Truth or Dare?

Neither the story of Noah and the ark, nor Pi on the lifeboat with a tiger, can be considered objectively true, in all of their details. But both are metaphors that make comprehensible the passes-all-understanding phenomenon of human survival in extreme circumstances. Or as the Japanese investigators finally acknowledge in the summary report with which the novel concludes, Pi’s is “an outstanding story of courage and endurance in the face of extraordinary difficult and tragic circumstances”…

He is someone I no longer know: Elijah’s Fall Into Savagery In Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road the reader is introduced to the main characters Elijah Wesageechak and Xavier Bird. Both boys grow up transitioning from residential school, to the wilderness, and finally to the inhumanity of war. In the end, Xavier does not even recognize his childhood best friend. As the story progresses, the two go through many changes resulting in Elijah’s detrimental transformation. Elijah’s downfall into…

is never justifiable. There are many situations where it is justified to lie and even though lying can have negative effects, it is necessary in some cases. For example, “the truth can sometimes be used cruelly” (Ekman,1) like in a situation where a CEO of a company tells an employee he will never become the CEO. If the truth is not more beneficial than a lie, then it is justified to tell the…

Many people don’t notice that they are lying according to Sam Harris. Harris says that wearing makeup and saying “I’m fine,” when you’re not is lying. If you have ever said the words “I’m fine” and not meant it, you wear makeup or try to spare someone’s feeling, then you have lied. Everyone says that they are fine almost everyday and I am guilty of saying it too. We don’t want people to know that our life is going roughly when their life is going smoothly. We think that they won’t care and that…

The question of whether or not Druids really existed has been up for debate for a long time now and historians have never been able to prove it ether. Aside from a couple transcripts and a recount from Julius Caesar himself there is hardly any backbone to the myth. However, that has not stopped many authors from incorporating Druids into their stories, and having almost not historical limits to base themselves on has given them a blank canvas to get as creative as they wished. That being said,…

Sandy Hook Shooting Conspiracies The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary was a tragic event, with twenty six dead and only questions remaining, it’s hard not to sympathize with the families of those lost. There is a movement, however, that claims the shooting was false (Spaeth). The shooting is believed to have been staged in order to pave the way for stricter gun control (Salazar). Conspiracy theorists, calling themselves Truthers, have presented evidence to support their claims numerous times…

In my opinion, Find Me was less about Joy finding her biological mother, but more about her finding out who she is as a person, as we often said in class. Of course she originally wanted to find out if Beatrice from the Discovery Channel show was her mother as it was suggested, but as time continued and she managed to “escape” the hospital and venture out into the world, her journey to find her mother became less and less of the meaning of the journey. I think that, by basing it off of her…

not lying. It is truth telling, truth speaking, truth living, and truth loving.” Lying is commonly used in our society, and can bring people do a disagreement regarding whether or not it is justified. Some feel that it is crucial in life today, while others strongly believe that it should never be used. Faust’s statement is true because in the articles, “Rejecting All Lies: Immanuel Kant,” by Sissela Bok, “Teens Do their Share of Lying,” by Loretta Ragsdell, and “It’s the Truth: Americans…

Allegory of the Cave and the Inferno In the Allegory of the Cave there were people only able to look at the cave wall and only be able to see the shadows of what people were doing. The people looking at the wall could only really see a glimpse or part of what was going on in real life. This is a form of torture because the people are chained to face the wall and this is it, they can not turn around or anything. In the inferno Dante has to go through seven different layers of hell and…

Neuroscience research evolves at a rapid rate due to the persistent implementation of new diagnostic techniques. At times advancement within neuroscience outruns philosophical and religious understanding. Thus, it is crucial for Christian neuroscientists to approach the field with openness as well as proper perspective. In order to make sense of discoveries in neuroscience, a Christian must adequately defend their interpretation of the relationship between science and religion. A good defense…