Elizabeth Perricone 397 Dan Churchwell-Introduction to Philosophy Research Paper 1 2/22/2013 Anti-Intellectualism among Evangelicals Philosophers have been opposing, contemplating, and defending the idea of God for centuries. The majority of philosophers in today’s day and age take the arrogant view of pushing the concept of “God” out of their philosophy. They do this by their prideful standing against submission or conceiving a being higher than themselves and seeing those who believe in such a being as, leaning on a mere crutch that humanity has surpassed long ago. The poor opinion America’s culture has on the Christian Church’s intelligence is not surprising. Movies and TV shows have been portraying Christians as judgmental, mindless, know-it-alls for years.
Both of these faiths do missionary work, spreading the word and teachings through their bibles. They both live with clean intentions as Mormons do not drink alcohol, caffeine, or use tobacco. In comparison one might say Jehovah Witnesses stick to their own clean lifestyle by refusing blood transfusions because in Jehovah Witnesses eyes by receiving blood it goes against what their bible approves of. This practice seems a bit far fetched but remembering the Jehovah Witnesses are considered “witnesses” they actually believe and look at death as a higher way of mortality than to receive medical assistance when needed. Most would agree that whatever is in ones bible they would adhere to because nobody wants to be considered a sinner.
As she refuses to talk to anybody, the child created her own imaginary world being unwilling to look at the reality: “Why couldn't he understand that if he kept quiet, if all of them kept quiet, her parents would hear her and come to take her home?” (47). Through the story, her illusion state changes and tend to become a realistic one. Step by step she has no choice but to find in herself enough courage to accept and to surpass the situation. Nandana can be considered a hero because, as it painful, she finally accepts and begins to talk. Secondly, there's Nirmala, Nandana's grandmother, who was binged back to reality.
However, when she learns the truth about he and his Elinor’s marriage, she is torn between conflicting loyalties and desires. She finally acknowledges, that she ‘was not Elinor, after all, but Anna.’ Anna elects to leave her old life and chooses a path, ‘... away from death and towards life, from birth to birth, from seed to blossom.’ She comes to terms with the fact that she does not want to be stereotyped as a ‘widow turned witch in the common mind.’ She decides not be constrained with the confines of male authority, but fashions her own destiny to accord with her core values, of loyalty, compassion and honesty. As a result, she is ultimately rewarded with acceptance and love in a new community, with a new family of her own. ‘Year of Wonders’ charts the journey of its protagonist Anna Frith, as she discovers her true identity and sense of belonging in the world. Throughout her journey, Anna is truly tested and experiences much suffering.
Unrequited love In the Robert browning poem, ‘The laboratory’ and Shakespeare’s famous ‘Romeo and Juliet’, there is a reoccurring theme of unrequited love. Unrequited love is displayed throughout Romeo and Juliet, as we can see with Romeo’s love for Rosaline at the beginning of the play. Romeo's love for Rosaline is unrequited. He loves her but she cannot love him because she is going to become a nun and nuns are not allowed to have relationships. Rosaline is unobtainable, just like Juliet was at first.
Brait 1 Mike Brait Ms. Palazzolo ENG 4U1 1 November 2012 Inner Conflict Throughout “The Painted Door” and “The Lamp at Noon” Carlos Fuentes once said “Love can isolate us from everything around us. But in its absence we can be filled with the fear that something comparable exists.” In both stories, the love of a soul mate causes isolation around them. Ann, the protagonist in “The Painted Door”, and Ellen, the main character in “The Lamp at Noon”, both give up their lives to become farmers’ wives out of love for their husbands. This immense love for their husbands is the direct cause of the isolation they are experiencing. Both women crave attention and interaction with other people, which is the reason of inner conflict.
“Will to Power” is a section that is parallel to “Thoughts on Life” because is discusses an individuals will to become powerful and make a personal stand for themselves. In “On Interpretation” he shares his view that there is no fact in the world because everything is an interpretation. As you can see all of these sections have a possible relation to Christianity and their set of beliefs. A particular problem I notice with Nietzsche’s aphorisms is that it creates an image for the reader to portray a Christian to be a weak mined helpless being. He basically degrades the entire Bible by saying that there is no fact in the world and everything is an interpretation.
However, I find now that I always thought about the past. I didn’t realize how much religion still influences the present and the future. I have learned to appreciate a minority religious groups’ struggle to integrate while maintaining a semblance of their values. I have found reasons for willingness to accept and value differences of religious beliefs. John Blake writes about his interview with pastor, Andy Stanley, in his article “A New Challenge for Andy Stanley.” In the article, Stanley says, “What preachers once taught as biblical truth-slavery is sanctioned by God; women aren’t allowed to preach; gambling and dancing are sins-is now rejected by many churches.” This not only confirms that America’s society does change to accommodate other beliefs, but also that these changes can be good things.
That thought pattern is rooted in sin and rebellion because the gospel message is centered on repentance of sin and accepting Jesus as Lord. It is not centered on people living as they like and expecting God to adjust his precepts to us in that spiritual state. 2. This culture has become so morally loose until morality is almost non-existent. To live a moral life according to the gospel message is perceived as being too restrictive to a large number of the populace.
“Religion divides rather than unites, and destroys rather than save.” How far do your agree with this statement? Religion is an organized collection of beliefs, cultural systems and world views that relate humanity to the supernatural and spirituality. Every human in the world have their own religion. But some of them don’t have religion (atheist), atheist is Anti-religion or opposite of religion, this atheist is group of people that don’t have religion, don’t belief in any religion and hate religion. For example Anti-Christian Sentiment, Anti-Islamism, Anti-Catholicism, this happen because of lack of education or born with their parents died or they don’t believe in the idea of god because some of the scientists can create thing by their own, so they think belief on their own self and creativity rather than some kind of miracle that is absurd.