Mere Christianity

here, in purgatory, the first terrace contains those who have committed the worst of the forgivable sins, pride. It may seem strange that pride is the worst, but as C.S. Lewis stated in Mere Christianity “the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere flea bites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind…” Pride here is purged through…

Somalians who are suspected to have converted to Christianity face rushed public beheadings without proper trial and Christians in the country face extreme persecution at the hands of Islamic jihadists, according to an International Law analyst for Open Doors International’s World Watch Research Unit. Based on Open Doors’ 2017 World Watch List of the worst Christian persecutors, Somalia ranks second with its persecution levels almost equal to that of North Korea. Open Doors UK & Ireland CEO Lisa…

the years, sprinkled in hints of his/her true purpose of writing it. The author of Beowulf wrote the epic with the intent to make a change to Anglo-Saxon society. This is because the poem of Beowulf was a way to spread the author’s thoughts on Christianity and its supremacy over Paganism. The exact date, or even year, during which the poem of Beowulf was composed is unknown. Despite this, scholars have examined the historically accurate content and the writers linguistics to attempt…

created. Although he does not try to attack Christianity or religion as a whole, he inadvertently does. This is because the main religions in the world (Christianity, Judaism, and Islam) believe that God created everything in the world separately and humans in his image. Therefore, to believe that species evolve throughout time contradicts what religion preaches and that all species were created separately. Darwin continues, “It makes the work of God a mere mockery and deception; I would almost…

Franklin believed more emphasis should be placed on reason and logic as opposed to faith. This is where the idea of separation of church and state was born. But the foundation of Christianity was already intertwined within the states infrastructure m Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940) making the separation a mere idea. This vastly affects the country and more specifically the public education system because Christian values can be found in the public schooling system. For instance the…

expanded the power of writing and reasoning beyond religious scholars, along with the consequences of plagues and wars, and the secular involvement and corruption of the Church led many to lose credibility in the what-was-then-current establishment of Christianity. One of the people that were unhappy with the church was Martin Luther, who in the early 1500s posted his Ninety-Five Theses on a church doors in Wittenberg, Germany. His Thesis were a product of his distress with the selling of…

Religion can be depicted as a belief in divinity and spiritual views. Buddhism dominantly revolves around life and the teachings of Gautama, likewise Christianity similarly revolves around life and the teachings of Jesus. However they differ in minor views such as: spiritual values, the concept of afterlife, and the purpose for living. Though the two religions share similar concepts, they exhibit differences that set them apart from each other. Buddhism’s founder, Siddharta Guatama, had four…

our brains. And today, even on this late date of 2014, religion is still a huge factor when it comes to our minds and our culture. Western culture is what currently dominates an ever globalizing world, and two of the Abrahamic faiths, Judaism and Christianity, are the basis for Western thought. However the ideas taken from the beliefs of Ancient Jews and Christians, which have had a profound effect on the…

traditional rules of Christianity, but they both individually had invested faith in God. When Bono visited Africa to help the people suffering from the destruction of famine and AIDS, he realized that whole world is his neighbor irrespective of any geographical distance. Kierkegaard also reflects this view as he thinks that we should treat every human being as our neighbor and we should give authentic love to all of them (Kierkegaard, 2009). They emphasize on action, not in mere words of love.…

In a small classroom at Liberty University, students enrolled in an upper level psychology course have discussed the various models of the integration of psychology and Christianity as proposed by David N. Entwistle (2015). The models that were discussed include Enemies, Foreign Spies, Domestic Spies, Colonialists, Rebuilders, Neutral Parties, and Allies. One specific part of the curriculum for the class includes the input of each student on which of these seven models seem to be the strongest.…