Christian faith

thirty and is now raising a family here. Her faith came from her parents and was a very important thing to her family growing up. The values her family instilled into her are basically the same as the ones she holds now. Lucy’s faith has shaped much of who she is today. She believes her involvement in her youth group not only helped her develop leadership and social skills, but also inspired her to be a professor, a job she loves very much. An act of faith that she believes in deeply and revolves her

article, “What Wouldn't Jesus Do?” highlights the peculiar political climate of the 2016 election, as some of the most despised candidates to have ever run for presidency campaign. Wehner writes this article in an attempt to persuade those who are Christian (specifically Evangelical) to not support the candidate Donald Trump and gives reason through both fact and opinion. While some of the arguments are valid, Wehner writes an overly one-sided piece. He provides few facts and bases all of his claims

of a nonprofit organization called Project Reason; which promotes science and secularism. Also he’s the host of Waking Up podcast. He has published many books and articles such as: The End of Faith, Waking Up, Letter to a Christian Nation, The Moral Landscape, Free will, Lying, and many more. The End of Faith was on the New York Times bestselling list for almost four months. That same book also won other awards such as The PEN/Martha Albrand award.

in a blind faith. My parents were born “good Christian” believers but still had to face the irony and hurt that their own parents and siblings had entangled them in. In school and on television I learned of crusades, hate crimes, and murders justified with the belief in or fear of religion. I did not want to be ignorant or greedy, nor did I want to be consumed by a constant fear the unknown. For more than four years, I have openly accepted part of some of my faith. A struggle and a faith have created

Since the dawn of history, people have passed on the belief that there is an outer worldly being who holds the power of the world. Whether it is Allah for the Muslims, Brahman for the Hindus, or God for Christians, it seems the notion of God is imbedded deep in the history of many different ethnicities and backgrounds. According to some studies a belief in a deity is innate, we are essentially hardwired to believe in God. Even from a young age we are taught “there is something more out there”, but

feel by adding an incompatible belief ruins and changes the original concept and practice of the original religion, thus rendering it no longer true. By bringing in a new view, belief, or practice into a religious system actually distort the original faith. Many feel religious syncretism is simply not compatible with true Christianity. In fact, any modification to biblical law and principle for the sake of a “better” religion is heresy. The Bible even says that no one shall add any word to it. The

Presidential election. In his political ad ‘Blessing”, Cruz’s audience is religious Republicans and appeals to them through his personal religious beliefs. He is choosing to do this because Republicans tend to have deep roots in faith and more specifically, tend to be Christian, like Cruz. Republicans also value tradition, hard-working citizens, less government involvement, lower taxes, and family values. Cruz shows that he also values all of these important aspects and is persuading his audience that

The origin of Pi’s considerably unwavering faith in Life of Pi is his conversation with Father Martin in the church near Pondicherry Zoo. Through the author’s use of simplicity in dialogue, we learn why Pi becomes so committed to religion despite the many inconsistencies of the Christian bible in comparison to other religions. Pi challenges Father Martin with many thoughtful questions about God, deeming Jesus Christ a mere usurper shamming a legitimate divine prophet, a farce of an unmanifest deity

The entire work is centered on Mary Rowlandson and her experience in captivity instead of a general experience of English men under captivity of Native Americans. Though I believe it is somewhat objective, as she tells the unfolding events and the surrounding environment from an outer perspective, her own feelings and interpretation towards Native Americans and their actions are more emphasized. From her perspective, Native Americans are nothing but brutal savages, and many times she refers to them

Do you know? How is it possible to know that the universe is expanding? How is it possible that through Red Shift and the Doppler effect, we can know, scientifically, that there was a beginning of the universe? How is it possible that the universe functions so perfectly? That no element, no atom, no tick of time or an inch of space is off in any way? How is it possible that the slightest shift of gravity could mess up our entire world? How is it possible that we, you and I, are breathing, thinking