Universal reconciliation

certain sets of beliefs about hell and its occupants. In defense of the orthodoxy of this teaching, von Balthasar quotes the Catholic Catechism, “Neither Holy Scripture nor the Church’s Tradition of faith asserts with certainty of any man that he is actually in hell. Hell is always held before our eyes as a real possibility, one connected with the offer of conversion and life.” The question that follows, then, is “Is hell occupied?” To deny this is to say with certainty more than what the church has affirmed through its tradition and history, but to affirm this would be to make the same mistake. The former set of scriptures, then, leave much open to interpretation and theological schemes. The latter type of scriptures appear to support universal redemption. Von Balthasar seeks to understand how both of these competing ideas can be understood without leading one to “subsume one series of statements under the other, practically emasculating the universalist ones because he believes himself to have ‘certain knowledge’ of the potency of the first.” Turek develops von Balthasar’s position by stating, “it is not permissible for Christian theology to construct an eschatology that would subsume one series [of scriptures] under the other.” There is no inherent hermeneutical hierarchy within scripture that illuminates the understanding of the texts for the theologian, thus they must both be granted equal weight. Von Balthasar is aware of the impossibility of constructing a true…

Religion is a very complex topic due to the fact that every religion is distinct and values different rules and morals individual religions also tend to hold beliefs that conflict with one another which has been a source of contention for centuries. However, if you look closely enough at any two religions you are bound to find similarities even between religions that seem to be the ultimate contradiction and differences in those that appear to be identical. In this case Unitarian Universalism…

GPS tracking devices are a tremendous and astounding way to stop kids from being late to class. We as a community want our kids to succeed and get the best possible education that they can receive. On the other hand, opponents argue that making kids carry around something that tracks them seems a little bit extreme because it makes them seem like common criminals. In addition, they argue that the cost of the GPS device in incredibility expensive. However, I disagree. According to Miller Sylvan,…

Annotated Bibliography: Decreasing the risk of Clostridium Difficile (CDIFF) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2015) Clostridium difficile Infection http://www.cdc.gov/HAI/organisms/cdiff/Cdiff_infect.html This particular site by the CDC summarizes all the Healthcare-associated Infections (HAIs), the organism that cause the disease and its data and statistics. Then it breaks down each infection one by one with an easy to read fact sheet. This is a great resource that merely…

The first half of the novel’s title, “inside out,” reflects the universal refugee experience of fleeing home. This relates to Ha’s experience in various ways. For instance, at the beginning of the novel, when Ha was still back in Saigon, she writes in the poem, “Closed Too Soon”, that, “I’m mad/ and pinch the girl/ who shares my desk,/ Tram is half my size,/ so skinny and nervous” (Lai 38). This shows how Ha was a bully who was feared by others. This proves how before the war, she was a…

adult will modify their linguistic expressions to add to the child’s linguistic understanding, with a similar change from the child through their expressionisms. Another core Chomskian theory is that of the Poverty of Stimulus (POS) argument. This suggests that grammar is too sophisticated, due to its complexity, to be taught or learnt and has instead an innate genetic capacity. The argument goes against the environmental/social learning outlook presented within an Empiricist belief, as it…

The Buckle The Buckle is a popular denim store that can be found in most malls around the United States. The Buckle carries men’s, women’s, and even children’s apparel. The mission statement at The Buckle is “to create the most enjoyable shopping experience possible for our guests.” While they make think the experience is enjoyable, it is anything but enjoyable. From the second you walk into a Buckle store, until the time you leave, at least one of their employees is following you around the…

1) Genie is considered a feral child. That means that she has lived most of her childhood in severe isolation from people. She was isolated from a lot of human interaction as a result from abuse and her father not liking loud noises. This meant that Genie spent most of her childhood sitting for long periods of time and only had interaction with her mother when it was feeding time. Genie was discovered at the age of 13. Genie is a special case for the field of speech-language pathology because…

Evans argues that language faculty is not a device, which is incorporated into the human brain and that evolution of language was facilitated by cultural intelligence through the gradual process of social changes and evolution of earlier communication systems. Chomsky and Pinker base their theories on Universal Grammar concept, which is the assumption that languages have a similar design and universal structure. The counter argument, which Evans presents to prove their theory to be wrong, is…

The dictionary defines the word “blind” as the lack of perception, awareness, or discernment. Symbolism, irony, and foreshadowing is used in many ways by the author in her short story called “The Lottery”. Shirley Jackson uses these literary devices to emphasize the idea that people will follow traditions blindly if that was how they were raised. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a short story about a strange tradition. Once a year, the town gathers together and one member from each…