Essays on Religion

Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture: A Life-Changing PerspectiveRandy Pausch's The Last Lecture has caused me to reconsider my life goals. Pausch's work had exciting ideas that gave me new insights into life and a unique viewpoint on circumstances. I've found that life is too short to be miserable, so I...

A Touch of Sin is "a stage on which men and women fail to fulfill basic moral responsibilities, including acknowledging one another's humanity," according to Dargis (1). It identifies China's global capital sins and their consequences for social inequality among the poor and oppressed. The film depiction of violence is...

Regardless of whether or not God exists, murder is an unethical act. It becomes an even worse type of transgression if we believe in God's presence, because religious teachings forbid such bad behavior. People are taught how to be moral through faith, and it serves as a foundation for ensuring...

I believe in the Christian faith that there is only one God, the supreme being who created the world and everything in it, including the oceans, earth, and air, and who exists as the trinity, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I also believe that Jesus is God's son who...

Exodus 20 contains the Ten Commandments. List the commandments in a concise manner. They are there to worship one God. There shall be no idol gods among you. God's name is holy, and it should be revered. Keep the Sabbath sacred and observe it. Respect your parents so that you can live a long life. Murder...

The Film Portrays Pilgrimage as a Vaguely Optimistic Experience The film portrays pilgrimage as a vaguely optimistic experience that helps Christians renew their religious faith. Pilgrimage appeals to the father because he feels divine, acts as penance for science, and strengthens one's relationship with God. It is a delicate vocation in...

Before Jesus came to earth Man was governed by the law, which was designed to condemn him. Man is now free as a result of Jesus Christ's birth and death. These verses describe man, God, and what man can do to become like God: God is holy, but man is a...

The terms atheist and theist are mental constructs that people use to justify their religious beliefs. Both atheists and believers have misunderstandings about God's presence and nonexistence. While theists attempt to support their worldview of the presence of a Supreme Being by arguments and proofs, atheists attempt to refute the...

The Ontological argument is Anselm of Canterbury's main argument, which concerns the inference of God's existence based on premises that are supposed to come from some source other than observation of the universe, such as reason alone. Anselm defines God as "that than which nothing greater can be conceived" (Cahn),...

“Man is definitely insane,” said Michel De Montaigne. He couldn't make a speck of dust, but he can make gods by the dozen.” The statement means that, no matter how hard man tries to advance in science, reaching God's level of existence is an impossibility. The planet is currently run...

Design claims and the existence of God Design claims are personal experiences that are used to justify God s life. These arguments begin by attempting to construct various observations made about the earth that are consistent with a super intelligent model, and then adding God s presence as an apt description...

The Philosophical Component of the Divine Command Theory The philosophical component of the divine command theory, which includes the question of voluntarism, is well-known. This is a philosophy that holds that an action is only considered good if it is carried out in accordance with a divine order. According to the...