Monotheism

A delightful day on Earth, the Kronia festival just started. Summer was calling from all over, kids were playing on the narrow streets of small towns, birds were singing, golden crops were coming out of the ground, but some people were still desperate and poor. The miners didn 't enjoy this transformation, they didn 't have any soil that can bare the harvest, they only had the mines of the Great God Pluto,which had a lot of gold and gemstones. This wealth was trade with the God for some…

Genesis 1, the first chapter in the bible, is easily the most well known creation story to come out of the Ancient Near East. However, that does not mean that it was the only story being told during that period. The Babylonian epic, the Enuma Elish was another creation story that sprung up in the Ancient Near East. It is in essence a history of the Babylonian gods, and in particular, one god, Marduk. It was ultimately written to justify his rise to power as the head of the Babylonian pantheon of…

(AGG) Many centuries old world religions, from Hinduism and Buddhism to Christianity, teach against seeking and craving material possessions. (BS-1) The society in Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is materialistic, focusing on objects and physical things over all else. (BS-2) A direct consequence of this is that more fundamental and necessary aspects of life are lost. (BS-3) People within the novel who are not like the rest of society in terms of materialism regain the exact traits and…

One of the most beautiful stories in the Bible explains how the world came to exist. The awe-inspiring power, fascinating creativity, and perfect eye for detail that God revealed to mankind in the beginning can bring anyone to their knees, and when men search for the beauty of God in this marvelous world they cannot withstand the amazement that fills them and cannot help but be moved to action, fulfilling their purpose of caring for this world more and more. William Blake in his poem “The Tyger”…

While David Fincher’s work spans many genres and touches on many themes, his darkest films prove to be the most interesting. Central to all of these films is religion, whether it be actual organized religion or a symbolic form of religion. Yet, Fincher does not deal with religion in a very typical way. Instead, he chooses to deal with religion through various treatments and depictions of violence, using many techniques, such as shots, camera angles, and cuts, to highlight the violence in the…

Each of the friends exposed the inherent weaknesses of evil people. Though the wicked appeared invincible, they were rotten at the core and God would destroy them. For his part, however, Job saw only their continuing strength and enviable security. Although none of the friends named Job in this cycle, these pointed diatribes formed the basis for round three which turned painfully personal as they accused Job of having engaged in the very same oppressive practices that would make “[the wicked]…

Hearing God “God spoke to me” are words that create unease in the most dedicated of Christians. “I sense that God is speaking to my heart” are also words that can give sincere faithful people a feeling of being second class believers if in all honesty they cannot say they have had such an experience. Others have had encounters that are unexplainable other than to turn to Moses’s encounter at the burning bush and Abraham’s visitation at Mount Moriah but have kept them private for fear of…

Racism has been defined in many ways from judgements and prejudices to actions on racial superiority. While there are many discussions on racism, its’ roots, and the implications on the lived circumstance of those in today’s society, I believe one prominent, modern Africana philosopher has a grasp like no other on the topic. Lewis Gordon describes racism and its dimensions in this quote. “Racism, properly understood, is a denial of the humanity of a group of human beings either on the basis of…

There was a period where religion got so colossal that all through the Europe, where it spread from Northern Britain and towards regions around the Mediterranean regions. These religions were presented amid the period when the Roman Domain was fallen ate them. Rome was the focal point of consideration of religions after the fall of Rome. In the Transformation of Clovis and Corpus Juris Civils of Justinian both outlines a ton of things about Christianity at the time since it was a major religion…

It was another moment of transition for Job in his constantly dynamic thinking, only to be interrupted by Bildad who failed even more miserably than before to make a meaningful contribution. Job pounced on Bildad’s brief allusion to God’s peace-making presence in the heavens (25:2). After a sarcastic jab about how helpful Bildad’s counsel was, Job unleashed a vibrant description of what God actually does in those heavenly realms. Some of his discourse described the visible heavenly realms – the…