Predestination

ideals. In order to seek the truth they urged the people to read the Bible and listen to their sermons. Puritans followed the teachings of John Calvin in which he taught that the world was divided between the elect and the damned. They believed in predestination, which means that God already determined your fate and that no matter how hard you try to save yourself by doing good deeds or prayers your fate has already been decided. The Puritans considered their religion not only just a religion…

The First Existential Hero? What is existentialism? Existentialism is a philosophical theory that accentuates the belief of existence. To be more specific, the idea of being absolutely free, there is no such thing as fate, no predestination, no gods, no god to control our lives, nothing to determine our paths or shapes our destiny. The individual is the only person to choose their own paths, how the individual lives and shapes their own life and give a meaning to their own existence. This…

Benchmark Assignment: Gospel Essentials So far in this class we have learned about how God created the Heaven, Stars and the Earth and all of the animals that live on it. We have also learned about the first human beings, Adam and Eve, who didn’t abide by God’s rules and let him down. We also learned how God gave his only son Jesus to come and walk with us as a human. We learned how he died on the cross for us and arose again to forgive us of all of our sins and so that we can one day walk…

found today? Do you think American workers are ‘Franklinian’? Has the modern world and multitasking ruined the Franklin model? Franklin, while not the pioneer of the idea of an American work ethic, did much to change it from its Puritan roots of predestination. He secularized the American work ethic, and established a series of rules and adages as to how to be wealthy. Many of the adages Franklin once established are still around today in American society, albeit less prevalent. Franklin may not…

Marx and Huxley In Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World the fundamental concepts in the “perfect society” where social stability, social control, class struggle, and religion. Karl Marx a German philosopher and social critic, whose ideas about control, communism, and class structure can easily be interpreted in Huxley’s Brave New World. Marxist ideas were essential for the “perfect society”. Marxism is the theory of class struggle, economics, and materialism in any given society. In every…

seeking religious freedom. In America, they were able to practice their religion freely without the persecution they faced in England. Puritans believed that God was a holy and perfect figure and that he controlled everything. They also believed in predestination. This meant that God chose those who were saved before they were even born. Since being one of the people God had chosen to be saved, Puritans tried to live holy lives as a way of seeing whether or not they were chosen. Due to their…

Tracing back to the first essay topic, religious freedom in the Northern colonies had a negative effect on their economy. Northern settlers reasoning for settling was to escape the religious hardship in England. Religion in the North colonies was very diverse and three of the most leading religion included the Quakers, Catholics, and Separatists Puritans. Trying to separate themselves from religion persecution in England, the Puritans fled to the North Colonies and created the same type of…

the followers of Islam are known as Muslims. Muslims follow the teachings of Quran and Sunnah (way of life) of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). The main doctrine of Islam is the belief in Allah (God), Angels, past Prophets, day of Judgment, predestination and lastly but not the least the revelations (holy books) of God (Waines, 2003). Christianity on the other hand is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ. They believe that Jesus is God’s incarnation. There…

Lepore notes, “the colonists’ sense of the predestination of their settling in New England, their natural affinity with the land, and their cultural proclivity to conflate property with identity, all combined to produce this oneness of bodies and land” (Lepore p. 82). Christianity managed to wiggle its…

In Mexican cultures, November 2nd is “El Dia de los Muertos,” or the Day of the Dead. This celebration lasts a weekend and lets families honor their fallen relatives. The reason I mention the event is because I have always found it ironic that on a day where so many honor their dead mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters, I celebrate my birth. In a way, it has actually shaped my beliefs knowing that so many celebrate the afterlife on my birthday. In fact, it humbles me to share a date with this…