God of Carnage

Bealer, L. Tracy. "The Kiss of the Memory: The Problem of Love in Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God." African American Review: Summer 2009, 311-327. In this article, Bealer focuses on Hurston’s representation of African American love. Bealer examines the connection between Janie, the pear tree, and tea cake as a sexual desire, love, her marriage and etc. In the article, Bealer examine how the pear tree reflect the character as her own. By making the connections with pear tree, Janie was…

Religions are known to bring out the good in individuals, however, there lies a side where religious motives guide people to carry out awful actions. Actions such as collective violence, is carried out by millenarian religious movements. Understanding Contemporary Millenarian Violence by John Walliss, is an article that summarizes studies of millenarian violence, enabling readers to understand what these religious movements have done and their “darker” side. The article by John Walliss enables…

this ‘God’ person. King is mocking the importance placed on God and the expectation that all people know who he is. God’s comments on the story of creation detail his frustration, as he asks where is his “earth without form”, his “void”, and his “darkness” (King 37) that has now become Water World. He is no longer in charge of creation, and King includes God to mock the Christian belief that there is only one god and he has all of the power. The narrator refers to him as “that backward GOD”…

passages of The Life of Antony and The Life of Saint Macrina, relationship plays a crucial role in leading oneself to the ascetic life. It is apparent that Antony and Macrina come to the ascetic life, not only from the relationship they reach for with God, but the intentionally neglectful relationship they have with the Devil. The relationship one holds with the Lord proves to further their ascetics on their path of transformation in Christ as they possess an unfathomable love for the Lord and…

define the woman. The complementarian recognizes that ‘helper’, or the word helper in Hebrew ‘ezer’, in its self is not inherently an inferior description of women. In fact, a helper can actually be a superior position as scripture also refers to God as our Helper, and His superior help is available to us in times of need. In other cases of scripture that the word ‘helper’ reflects a subordinate role. It is important to note that scripture does not state that man is an ‘ezer’ of his wife.…

Sanskrit. Agni is symbolized as a mediator between the humans and the Gods. It also emphasizes the close interaction between the sacrificer and gods. In this hymn, Agni is perceived as a hope for the worshippers to have their desires fulfilled. Agni is also connotated as the Vedic god of fire of Hinduism and a sacrificial ritual performed by the Hindu priests to connect Humans to God. The hymn “I pray to Agni,” Is about Agni, the fire god as stated in the Sanskrit. It emphasis the close…

A Hero has no specific shape or size. There is no blue print, no design pattern, or even a book for a hero to follow. A Hero is just an ordinary person who does an extraordinary task. We may all have a different idea of what a hero might be, or what a hero might do and what defines a hero. Debi Mazar defines a hero as, "Somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people. A hero to me is someone who saves people and who really…

Morality and religion are two separate entities, though to ignore religion's effect on morality would be unproductive in furthering one's understanding of ethicality. Without a proper understanding of both, however, it is difficult to truly explore their interconnectedness. Morality is defined as "the principles concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior." Though seemingly not linked with religion at all, much of the morals our society has come to codify has a…

believer. Also, we are made in the image of God, unlike any animal or plant that exists. Man is the only thing created in God’s image, and they are therefore so much more important and unique. People continue to ignore the value in human lives and kill each other or abort their babies before they are even born. By taking away that life, they are discounting the value of the lives they are taking…

Kerlyn Garcia Professor Wilson CRWT 101 10 July 2017 Destruction and Renovations Destruction is when everything falls apart; everything dissolves and is no longer able to be used. With every destruction comes a renovation. An improvement to what has fallen apart. . The picture that caught my attention was “Spirit and Strength” by Omar Havana from the Ny Times. The image that shows collapsed buildings surrounding a young boy that walks alone in Nepal. We might ask ourselves what this means…