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.
In the 16th century people who were not catholic were killed and tortured, so that the catholic church could stay in power and people would stay catholic. Today the world is completely opposite, it accepts any religion even if it conflicts with other religion such as Judaism and Christianity. Those two religion hated each other in the past but have grown and evolved, they still have different beliefs but it doesn't matter since they learned to get along thanks to the inquisition. What the inquisition has done for the modern world is teach us what is wrong and what is right; it showed us our mistakes that we'll not do again. The expression "learn from our mistakes" is true in this situation.
It depends on who you are asking if you ask a Christian they will tell you any war is unjust because god would not want you to kill others. He would want you to turn the cheek. Others may say it is just if it’s in defense. In this paper, I will explain why the Vietnam War was just. The United States got involved in the Vietnam War from 1954 -1964 to prevent and contain communism.
Liberal Christians often say that the bible teaches us compassion as a general truth in the bible and that being compassionate to gay’s means that we should grant full moral and legal equality to people of different sexualities to ourselves. They say that compassion for others is the cornerstone of Christian ethics. Liberals usually think that the bible is outdated in modern society as attitudes have changed in the 2000 years since the bible was written, they say that there is no point to clinging to the morals of the past when there is a future of ever changing views which will leave you behind if you don’t have an open mind. One of the main issues with the Conservative argument is that they believe what the bible says when Jesus says that the most important rule is to love one’s neighbour as oneself, and people don’t usually want to be condemned by all around you as homosexuals have been throughout time, as many western Atheists say. They say that sexuality should be a secular area and that we should accept people for who they are.
These Suras can create very vivid mental images which might have fueled the no mercy fighting against the non-Muslims. There are several passages which seem to imply that it is their religious duty to God to fight and kill for Him. “…You shall not kill-for that is forbidden by God-except for a just cause.” The first passage is saying that the Muslims should not kill unless they are fighting for the Islamic faith or to claim that Allah is the one and only God. “Fighting is obligatory for you, much as you dislike it. But you may hate a thing although it is good for you, and love a thing although it is bad for you.” It is constantly said that the non-Muslims, mainly Christians, will try to prevent you from practicing Islam.
And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don’t be troubled or afraid” * 2 Timothy 1:7 “For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love and self discipline.” * Romans 8:6 “So letting your sinful nature control your mind leads to death. But letting the spirit control your mind leads to life and peace” * John 16:33 “ I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have over come the world.” What are some of the ways they seek inner peace * Prayer: either communal or personal setting provides a means to reflect on the nature of peace on their lives * Meditation: assisting to cope with the pressures of contemporary lifestyles.
John asks Mond if it is natural to feel the existence of God, and Mond responds that people believe what they have been conditioned to believe. “Providence takes its cue from men” John claims that if the people of the World State believed in God, they wouldn’t be degraded by their pleasant vices. Mond rebuts that Soma is “Christianity without fears.” 18 Bernard and Helmholtz say goodbye to John. Bernard apologizes for the scene in Mond’s office. John asks Mond if he can go with them to the islands, but Mond refuses because he wants to continue “the experiment”.
Tocqueville argues that the only thing which will keep Americans away from these dangers, which would undoubtedly lead to despotism is religion as source of moral education. He says that all decisions by man are a result of the values which man has received from god and without these values we would be left to a life full of disorder. Religion indirectly affects the state through mores which are described as “the whole moral and intellectual state of a people.”(287) These mores are what prevents democracies from being engulfed by the dangers which are products of tyranny and despotism. In a state without religion “each man gets into the way of having nothing but confused and changing notions about the matters of greatest importance to himself and his fellows”(444) and when combating materialism, the presence of religion “places the
That being said, not everyone who is Muslim had a hand in the devastation of 9-11 and they do not deserve to be discriminated against and hated for simply practicing their religion. In America we boast about freedom of speech and freedom of religion, yet we decide to condemn and judge people by how they look, talks and what religion they practice. In this paper I plan on doing extensive research so that I too can fully understand the Islamic culture. I want to research both the radical side of Islam but also cover the everyday people who simply practice a religion and worship their God. I will specifically compare the Islamic culture and teachings to the ways of Christianity and Judaism.
However, just because we are American does not mean our views on the type of freedom will meet eye-to-eye. Religion is something that everyone knows should be respected, but sometimes isn’t. It always made me wonder how the very thing that started America could be so forgotten. There are days when I struggle with people accepting my faith. I get so frustrated because I think, “This is America, the land of the free.