The Birth of a Nation

Literature 9-23-14 Christian Paradox Bill McKibben’s 2005 article, The Christian Paradox, is an attempt to notify our nation, The United States of America, about how people perceive it as a Christian nation, but the ideas of what one may label as American are contradicted. In the article, Bill McKibble represents the fact that if someone wants to call the United of America a Christian nation, the citizens here need to reevaluate the way our society is established. Jesus taught his disciples…

and yet knowing that some people still believe that we are a Christian Nation. Some of the most important founding fathers where deist, therefore, our nation is not a Christian nation, although some people might find that it is. Through out the years, there have been several discussion on whether we are or are not a Christian nation. A great example of this would be David Barton who says that indeed we are a Chrisstian nation and that…

Joanne, we can with certainty agree that Israel is a resilient nation fueled by their national power influenced by a strong spiritual infrastructure.1 I do appreciate your illustrations of how the all those who assume various leadership roles in Israel work together to protect and serve the people by teaching them survival skills. The Middle East has been a tinderbox almost since the beginning of time due to original sin. I do agree that the animosity between Israel and Palestine is…

and African countries today, and many of his educational reforms are yet practiced. In 1804, Napoleon established the Napoleonic Code which changed feudal laws that were unorganized and often contradictory. The code eliminated privileges based upon birth; it allowed freedom of religion, and it specified that government positions should go to the most qualified for them. This Napoleonic Code extended its early influence upon the…

empires from all over the world have been invading countries, slaughtering thousands to claim land and anything else that they felt is rightfully theirs. Colonizers like Britain, Portugal, and Spain are among the top empires to imperialize other nations until the people under their rule decided to fight back. Empires are always looking to expand to become more powerful and provide more…

On July 27th, 2004, then Illinois Senator Barack Obama addresses the audience of the Democratic National Convention in Boston. As the keynote speaker, he is responsible for setting the stage for the ideals of the party and its chosen candidate and why he is best fit to hold the title of President of the United States of America. This is a tough time for America, for the previous four years held the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the war against Afghanistan, and the war against Iraq (George W. Bush…

The American Revolution created a new nation that was different than what most nations were at the time. It was what helped make the United States distinctive. It was rough in the beginning social class was a factor that made it hard to unite the nation in certain colonies like Virginia. There was a lot of changes that were occurring at this time, new and radical concepts were being explored. There were certain groups of the population that were excluded from these changes. Such as, Africans and…

Islamic beliefs (United Nations; “Islam: Abortion”). Similarly, in the predominantly Jewish Israel, Israeli abortion laws follow that of Jewish abortion views. In general, Judaism views all human life to be sacred, and abortion is negatively perceived. However, if the mother’s health is in question, or in cases of fetal impairment or rape, abortion is allowed—although different schools of Judaism express different views defining which conditions allow for an abortion (United Nations; “Judaism:…

Politics intervene into the every day life; the idea of having policies or legislation is to protect the rights of the citizens of a nation, to see that their basic human rights are maintained and cared for. Adoption is a prime example of how the political sphere intrudes on the private sphere; it dictates rules about how an adoptee can behave in the perusal of their biological origins (Cahn and Singer, 1999:191). Further complications are created by politics by dictating the type of adoption…

Only 9% of women give birth in a healthy facility. Number six is Mali. Very few women escape genital mutilation in Mali. Most are married off at very young ages, and one in ten women dies in child birth in Mali. Number five is Guatemala. Women are under class and are subject to abuse, rape, and make up for the second highest rate of HIV-AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa…