The important role that healthy interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships play is depicted in the model of the Trinity. According to Darrell Johnson’s Experiencing the Trinity, “we are created and redeemed to enter into the love each person of the Trinity has for the other” (64). This statement encompasses both intrapersonal and interpersonal interactions. The Trinity is one; thus the love that each person in the Trinity has towards another person in the Trinity is the love that the Trinity…
A sacred tree is all it takes to introduce sin to the pure. “the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.’” Why would god and the other believers allow these people to commit these forbidden sins? However, who could resist the temptation of knowledge and the desire for something you can’t have. Women play an immense role in both stories, for…
I agree with you that John Rawl's theories of social justice are not unrealistic for for-profit businesses. As Guth and Marsh (2012) state, "public relations is the values-driven management of relationships between an organization and the publics that can affect its success" (p. 21). Through both of Rawl's points you are able to see this idea at work for for-profit businesses. When it comes to Rawl's idea of the veil or ignorance, as you mentioned, when decision makers are able to step back and…
From the beginning of time, as seen in Christianity, sin has plagued the earth. From eve taking of the forbidden fruit and being cast from paradise to someone robbing an elderly woman down the street, sin is always present. The consequences of sin should have taught us to avoid it at all costs, yet we still fall victim to it. Sin is never the solution yet it is almost always the inevitable answer. Every person sins, and in turn they are judged and besieged with consequences. Never was this more…
Now that the objection of self-interest has been refuted, the emphasis needs to shift towards an explanation of Rawls second principle of justice. The second principle, commonly referred to as the “Difference Principle,” indicates that, “[S]ocial and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are both (a) reasonably expected to be to everyone’s advantage, and (b) attached to positions and offices open to all.” Rawls specifies that the “Liberty Principle” is “lexicographical”. This…
strength, and the like.” This veil can help the rational man make fair decisions based on Rawls’ two principles of justice: maximize liberty and minimize inequalities. However, the two principles cannot be violated for the sake of the other. In his “original position”, Rawls’ states that members of the society have equal rights, and that social and economic inequalities are arranged so that they are to benefit the least advantaged, and are attached to the offices and positions fairly open to all…
In Genesis 3: 1-24, it is implied that the first sin was caused by temptation. The devil, or Satan, made himself appear as a serpent in the Garden of Eden; he informed Eve that the only reason why God did not want both her and Adam to eat from the tree with the forbidden fruit was because the fruit contained knowledge that only God had at the time. This portion of the bible expresses sin as any act that defies God’s command; God has certain expectations and rules for us that he provides us with…
Introduction Author • John Murray, the author of Collected Writings of John Murray, Systematic Theology • Former professor of systematic theology at Westminster Theological Seminary • born in the croft of Badbea, near Bonar Bridge, in Sutherland county, Scotland. • Scottish-born Calvinistic theologian • He also wrote Redemption Accomplished and Applied Title of book and section • The fall of man • Leading up to the three problems associated with the fall of man, he addresses the fact of the…
troubling to Adam and Eve, and they wonder when and how life will be taken from them. Adam is told by Michael the various ways in which death will come to Adam, Eve, and their progeny, and the description is so terrible as to cause Adam tears. The two original parents have introduced death into the world for generations to come. Ironically, however, while Adam's judgment…
Foucault argues that there is a critical shift in terms of power associations that is evident in the circumstance where the soul replaces the body as an objective of penal suppression. This form of displacement presents a fresh form of exposing the body to influence informed by information. Thus, the body is no longer considered as an object of punishment but rather as a tool for retribution. If the body is enslaved, the objective is not to impose bodily harm but rather to withdraw persons of…