Thomas the Apostle

Being fixated entirely on self interest can easily cloud an individual's ability to empathize. The opposite is also true in that constantly empathizing can allow an individual to neglect themselves and prevent them from bettering themselves. Both of these extremes have the potential to result in prejudicial behaviors. Nonetheless, when self interest and empathy are expressed with the appropriate level of restraint, the result has the capacity to be harmonious and the ability to maximize…

The performance of slavery in many prominent cultures in the West and Europe is deemed almost immoral by most. This will be briefly proven through philosophers such as Sartre Mappes, and Kant. The focus instead will be to verify that not only slavery being immoral and unjust, but rather the act of association with slavery. Countries purchasing from these areas that are using blood diamond workers are also committing immoral acts, that are contributing to slavery and acknowledging the use of…

It is difficult to Imagine one’s life being completely and utterly decided by how intellectually and physically better or worse they are. People may think that the modern world is molded by this concept; however, they are wrong. It is difficult to imagine a community being equal both physical and mental. After reading Anthem by Ayn Rand, and “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnequt Jr. about the future world and the idea of Utopian societies one may see the similarities and ideas of a lot of Utopian…

The Apostle John, having been exiled to the Isle of Patmos by Roman Emperor, Domitian, writes in the first chapter of the Book of Revelation that he was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day and was privileged to see a vision of the resurrected Lord Jesus Christ. It is in that vision that we read about Him Who is “like unto the Son of man”, and the majestic description of the Lord in all His glory as He walks among seven golden candlesticks. What does all of that glittery language mean? The…

A person loses twenty dollars on the street, and another person picks it up for them. This may be seen as a simple act of kindness, but that twenty dollars could have been all the money that person had. In a way, the person who found the money is a hero for the person who lost the money, so their kind act becomes a heroic one. That person's kindness could be thought of as compassion because the sympathy they felt for the person who lost that dollar allowed them to pick up that dollar and return…

Local Fire Departments Will Take to the Diamond to Support Charity Pi Sigma Epsilon is hosting a softball tournament for fire departments to support the Iowa Burn Association. Cedar Falls, IA: At this time, Pi Sigma Epsilon, a local student marketing and sales organization at the University of Northern Iowa, is proud to announce that its members will be hosting a softball tournament to support charity on October 21st. The event, Blaze of Glory, will feature an all-afternoon softball tournament…

1. The first type of involuntary action Aristotle describes is those done under compulsion, where the individual is not in control of what is happening. In other words, external cause is the only factor that contributed to one’s actions. The latter type is involuntary actions done through ignorance. This is dependent on the degree of one’s ignorance; ignorance that isn’t one’s fault is considered excusable, and it does not include willful ignorance, ignorance of the law, and recklessness or…

This blogs discusses the journey of a Lebanese immigrant who helped found St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Danny Thomas was born on January 6, 1912 in Michigan, USA. His parents were immigrants from Lebanon. Danny’s dream was to become a famous actor in the entertainment business. (St.Jude Children's Research Hospital, 2010) Danny was a charitable and religious man. At one time during prayer, he donated his last 7 $ for charity. However, Danny had bills to pay but no money, so he…

The acceptance of evil or theodicy within our modern world, has become questioned more and more as we as citizens of the world and children of God are constantly exposed to the terrors of religious fanatic’s, murderers, and tribes of kidnappers around the globe. The phrase, if God is all powerful, all knowing, and all good, how can that same God allow evil to exist and for bad things to happen to good people? Some authors have even attempted to answer this question directly, there is at…

What the early Christians made of the resurrection can be gathered from the letters of Paul, the Gospels, and the Acts of Apostles. It is quite a complex picture; did they believe that Jesus had undergone a spiritual or physical resurrection? The earliest sources that I could find about this is from the letters of Paul. His belief in the resurrection of Jesus is based on a vision…