Edward L. Dy Jr. January 6‚ 2014 PI 100 – M-Th 2:30-4:00 Veneration Without Understanding: Analysis Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda‚ our national hero who is known for his nationalism and patriotism usually come side by side with these words; the doctor‚ the writer‚ the philosopher‚ the clairvoyant‚ and most of all the hero who died for the country. More than a hundred and fifty years ago‚ that hero was born and history says that he was the one who revolutionized a new
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Wrongly accused of being indifferent to the atrocities against the Jews during World War II‚ Pius XII was in fact very active in protecting and fighting for the Jewish People. Contrary to popular belief‚ Pius XII was committed to lift the pain that plagued the Jewish People as World War II consumed Europe. The Summi Pontificatus was released by Pius following the Invasion of Poland. The encyclical condemns Nazi beliefs such as racism‚ cultural superiority‚ and totalitarianism as well as expressing
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The historical perspective of Goodman Brown The story Young Goodman Brown was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1835.The story itself is about a man named Young Goodman Brown who leaves home to go to the forest for some unknown and and ulatemly unimportant errand. While in the forest he meets a man who both dressed and looks oddly similar to him the man also carries a snake like staff. As they walk together they run into Goody Cloyse she is an older woman who Goodman as know since he was a child
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Liberation Theology is the belief that Christianity not only involves belief in the scripture but also a commitment to change social and political positions that oppress the poor and disadvantaged in a society. This is mainly understood by those who have been able to experience a "privileged position"‚ which is described as being able to live amongst the poor and understand them. This term was first coined by Gustavo Gutierrez in his book "An Introduction to Liberation Theology". In this he discusses
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TO BE FREE IS TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE’S SELF As a teenager‚ I find myself through an awkward age. When I am neither a woman nor a child‚ when my voice cascades down from high C to B flat minor and every pimple assumes the proportion of Taal Volcano. I am prone to anxiety‚ fear frequent changes of mood‚ sensitive to criticism. I spend sleepless nights worrying about bad breath‚ homework‚ and exquisite agonies of unrequited love. It is the age when I feel the first stirrings of a woman’s primordial
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avoided it all”‚ indicating a belief that much of the damage done to the Iranian people was a result of the Iranian regime’s own actions: its warmongering with Iraq‚ its radicalization of young soldiers‚ its religious fanaticism‚ its valorization of martyrdom. Official‚ legally sanctioned punishment for infractions as small as an improperly worn veil or the possession of forbidden party fare could be shockingly severe‚ including torture and death‚ and the people who carry out these punishments are usually
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In AD 64‚ part of Rome was burned down. The Emperor Nero blamed the Christians and the people turned on them. Arrests‚ executions‚ and martyrdoms followed. “Mockery of every sort was added to their deaths” the historian Tacitus comments. Pliny the younger‚ a governor of the roman province of Bithynia‚ and Trajan‚ the emperor‚ followed the same cruel. The cruelty of the punishment could be reflected in the life of St
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In Dr. Scott Atrans talk entitled Talking To The Enemy he explores the sociological nature of radicalised people in the twenty-first century‚ and the political ramifications of religious fanaticism. some of the points he makes consist of moral virtue‚ sacred values‚ and how acknowledging someone’s sacred values can take tension off of cultural clashes. He also stresses the importance of a an individual’s personal identity Dr. Scott Atrans calls to attention how significant moral virtue is to humanity
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the Other‚ is heedlessly effaced. Auden writes of the ship being ’expensive’ (Norton: p.1472)‚ in this sense the ship can be seen to represent ’capital’‚ something which continues to move without disruption. The first stanza describes a ’dreadful martyrdom’ (Norton: p.1472) which does not impress upon the children who ’are skating at the edge of a pond’ (Norton: p.1472) and the dogs who ’go on with their doggy life’ (Norton: p.1472)‚ we have therefore‚ a scene of leisure and the life of an ontological
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proclaimers of the gospel of the risen Lord” (Habermas & Licona‚ 2004‚ p. 50)? These men had nothing to gain from their claims. In fact‚ they remained consistent with their beliefs even in the face of beatings‚ torture‚ imprisonment‚ and their own martyrdom. Nine early and independent sources confirm that the disciples claimed the resurrection. These fall into three categories: the testimony of Paul about the disciples‚ the early church’s oral tradition‚ and the written works of the early church.
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