God of Carnage

This weekend, I had the privilege of volunteering at the Gallagher Charitable that is hosted by the baseball and softball team each year. I have had the chance to volunteer every year, however this year was much different. In years past, aside from standing around and making sure families knew where to go, I did not do very much. This year, however, I served as the Spanish translator for the event. I felt that having this job made me truly see that I had done a lot in years past. Having taken…

The discussion about good and evil in relation to capital punishment was particularly striking to me, because I did not before this course think about the perception of good and evil in relation to the Christian, Judaism, and Islam traditions. I had a one-dimensional view of good and evil, because of my Christian background and these different approaches made me think more critically about the nature of good and evil. For example, in Christianity the fall from good to evil is because of Adam and…

Romani and Egyptian culture are much more than what the western general public perceives. Romani culture is more than just being nomads that go wherever they please. They have their own set of values and traditions, just like any other culture, as do the Egyptians. Egyptian culture is very different than Romani culture, yet they are comparable. Their religion, geography, traditions, and some ideologies are extremely different, but some parallels can be drawn from their music and dance. Even…

find sustenance. No matter why we seek sustenance, to increase our brain power, bodies, or souls, we still believe that God will provide us with what we need. My view of the world and the many different kinds of people, cultures, and ideas, gives me hope; for no matter what background or worldview a person has, we all still seek that which has been promised and is always provided. God has always provided to his…

moves itself by deliberation, and deliberations is an inquiry that does not yield only one conclusion but leads to contrary conclusions, the will does not more itself necessarily.” The emphasis of deliberation is the key to understanding the free-will. God is what grants intellect, intellect grants the ability to make decision, making the decisions to actually make a decision is free-will. The will is not moved by necessity, but moved by deliberation and choices to obtain the good. When…

three offspring: Gods, humans, and demons. Abraham is the highest deity and is asked what the most important lesson for them to understand, while Abraham says something to each of them they all hear something different. Demons hear compassion,humans hear to give, and Gods hears self-restraint. T.S. Eliot says this is an expression of opinions on the human race as a whole. The three thunder claps that sound in lines 400-423 basically retell the story of how thunder, the father of gods, men, and…

Looking at how the Quran and the bible are both books that are showing people how to act, and how to be good seminarian. The different Gods are trying to keep us out of danger, and help us live the best life that we can in accordance with the word. Although looking in both books, find that there are verses that are considered outdated. Not eating certain meats was a useful law when the…

question, if an all-knowing, all-powerful God exists, why does he allow evil to persist among his followers? This paper will seek to examine the relationship between good and evil and attempt to provide some explanation as to how evil continues to exist in a world in which God is a part of so many peoples’ lives. An argument will be made that evil thrives in modern society not because of any action that God fails to take, but rather because of the fact that God has given us the freedom to choose…

Aristophanes gives a believable myth to better understand his interruption on love. It is one of the strongest and it stands all the speeches in the Symposium. Aristophanes’ speech answers ones questions that can’t seem to understand their craving love or why one needs to search for their other half. When it comes to finding love we are searching for our true match. This is expressed throughout Aristophanes’ speech. Aristophanes believed that to understand love we must first realize what was…

have and will continue to ask God for wisdom concerning which path I should take in life. One path that has come across my heart is the idea of a vocational ministry. The other path that has come across my heart is a career in law. These two options seem extremely polar at first. However, I am reminded by Ephesians 3:20 that God is able to do “exceedingly abundantly above all that [I] ask or think, according to the power that works in [me].” That is why I pray to God that in my future,…