Polytheism

Santa Claus; someone who is everywhere and nowhere at the same time; someone who one thinks exists, but has no proof of it. As I became exposed to other monolithic religions, it conflicted with what I learned as I was raised in Japan, the idea of polytheism. In the process of attempting to resolve this conflict within myself of what religion I belong to, and who God(s) is/are, I found that it is impossible to prove whether God(s) do, or does not exist, and that we will never know.…

Every move a person makes throughout their life effects his or her future. No matter if the consequences are negative or positive, for every action there is a reaction. In the story The Odyssey by Homer the main character, Odysseus, is forced to go on a long journey that takes him away from his home and family for years upon years. The choices he makes in this journey changes his life and his families lives. The entire story is based on this one voyage and is the main contributions to how it…

Many young teens think that the Mayans are just a boring topic they learn at history class. I have realized that it's the opposite, the Mayan culture was unique and fascinating. After being a group of roaming nomads, the Mayans settled in Mesoamerica in 2600 B.C, and declined, for a mysterious reason, in 900 A.D. In their time of prominence, the Mayans did advances in astronomy and mathematics, and developed a very complex writing system and a calendrical system. They also had a distinctive…

(A) Yahweh's achievement in latter days (4:1a) (1) bə’aḥărît hayyāmîm (in the latter days) denote the final period of history and is not an expression for the end of history. The prophet's future was not eschatology. It means "a future that is not presently discernible." It denotes "in varying contexts a remote future that paradoxically reverse the present situation and at the same time brings to a fitting outcome that toward which it is striving." There is a sense of conclusiveness but…

Ancient cultures are different and unique from cultures today. An example of this is their gods. They had different than what we worship today; for instance, the Greek god Poseidon who controls the seas and currents. They were gods to be feared and to be worshiped. They also created great stories about them. When learning about an ancient culture it’s important to start with their gods. Mythology is an interesting topic in many ways; not only does it have gods, but it has heroes too. These…

The third view, and the main focus of this book, is the angelic view. The angelic view postulates that the sons of God were angels, although as previously mentioned they are not necessarily limited to just angels, more on that later. The phrase “sons of God” comes from the Hebrew words “beney elohim” or “beney ha-elohim”. “Beney” simply means “sons”. So what is an elohim? Elohim is often associated as one of the names of God, for instance, “In the beginning God (elohim) created the heavens and…

In the life of a religious person there are many ways to tackle, deal with and answer, questions of our faith. One major question within our religion is what is our relationship with God. This question has many ways to go about answering it. In my personal belief our relationship with god can be ever changing. I believe that as we grow in knowledge we seek more and more and always are asking questions trying to further our understanding of our faith and relationship with god. This question to…

cultural perspective can be narrowed into categories such as Naturalist which includes atheism, agnosticism, and existentialism; Pantheism – Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism and New Age Conciseness; Theism - Christianity, Islam, and Judaism; Spiritualism and Polytheism, and Post…

1. B.C.: This mean before Christ and relates to democracy because it was formed in 508 B.C. 2. B.C.E.: This means before common era and it relates to democracy because in Athens during B.C.E, they had a system of democracy running where everyone citizen was able to vote and that is how we got direct democracy. 3. C.E.: This means Common Era and it relates to democracy because Europe heard and began to follow democracy during 150 CE. 4. A.D.: This means in the year of the lord. 5. Hammurabi:…

Death has always been seen as the essence of misery, darkness, and evil. When people are exposed to the concept of dying, they are frightened, because death leads to lands that are unknown to man. Even though people do not understand it, the unknown world of the afterlife is assumed to be cold and lonely, an inescapable void. People, when they think of death, are reminded of how they lost their loved ones to it, how they have mourned those they will never be able to see again. However, while…