The Rivals

The mistake made by some is how each sees God differently and believe in God. Lewis shared in "The Rival Conceptions of God" that practicing atheist believe that all other religions are wrong, no exceptions (Lewis, 2009). Lewis shared that humanity was thought to be divided into majority and minority. Lewis shared that the majority believe there is a God or Gods that exist and a few, the minority, believe there is no God (Lewis, 2009). Christianity is among the majority which includes Greeks,…

When Barack Obama was elected, he vowed to create a team of rivals equivalent to that of president Abraham Lincoln. He was determined to have different points of view presented in order to push himself out of his comfort zone. His success in this endeavor is a matter of opinion, and one must wonder if aspiring to use this system is wise.The team of rivals is assumed to be superior, yet other systems could be just as effective. There is no single system that would work for all presidents. Every…

First Selection (“Roundtable Rival” by Lindsey Stirling) https://youtu.be/jvipPYFebWc During this scene, Rob Roy is a prisoner as he stands in direct confrontation with death and is about to be thrown over a bridge. Rather than stand around defenseless, MacGregor manages to get the rope around a Cunningham’s neck, and he jumps over the bridge despite how dangerous it is. As MacGregor races for his life, he is being chased by soldiers. The chase to recapture MacGregor seemed almost as a…

Almost immediately after beginning to read Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, I realized it would be difficult to relate to modern politics due to the vast differences in campaign strategy. Currently, delivery of the speech is not as crucial as the substance, since most voters read the highlights of speeches rather than listen to them in person. Would a different candidate have won in modern times? I believe Chase would have gained more support due to his strong arguments,…

The Rival Concepts of God Those who believe that there is a God, have different concepts of who he is, and what he is like. When it comes to his views on right or wrong, beliefs basically can fall into one of two camps. (Lewis, 1952) explores these two views. One view is what is called “pantheism” a view that God “is beyond good and evil”, and its focus is that right or wrong behavior is not determined by what injustice is done to human beings, but what may be done to any created thing, or…

2.1 The Rival Conceptions of God Here the author discussed the idea of how people in this world are divided into groups according to whether or not they believe in God and if they do believe in Him, they are further divided according to their beliefs about His involvement with the people of the world. As a former atheist, he discussed his view and explored the difference in the beliefs of the Pantheists, (those who believe that God is just another part of the universe, therefore, a part of…

Battle of Marathon and the Compromise of Rivals Throughout history, conflicts have arose between different people that had opposing views or ideas. As a result of these conflicts, battles and wars have been fought, in order for one side to declare superiority over the opposing side. However, other times in history, the result of a conflict was a compromise. In the times of Ancient Greece there was often chaos. Ancient Greece itself was a divided nation, and rivals were born from the discordant…

depth in the drama, we can visualize two very contrasting conflicts that Glaspell writes magnificently. Rival causes play a very important role in this drama because of the given outcome or end result that occurs. Through the discourse of this discussion upon “Trifles” we will examine the two main rival causes and its specific evidences that support each side in reference to the drama itself. The rival causes depend on two very contrasting sides, one side from the men’s point of view and the…

A Tale of Two Siblings 43 An Eight Pound Rival, Continued An Eight Pound Rival, Continued For the next eight years, John dominated all the attention. Every time there was an argument, or even a fight, Mom took John’s side. I had to share a room with A.J., my older sister, for a while after John was born, and then I had to share a room with the Devil himself. I was not impressed. So what? Yeah, he’s extremely cute and only four years old, but he was annoying me!!!!! Who made up the rules about…

and national security are explain and then certain concepts are proven either wrong or the biases that match with these certain theories are found to be not entirely correct and how they relate to international relationships. In Snyder’s One World, Rival Theories he first starts off by explaining how the September 11th attack has put a greater emphasis on national security. This also goes on to introduce realism, constructivism, and liberalism and their basic beliefs. He uses the theories to…