Statement of faith

We have always been trying to understand the universe and the concepts that dominate our daily life. This thirst for knowledge resulted in the development of such things as science, philosophy, and religion. Western philosophy started in Greece and spread further to America and Australia. The word philosophy comes from the Greek word philosophia which means “love of wisdom.” philosophy has many different fields, domains, and branches: Aesthetics, Epistemology, ethics, logic, metaphysics,…

sources, seem to depict an alternative to the thought of damned society, which does not seek God and religion. There has to be some sort of retribution to the people who do not believe. Here in America people have always been led to understand that if faith in God and religion does not exist, poverty, crime, despair, famine will all reign supreme as God will punish those who do not follow his…

Early on as kids one is usually taught the Golden Rule: Do not do to others, what you would not do to yourself. In Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe, the life story of Okonkwo is told, and the struggles of the clan when a new religion is brought to the clan that Okonkwo lives in. Rev. Smith is a disrespectful missionary sent to convert the Igbo people, those of Okonkwo’s clan, after Mr. Brown the previous minister became sick. In Cosmopolitanism, written by Kwame Anthony Appiah, Appiah tries…

In Anne Bradstreet’s poem “Verses on the Burning of our House,” the speaker discusses her attempt to reconcile the loss of her earthly possessions with religious tenets and, in doing so, highlights the struggle of Puritans to maintain the religious ideal of valuing only spiritual worth, as depicted through the concept of weaned affections. Frequently in her poem, Bradstreet emphasizes the dichotomy between her emotions as she experiences the transpiring events and what she wants to feel through…

David Schwitzer April 15, 2015 Professor McCartin Essay #3 Does Religion Need A Justification To Be Important? The quote by Christopher Hitchens, "Religion has run out of justifications. Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, it no longer offers an explanation for anything important,” would be seen as accurate by both Barbara Ehrenreich and Gershom Gorenberg. In Ehrenreich’s book, “Living With a Wild God”, she talks about being an atheist and how growing up in a non-religious home made…

public events or public displays could be the start of a much higher practice of religious intolerance in today's society. For years it was accepted in society to publicly display religious beliefs and practices. Those public displays were making a statement, for every public display; there were also private…

Ephrata’s foundation lies on a theology drawn from many different sources, constructed in a complex way, and defying easy explanation or understanding. Even in Conrad Beissel’s day, the thinking and motivation behind the distinctive lifestyle of Ephrata was a matter of speculation and rumor for supporters and detractors alike. Member Michael Wohlfahrt told Benjamin Franklin the community was still learning when Franklin proposed Ephrata publish a creed to silence suspicious critics. “From time…

Religion in the Workplace Religion is an important aspect of most societies because each country’s religious practice influence ethics, human dealings, social customs, and the ways in which members of a society relate to each other and to outsiders, as well as workplace behavior. Religion is becoming an increasingly polarizing issue in the workplace, forcing managers to balance the respective interests of employees, coworkers, and patrons of establishments. The annual debate about whether an…

The Christian faith has answers to questions that people think about a lot, but do not feel free to discuss with anyone outside of their closest social circles. Questions about life and death, right and wrong, ethics, and beauty cannot be reduced to hard science. These…

Jane Eyre is a novel whose main theme could be debated as being religion. The statement that the novel is an “anti-Christian novel” has a good basis as there are clearly anti-Christian sentiments expressed at various points in the novel primarily through the characters like Jane and Helen, Brocklehurst, and Mrs Temple. Jane herself, the protagonist within the novel, is the character that seems to hold the most anti-Christian philosophy and resentment for those who are followers of the religion.…