Sarah F. Indangan January 22‚ 2013 ------------------------------------------------- IV-9 BSE English Professor Jocson The Lesser Evil In this paper‚ evil is measured in terms of “Homeric sins” or how an epic violated Homeric conventions and the goal is to know which of the epics has the less violation of those conventions. The epics Iliad and Odyssey will be compared and contrasted according to the movies by Wolfgang Petersen and Andrei Konchalovsky. Iliad ended
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‘God is great‚ God is good‚ now we thank him for our food.’ This simple prayer reflects twin commitments in Christian belief to God’s greatness and God’s goodness. Yet Christian theodicies have often averred to God’s greatness to the detriment of his goodness. Let us interpret God’s greatness in a manner other than power. Indeed‚ let us consider God’s greatness‚ as the medievals understood God’s goodness‚ in terms of being: goodness and being are interchangeable; 1 God is the most real
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and secular authority -Church and state are on the same side E.g. Israel: Not a theocracy‚ however base legitimacy on religion -Prophetic: Critical of secular authority and culture -"In the world but not of it" -Religious based revolutions -Theodicy: theory of evil -Provides an answer as to why "bad things happen to good people" -Original sin of Adam and Eve -Comfort VS Challenge -Humans=inherently sinful -Comfort: Yes‚ humans are sinful but God loves us and he will help us -Challenge:
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Monotheism is the belief in the existence of only one God and that beside him there is no other. Michael Carella defines monotheism as “a belief in the existence of a supreme being who is unique‚ transcending and universal.” Monotheism is important in the study of religion because it gives shape and help form some of the religions like Islam‚ Christianity and Judaism which in turn gives shape to the world. These religions do assume some common characteristics of God. One attribute is the belief that
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RS I believe that God doesn’t exist due to the fact that if there is a supposed omni-benevolent God then why is the world is full of so much evil and suffering? Evil and suffering comes in two forms Moral evil and Natural evil. Moral evil is caused by humans using their free will‚ for example‚ crimes such as murder‚ burglary and war. Natural evil is suffering that has not been caused by humans such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ volcanoes‚ cancers and so on and are therefore not caused by humans. These
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Let’s look at western’s thoughts on evil. There are two types of evil‚ moral‚ and natural evil. Moral evil is all things that are bad and we hold morally responsible‚ and Natural Evil are those terrible things that happen naturally. An example of natural evil are hurricanes‚ tornados‚ sink holes and floods‚ because they all occur naturally which is out of our hands. Both cause human and animal suffrage which both are prevalent in are world. If god is all perfect‚ and good‚ why would he allow such
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Origins in Science and Religion Letters and Science 121 T-Th 2:00-3:30‚ 2040 VLSB Spring 2013 This course explores the concepts of origins in science and religion and their cultural contexts and entanglements‚ from antiquity to the present. Popular culture tends to emphasize the conflict between science and religion on such issues‚ particularly‚ in recent times‚ with respect to the origin of life and its evolution (including human evolution). We hold that science must acknowledge history‚ both
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(Some of the) Key Thinkers: Beliefs in Society NAME CONTRIBUTION CONCEPT Armstrong Feminist: Religion ‘not been particularly good to women…usually male affairs with women relegated to marginal positions’ Barker Making of a Moonie: most members from middle class (link to relative deprivation as appeal of sects/NRMs) Bellah Functionalist: religion in US = ‘Americanism’ + Decline in influence of religious institutions not evidence of secularisation‚ but move to individual belief/practice
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In Judaism‚ Jews attempt to answer the question of why God allows sinister incidents happen to righteous people‚ also known as Theodicy. In the book of Job‚ God allows Satan to test Job to see if he would curse God if he took away his “7‚000 sheep‚3‚000 camels‚ 500 yoke of oxen‚ and 500 female donkeys;in addition to his great household” ( 1:3). This story elaborates on why this phenomenon continues to happen. The reason God allows misfortune to come upon his righteous followers is to test their
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cultures and religions. In James C. Livingston’s novel‚ The Anatomy of the Sacred‚ the explanations of evil in the world or the theodicy is analyzed in the point of views of distinct religions. Being a Jewish woman I was most interested in the monotheistic explanation for moral evil that also incited me to seek answers for the malevolent Jewish Holocaust. “ The monotheistic theodicies that focus on God’s limitless power and sovereignty tend to place the blame for moral evil on the fact of the Fall of Adam
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