The Evils of Obedience If one was to be asked to follow through with an order to inflict pain on another human being‚ would they obey this order? Many would answer “Never!” Yet‚ humans have been following orders such as these since the beginning of time‚ for example‚ the Holocaust or the murdering of innocent civilians during the Vietnam War. Some may think these people are psychopaths‚ but could they also be ordinary people followings the orders of a higher power or simply being influenced by
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When it comes to God the probability is infinite. No one knows what he or she is able of doing. Staying with that mindset there could be more than one God that exists among us. Who’s to say that only one being controls our universe? To see and hear everything surely could take more than one immortal. We don’t know for a fact‚ therefore all we can do is guess. God in reality is everything we touch‚ smell‚ eat‚ or hear. God is anything and everything‚ the great and mighty. We can argue the fact that
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been a crucial element of many religious studies and traditions‚ through the centuries. The question of who‚ what‚ and where God is has been addressed by numerous theologians‚ religious and philosophers through the centuries. This essay looks at the writings of one these thinkers‚ Julian of Norwich and outlines and discusses some of her central ideas on the mystery of God. Julian of Norwich was a medieval mystic‚ who lived in Norwich‚ England between 1342 and 1416. Not much is known about her
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The Greek Gods Many people would blatantly state that the importance of the gods in Greek society derives from the fact that Gods in any society are usually used to explain phenomenon that people cannot logically comprehend‚ but in ancient Greece gods were actually entities that took part in the workings of society itself. Even simple aspects of day-to-day life such as sex and disputes between mortals were supposedly influenced by godly workings. Unlike modern religions such as Catholicism
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In the scripture God dictated a punishment to the women. At the moment of laboring a child the women are to suffer a lot of pain. Also we can see how God sentenced the women to submit to their men. We can interpret that at the moment God was really mad at the women. God curses the women for not obeying his command. She did what she wanted to do and did not follow God’s commands. “When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them‚ the sons of God saw that the daughters
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IN THE IMAGE OF GOD •“ GOD CREATED MAN in HIS OWN IMAGE‚ in THE IMAGE OF GOD HE CREATED HIM‚ MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM” Gen. 1: 27 HUMAN DIGNITY • “ Man is the only CREATURE on earth that GOD has willed for its own sake‚” and he alone is called to share‚ by knowledge and love‚ in GOD’s own life. It was for this end that he was created‚ and this is the fundamental reason for his dignity… From his conception‚ he is destined for eternal beatitude. GS 12 ‚ 24 EQUALITY‚ DIFFERENCE AND
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“Selfish behavior is often described as immoral. A good person thinks of others first.” This analysis from “Good‚ Neutral‚ and Bad Selfishness” written by John A. Jonathan perfectly describes what people view selfishness as. Most people would even confidently say that they are not selfish; a quality that usually means one is only concerned with themselves. The word has developed a negative connotation that nobody wants to be associated with‚ even though selfishness is not always awful. This should
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Ghassemi 1 Seena Ghassemi Mr. Hindley ENG3U December 10‚ 2012 How Evil Spawns Evil: by Seena Ghassemi The Chemistry of Death by Simon Beckett serves as an excellent example of how humans can succumb to evil‚ and thus corruption. This book tells the story of David Hunter‚ who moved away from London a small village called Manham‚ in the United Kingdom‚ after losing his wife and daughter in a car crash. He worked in Manham as a General Practitioner for his employer‚ Henry Maitland‚ who is
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that the earthly world and all of its beings were created by an evil‚ jealous God who is believed to be the God of the Old Testament. Then there was the good God or what they called the Supreme God of Truth (Religious Tolerance 1A). The Supreme God of Truth was believed to be the father of Jesus. Jesus was looked upon as the person who was sent down to spread the gnosis among the people and to allow them to return home to the Supreme God. They also felt that Jesus resurrection took place before Jesus
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The humorists “A good god would exclude evil’’ Many philosophers including David Hume took many topics very serious. One of them was god. Could there possibly be a man so powerful and wise‚ but yet unfair enough to create a world so unbalanced‚ and evil? “The human mind is incapable of understanding the nature of god’’ (David Hume) According to Hume the striving for survival; self-deprivation‚ the limited powers of all creatures to confront their problems‚ the laws of nature‚ and the weird
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