Predestination

Pentecostal history is rich which many occurrences in history. Many are familiar with the revivals that have taken place as well as some of the challenges that have faced the saints of this time. There are even moments that new denominations came forth from the desire to articulate the Gospel and just what was going on during that time in America where it was believed that the Spirit was moving among the people. One such denomination is the Assemblies of God. This denomination will be the focus.…

Is life a simulation? People say life is a mystery and is not susceptible to anything except for death. Most say that there is even life after death. But what if all of that was just futile. That we were not even real. That we are just a dream or a simulation of some other world. This is the topic that could make most confused or skeptical and make some question our very existence. Are we real? Do we have free will? Is life a simulation? Almost nothing today can run such a sophisticated program…

Hinduism does not teach any final heaven or hell, or salvation by belief or works, such as most monotheistic traditions promote. Sikhism is a monotheistic religion because it teaches that there is just one single true creator God. Sikhs believe in predestination and that every being has a purpose, while also believing in reincarnation and karma. They believe that the more karmic debt one has, the more lives they will live, and that the less karmic debt they have the closer they are to reuniting…

Transcendentalism is a very formal word that describes a very simple idea. People, men and women equally, have knowledge about themselves and the world around them that "transcends" or goes beyond what they can see, hear, taste, touch or feel. This knowledge comes through intuition and imagination not through logic or the senses. People can trust themselves to be their own authority on what is right. A transcendentalist is a person who accepts these ideas not as religious beliefs but as a way of…

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is about Hester Prynne who has committed the great sin of adultery, and her bearing an improper child has cast her out of society. For people in the twenty-first century, it is hard to understand the punishment Hester was given. She had to live and work with the people in her town, interact with them on a daily basis, yet never forget her enormous sin. To emphasize this, she was obligated to wear the letter “A” on her chest at all times. This may seem…

Literature is impacted by history. History, in turn, is impacted by people who are influenced by the conformities of society. Writers are affected by the environment around them. As a result, 3 totally different periods are formed: The Puritan Era, The Age of Reason, and The Romantic Period. The Puritan Era caused a psychological wave of oddness over the people. They believed that they should blame those unwilling to fit society’s requirements. It was created as a result of the Salem Witch…

destined to happen in the past, and only because the change has already been carried out in the past, people at present would use time travel to go back to make the change really happened.Compare and contrast the paradox with another one called the predestination paradox, which argues that a future event is the cause of a past event, which in turn is the cause of the future event. Both events then exist in the timeline, and the whole…

it is their pride and breaking outside their roles that ultimately reassures their submission to a higher power. Ultimately, both Milton and Marlowe are writing within the same world- view. As proponents of puritanical and Calvinistic views of predestination, both authors present structured literary worlds that reflect their own world’s view on the place of people and the consequences of overreaching. Satan, in Paradise Lost, is ultimately the creation of the Father and meant to be subservient…

A couple of weeks ago in my Intro to Lit class, we read John Milton’s Paradise Lost and it tells the story of how it all began from Satan’s perspective. I suddenly became curious as to how Satan was able to get himself cast from Heaven. Is there human freedom in Heaven? I believe that this is an extremely important question to me because we are in a continuous spiritual battle here on earth and I just wonder if the fall of man could happen again in Heaven. Is there human freedom in Heaven? Do…

Why the Nineteenth Century Changed America Forever The nineteenth century is arguably the most important century in American history. From slavery abolition to the United States of America becoming a complete war powerhouse in the world, lives were never going to be the same. We can see how the nineteenth century had completely changed the lives of every living American, but it did not just impact the lives of those living during the nineteenth century, it has impacted every 321 million…