It is also because the words express the deeply held views of a wide swath of conservative Christianity. Buchanan’s speech epitomizes the Religious Right’s general view of the “culture war”—as a “religious war”3 that manifests itself on many “cultural” fronts, most urgently abortion, homosexuality (especially, now, marriage equality), education privatization, and curriculum content of the public schools. So the culture war is not simply conflict over abortion or gay marriage. It is a one sided war of aggression against the civil rights advances of women and minorities and the rights of individual conscience that we generally discuss under the rubric of religious pluralism and of separation of church and state. For these political aggressors, war is not merely a metaphor or the equivalent of a sports analogy.
But the Bush administration was so adamant that they would not give up. They said that war was a necessity for the safety of Americans. Even when the Iraq war was fought on the basis of Iraq’s chemical weapon capacity, President Bush always addressed the Iraq war as the war on terrors. He made the people believe that the Al-Qaeda was hiding in Iraq but it has been proved to be wrong. Many believe that the Iraq war was a fatal mistake and it actually heightened terrorist activities.
The book, The Devil and the Jews: The Medieval Conception of the Jew and Its relation to Modern Anti-Semitism by Joshua Trachtenberg was published in 1943. At a time when anti-Semitism was rampant, Trachtenberg writes about the origins of Christianity’s animosity towards the Jews. Trachtenberg explains the ways the Christians created fear and hatred for the Jews during the medieval ages. The perception of the Jews during that period was never fully cleared and became the basis for modern prejudices. “Antisemitism is not an invention of Hitler’s.
The characters in the book who were directly traumatized by the Holocaust fight to sustain the culture and the religion. Kaaterskill Falls is a study of communication, gender and
U.S. President Harry Truman’s decision to help Israel become a sovereign country has many pros and cons. Nazis had oppressed Jews for several years, and when they were finally liberated, the U.N. felt they deserved to have a country of their own. The president’s studies of the Bible influenced him to believe that the Jews should immigrate to Palestine and divide it so that the surviving Jews can have their own sovereign country, Israel. However, this choice has advantages and disadvantages, as one might expect. One disadvantage to Truman’s decision to support Israel in becoming a sovereign country is that U.S. relations with the Arabs can be affected.
When artists portray images revolving around religious icons the image may turn into something highly controversial. It is true that the constitution does give Americans freedom of speech as well as expression but there is always a fine line between pushing the envelope and burning it and sometimes these artists burn it completely. The artist who constructed the image for the Blake Prize for religious art constructed an image of the portrait of Jesus with the face of Osama Bin Laden. The image’s controversy is one that deserves analyzing because of the context of the image as well as the reaction to the image. Throughout the analysis one must keep in mind that this image was meant for a contest of religious art.
Therefore, it can be said that religion can be used as a form of cultural defence against the rapidly increasing West. The use of religion as a cultural defence is very evident in modern times with the rise of Fundamentalism. Those from ethnic minorities opposing Western values so much that they are willing to kill others and themselves to prove this. The clash of civilisations has been evident between Islam and the West for hundreds of years but became known throughout the world after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Fundamentalists are using religion to defend their culture in a negative way and have thus created a stigma for ethnic minorities.
The Middle East is a region rich in culture and tradition. It is true that there are the extremist that do things in the name of Allah – i.e. terrorists – but every culture and religion has its extremists. The Orient should not be judged based on what the minority does but, yes on what the majority does. In the end, Riverbend’s blog is somewhat of an eye opener to those who were not fully aware not only of the actual situation in Iraq in terms of the war but, also about how the Iraqi people live.
However, it is clear that the magnitude of certain acts significantly determines whether or not that act can be forgiven. American society proved to be hesitant to forgive, because congress declared war on terrorism shortly afterward, and our troops continue to fight and die in the Middle East. As previously stated earlier in this paper, forgiveness is a concept that is only attributed effectively f there is a spiritual healing experience for the victim and genuine remorse from the perpetrator; however, as Moshe Bejski puts it, “does repentance alone justify and bring about forgiveness and allows crimes to be forgotten?” (Bejski) Collectively, American society may have forgiven the attackers and since the incident occurred more than a decade ago we could look upon the draconic incident and contemplate it with some detachment. However, the American population as a whole may have forgiven or have pushed aside the harsh memories of that day, but close family members of those affected may not be so quick for mercy. So we are back to the overwhelming question that has been the focus
The Nuremberg Laws Imagine finding a document signed by Adolf Hitler, the leader of such a large country. We all know to believe that Hitler was behind the Holocaust but do we really know that he was directly involved? Well we do now, and we can say he is affiliated with the persecution of the Jews. The Nazis expressed Anti-Semitic views by passing the Nuremberg Laws and other anti-legislation. The Nazis believed in what is known as Anti-Semitism.