Vardy’s example further supports this with the analogy of the king who falls in love with a peasant girl. Although the king could have forced the girl to marry him, he chose instead to win her round of her own accord since love cannot be created by compulsion. In the same way that God had to allow humans to choose to love and worship him of their own accord. Hick states that God chose to create humanity at a distance so they could have awareness of him but would not be directly in his presence. Hick argues that if God had created humanity in his presence then the gap between God and humanity would be so small that it would limit our freedom.
Paul Tillich argues against the literal theologians and the social scientists as well. He says that “religion has rediscovered its true place in man’s spiritual life, namely, in its depth, out of which it gives substance, ultimate meaning, judgment and creative courage to all functions of the human spirit.” (Tillich 9) In my opinion and it may be clouded by my religion, which is Christianity, is that God does exist and one will not
This denounces Puritan belief because only one individual was above reasoning and rationalization, God. To state that Bradstreet’s love was above logic suggests that her love for her husband was in the same realm of God and according to Puritan belief, God
This theme is people, and God created all people. Culture is a part of human relationships that must not be overlooked. In Romans 3:28-30, Paul addresses culture and the fact “that man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.” Paul spoke to the Jews regarding their neglecting of other cultures. The Jewish culture was so worried about the law that they could not justify anything or anyone outside of it. Therefore, The Jews denied the Gentile culture and neglected them.
As a human trying to be as pious as possible, you must have a devotion to god and family. When Socrates is informed that Euthyphro is prosecuting his own father he is shocked beyond belief. “Your father! Good heavens, you don’t mean that”(9). Euthyphro responds by insisting that holiness is what is approved or loved by the Gods; where impiety is whatever is disapproved of by the Gods.
To say that Paul isn’t gay is like trying to force a horse to drink when it is not thirsty. The thought of Paul being gay is so easy to comprehend and go along with and that to say otherwise is out of the question. Labeling Paul as just a gay person is like saying that Jesus was just a regular man when what you really have to do is analyze all the aspects of who Paul is. Paul simply wants to be identified as his own person without people’s ignorant criticism about his past. “What broke Paul’s heart was his discovery of the penis behind the frills of the dress…his hands began to tremble…the more he studied the image, the more uncomfortable he became.
“The theme of marriage has two major strands: one is a naively exaggerated description of the state of holy matrimony for the good of the soul. The other is the a darker, more selfish concept of marriage as providing great conveniences for an ageing lecher.” How far do you agree with this statement. Marriage within ‘The Merchant’s Tale” is explored in different ways. To begin with, marriage is shown to be a religious and holy sacrament between a man and woman observed in the eyes of God. The Merchant provides us with this view, suggesting that no other state of matrimony is “worth a bene”.
The Puritans And Sex The Puritans were a group of 16th and 17th century English Protestants who thought that the Reformation had not gone far enough in its rejection of the Catholic Church. They wanted a simpler, purer kind of worship and advocated a strict form of religious discipline. They were intolerant of any form of sexual activity outside marriage, and yet warmly encouraged it in the marital bed. Puritans considered sexual intercourse was a human exigency and according to the Puritans religion, marriage was the only proper supply for it. In fact, the Puritans saw it as a man’s duty to provide pleasure for his wife, and they also considered it as a godly behavior.
The chaplain, the novel’s clearest advocate for Christian morals, addresses the dangers of Alex’s “Reclamation Treatment” when he tells Alex that “goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.” F. Alexander echoes this sentiment, albeit from a different philosophical standpoint, when he tells Alex that the treatment has “turned [him] into something other a human being. [He has] no power of choice any longer.” Burgess’s novel ultimately supports this conception of morality as a matter of choice and determination and argues that good behavior is meaningless if one
However, being taught the Hindu religion first does not contain his search for spiritual fulfillment, and Pi embraced both Christianity and Islam. He sees past the shortcomings of Jesus, the petulance of the Christian God and embraces the Christian teachings of love. He worships the mighty Vishnu and the Hindu pantheon while he admires the Islamic religion’s concepts of brotherhood and devotion. Pi becomes a devout member of not one, not two, but all three religions. He ignores the details, and simply wishes to fulfill his spiritual love of God.