History Of Christianity Christianity is very practical. It is not a dead, dry, formal, human religion of rituals, outward form, and show, but a divine, living, vital, dynamic, liberating religion. The word Christian means, "Christ like", or "One follows Christ". Jesus Christ, who laid the foundation of Christian Church, was born in BC 4 in Judea. He is the foundation of the Church (1 Co

Does God Exist The truth is that nobody really knows for sure what the answer is to this question. Still there are scholars, writers, survivors who try to come up with different answers. Some believe that God does not exist, and Auschwitz was an example that proves that he does not exist. This is probably the simplest answer to the question, because why would God allow something like th

Holocaust A Reexamination of Conscience In trying to demythologize a catastrophic historical event such as the Holocaust, the issues of culpability and conscience often arise. Due to the incredible size and power of the Nazi regime, thousands share in the blame for the virtual extermination of European Jewry, however certain high-ranking individuals played very direct roles in carr

Holy Wars Millions of people over the course of history of the world have died because of holy wars and crusades. Religious belief systems have created more specific boundaries with attention to detail to ideology than ever before and some of these certain religious restrictions or laws have been the cause of holy wars and deaths. The Crusades were Holy Wars by European Christians betw

Homophobics And The Bible Homophobics and the Bible Many people use the bible as their reason for being homophobic. These people claim that according to scripture, homosexuality is condemned. However, this is not completely true. Most selections used against homosexuality are indeed not speaking directly against homosexuality. Each scripture selection can be interpreted different wa

Homosexuality Homosexuality within the Church: An Issue of Religious Liberty The Argument If one were to ask your stance on homosexuality within the Christian church and your reasoning behind your views, how would you answer them' I find that most Christians I have talked with take a rather conservative, traditional view and base their beliefs upon a few key passages in the Bible - I Cor

How Do We Find God How Do We Find God' Or Do We “Our discovery of God is, in a way, God’s discovery of us. We cannot go to heaven to find him because we have no way of knowing where heaven is or what it is. He comes down from heaven and finds us.” --Thomas Merton from Experiencing God By Dennis Billy, C. SS. R This poem tells us the most important thing about

Book of Hebrews THE BOOK OF HEBREWS by P. Townsend The author of the Book of Hebrews is one that is unknown although some believe it is another work of Paul since it closely resembles his work. It is believed that the Book of Hebrews was written around A.D. 65, but there is no proof of its use until A.D. 95 when I Clement used it. Hebrews was written to pe

If There Is No Evil, Why Do We Experience It So Much' Evil can be looked at from a variety of viewpoints, just as the experience of evil can be identified in many different ways. Webster defines evil as morally bad or wrong. The definition goes on to say that evil is causing injury or any other undesirable result. But this definition does not even come close to that of Augustine. Aug

In The Beginning In the beginning of Genesis, chapters 1-4, Moses is the narrator, and he talks of the creation. He tells how God, who is the dominate character in the Bible, which reads like a novel, has created light. He explains how God named light “Day” and dark “Night”. What follows are the creations that took place for the next six days, and it was on the sixth day God created

Intellectual Truth For this particular text, I don't suggest you read it online. In fact I recommend that you print it out (which explains the mundane colours) and read it slowly. Devouring every word. If I have misused the English language, I apologize. If I have overlooked brevity and droned on instead, please forgive me. In any case, I present: The Intellectual Truth 1) The Theo

A Sociological Approach To Religion Religion: A Sociological Approach What is religion' “That’s easy,” I thought. Then I could not come up with an answer. For the answer I turn to my Webster’s Random House New Collegiate Dictionary only to find: “religion (ri lij’en), n. 1. A set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creatio

Brave New World English: Book Report: Brave New World: Religion July 03, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- English Brave New World: Religion The Basis of Religion Thesis: Man's need for answers to questions that cannot be solved through known applications of science and technology has resulted in the widespread belief in relig

Is Homosexuality Sin' Is Homosexuality Sin' Thesis Statement: “Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable”(Leviticus 7:22). This is the quote that most often justifies Christian homophobia. I will show that everyone, if this is what they believe, is welcome into the kingdom of God no matter what their sexual preferences are. 1 The Gay and Le

Isaac Blesses Jacob Isaac Blesses Jacob The story of Jacob was one of many stories that posed moral problems in biblical times. It is in Genesis 27 1-29, the story of how Jacob deceived his aging father Isaac is told. God blessed Isaac, the son of Abraham, after he married Rebekah. He prayed to the Lord to make his wife fertile for she was unable to bear children. The Lord granted his

