Essays Tagged: "atheist"

My essay is called Science verses religion - The Creation Dilemma. I hope it will help you.

ption of the type of person we are, and what morals andpriorities we have within. Someone who is atheist for example will believe inthe scientific version; whereas someone who has had a bad life ...

(2 pages) 181 2 3.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Science Essays

Is there a God or is HE (?) an illusion?

usion?Bibliography:Benedict Spinoza - rationalistFreidrick Schleiermacher - religionSigmund Freud - atheistAn illusion is one's own interpretation and perception of someone orsomething. It can be a st ...

(1 pages) 127 1 3.2 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy

Robert Browning

Shelly works and was strongly influencedby it. After reading Shelly, He made the decision to be an atheist and aliberal. But in a few years he grew away from atheism and the extremephases of his libe ...

(4 pages) 109 0 4.5 Nov/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

The case Engle vs Vitale

Unitarian, one was involved in Ethical Curture Society, which focused on social welfare, one was an Atheist. The said that the first amendment was being violated. The first amendment prohibits the gov ...

(4 pages) 119 1 4.3 Jan/1997

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases

The Unbelievers Versus Under God, In God We Trust and God Bless America

ewdow, 49, objected to his daughter having to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in school. Newdow, an atheist, filed suit that ended before the ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Newdow testified that when ... words "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954, it violated his constitutional rights as an atheist. Therefore, requiring his daughter to recite the Pledge of Allegiance violated the First Ame ...

(4 pages) 149 3 4.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases

Ciggarettes And Syringes - Gonzo Journalism The grade is no lie I got A* full marks for this work.

while, especially when having God opposed to your existence you is such a hard time after being an atheist most of your life. But I was bored now, the drudgeries of work and toil had been taking thei ...

(18 pages) 95 0 4.6 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

An examination into the influence of Christianity in shaping the writings of C.S Lewis: by evaluating his conversion and accounting for the effect this had on his writing -- nb: footnotes included

Clive Staples "Jack" Lewis, formally known as C.S Lewis, was an atheist scholar who became an Anglican, a highly acclaimed apologist and a "patron saint" of Christi ... y the young Lewis, but the whole household. It is this significant event that pushes Lewis into the Atheist direction.THE ALLURE OF ATHIESMLewis sought refuge in composing stories and excelling in sch ... boarding school matron a few years later, caused Lewis to reject Christianity and become an avowed atheist who long disparaged "the Christian mythology" and regarded God as "my enemy"5.THE AWAKENINGL ...

(8 pages) 187 2 2.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

This is a short paper on Muhammad the Prophet. It gives a definition, chief contribution, and historical origin.

MuhammadYou may be an atheist or an agnostic or you may belong to any of the various religious denominations that exist in ...

(1 pages) 80 1 3.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Islam

Life cannot have meaning without religious faith

igion arguments on whether or not a meaningful life has any connection with faith are intensifying. Atheists would claim that they have forever lived without the guidance or even belief of any God, ye ... lieve that it is impossible to live a life with meaning if God has no part in it. They suggest that atheists are confused and unable to see the true path to meaning. This paper will support the claim ...

(4 pages) 86 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

This essay is all about going against School prayer.

t the two should not mix.Our public schools are for all children, whether Catholic, Baptist, Quaker,atheist, Buddhist, Jewish, agnostic. The schools are supported by alltaxpayers, and therefore should ...

(3 pages) 111 1 3.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Kierkegaard vs Sartre: An Existentialist Approach.

d and Sartre, despite their discrepancies.One major difference between the two is that Sartre is an atheist. This metaphysical position is the basis for many of Sartre's existentialist opinions on oth ... me of these concepts, and try to apply them to my own life. In terms of Sartre, because I am not an atheist, I believe that there is such a thing as human nature; however, I believe that we are "conde ...

(4 pages) 142 0 3.5 May/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

The triumph of christianity over paganism in the middle ages.

out the Greeks and Romans, and the wars, but anytime religion comes up, I get confused. I am not an atheist by any means, but I am not a religious fanatic. Unlike the Pagans, and even our everyday Chr ...

(4 pages) 69 1 3.8 May/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

Buddism and Agnosticism.

even been able to reinforce the assumption of such an existence. Auguste Comte said he was not an atheist because, "that was to take theology seriously". Darwin has shown from his theories that the ...

(5 pages) 68 0 4.7 May/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Buddhism

To what extent is Faustus a humanist? This essay refers to the studying of the text Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe.

ay that could imply this concept.Religion is clearly a large theme in Doctor Faustus. Faustus is no atheist ? his pact with the Devil, no matter how dubious of Hell he is, provides solid evidence of a ... ural mate for the Devil?like the typical villain of Renaissance." Although you do not have to be an atheist to be a humanist, Santayana's point implies that Faustus' Christianity supports the idea tha ...

(3 pages) 111 0 5.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

A reaction paper to freud's book "Future of an Illusion"

eligion psychoanalytically and comes to a conclusion where he thinks religion is an illusion. As an atheist, he mainly argues that mankind will be better off when they stop their meaningless belief in ...

(3 pages) 121 1 4.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Religions found in literary works and across the world.

ticular religion. In Siddhartha, a book by Hermann Hesse, it shows a variation between Buddhism and atheist. In The Odyssey, a book by a Greek poet Homer, it shows the belief in Greek Mythology and Po ... the belief in Greek Mythology and Polytheism. In Emerson's essay he varies between Christianity and Atheist. All of these works are tied together in many ways, but in other ways are completely differe ...

(2 pages) 35 0 4.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

"Contact", the book by Carl Sagan.

ieve contact with another unearthly being. Religion and faith is a cloudy issue because of her near-atheist stance toward God. From relationships to achieving Project Argus's goal, Ellie life takes ma ...

(2 pages) 33 0 3.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Absolute Responsibility for All ?

ean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was a French philosopher who believed in existentialism. He was also an atheist. He used literature to convey his message of existentialism to the public. In "III. Freedom ...

(4 pages) 110 0 3.9 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Is there a god?

ld, came to be. I consider myself a Christian but many times I struggle with the same questions the atheist and agnostics use to disprove the existence of an all powerful, and omniscient God. Can we p ... bible it states that God goes through all human emotions including anger happiness and sadness. The atheist argue that if god is all knowing and all powerful than he cannot go through emotions he woul ...

(3 pages) 55 0 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Jean-Paul Sartre the Existentialist, Sigmund Freud the Determinist, and Victor Frankenstein

ophy. Jean-Paul Sartre is a famous French existentialist. Not only was he an existentialist, but an atheist as well. He asserted that God does not exist, and that the only human condition is that of f ...

(11 pages) 135 0 2.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Classical Philosophy