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- 711: Kanflict: How Humans Have Risen Above The Divine
- Kanflict: How Humans Have Risen Above The Divine Until Emmanuel Kant, God, primarily the western Religion of Christianity's concept of God, was of an elevated stature over humans when concerning the issue of morality. This however was to be questioned due to this philosophers works on this subject. All philosophers preceding him ...
- 712: James Joyce
- ... references to witchcraft, which tie in with the old Celtic ways. Joyce s personal background and education made him deeply aware of the tragic history of Ireland, including the destruction of its Celtic civilization. The Christianity of these traditions, Ireland s subsequent conquest by the English, and the inertia that Joyce observed in the Dublin of his time are all recurring themes in Joyce s fiction. In this particular case, he ...
- 713: Existentialist Themes of Anxiety and Absurdity
- ... that of anxiety, or the sense of anguish, a generalized uneasiness, a gear or dread which is not directed to any specific object. It is the claim that anguish streams of thought in Judaism and Christianity which see human existence as fallen, and human life as lived in suffering and sin, guild and anxiety. This dark and forbidding picture of human life leads existentialists to reject ideas such as happiness, enlightenment ...
- 714: The Right To Die
- ... the most prevalent factors in the debate of euthanasia. On the anti-euthanasia side of the battle is the more conservative religious groups including; The Christian reformed church, Islam, the Lutheran church, the Mennonites, Orthodox Christianity, Orthodox Judaism and The Roman Catholic church. These groups and many others have two main statements concerning euthanasia; the first is, that life is a gift from God, and that each individual is its steward ...
- 715: John Coltrane
- ... development in which Coltrane sought a closer relationship with God. Part of this closer relationship involved Coltrane's understanding of himself as a child of God. Though Coltrane was raised in a household dominated by Christianity, and he professed to be a Christian for the majority of his life, he became dissatisfied with his personal relationship with God and felt that it could and should be intensified. Not for the faint ...
- 716: Assignment: Mythology Research Project
- ... powers. A short legendary history of some customs (such as those of the New Year's celebration) is given. By reading these stories, one can see some of the similarities present between the myths of Christianity (mainly Roman and Greek) and those of Africa, such as the story of the creation, the deceiving of the God, his anger with the people and the punishment he gave them in order to teach ...
- 717: Karl Marx 3
- ... Germany. He was one of seven children of Jewish parents. His mother, Henrietta, was originally from Holland and never became a German at heart. Shortly before Marx was born, his father converted the family to Christianity and Karl was baptized at the age of six. In High School, Karl stood out amongst the other students. He seemed to be a devoted Christian. In 1835, he attended the University of Bonn but ...
- 718: Beer
- ... and when Moses told Jews to avoid leavened bread during Passover in Exodus 12, he also meant that they should avoid beer. King David of the Jews was a brewer, and in early days of Christianity the Jews carried on the art of brewing and often introduced it to many other cultures. The classical Greeks and Romans learned the art of brewing from the Egyptians. The word beer comes from the ...
- 719: Christmas, Retailers, and the Santa Claus Conspiracy
- ... that have lost their meaning to commercialization. Forget the memory of Jesus Christ, now's the time to pay homage to the almighty buck. Nowadays when someone thinks of Christmas or Easter the idea of Christianity is one of the last to come into their mind (although I don't think it could have been made much easier -- "Christ"ianity, "Christ"mas - - what kind of minds are we dealing with?). It ...
- 720: Hell: That Place in Your Mind
- ... a place that is created by religion. It can be a place that people are sent to, or it can be a place people land because they could not get to the holy land. In Christianity, Hell is a place that God created and sent the Devil to rule over, because he challenged God's power. It is where a person goes if she commits sins and is never redeemed again ...
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