Another belief, is that it’s a representation of the lion’s mane (Frank, kevin). Ganja: Rastafarians are known to smoke the herb for ritual purposes. Ganja is usually smoked during what they call reasoning sessions. It is smoked to bring them closer to Jah and bring them spiritual awareness (Pretorius,…

“Don’t be an Indian giver!” it may sound like an innocent phrase. However, that phrase underlines a lot of differences between Native culture and Christianity. The main point of Christianity is to give yourself without expecting anything back just as Jesus gave himself for the world. However, Natives, as a barter economy, were used to giving and expecting something back. In the eyes of the Christians, this was not a good thing. But Natives considered giving and expecting back an honorific task.…

The song “I Got the Juice” by Dream Junkies in formatted by tricky wordplay and incredible use of these fire spitting rappers to convey a certain message. A message of hope and inspiration. One showing how these men who were lost have now found their own way and are running with it. Their way doesn’t exactly line up with what the culture today says about them but it shows how they have raised above the challenge of stereotypes and limits due to their race and social class and are now setting the…

humility. Knowing when you’ve screwed up or leader’s ability to be humble fall under that category. Integrity goes with patience and faith. Patience because one must have the patience to endure the tough times. Faith because one must be able to commit to God and follow the principles. Dedication is Kennedy’s last value and it is most similar to meekness or brotherhood. He has these values because when everyone is watching, the values are what they are going to be judged on. At the end of his…

Through the perspective of Niccolo Machiavelli, the importance of realistic goals, plans and the execution of said plans are clearly described in his book the prince. A ruler speakers concern must be internal security the states' ability to protect its self from external threats and practicality to keep his state. Machiavelli with especially clear how little he values Christian morality and principalities. He argued that the realm of idealism would only bring a pretty downfall for the prince…

an Angry God, Jonathan Edwards went back to get sinners and also just people in general to get back into the church so that they could continue to be with God. The intended audience for this passage is people who are doubting God and are going against his wishes. Jonathan wants to persuade the sinners to go back and reconnect with God. He uses the fear that they have to convince them to go back to church. By doing this he wants the sinners to know that they are only alive because of God and if…

blindness” (Tripp 279). As sinners, we often miss out on how often we sin and fall short of the perfect ideal of God. However, we must live in a state of constant dependence on God, humbled at the fact that He reaches out to us and makes us wise. As a counselor, I must remember that my wisdom comes only from God, and that everything I can offer comes from Him. I must rely constantly on the wisdom of God, not myself, with all of my…