The Crusades centered on the war over the city of Jerusalem and the holy places of Palestine. Jerusalem had a lot of holy significance in the Christian religion. The Christians believed in a Christian god, Jesus Christ, the Hoy Sprit and the Virgin Mary. They also believed in the afterlife, Angels and Hell. Christians believed that the first humans were created in the image of God, but that the bad behavior of Adam and Eve brought negative consequences to all humans to this day.
Thomas More takes the side of the church and follows the idea that God judges the consciences of all, and if one is against God, then that person could be considered evil. “More went to his death as he said on the scaffold, “the king’s good servant and God’s first” ( Lahr). More believes that following God is the only way to go even if it resulted to death. More decides to stay true to his own beliefs and his own conscience based off of what is morally right under the law of God. This shows that in the Renaissance times, evil was viewed by what beliefs that people had in God, and the conscience and beliefs of the King are considered evil under what God laid down as
He uses a substantiate example of Martin Luther as a person who stands up and shows what he/she really believes in. “Was not Martin Luther an extremist: Here I stand, I cannot do otherwise so God help me.” (Paragraph #27). Martin Luther shows his true self by not keeping quiet; he nailed 95 theses to his own church’s door to show exactly how he felt. Like Martin Luther, the Christians before him also made a comeback by trying to show their true selves. “It was practiced by the early Christians, who were willing to face hungry lions and the excruciating path of chopping blocks rather than submit to certain injust laws of the Roman Empire.” (Paragraph #21).
The American public at the time of the civil war was very religious. Abraham Lincoln recognized that the American publics most profound motives such as reasoning to go to war were lead by their religious beliefs. Lincoln played a masterstroke in the history of American presidency by addressing the public through religious language. One of the points Lincoln makes is that it is strange for men to ask for a just God’s assistance in winning bread through the sweat of other mans faces instead of their very own. Lincoln is preaching that we cannot pass God’s judgement upon others without first thinking about how God would judge us.
This is related to the part to the manner of God’s self-revelation in war. Wars did take place in ancient Israel, but why was so much of it preserved as a big part of the revealed scripture (The Problem of War in the Old Testament, p. 11)? Third, there is a problem of ethics. In the New Testament God is loving and caring. Are our ethics taught on the New Testament alone, or the entire bible?
Christ had referred to the Old Testament summary of all the laws of the Bible into two great commandments: "'You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind,' and your neighbor as yourself'" (Luke 10:27). When asked who was a neighbor, Christ related the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37). It was the Good Samaritan who took care of the mugging victim who was a neighbor to the victim. The others who walked by and ignored the victim's plight were not acting as neighbors to him. In the light of all we have seen the Scriptures teach to this point, can we argue that if we were able to save another's life from an attacker by shooting the attacker with our gun that we should "turn the other cheek instead?"
This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets.” That verse tells us that we should act the way God would if he still walked the earth to this day, and in ‘The Crucible’, The church has been practicing a false statement of God—God is a forgiving God, But the reverend is doing the opposite and instead of giving the accused a second chance, he sentences them to
Atheist may feel their punishment is complete once they served their sentence, but since Christians believe taking someone’s life is committing a sin; they therefore question the likelihood of their soul entering into heaven. This principle held by Christians lays a greater feeling of sorrow for their decisions. Many people have been raised upon the idea of what is right or wrong, but it is evident that not everyone can come to an agreeable term. The religious and nonreligious laws have affected the decisions one would make. Yet, the history of a person’s background will determine the feelings they have towards their own
This is primarily done through teaching of Jesus Christ who according to Christian faith and the quote above was sent by god as the perfect sacrifice to atone for the multitude of sins committed by the human race giving humans a chance to be united with god once again through the grace of Jesus. Jesus was the perfect sacrifice due to the way he lived his life in the human form as he only brought good to society but was still persecuted. This persecution despite actually committing any sin resulted in the ideal sacrifice as Jesus Christ was able to suffer the burden of our sins for us in order to allow us to achieve eternal salvation. This act solves the problem of our sins as it offers redemption if we act in the correct way. This premise of redemption through Christ is thoroughly addressed throughout the Christian church through in depth study of the gospels on the life of Jesus Christ as this allows members of the religion to gain an increased grasp on what kind of person Jesus Christ was and what he accomplished.
Despite the emotions by the 9/11 attack, our American values compel us to religious tolerance, helpful praise, and better outcomes, demonstrating that the mosque should be built on ground zero. Religious tolerance let's people understand and accept other beliefs that differ from their own. We can see this in the New Testament, Luke 9:49-50 "... we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbade him, because he followeth not with us. And Jesus said unto him, forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us." so even though Jesus' disciples rejected him, Jesus criticized his disciples and accepted the healer.