Spiral Universe

The stories of Genesis and Popol Vuh attempt to explain the creation of Earth and mankind. Although these stories have many similarities, they do differ in many ways because of the different religions they come from. Right from the beginning there are obvious similarities between the two. They both references a God or multiple Gods who create the world and everything in it including humans. The Gods all save the creation of humans for last after creating landscapes, plants, and animals. They…

Ericksen’s findings of genre are found in the similarities between other Latin works and “Christ and Satan” from the argument of wisdom in these different works. The comparison is stemmed from the question found in multiple works, such as, the Old English “Solomon and Saturn” question “Tell me what God is?” (304) Whereas, Junius manuscript question is stated as “Who possess pure intelligence except eternal God?” (304) These questions focus on the same idea but say it in very different ways. As…

a Freshmen in college. At the beginning of the year, he signed up for his college Philosophy class and became challenged with his college professor, Mr. Radisson. Professor Radisson is a strong atheist, which believes that there is no God in the universe. In class, Professor Radisson had the students write on a piece of paper “God is Dead”, since Josh is a devout Christian he found himself at a crossroad, having to decide between his faith and his future. Since Josh refused to proclaim that “God…

Bigfoot Imagine walking through the woods alone one day when you hear a twig snap. You stand frozen and all of a sudden you look and there it is staring at you. It is tall, black, and hairy. It disappears in the brush and you know what you just saw. It was a bigfoot. Although many people don’t believe in bigfoot, there are a bunch of supporting facts that proves bigfoot does exist, like the Patterson Gimlin film, dna testing, sightings, and photographs by other people. The Patterson Gimlin…

Solzhenitsyn’s “New Generation” wants us to understand that the nature of the universe is open to any possible thing. He addresses that the world changes when he talks about women. In Solzhenitsyn’s “new Generation,” he mentions “in only a few short years women have acquired personal freedom in their intimate lives-sexual liberation.” From this I understood that the world changes and the universe is open to it. The universe has no effect whether changes occur, therefore it is open to new things.…

Humans have tried to control nature since they figured out that they could grow enough crops to feed everyone and have an excess. Creation stories were created by humans to explain how their world came to be. These stories show how different cultures feared different things. Frankenstein and Blade Runner show the fear of a superhuman creation that is devastating to the humans who created it. The creation stories humans create show that humans fear themselves more than anything else. In the…

debate of the impact of the Reformation, Scientific Revolution and Explorers between the 16th and 18th centuries. Many events occurred such as, The Heliocentric Theory. In 1543 Copernicus came up with the theory that the sun was at the center of the universe. Later, in 1616, Galileo’s findings frightened both catholic and protestant leaders because they went against the church’s teachings and authority. All of these events contributed to the idea that the Scientific Revolution is one of the…

Galileo used most of Copernicus’ observations and his own to help improve the heliocentric theory. The Scientific Revolution was the transformation of how people viewed the universe. Galileo’s observations played a major role in the Scientific Revolution. Newton used his knowledge with previous astronomers, like Galileo. Hilliam says, “Isaac Newton combined laws of motions with his theory of gravitation to predict exactly how…

A Comparison of Native Creation Stories “Turtle Island” and “The One About Coyote Going West” are native creation stories that reflect the culture and beliefs of the people. The stories attempt to explain the unexplainable with aspects of magic and other worldly powers. These stories come from different time periods, use different names for divine creators and have different animals to tell the story. However, the similarities between the two stories’ creation method, setting and portrayal of…

Things such as fossil fuel, minerals, water, and trees are called natural resources. They are provided by the Earth so that human can use it to produce a much more elaborate product such as desks, gasoline, and shelters. However, these raw materials are limited, they do not and cannot be replenish, yet our human are extremely dependent on them. As an undergrad student who’s majoring in Environment Engineer, I strongly believe that the world should be more concern and preserve our natural…