Statement of faith

We live in a world full of conflict and destruction. As humans, we are constantly clashing because of our differences in opinions. The biggest difference that causes these disagreements is religion. We are also constantly consuming the world around us for our individual greed because of our lack of awareness of our connection with the universe. In what follows is an argument about how pantheism could cease all conflict and destruction from ever happening. Pantheism can bring our species unity.…

The complexity of Hamlet in Shakespeare’s Hamlet lies in the reasoning behind his procrastination: his religious perspective. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the definition of being religious is “believing in a god or a group of gods and following the rules of a religion” (“Religious”). However, this definition does not apply to Hamlet, therefore indicating that he is not truly religious. Hamlet is not morally pulled in his religious beliefs; rather, his fear for what comes after…

Many philosophers and theologians have tried to defend, or substantiate, religious experiences as an argument from religious experience. Two examples are Swinburne’s Principle of Credulity, and Alston’s concept of doxastic practice. Richard Swinburne holds that if it seems to a subject something to be x on the basis of the subject’s experience it is probably the case that x is (Swinburne, 2004). According to Swinburne, it is reasonable to assume that the world is the way it is experienced and…

human; human nature. 3.The quality of being humane; kindness; benevolence. As humans in a world where there are such communities that thrive off of the destruction that they may cause, we work very hard to keep things in order, like, sticking to our faith, making sure that we have ourselves in order, and having a trustworthy group of people around us. Doing those things make us feel secure, as if we have everything under control and don’t have to worry. Octavia Butler’s novel, Parable of the…

Measure for Measure: Illustration Essay In Shakespearian time, it was a tense time for religious people because of the constant switch between Catholic and Protestant leaders. It was a struggle against Catholic and Protestant believers to get their beliefs and idea’s out to the public and to follow their code. The beliefs of the Catholics was reigning at the time Shakespeare wrote “Measure for Measure” and had a major influence on his writing; so much that he incorporated it as a major theme.…

It is often said that faith, or religion, and reason are complementary sources of knowledge. However, this warrants critical appraisal, and I refute this claim using two premises. For the purpose of this argument, it must be made clear that it is faith that makes religion unreasonable. I propose that, reason and religion are fundamentally in conflict. Secondly, that because of this fundamental difference, it is unreasonable to believe something that is based on faith alone. Therefore, religious…

Native American Religion Native Americans migrated from Asia into Alaska around 12,000 or more years ago. Once they got to Alaska, they started to head south and east. Even when they started to move away from different tribes, they still maintained the same, or very similar, spiritual beliefs. They were the only group to live in the land where it is now called the United States of America. The 'older ' group of Native Americans considered themselves as 'Indians ' or 'American indians ',…

Summary In the article, The Ethics of Praying in Counseling, the authors did a study about the religious concepts that are rising as a significant part of counseling nowadays. According to Weld and Eriksen, use of spirituality or prayer involving counseling for secular counselors are 24% (privately) and 7% (during), 78% Christian agencies, private Christian agencies100%, Marriage and Family Counselors 62%. They even mention with the inflowing of prayer in counseling that there’s a rise of…

-----The summer semester for Humanities is coming to an end and I can personally say on my behalf that this was a learning experience that I will not forget. I know it sounds cheesy but this class was different in comparison to the other classes that I had previously taken before; in this class I was able to learn about several cultures their art, rituals, places of worship and music. I said this class was different because I had never actually spent that much time looking at other cultures nor…

prior life and with their lack of freedom it is difficult to adjust to the new normal: their lives in captivity, and hope can be lost because of religious discouragements . However, as a person in bondage having a reliable something or someone to put faith and trust in can be motivation enough to ‘keep hope alive’. Many prisoners give up hope because of the fear of there being no return to their old life. Becoming a prisoner usually means you are leaving others behind and the knowledge that…