Ehrman And Dr Bird Analysis

After carefully reading both articles, I have to say that I agree more with Caroline Bird. Throughout her article Bird made exceedingly valid points as to why going to college isn’t always beneficial and I can relate to her points and opinions. I believe college isn’t for everyone and it surely it’s not always the key towards a happy and successful future, at least that’s how I see it. College is like one of those toy machines you spy at your local supermarket. It lures you in with all the cool prizes and colorful designs, but it’s only goal is to take your money and in the end you weren’t lucky enough to win that cool prize no matter how much money you keep putting in. That’s the same way college works, they only want your money and they could

as having three forms or aspects God, the Father, God the Son (Jesus) and God the Holy Spirit,

When you think of God do you think of one divine entity or do you take into account the age old idea of the Trinity? For all of time we have understood the three individual person’s in God, the Trinity, to be one in the same. The teaching of the Christian church tells us that God is three unique and separate people’s, but they are at the same time all one person in God. Now people have many different ways to picture or represent the idea of three people as one. The trial of history has come up with many different ideas and images to try and represent the Trinity. Like many things that have to do with the unknown nature of religion we put our mental limitations on our ideas. This is only natural because it is the only way we can comprehend

(87,). This statement in some ways validates Ehrman’s argument because the bible is really the only historical evidence we have from that time to go off of and helps to validate Ehrman’s evidence of people giving Jesus this title that he didn’t go around boasting about. So how did we get to this point of thinking of Jesus as

Yancey provides many clear pieces of evidence supporting his idea that the Jesus he grew up with is different than the actual Jesus who lived over two-thousand years ago. He proves how different Jesus’ birth was than how people make it out to be in this day and age. Yancey points out how his birth was amid a time of great religious conflict and scandal, and would have been much different than Christmas cards and stories would have some believe. When Mary was given the news that she would be the mother of Jesus, Joseph did not accept it as truth. Joseph thought Mary had committed adultery, and Yancey even states, “Matthew tells of Joseph magnanimously agreeing to divorce Mary in private rather than press charges, until an angel shows up to correct his perception of betrayal.” (Yancey 31) Only when an angel came to Joseph, did he believe Mary would give birth to Jesus. This part of the birth of Jesus is not one that is told to anyone learning the Christmas story. It is one part of many that are overlooked because they do not fit with the calm, yet miraculous, birth told of in church. Yancey uses arguments such as the one above to convince his reader there is more to Jesus than what most Christians think. His arguments are backed up by facts from the Bible, and because of this, he successfully creates a strong basis for his

Humans are have always been social creatures. We as a species have always done everything in groups. We have always followed a leader who knows what he’s doing and dictates whatever we do. This is clearly evident in Jim Heyman’s story. We can see that the boys tried to be like their fathers during that winter storm just by going out in a group to find the pheasants. We can see that the boys’ motives were not to go find the pheasants to kill them or save them, it was to be like the people who they idolise most. We can see that the boys followed their fathers without thinking about what they were going to do with the pheasants which is clearly evident when the boys pause and stand still for moments after they found the pheasants. The boys didn’t

Today, many people believe there is only one God. This belief in monotheism has not always been understood in the way that modern believers understand it. In the early days of Israel, they believed that there were many gods, though they could only worship their god, YHWH. Levenson looks at Israel’s past and development to see how monotheism developed. Did it develop from a belief in one God, who is alone YHWH, or through a belief that YHWH is the one God above all other gods? This question is key in understanding the development of monotheism in Israel. For example, one can see how there could be two gods partaking in the flood narrative. The first god regrets making creation while later in the story there is a change in the character in the god present to one who promises not to bring about a flood again, even if humanity is evil. This shows how Israel acknowledged multiple gods, though only worshipping YHWH.

In other words, Jesus is the physical manifestation of the Word of God. People who accept and believe in Jesus will be saved through the unbreakable bond formed with God through Jesus. However, in reading four Rabbi Simlai is tasked with clearing up misconceptions that heretics bring up in conversation. There are frequent mistakes in the understanding of the Hebrew text, Tanakh, especially of singular and plural words because the heretics cited the line, “In the beginning God created,” and it seems that in that particular line a plural form of God is used (Reading 4). The heretics use this line to reject the existence of the one and only God but Rabbi Simlai corrects them by replying that the singular form of God is being used (Reading 4). The heretics bring up another questionable line, “The mighty one, God, the Lord! The mighty one, God, the Lord! He knows” (Joshua 22:22). This line implies that God is not the only ruler but there are in fact three rulers of Heaven. Rabbi Simlai corrects them by relying that a singular He is used and that the line only shows three different names for one person (Reading

Many of the arguments that the authors deal with are arguments because of a lack of clear research about the facts. One of these is the claim that the Jews were very hellenized due to astrological texts which were forbidden by Jewish texts or zodiac symbols found in synagogues. While these things might have been found, it does not mean that first century Palestinian Jews participated with these things. In my opinion, there is no question that the Jesus story is historically accurate because all evidence presented against this view is lacking.

The doctrine of the Trinity affirms the idea that God is one person in three different forms: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each form has their own personal existence however, each share the same divine nature making them one being. This means that Jesus is the form of God as the Son. Through Jesus, God came down to earth showing His

Figuring out the meaning of life has burdened mankind to find and attach some purpose to each of our ordinary lives. Whether that purpose originates from religion, family, or in the case of Birdman, our career, we all try to perceive our lives as meaningful. This concept of wrestling with our purpose falls under the philosophy of existentialism. Jean-Paul Sartre’s attempt at defining his perspective on existentialism, and what humans need to do to make their lives meaningful, is best manifested in the movie Birdman. In Birdman, Riggan Thomson is an aspiring broadway playwright who got his start in hollywood as the leading actor in action-packed blockbuster. He devotes all of his energy and time into this play he wrote, directed, and starred

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(Ellicot’s commentary). According to Ellicott, God in Hebrew, is called Elohim a world plural in form, but joined with a verb singular…Its root meaning is strength, power; and the form Elohim is not to be regarded as pluralis majestatis, but as embodying the effort of early human thought in feeling after the deity, and in arriving at the conclusion that the deity was one…Thus, in the name it included one Person all the powers, mights, and influences by which the world was first created and is now governed and maintained…In the Bible alone Elohim is one…buts its primary lesson is that, however diverse may seem the working of the powers of nature, the Worker is one and his work one.

The Holy Trinity, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, is portrayed as a transcendent Creator. Controversially its almost Hindu-esque that multiple facets account for one solid being. I did find it interesting that Jesus was Jewish, but pertains to the making of a completely different branch of religion that is widely worshipped. A fine detail such as location and time frame can establish a new set of beliefs. In Christianity as well as Judaism, the Ten Commandants are held honorary. The most interesting section of the reading to me, was how contrasting Judaism was from Christianity: Jesus is perceived as salvation from sin, and honored and respected for God the Father's ultimate sacrifice.

Yardbird, a short story that was released in 2012 directed by Micheal Spiccia which is his only public work. This short film is a very interesting piece that has small parts of horror entwined into a supernatural/fantasy theme that is set in what can be perceived as reality.There are many different themes that can be found within this short, like with power comes responsibility, but the one I find most interesting is “You can’t fix everything”.