|
Papers on Religion
Confucianism And Christianity
Number of words: 1102 | Number of pages: 5.... of man and society as one whole is known as Li. Li means ³the
rationalized social order² (Yutang). Confucius felt that love and respect for
authority was a key to a perfect society; this strict respect was practiced
through rituals and magic (Smith). The Confucius traditions have caused a
tradition to set within its institution and is extremely active. It has,
unfortunately, allowed the political institution to manipulate the Confucius
system. As with Christianity.
Christianity also preaches a divine, brotherly love. Modern
Christianity seeks to discover a ³rational understanding of the person² as did
Confuc .....
Get This Essay
|
|
Why Does Man Create Anyway?
Number of words: 431 | Number of pages: 2.... from contemplative cloistered to active, or a little of both.
Once I visited a different church with a friend and I found it incredibly
hard to accept the way born again christians prayed so freely and openly
compared to quiet contemplation, in a contemplative cloistered monastery
with Benedictine Nuns. I questioned how one could really pray with so
much yelling, crying and loud music, especially when I was so use to
Gregorian chant or complete silence. The way that born again christians
pray would not have been accepted as it is today.
Art brings peace, happiness, and joy to us, whether it is visual
art .....
Get This Essay
|
|
Apocalypse
Number of words: 3417 | Number of pages: 13.... may have important consequences for you as the events
of our immediate future unfold. This is being done solely for
the benefit of others so that people may understand what to do
about the times now approaching humanity. What I'm about to
explain will strike many people as ridiculous, because this kind
of thing has been predicted over and over again and people are
not inclined to take things like this seriously. I am not your
average tabloid psychic. In fact, I'm not a psychic at all. I
am what could be called a modern day seer, but I prefer to be
thought of as just a human bei .....
Get This Essay
|
|
Hinduism
Number of words: 832 | Number of pages: 4.... every day. The people choose what they worship for themselves. Hindus may be atheists, monotheists, or even polytheists - it is an all-encompassing perspective, as far as I can tell.
I believe the idea of Brahman, or the ultimate reality, to be very essential to the Hindu philosophy. Brahman can either be a god or a personal diety to a theist or a process or ultimate to an atheist. Hindus believe that when they go to Brahman, they lose their identity and become part of the whole force. The idea of Brahman in the human soul is called Atman - it is the individual reality. Many Hindus believe in Karma, a kind of belief in predest .....
Get This Essay
|
|
Liberty In The Gospel: Galations 5:1-12
Number of words: 2195 | Number of pages: 8.... second class. In nearly every case, the segregation of the
church results from add-ons to the simple, pure gospel of Christ. But when
believers hold on to Christ alone, Their faith and the church will grow.
That is the basic message of this great book Galations. So simple yet so
potent. In Galations chapter 5, verses 1-12, Paul deals very
specifically with the concept of the Christians freedom in Christ. This is
what I will be dealing with in this Bible study of Galations 5, verses 1-12.
With the Christians freedom and liberty in Christ. There is plenty of
immediate content that deals with this passage. The fact that .....
Get This Essay
|
|
The First Crusade
Number of words: 1328 | Number of pages: 5.... from the Holy City of Jerusalem recounted
tales, often grossly exaggerated, of the horrible pollution of the sacred places
at the hands of the Turks" (Campbell p23). Other stories of the destruction of
the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the burial place of Jesus, by the Turks
surfaced in the early eleventh century. The news of the destruction of the
Sepulcher was mourned in every Christian country. The nations looked to Rome
for a solution to this most serious of Problems.
The Byzantine emperor asked for the aid of the Pope to help him with his
Turk problem. To the Pope, it would be a strategic move to aid the Byzantine
empe .....
Get This Essay
|
|
Genesis 1:1-30
Number of words: 393 | Number of pages: 2.... light, and the stars was explained. Also, he used these to mark the
fixed time, days, and years. God saw the goodness, and the fourth day
ended with night, which was followed by morning.
In verses twenty through twenty-three, the creation of creatures
that live in the sea, and winged animals were formed. He blessed these
creatures and made them fertile, he saw the goodness. The fifth day ended
with the night, which was followed by morning.
In verses twenty-four through thirty-one the creation of animals
such as cattle, creeping things, and wild animals of all kind were formed.
It also explains the creation of man, which he .....
Get This Essay
|
|
Egyptian, Babylonian, And Hebrew Religions
Number of words: 984 | Number of pages: 4.... at the Egyptian interpretation of the beginning. At first there
was nothing but chaos that contained the seed of everything to come. In this
confusion the sun god dwelled. By an effort of his will he emerged from chaos
as Ra and gave birth to Shu, the god of air, and Tefnut, the goddess moisture.
Shu and Tefnut gave birth to Geb and Nut, the earth god and sky goddess. Thus
the physical universe was created. People were created from Ra's tears. Time
passed and Ra grew frail, so the ungrateful race of men plotted against Ra.
When Ra learned of this he called the gods together. The gods decided that
mankind must be destroyed. T .....
Get This Essay
|
|
Greek Gods
Number of words: 817 | Number of pages: 3.... of earthquakes, streams, and horses. Hesta was the sister of Zeus.
She was the goddess of the household. Ares was one of Zeus' sons. He was the
god of war. He loved Aphrodite. Apollo was also a son of Zeus. Apollo drove
the chariot of the sun across the skies. He was the music maker of the gods and
was the god of light, music, medicine, agriculture, and prophecy. He was also
Known as Helios, the sun god. Hermes was the messenger of the gods and the
protector of travelers who escorted the dead down to Hades. He was also a son of
Zeus. Athena was Zeus' favorite daughter because she had sprung fully armed
from his head whe .....
Get This Essay
|
|
Schwa
Number of words: 1623 | Number of pages: 6.... year old art student at the
University of Michigan, started came to be known as `The Union', a wave of
change that would sweep across the world over a period of two years, and would
result in united international Schwa religion.
"I had just been transferred from (the University of) Wisconsin in the
earlier part of that year," Krantz says. "I had attended regular meetings with
about half a dozen other believers. We met one night each week to talk about
stuff related to our belief - that the Earth, and everything on it, was created
by extraterrestrial beings. I guess you could say they're on the same level as
the gods of other relig .....
Get This Essay
|
|
|