Heaven

In medieval times, plays were the focal point of entertainment. Plays were to medieval times as television is to modern society. If a person wanted to get a point across to a gamut of people, expressing it in a play was the best way to do it. Peter van Diest did just that in “Everyman”. “Everyman”, a medieval drama by Peter van Diest, approaches the audience in a lighthearted manner but with further evaluation, confronts the audience with deeply rooted themes of Christianity pertaining to death.…

for anxiety to prevent NDE or predeath visions. Dr. Morse was able to locate a few cases that dealt with predeath visions, and revealed that patients who have predeath visions are not suffering from the visions but are having beautiful visions of heaven and Jesus according to the cases he…

In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne showcases the Puritan community and their way of life: living by the Bible. Of course, some Puritans do not follow the teachings of the Bible, and thus they are referred to as sinners. These sinners are punished not only by the Puritans, but also by nature. However, Hawthorne shows that nature punishes leniently while the Puritans punish harshly. Hawthorne 's word choice of the sunshine in the forest shows nature 's lenient punishments. When Pearl and…

Chuck Palahniuk’s interesting novel Damned, reimagines common archetypes of hell. Palahniuk gives a more modern view on what it’s like to be trapped in hell. Madison Spencer, the protagonist, after an untimely death is trapped in hell. Throughout the novel she meets famous people and demons from history. Palahniuk’s satire pokes fun at society, while still telling a story of epic proportions. Damned gives various descriptions of hell and the events that transpire down there. Also the book…

Islamic perspectives. The Catholic Church teaches that the soul enters heaven, purgatory or hell depending on the superiority of a person’s life. The Islamic view on life after death teaches that after death, an individual each…

the word “you.” He is thanking Beatrice for what she has done, and much of what he attributes to her work is incredibly Christ-like. He thanks her for his salvation, asks for her “power and charity” and “magnificence” so that, when he returns to heaven, his soul might please her, and thanks her for healing his soul (88-89). These actions would be difficult for any true mortal to accomplish. However, Christ is meant to have accomplished all of these actions and more. He is the second aspect…

there is a heaven and a hell, which are the two places that the soul goes after death (Sumegi 119). Heaven is regarded as the part of the afterlife that those who do good in their life and live according to Christian belief go when they pass. While hell is regarded as the part of the afterlife that those who do bad in their life and do not live according to Christian belief go when they pass. Many, including myself wonder what heaven could possibly be like. According to Sumegi’s book “Heaven as…

of an immortal soul? Is our spirit different from our soul? Can Rachels’ arguments be biased as he seems to always disagree with any religious beliefs? Is the afterlife considered a miracle? Do our souls stay here on earth or do they go to either heaven or hell? Why would God create too many souls that will go to hell? Do animals also have a soul? If reincarnation exists, can we take an animal body? Is the afterlife considered a miracle? Was Hume questioning about the existence of miracles or…

The Puritans were a group of very religious people. The term Puritan were applied to two groups of people who believed they should separate themselves from the corrupt Church of England. They also believed that God has selected a certain few for salvation, but unlike other christians they thought faith was just not enough. Jonathan Edwards and Anne Bradstreet about some of the puritans ways and beliefs. Bradstreet wrote a poem named “Upon The Burning of Our House.” Edwards wrote a sermon…

A foundational set of assumptions to which one commits that serves as a framework for understanding and interpreting reality and deeply shapes one’s behavior. A belief is trust, faith, acceptance, and confidence in something or someone. It could be someone you hold dear to you or something you might do in belief that you’ll get a certain result. When you combine a worldview and belief pertaining to Jesus Christ, you get the Christian worldview. In order to have a proper understanding of the…