Obedience

The mind is the most wonderful gift God has ever given to man because with only the mind that we can trust to Allah and we can reach the please of Him The core of science is the mind - just like a baby to the mother. What makes man different from the other living or non-living creature in this world and make man achieve a higher level than of others is the mind. The kalimah in the Qur’an such as “do they not look?”, “think!”, “do they not ponder?” and a lot more shows that the Qur’an lead man…

One concept we talked about is class was obedience, people’s tendency to conform to authority, and was demonstrated in a famous experiment done by Stanley Milgram. Very recently I had an experience with this phenomenon. It was here in China, two weekends ago when Lion took us on a Saturday trip to the Leshan Giant Buddha. At the beginning of the trip we met as a group near the main entrance to the mountain. Paul said we would have two hours to do what we wanted then we would meet back at that…

Humans are creatures of habit – once they get used to doing something, any change to it is jarring and often unwelcome. The chorus’ line, “The straying dreams of men/May bring them ghosts of joy:/But as they drowse, the waking embers burn them;/or they walk with fixed eyes, as blind men walk” (Sophocles Antigone 210) articulates this idea, and the idea can be found in multiple tragic works. For example, in Oedipus Rex, Oedipus tries to escape fate but fate reminds him that he is still its puppet…

transitional time from Old Testament to New Testament. By examining this period, we see many highs and lows for Jewish people. In addition, this period is a lesson of God showing his faithfulness, but also his judgment on Israel based on their obedience. During this time, God hardly spoke to Israel for the lack of prophets that Israel did not have. The Second Temple Period covers three major events such as Return from Exile to Jerusalem, Rededicating of the Temple by Maccabees, Roman Rule, and…

to persuade others. But one of the classical myth beliefs that differs from our modern society cultural truth values and caught my attention in The Odyssey is Hermes ability to be obedient (respectful) towards Zeus. Now one can argue that Hermes obedience and loyalty towards Zeus was simply because of his compassion towards Odysseus which lead to him deciding upon himself to deliver Zeus’s message to Kalypso but for the sake of this report I believe Homer define Hermes as being…

Obedience gradually dwindles as one’s perspectives and views on life emerge, and is often caused by the realization of one’s moral duty in the world. During the play, when asked about a possible marriage to Paris, a reluctant Juliet, “not [yet] fourteen”(I…

Brehm & W. Brehm, 2013, p.363). Conformity comes into play when one is pressured into following the masses (Rosenberg & Turner, 1990, p.496). Compliance is the external action we observe from someone who has conformed (Vaughan & Hogg, 2013, p.214). Obedience is a form of compliance seen in accordance to authority (Hogg & Cooper, 2007 p.313). We see these very concepts used in our daily lives, however subtle they may be. For instance, in our families, school and even work place. These factors…

saved from his sins. A long time passes and nothing happened. Hughes waits for a long time but he still does not see Jesus. I find the story “Salvation” serious as the story present loss of faith, pressure that causes someone to feel guilty and obedience. In “Salvation” there is impact on children that causes them to loss faith. Hughes goes to his Aunt Reed’s church to pray and be saved from his sins. Hughes states, “My aunt told me that when you were saved you saw a light, and something…

and ideas which led to Milgram’s research. Stanley Milgram (1963) was a American social psychologist who carried out the destructive obedience experiment at Yale University in 1963. He was very interested in how far people would go in a situation where it meant hurting another person under an authority figures orders. If an authority figure affected obedience levels in everyday American men. This idea came about after Adolf Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem in 1961. Milgram wanted to know if the…

reason to do the action. The third element of the discipline plan deals with the procedures of enforcement, which include consequences for rule breaking. Teachers and administrators have the choice between using the obedience model or the responsibility model of discipline. The obedience model centers on students following orders because they are told to and if they do not comply, they are punished. While this model may give teachers a sense of control, but it can ultimately lead to a lack…