The foundation of a lawful occasion is best characterized as a day where there are no courts, work, and is a day of happiness and rest. While there ought to be a partition of chapel and state, Christmas is viewed as a lawful occasion and one needs to scrutinize the legitimacy of setting up this day as a lawful occasion when one takes a gander at the idea of detachment of chapel and state and considering the assorted qualities we confront in today 's current society. Christmas in actually…
as well shown by A.R. Webb, a muslim who stated at the World Parliament, that he believed a man could be a good honest Christian, and be a polygamist. Due to the sensitivity of not only polygamy at the time but also the presumed proximity between Mormonism and Islam, Webb’s statement shot down any chance of a Mormon delegate being able to speak at the World’s Parliament of…
Comedic Philosophy: That’s Deep Bro In the podcast, That’s Deep Bro, philosophical questions are explored by the host, Christina Pazsitzky, in her comedic style. She employs personal anecdotes, colloquialisms, and satire to adequately drive her arguments and create an entertaining podcast. At the start of each podcast, Pazsitzky tells a story from her personal life. She uses personal anecdotes to connect her life to the philosophical question she intends to unpack and answer. In “Self Hatred…
As a young child, family values were instilled in my siblings and I from a young age. These values were shaped through the influence of religion and example. The strongest agent of socialization that affects my decisions and life is that of family. Considering that family is the closest to us in our young lives, it is only fitting that many of our life decisions are based on what we are taught in the family setting. Growing up I always knew that I wanted to love someone the way my mother…
Seventeen years ago, this past May, I lost one the most important to me, my mother, a “Phenomenal Woman”, in my book. The poem, “Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou was my mothers’ favorite poem. Every time she did something that she felt was great, those very words would roll off her tongue, “Phenomenal Woman That’s Me”! Her death was sudden, no one even knew what happened or how it happened. Family members found her one morning on her floor laying there unresponsive and pale in color.…
Movement throughout the text Angels in America occurs repeatedly when character experience exposure to different identities. The development of characters in the text require acceptance of their own privileges and disadvantages. Roxane Gay, a feminist and writer, writes in her piece entitled Peculiar Benefits highlights the essence of privilege within identities, “You need to understand the extent of your privilege, the consequences of your privilege, and remain aware that people who are…
divide the world if they have personal or secondhand experiences interfaith divides. Further examples can come from the religion I am most familiar with, Mormonism. Mormons were chased out of their homes, based on their religious practices. They had to travel across America to desolate land in order to live in peace. Multiple families within mormonism have disowned their children due to sexual orientation. This is due to the LDS church’s bold stand against the LGBT community, including the…
After Lois questions him on his own beliefs, he realizes that he doesn’t have any. Peter sets out to try a variety of different religions. Peter first tries to be a Mormon, but then finds out that Mormons can’t drink alcohol, which turns him off to Mormonism. After trying several other religions and feeling at home in none of them, he seeks advice from his father. Peter’s father, Francis, tells Peter to look into his heart for guidance on which religion he belongs to, prompting Peter to start…
Many people don’t know what they want to be when they “grow up”, as for my mother she didn’t know what type of religion she wanted to be in when she “grew up”. However, she did know the basics that she believed in which was God, the Holy Spirit, his son Jesus Christ, and the Holy Bible that being said she considered herself Christian and raised me as a Non-Denominational Christian. That was until my senior year of High School when my mom decided she no longer wanted to be part of the…
Derived from Christianity in 1830, the Mormon Church (also known as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) was founded by Joseph Smith in 1830. Due to religious persecution, and after the murder of Joseph Smith in 1844, the newly appointed leader, Brigham Young, led the Mormons out west to a religious safe haven in Salt Lake City. In 1823, Joseph Smith claimed he was visited by an angel named “Moroni”, and this angel told him of an ancient record that contained God’s dealings. In 1827…