Good Friday

In “An Indian’s Looking-Glass for the White Man”, by William Apes argues that there are no differences between the Indian and the white man and what gives the white man, the right to treat them as they were not equals. He quarrels that “if black or red skins or any other skin color is disgraceful to God” (p. 501) then God has put down himself because according to the bible; mankind was made in the images of God. Throughout the essay, he questions the white man doctrine of Christianity base life…

They had started evacuating jews out of the ghetto, and cramming us into trains. Families where in which are interracial take different trains, because interracial marriage has become illegal. A good friend of mine, James had his wife and daughter taken away while he resides alone in the ghetto. I pity the poor man. I could never imagine losing my wife Anastasia. We had met in Hamburg and it was love at first sight. She was a Aryan Immigrant, and…

In the Alchemist, Santiago exemplifies reverence through acting in accordance with the advice of the erudite old man named Melchizedek. After recently leaving his previous nomad lifestyle, Santiago finds motivation from the advice of the old man and goes on to pursue his personal legend. Discovering the validity of the old man through the confirmation of a gypsy, Santiago extols Melchizedek and decides to apply the wisdom given to him by the old man. Melchizedek, responding to the contents…

What does Ender learn at battle school about himself, leadership, and friendship? When Ender Wiggin came to battle school he becomes a completely different person. Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is about a young boy named Ender Wiggin who is the best and brightest student at battle school who must save the planet from the evil buggers. Ender does not only learn about the war but also that he is aggressive, true friends are always there for you, and that it takes hard work and determination…

In the debate video between William Lane Craig vs. Paul Kurtz, they both debate on whether goodness without God is good enough. Paul Kurtz is the chairman of the council for secular humanism and a professor of philosophy AmeriGas at SUNY Buffalo and William Lane Craig is a research professor of Philosophy. He also is a prodigious author of books and essays. Dr. Craig also has a doctorate degree in Theology and Philosophy. In this debate, Kurtz is going to argue that a person can be moral…

In The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, the narration is in first-person, but the narrator rarely speaks in the story for another character talks the entire time. “I called on good-natured, garrulous old Simon Wheeler…” (Twain 660). However, in The Outcasts of Poker Flat, the narration is in third-person and the narrator knows everything about the characters and their thoughts. “As Mr. John Oakhurst, gambler, stepped into the…

the reality that him and his father cannot help and save everyone. The boy at first is always attempting to save everyone because he believes that they are the good guys and that’s what good guys do. This illusion is then shattered when he and his father leave a man struck by lightning to die, as his father doesn’t trust him to be a good person and believes they cannot do anything. At first the boy only cries and pleads his father to help, but as their…

Physical and Moral Evil Evil has the dictionary definition of “morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked.” Evil, as the Catholic faith would explain it, is the absence of God, everything morally good. Evil exists in this world because of the fall, when Adam and Eve committed the first sin. Their actions created sin, thus creating evil. There are two main types of evil: physical evil and moral evil. While they are both morally wrong, they are distinctly separated. The quality that separates…

“Conscience is the fundamental characteristic of being human that makes it possible to know and do good,” (Blackburn 23). Blackburn classifies conscience as the fundamental characteristic of being human, meaning that conscience is a determinant of who, or what sort of person one should be. Similarly, when Blackburn talks about conscience in this manner, there is an understanding that conscience is a part of our human design; therefore, it is a representation of who we are both internally and…

of: goodness in human actions, man’s objective of happiness, and how a human’s good action contributes to partaking in God. The Aquinas’ main argument is simply that what actions make it good or bad. In first article begins with the question regarding if our actions we as humans are good. The answer that Aquinas provides is a yes due to that every act of a man does is good and evil does not come from the virtue of good. In conclusion, no act of a man does is evil. Also the per se effect…