1. The two sides of the debates in Dostoevsky’s “The Grand Inquisitor” are who can handle freedom the most. Christ gave human beings the freedom to choose weather or not to follow him, but almost no one is strong enough to be faithful and those who are not will be cursed forever. The Grand Inquisitor says that Christ should have given people no choice, and instead taken power and given people no choice, and instead taken power and given people redemption instead of freedom. So that the same people who were to scared to succeed Christ to begin with would still be stuck, but at least they could have joy and security on earth, rather than the impossible burden of moral freedom.
CNN nominee Daniel Ivankovich is a man who is willing to step out and help his community by reaching out to those in need. Daniel is an orthopedic surgeon who wants to “heal Chicago’s mean streets one patient at a time”. Dr. Ivankovich’s main focus is to help the community in a different way than just helping the one’s who need medical care as he has witnessed terrible things in his community for 20 years. Dr. Ivankovich says it is not only the crime rates that make the living issues tough, but also the medical side of things. Dr. Daniel Ivankovich wants to reach out to the people who cannot seek medical attention since they do not have money to pay for it.
There are many words that have their meanings lost in translation from one language to another; one of those words is “terrible.” While English speakers tend to associate the words terrible with terms like atrocious, harrowing and revolting, the meaning of it in Russia, especially in the 16th century, was not that. To the Russians of that time, the definition of the word was closer to “formidable.” Now, introduce Ivan the Terrible, first Russian Tsar of Russia. While it speculated that Ivan the Terrible, otherwise known as Ivan IV, was cruel and manianical, he also achieved great things for Russia, which is why the term formidable seems to fit him better; as it is an all-encompassing word.
A ghoul is a being of pure evil, one with no soul, a foul disgusting thing that desires to be the most horrific being it can be like Ivan the Terrible. Ivan the Terrible was the Tsar of Russia from 1533 to 1584. He was a ruthless, cunning evil being who killed and brutally murdered hundreds of thousands of people. The Tsar ordered people to be beheaded, strangled, hanged, blinded, burned, stabbed, boiled, disemboweled, buried alive, impaled, and fried. The Villain would often force parents to watch the execution of their children.
In “Argument from Design”, William Paley presents a teleological argument for the existence of a powerful and an intelligent designer who created the universe. Paley is trying to prove God’s existence by creating an analogy between the watch and the living organisms. Paley claims that God’s existence depends on the world’s complex structure, and purpose will be detailed in this paper and prove how his argument was crucial in making people understand the very presence or belief in God (Mcgrath 21). There are some people who do not believe in the existence of God. One might argue against the existence of an intelligent mind that created the universe by saying that if there is a God who created this world, then why do we have natural disasters and poor people.
Character traits are a person's personality and how they respond to different situations. In the epic poem The Odyssey, by Homer, the hero Odysseus endured many obstacles to return to his home in Ithaca. The way he reacted to these obstacles showed his character traits and who he really was. The hero Odysseus is known to be a strong man that shows cleverness, bravery and leadership which lead to his successes and failures throughout his journey. Cleverness is gathered with age and wisdom.
“I want to forgive. I want to embrace. I don’t want more suffering.” said Ivan to his brother Alyosha after reflecting on the unjust evil innocents face because of humanity’s sinful actions. Ivan’s words shed light to the idea of idealism versus reality. Realizing that cruelty is present in the lives of the most innocent, lead me to assert that evil is a real problem as it intervenes between the harmonic and idealistic view that the world consists of genuine, good people.
16 Dec. 2015. Jong wrote about Ernest Becker’s views on religion and the cognitive science of psychology. With defining religion and proposing hypothesizes of how it came about, this work would be adequate to use because it proposes that one must first believe in something negative, like death or a disaster, then they could believe in God. This would also support the idea that people create a God to deal with everyday
In the article, “The Absurdity of Life without God”, William Craig argues that if there really is no God, life would have no purpose. I loved this article so much I printed it out and have it kept in my office for other people to read. When one truley pieces the story of God together, it really is the best explnation for the universe. It is just not plausable that the expanision of the universe caused a “big bang” of all life, matter, in the perfect peice. The earth is the perfect distance from the sun so that we don’t burn up, and is perfect distance close so we don’t freeze.
Why is Food, Water and Shelter not enough to survive in the Gulag? In the novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, the Gulag systems casually exerts its brutality to all. This makes the basic needs for survival transcendently more demanding compared to the basic needs for survival for the prisoners it incarcerates. Food, shelter and water are simply not enough to survive, so three other needs have to be gained and maintained.
God acts with purpose, as can be seen in the book of gensis and the Creation stories. Outside of Aquinas’ Five Ways to prove God’s existence, the most key arguments that Aquinas puts forth are due to the analogical way humans speak about God. The univocal and equivocal nature in which humans use theological language to describe God Himself is an essential component to understanding God’s existence. Neither univocal nor equivocal descriptions can truly encompass the analogous relationship humans have with
This is solidified for me by the thoughtful argument and careful research of Dinesh D'Souza. In his third debate with Christopher Hitchens, D'Souza states that “the order and logic of the universe proves intelligent design” and does not leave any room for a chaotic, random explosion as so many believe (Hitchens & D'Souza, 2008). D’Souza points out that humans have been searching for something greater than themselves from the beginning of time. According to an online reference database, as of 2014 there are an estimated 4,200 religions in the world ("Reference.com," 2014). These religions are proof of humanity’s deep awareness of a higher power, and our deep need for authority, protection, clarity, and are a primary way for humans to make sense of the
A common questioning of a higher power beyond the physical realm lingers in society: Who and what is God?. However, many of these theological questions cannot be answered until we, of course, die. Due to human’s innate curiosity to understand the forces beyond their own, especially in terms of religion, humans find their own reasons to believe in God in the process of discovery. Religion is a sense of belief and worship to praise a higher power (God), and it provides a guide for human beings to have the opportunity to come together and live as one image of God’s children. “Imagine There’s No Heaven” is an article in which Salman Rushdie, the author, presents an atheistic view where religion is pointless, and a higher being is non-existent.
To what extent does the nature and form of a film and literature influence what is or is not presented as “reality?” How do we define what is considered as realism and what isn’t?In the world of realism we find ourselves engulfed in an attitude of living in the moment. By this I mean in regards to realism, we deal with situations as they arise. We do not plan or fabricate or use emotions; we use logic. We see this realism prevalent in Dostoyevsky’s Notes from the Underground.
We innovate, develop and create new technologies for easier life. But this curiousness lead us away from God. Our craving for new ideas covers the existence of God. Almost all of our questions had answers but at the bottom of the glass, there are still unanswered questions and all you need to believe in it is through
