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- 251: Conquistadors - Peru (incas) E
- ... prisoner. Atahualpa offered all of his riches and goods for Pizarro to spare his life. Pizarro accepted, but said that in order for Atahualpa to be spared of burning, he would have to convert to Christianity. Burning, to the Incas, meant that your soul is also killed along with your body. Atahualpa agreed, and gave the Spanish Conquistadors six tons of gold and converted to Christianity. Pizarro's men strangled Atahualpa, and then burned his body. There are many conflicts between a culture with technology and a culture without technology. First of all, a culture with technology has many advantages, such ...
- 252: Crusades 4
- ... reign of terror. In 1095, Byzantine Emperor Alexius I Comnenus asked Urban II, pope of the Roman Catholic Church, for assistance in fighting the Turks ( ). Urban II agreed with two goals in mind to defend Christianity against the Muslims and to recover the Holy Land. First Crusade (1096-1099) The first crusade was initiated by Pope Urban II. On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban preached to his followers outside the city ... Holy Land. However, the ships were sunk by a storm, and all aboard the vessels drowned in the icy waters of the Mediterranean. Meanwhile, children in Germany began a march to convert the atheists to Christianity. However, these children also faced tragedy and death, for they were not equipped for the hardships of the Alps to Rome. After the fall of Acre, the Christians last stronghold, in 1291 many Christians lacked ...
- 253: British India And Revolution
- ... elements had begun taking its place among Indians, quickly changing sentiment towards the British. One of these was the widespread belief that the British were preparing to dismantle the caste system and convert India to Christianity. Although this was not factual, the subsequent actions of British officials did nothing to dispel the rumors, and Brahmins began to fearfully question British motives. The rebellion in 1857 can be seen as caused by ... fat of cattle or pigs, which was disrespectful to both Hindus and Muslims, was interpreted as attacking at the core of the Hindu and Muslim religious beliefs. These rumors unlike those regarding the conversion to Christianity and dismantling of the caste system did prove to be true, and the British withdrew the objectionable grease. These events account for the military aspects of the uprising which display the version of events accepted ...
- 254: A Dolls House-victorian Morals
- ... prudish, old-fashioned, and very traditional. But, the Victorian Era is very paradoxical and very complex. In religion, the Victorians experienced a great age of doubt. On a large scale, there were many questions into Christianity and the status of society. One of them, was Friedrich Nietzsche s (1844-1900). He saw a civilization so self-confident over its mastery of science, technology, politics, and economics that for it "God is ... belief." Without a theological and religious education, he realized, virtues would become values, social conventions that could be debated and modified whenever convenience wanted. The moral system of European civilization is founded on Judaism and Christianity. He believed, once this foundation is removed, the structure would start to crumble. He predicted, "there will be wars such as there have never been on earth before." Culture has, Nietzsche argues, hollowed itself out ...
- 255: Philosophy - Davide Hume
- ... much of his highly successful six-volume History of England (published from 1754 to 1762). The first volume was unfavorably received, partially for its defense of Charles I, and partially for two sections which attack Christianity. In one passage Hume notes that the first Protestant reformers were fanatical or "inflamed with the highest enthusiasm" in their opposition to Roman Catholic domination. In the second passage he labels Roman Catholicism a superstition ... came from Daniel MacQueen in his 300 page Letters on Mr. Hume's History. MacQueen combs through Hume's first volume of the History, exposing all the allegedly "loose and irreligious sneers" Hume makes against Christianity. Ultimately, this negative response led Hume to delete the two controversial passages from succeeding editions of the History. At about this time Hume also wrote his two most substantial works on religion: The Dialogues Concerning ...
- 256: Women In Beowulf And Lanval
- ... good submissive wife she is supposed to be. Lanval is written in the time of courtly love . Women were worshiped from afar for their beauty. The pagan religion was dying out and the age of Christianity was wakening. The chivalric code was followed by all respectable knights. Except for the new value placed on chivalry and the appearance of Christianity, it would seems that things did not change significantly for women in this new time of so called courtly love . Lanval begins with the King giving out land and wives to his loyal knights. This ...
- 257: Was It Heaven Or Hell
- ... sailor, and the salt-airs of all the seas blew from him yet. He was a sturdy and loyal Christian, and believed he was the best one in the land, and the only one whose Christianity was perfectly sound, healthy, full-charged with common sense, and had no decayed places in it. People who had an ax to grind, or people who for any reason wanted wanted to get on the ... in the house of his friends, but sometimes a dreaded one. He had a deep affection for the Lester household and its several members returned this feeling with interest. They mourned over his kind of Christianity, and he frankly scoffed at theirs; but both parties went on loving each other just the same. He was approaching the house--out of the distance; the aunts and the culprit were moving toward the ...
- 258: Things Fall Apart 8
- ... Chukwu."(Pg. 179) By contrasting the two religions in this way, Achebe indicates that these natives are very proud of their religion and are capable of understanding and relating their religion to the newly come Christianity. It is important that the natives are proud of their religion. This shows they are cultured people, proud of their society. Any society with proud people, who back it up, is a good society. By ... not even be respected for it. In conclusion, Achebe reveals the misunderstandings that can arise when two different cultures encounter each other. The missionaries who come to the village believe sincerely in the doctrines of Christianity. The Ibo people, however, believe just as sincerely in their ancestral spirits and the many gods of their religion. It is evident that the Ibo people had a well-organized lifestyle in which they were ...
- 259: The Bogus Logic Of The Beak Of
- ... explained most geological sediments and fossils. (Gillispie, 1960, 299) It appears that Darwin and Lyell were kindred spirits since Darwin had admitted that the Genesis Flood was one of the teachings which kept him from Christianity. The author's misinformation on Darwin here is relatively minor. It perhaps suggests that the author wants his reader to convert from religious belief, too, but the detail itself is not that significant. Perhaps the ... effect of the book much at all unless he is suggesting that Darwin is deceiving us in his autobiography. Indeed, one impression from reading Darwin's autobiography is that even though he gradually changed from Christianity to universalism to deism to atheism, he remained a man of conscience.5 How The Beak Attempts to Rewrite History The second historical misstatement in The Beak is downright misleading. In fact, it changes the ...
- 260: Things Fall Apart 7
- ... He is currently a professor of literature at the University of Nigeria. Many factors can be attributed to the cause of Okonkwo s demise, But the three most drastic ones are: hisson s conversion to Christianity, the change in daily life the new religion brings, and his frustration caused by his apathetic clansmen. Nwoye s conversion to Christianity was a sharp blow to Okonkwo because the Christians are looked down upon as being insane. The missionary tells them that all of the Ibo s gods are false images of wood and stone, and ...
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