Tree of the knowledge of good and evil

women have been portrayed in a lot of famous literature as provocative temptresses. This has changed over time but there are still aspects of discrimination today. Curley’s wife is a prime example of a misunderstood 1930s women who is described as an evil, seductive women but we learn that she is actually just lonely and lost. Lady Macbeth is not a typical 16th century women at the beginning of Shakespeare’s Macbeth because she has the power and control in her relationship. I will be exploring…

now call Israel. Religions today try to criticize and disclaim who Jesus is, claiming He was only a historically significant figure who mattered to the church but not the son of God (Simpson 2015). Jesus came to Earth to save the world and preach the good news of the kingdom of God "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him” (John 3:17, Luke 19:10). Jesus came to Earth to save all of mankind and die on the cross for all of our sins, “For…

My clothes were quickly becoming second skin, clinging in the most uncomfortable way. Furthermore it didn’t help that I was dressed from head to toe in sunlight absorbing black clothing. The only comforting thing that kept me going was having the knowledge that I knew everyone who surrounded me was going through the same experience. A quick glance to my left, a woman fans herself with a white napkin and perspiration is clearly evident on her forehead. The smell of newly cut grass was prominent…

Introduction As I had the opportunity to look through approximately 25 years of journal articles cited in Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology, an article stood out to me that I wanted to read further. That article was entitled Wisdom and/or Dementia: Is This the Choice American Society is Mired In? I have been working in Aging and Disability Services at Catholic Charities Diocese of Joliet for the past 7 months and have encountered my fair share of seniors with a variety of aging…

“Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public” ― Cornel West • God has been the subject of much scrutiny throughout history based on the point of his version of justice. Numerous people call God to be the source of true justice, while others say He is the antithesis of justice and a criminal Himself. God 's sense of justice has been debated for years,while both ethologist and biblical scholars alike, allow themselves to be consumed in this argument. While God has compassed quite…

Benchmark - Ethical Dilemmas Sometimes people in this world experience very traumatic experiences that lead them to suffering and pain in the physical world which could result in suffering pain or being paralyzed just in the case of Joni who was so full of life until she fractured her vertebrae in a horrifying accident swimming with friends. This left her being a quadriplegic and she went into depression even thinking about suicide. In this case, we will review the Christian worldview on…

significant social and political change. The founder of this religion is Buddha Shakyamuni. When he was 29 years old he retired to the forest where he followed his spiritual life of meditation. After six years he attained his enlightenment under the Bodhi Tree in Bodh Gaya, India. After being requested to teach, Buddha rose from meditation and taught the three wheels of Dharma. He explains how to attain liberation from suffering for oneself while being alone. In the Mahayana teachings, he…

the cross looks at all things through sufferings of the cross. They believe in the teaching of the cross. More importantly, theology of the cross brings ultimate hope. Conversely, theology of glory is the exact opposite because it calls the bad good and good bad. According to Luther, theology of glory is the ultimate source of despair. It spreads pessimism because it claims that it is necessary to believe in for a fallen race (Forde xiii). In the introductory matters, Forde continues to contrast…

Emerson, R. W., & Thoreau, H. D. (1994). Nature walking. Beacon Press. Context John Elder the editor of Nature Walking tells us in the introduction that even though other nature writers developed the tradition in many ways, as new scientific vistas have opened and as they have sunk their own roots in different regions of the country. Yet, Nature and Walking remain crucial points of departure – texts to which, as frequent echoes of their language testify, our literature of nature continually…

2. Eve is a very important figure for Judaism because she is the first women that was created. The Jewish understanding of her is slightly different than the Christian understanding, in that Jews do not see Eve as the source of original sin like Christians do. The negative and most common way of viewing Eve is that she is the cause of the fall of humanity and the expulsion of her and Adam from the perfect Garden of Eden is blamed on her. Many people see her as weak because she fell for the lies…