Essays Tagged: "Christianity"

The ethics of Euthanasia

others die.With the rise of organized religion, euthanasia became morally and ethically abhorrent. Christianity, Judaism, and Islam all hold human life sacred and condemn euthanasia in any form.Follo ...

(2 pages) 225 0 4.2 Sep/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Euthenasia

The Death Penalty

ur own religion. Many burned at the stake were women and some were even children. It is ironic that Christianity is built around forgiveness. Many other gruesome mass executions throughout the ages we ...

(4 pages) 202 0 3.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

A paper mocking the ideas of Afrocentricity (Black Supremacy).

had been actually nothing but a piraticalopportunist who used Faustian machinations to make his own Christianity his initial wedge incriminal conquests'(563). The earth is burdened by the white man! T ... Africa WP, 1992.Cleaver, Eldridge. Soul on Ice. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968.Davies, Alan. Infected Christianity: A Study of Modern Racism. Montreal:Mcgill-Queen's UP, 1988.Perry, Bruce, ed. Malcolm X ...

(5 pages) 78 0 3.5 Oct/1995

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

Christianity and the old testiment

press an opinion. The Old Testament is an accurate and valid resource to use when trying to explain Christianity and faith. For example, it is amazing how one can justify his faith to a strong Catholi ... r 'good works.' There is much difference between the religion of Catholicism and non-denominational Christianity. Though both groups believe in one God, the same God, growing up in the midst of the bi ...

(2 pages) 116 3 3.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Mormons in Utah

e Mormon religion, which began to rise in bothreputation and numbers in Utah, is a strange mixer of Christianity, Americanpragmatism, millennialist expectations, economic experimentation, politicalcon ... e Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-DaySaints. Its founding doctrine is based on the assumption that Christianity wastoo corrupt and ungodly, and that restoring true Christian values wasnecessary. A re ...

(3 pages) 70 2 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

A Reveiw of the Jehovah's witnesses Religion

pling of pamphlets, (large or small). To most of the general public, the religion is a far cry from Christianity, but this is untrue, as a visit to one of the services that the congregation provides.U ...

(4 pages) 137 1 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

The Ressurection of Jesus Christ

iticism as the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The resurrection of Christ is the basis upon which all Christianity stands. If the resurrection never happened, then there would be no Christianity, as the ... f Christ accurately due to the fact that any inaccuracies would have allowed opponents to discredit Christianity right from the beginning (McDowell 52-53).The third test to prove historical reliabilit ...

(6 pages) 214 1 4.5 Mar/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Satanism, Is it really a threat to you?

Most religions like Christianity, Hinduism, and Islam havewell defined meanings on exception is Satanism. Most peoplehav ... 75% of the world's population would beSatanists.Others feel that all religions other than Judaism orChristianity are inspired by Satan and thus are forms of Satanism.This would still leave the vast ma ... an has nothing to do with Hell, demons, pitchforks orprofound evil.The image of Satanism spawned by Christianity is calledGothic Satanism. It is an imaginary and profoundly evil religionthat was inven ...

(6 pages) 129 5 4.2 Sep/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

The Christian Church and crimes against Paganism

crimes against Paganism1When I started this report I knew that paganism existed as a religion beforeChristianity. I suspected that if Christianity developed after paganism then it wouldhave adopted so ... n from a church. Inpaganism nothing like that has ever occurred. The Satanic church is areversal of Christianity and they are being anarchical. The Christian Churchattacks the satanic groups because i ...

(7 pages) 81 0 4.2 Sep/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

That Place In Your Mind (What is hell, related to Dante's Inferno)

eople are sent to, or it can be a place people land because they could not get to the holy land. In Christianity, Hell is a place that God created and sent the Devil to rule over, because he challenge ...

(2 pages) 83 0 4.0 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Christianity

ChristianityTwo thousand years ago one man walked the earth, teaching, serving and changing the view ... , their creator and savior. These people who accepted Jesus Christ were called Christians. The term Christianity was very clear to society because the concept was so new. At that point in time it was ... me it was easy to distinguish the difference between a Jew, a Gentile and a Christian. Now the word Christianity can be taken in many different contexts. A religious person who believes in Jesus Chris ...

(4 pages) 192 1 4.1 Mar/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Critique of Beowulf on the time diminishing aspects

The overriding christian view has many facets and deals with them all as a new way of proposing christianity into the theme of the story. The reason that Grendel becomes outraged is that the bard ...

(2 pages) 59 0 4.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Traits of Enlightenment in Christianity and some additional thoughts

Modern Christianity starts with first phase of Enlightenment by Wesley and Methodism. As second phase of pe ... al association. Bonhoeffer was first to stand up for secular theology and predicted about future of Christianity.Enlightenment was primarily a European and American phenomenon approaching Christianity ... had rich blend of Anglican mean and Puritan method even though he was more centered in method(doing Christianity) than reading knowledge and doctrine only. He saw sanctification as Christian perfectio ...

(5 pages) 169 0 3.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Can a person raised as a Christian learn to live the path taught by Buddha? A Christain can maintain their religion and still learn Buddha's Philosophy.

n comparing the two beliefs, I have found that many of these concepts are common in both teachings. Christianity and Buddhism simply explain their beliefs with different terms, but they both are in es ... t for most us of incredibly challenging-process of fully attending only what is present.So for both Christianity and Buddhism these symbols are there for homage and reflection of the teachings that ea ...

(8 pages) 238 1 4.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Got an A for my Christianity in Africa Class.

When I was told to answer the question, "What is the notion of Christianity," I immediately asked myself, "What is Christianity?" By its very definition, Christian ... d work of the Lord Jesus Christ." Although this is true and cannot be disputed, I have never viewed Christianity in these terms. For me Christianity has been a way of life.As a baby, I was baptized in ... way of life.As a baby, I was baptized into the Roman Catholic religion, which is a denomination of Christianity. From this moment, I have been taught and come to believe that Christianity, or religio ...

(4 pages) 82 0 4.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Religious Intolerance as Policy During the Reformation

kind of discrimination, because Roman Catholicism in Europe had never been viably challenged within Christianity. True, Eastern Orthodoxy was developed earlier in the millennium, and its Church in Rus ...

(2 pages) 80 0 3.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Twain's Huck Finn's Conflict with Society

han Miss Watson's. Huck would rather be free to do as he pleases. Slavery is also hypocritical with Christianity. Slave owners would make slaves believe that God loves all people, which is contrary to ...

(3 pages) 92 0 3.7 Feb/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Mark Twain

Christmas, Retailers, and the Santa Claus Conspiracy. Familiar essay about the holiday season that I'm kind of proud of. Personal essay

to pay homage to the almighty buck.Nowadays when someone thinks of Christmas or Easter the idea of Christianity is one of the last to come into their mind (although I don't think it could have been m ...

(4 pages) 116 2 2.6 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Kanflict, A bold journey into the world of the metaphysical

Until Emmanuel Kant, God, primarily the western Religion of Christianity's concept of God, was of an elevated stature over humans when concerning the issue of m ...

(4 pages) 57 0 3.7 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

The Uberman, Friedrich Nietzsche

edrich Nietzsche for the following paper.Friedrich Nietzsche, at one time called "the arch enemy of Christianity"(Bentley, p.82), was born into a line of Protestant Clergyman on October 15, 1844. Duri ... zsche planned to study theology(to please his mother). At this time Nietzsche no longer believed in Christianity, because "with maturity he lost his heavenly father"(Bentley, p.86). In 1868 Nietzsche ...

(4 pages) 187 0 2.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy