God the Father

“To say that I am made in the image of God is to say that love is the reason for my existence, for God is love. Love is my true identity. Selflessness is my true self. Love is my true character. Love is my name” (Merton). What was Merton’s main point of this statement? I believe he was trying to emphasize that God does in fact exist, because without God, we would cease to exist because we are made in the likeness of God. People ask the question of “Does God Exist?” for a long time. To one…

reason and/or definition for what is being said, or done. Euthyphro, a man prosecuting his own father, explains to Socrates what piety and impiety is by describing piety as something the Gods like being done and impiety as something the Gods would not like, and those who commit acts against religion and the Gods are persecuted as impious. He also suggests that what is pious is what is agreed upon by the Gods. Socrates denies Euthyphro’s claim of what piety and impiety is due to the lack of…

“‘For God’s sake, where is God?’... ‘Where He is? This is where - hanging from this gallows’…” Although these words once came from Elie Wiesel’s mouth, they matched up with what many, many Jews around the world were asking. Where could God possibly be during the time the Jews needed them most. In the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel, readers are introduced to the process that Jews went through that caused Elie to lose his faith, for a long time, if not forever. The theme of Night, therefore, is the…

quoting Psalms 115:3 “Our God is in heaven; he does whatever pleases him”. This can be put in another way “There is absolutely nothing that happens in the universe that is outside of God’s influence and authority. As King of kings and Lord of lords, God has no limitations.” Basically, this means that since God created the universe he is sovereign over all of his creation. Being sovereign “means being the ultimate source of all power, authority, and everything that exists. Only God can make those…

God vs gods and goddesses Mahatma Gandhi once said that he was a Hindu, but he said that he was also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew and he ended the quote by saying that we all are. And that got me thinking about how can Gandhi and I and everyone else, believe in all of those religions? How are we all a Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, and a Jew? To figure out the meaning behind this quote I focused on only two religions. I will be comparing and contrasting Hinduism and…

Ancient Judaic Ethics in Literature Forgiveness and disgust, empathy and lust, these are four emotions that overcome people when confronted with different situations. The attitude people take on though may not be without the influence of ancestors before them. Collective attitudes and behaviors of society as a whole have been forming for hundreds of years and that is nothing new. Had there been one little change people could be screaming and jumping with glee at the idea of a murder and crying…

I believe that there are really only two religions at the end of the day – the religion of self, and the religion of God. Most religions in the world are centered on the selfishness of the individual; I want to be better, I want to be great, I want to make sure that no one is more deserving of heaven than I, etcetera. However, the remaining “religion of God” is about glorifying God, which is hard to do if one is trying to give all the glory to himself. My goal with this essay is simply to answer…

first audiences could have understand the situation and it allows me to interpret the passage appropriately. Edom seemed to be safe place for refugees when Jerusalem was struck in 587 B.C. They worked on their own with great determination to rebuild. God came against Esau's people in Edom and all their efforts, and they earned the title the wicked land and the people were always under the wrath of the Lord. As contrasted to Edom, descent of Jacob had been granted the grace to return and…

faith in God as he prepared to kill his son. And often, I have wondered what Isaac thought as this happened. I wondered if he fought back or if he was mentally and emotionally effected by his own father trying to kill him. I have wondered if this event made him angry with a God that was supposed to love him and care for him. I have even asked myself if I would be able to murder someone if God told me to. The answer for me is very simple. No. No, I would not be able to kill someone because God…

world, teaches several doctrines such as those about God, the Messiah, human beings, and the universe, making their beliefs very important however, some of their beliefs are similar to other religions around the world, like monotheism with Christianity and Islam. Judaism ultimate reality is a single powerful god, who not only created the universe, but with whom every Jew can have an individual and personal relationship. Their relationship with god is very covenant however Judaism has no creed…