Gandi The four yoga’s of Hinduism are Karma, Bhakti, Raja and Jnana the one that I think best describes Mahatma Gandhi is Raja yoga. Raja yoga fits into all classes of the four yoga’s with or without any belief, and it is the real instrument of religious inquiry. Raja Yoga is one of many paths of self-discovery and self-mastery. Mahatma Gandhi, who followed the precepts of Raja Yoga,

Interview With The Amish Interview With James Shoemacher Amish Vs. American James Bernard Shoemacher, ıJBġ, has been a friend and business associate of mine for about three years. He was born and raised in an Amish community in New Harmony, Indiana. JB spent twenty three years inside the community until he was married, then he left to join his brother who lived closer to tow

Israelis And Arabs Both sides claim land in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Moderates suggest splitting of the territory, while extremists want it all. There have been three major Arab-Israeli wars since 1947 when the UN divided the former British mandate of Palestine between its Jewish and Arab populations with Jerusalem as an "international" city. The Arab population rejected tha

Israelis And Arabs The ideology of the Israelis is different from the Arabs in many ways. They have different views on religion, politics, and the way society should be ran in general. The Arabs and Israelis had several chances to call a truce, but Arabs turned down every chance. In 1948, the UN was going to divide Palestine into two separate states, one Arab and one Jewish, but as soon

Ishmael Ishmael is the story of a young man, who is looking for something in his life but he is not sure of what that something is. He happens upon an advertisement that there is a teacher who wants a pupil to save the world. This interests the young man who meets with Ishmael, he learns that the world is in captivity and it is being destroyed, and to save it the people must be caged w

Early History Of Judaism Early History of Judaism It has been argued that Judaism can be seen not only as a single religion, but also as a group of similar religions. It has also been pointed-out that through all the trials and tribulations that Judaism has suffered through, that there have been common themes that have proven omni-pervasive. Any institution with roots as ancient and

Islam My Opinion on the Bali Bombings By Evan Lau Recently, a series of tragic events have taken place worldwide, with this bearing the most significance to Australians. The Bali bombings have definitely made a serious impact on Australia as well as Bali, the latter being more seriously affected. As Bali is a hotspot for tourist activity, these tragic events will undoubtedly have a n

Islam Islam The word “Islam” comes from the Arabic language and means “submission to God”. A Muslim belongs to the Islamic religion. The Arabic word Muslim means “one who is submitted to God, wholly committed to the divine power and authority (Speight 2). Islam is the youngest and one of the largest major religions with more than one billion followers (Hopfe 329). Muha

Islam Essay objectives and outline: Defend the statement: Much of recent Muslim history reflects the desire on the part of different Muslim countries to free themselves from colonialism or dependence, and to gain greater control over their affairs. Explain the significance of the death of Muhammad. Explain the fundamental beliefs of Quranic teachings. Trace the historical d

Islam Since Islam came into being, it has clashed numerously with the already established Christianity. Their rivalry has never ceased until today. Modern Examples would be Bosnia and Lebanon. There were not only military clashes but political as well as economical. Although, the rivalry was incredibly intense, ironically, Arab or Islamic culture managed to severely influ

Islam In his reader Exploring the Sources of World Civilization, Michael Polushin outlines the Islamic faith for his readers. He does so by briefly discussing the tenets of the religion as well as providing a succinct historical review of the earliest days of the Muslim tradition. Polushin points out that although the Qur’an is the sacred biblical text of the religion, many Muslims sup

Islam Intellectual and Cultural Life Before Islam, Arabs had no cultural centers as there have been in Persia and ancient Greece. There were some cultural centers on the outskirts of Yemen and Hijaz. Yet, they had been receptive of any intermingling with other civilizations, especially when Islam spread urging them to ask for learning. Muslims gave due attention to both religious (

Islam Islam is the religion of mercy. Islam was very clear concerning women; it gave them their full rights and never considered them as inferior to men. According to Smock and Youssef, “The introduction of Islam…undoubtedly compromises the single most important determinant molding the character of Egyptian culture and as such had a profound effect on the status of women”(quote taken fro

Islam - A Theocracy Of Hatred And Murder Islam – A Theocracy of Hatred and Murder Newspapers and magazines practice a questionable censorship of criticism of the world’s religions. The most vicious devil worship is mentioned with little comment and then only in crime reporting of the horror committed. This can be a good thing. Religious hatreds are so easily inflamed, and there is

Islam And Christianinty A rise in the Classical Period Even though Christianity developed later than many other religions, and caught on slowly, its ideas were very popular. Some people were disagreeing with Judaism, and therefore reformed their ideas to fit with those of Christianity. Paul of Tarsus (5 c. e. - 67 c. e) was considered the most important religious leader in the developing