Scared Scripture Analysis

In the text “Relaxing Your Fears away,” the author presents how Joseph Wolpe, a behavior therapist, used a behavioral technique called systematic desensitization to treat anxiety disorders. Systematic desensitization is a technique that is supposed to lower a person’s level of anxiety steadily. The reason he used this technique was to see if this technique actually worked using his prior ideas that two feelings or responses cannot occur at the same time. Wolpe focused on the phobias his patients had and proposed that when his patients were in a relaxed state, then they would not respond with fear when presented with something that gave them anxiety.

What is a human person? How do human beings relate to God? Who am I? Why do I exist?

The first difference between the two religions is their services. Roman Catholic services are held in sanctuaries that are richly decorated

In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards, fear is being used in order to try and scare the reader into becoming a better person and religious.

The safe guarding tendency that I choose was aggression. According to the authors of Theories of Personality, J. Feist, G.J. Feist, and Roberts (2013) says, “Safeguarding through aggression may take the form of depreciation, accusation, or self-accusation” (pg. 86). Out of the three deprecation stood out to me the most. Comparing a tendency in the Bible, the story of Joseph and his brother’s behavior towards him was a sign of aggression. They did not appreciate the love that their father showed Joseph. They hated Joseph and they hated the attention that their father gave to him. The dreams Joseph had and interpreted his brothers did not appreciate them. They had to do whatever it took to get rid of Joseph. Joseph brothers were jealous and

The “old gospel” differs from Catholicism because in the old gospel, which takes place in the play, apostles, or people who follow jesus and spread his word, are preached. Catholicism is the faith, practice, and church order of the Roman Catholic church. The Old Gospel preserves the truth and accuracy of the Word of God.

Throughout Exodus, God constantly tries to instill fear in Pharaoh and the Egyptians in order to prove that he is the Almighty, powerful God. However, despite being the creator of the universe, it is not so easy for God to prove to his creations that he should be worshipped. When trying to free the Israelites from their enslavement by Pharaoh and the Egyptians, God struggles to convince Pharaoh to release the Israelites. His difficulty in persuading Pharaoh causes him to cast ten plagues on the Egyptians to torture them until they become weak and decide to let the Israelites go. However, these plagues seem more like a cry out for people to notice him and acknowledge his power. God’s inability to control his own creations establishes his weakness

1. Acqua Traverse has a very farm like setting, with a heap of livestock and things such a vegetables growing. It was a countryside setting. Acqua Traverse is very desolate during the day, only the children venture outside as it is summer and is extremely hot. The adults stay inside during the day to escape the heat. It seems as if most people in Acqua Traverse know each other as well. I feel as if Acqua Traverse is your typical countryside town, it is located in the south of Italy so I know they are not as well off with money but it seems like the population of Acqua Traverse still live their lives to the fullest.

Although the novel “The Secret Scripture” written by Sebastian Barry is constantly alternating between past and present, the transition happens quickly and smoothly. This is due to the narrator’s use of the relationship with the past and what is happening during the present. What starts as the present bleeds into the past through Roseanne’s hidden biography. The way on page sixty, how she is in the past remembering when her father was demoted to a rat catcher. Then page sixty one the reader is in the present again, but it’s not random. She is saying how clearly she remembers that day. Then on that same page she jumps back to remembering how prideful her father was of his job in the cemetery. You don’t even realize that you stopped reading one recollection and have already gone into the other.

The Catholics and Protestants were once together, therefore they are very similar but they do have a few differences. The Protestants believed that church services and the bible should be taught in a way that is legible to their people. Unlike the Protestants, the Catholics believe that it should be taught in its original form, even if they cannot understand the language. Church services with the Catholics remained in Latin, as it has in the last 1000 years (Alchin 2). The Catholics believed that their priest were special people. They believed that without their priest they could not connect with God. In a Catholic church the priest holds all of the power, not only was it impossible to

Fear is an emotion that is common today, both in the secular and Christian camps. Many become scared over minute things, but then there are those who have strong fears about events in their past that then cause fear about future events. How do we know when we should be fearful and when we should simply be cautious? Overall, the book was excellent, and it offered a strong approach to understanding fear and how to overcome it. And while I understand Dr. Ken Nichols’s intent, I would be interested in learning how to apply the content of this book in the context of a counseling session.

Centuries later, the church we know today, “Roman Catholic Church” was created with its doctrines and practices. Non-Catholics consider this church as, “having corrupted the original message of Christianity.” (religionfacts, 2016) while from a catholic perspective, “the early church is faithfully continued in the developments of later centuries.” (religionfacts, 2016).

Christopher begins Returning to the Sources with a description of the Hebrew Bible and important events in the history of the Hebrew people. He explains how it’s organized including an overview of the books and major sections of the Hebrew Bible. Ultimately, Christopher discusses some of the problems associated with biblical analysis and the “Documentary Hypothesis” utilized to analyze the first books.

There is no philosophical individual if there is no leap towards word of mouth. Kierkegaard exemplifies such mocking rhapsodies in his piece “Fear and Trembling”. Scattered within are multiple insults shot at individuals whom he wills deserving of it. Breezily crucifying ill-mannered beliefs, and rendering hopeless their application, Kierkegaard makes his first deprecatory stop at the gate of objective and speculative philosophy. Objective thinkers are swerved by Kierkegaard as he states “ When a cellar-dweller plays this game everyone thinks it is ridiculous...ridiculous for the greatest man in the world to do it.” (Kierkegaard 32). A conclusion can be drawn that the philosopher sees objective values as a tool with which existence can be understood an incorrect and confusing fantasy for “who is to write or complete such a system ?” (Kierkegaard 29). Declaring the objective thinkers self-equating of one to the whole, a method attainable by any man and comical in his eyes. His criticism of the aforementioned scholars doesn 't stop here as he follows with a like-minded observation of objective Christianity. He preludes that individuals seeking to understand Christianity through objective evidence, are not true believers for “ Herein lies the scholar’s exalted equanimity as well as the comedy of his parrot-like pedantry.” (Kierkegaard 34) The man who attains faith in this manner must remain mindful of the dragon at the door which waits to devour it (Kierkegaard 35). Kierkegaard

My belief of divine retribution is the foundation of most of my decisions. I believe in God and the Bible. I believe that if it was not for the fear of divine retribution, the world would be in a worse place than it is now. The Bible states that we are born in sin and shaped in iniquity. In essence, we have a natural instinct to do wrong. Without fear of divine retribution, everyone would do wrong. It is the fear of God that wills us to do right because we fear him, who made us. Not all of us fear God. It is the fear of God and his wrath that keeps most of us from acting on pure instinct. For instance, if someone experiences rape or death of a loved one by illegal means, our fleshly instincts wills us to take revenge. Only