Faith-based

Horrendous situations such as the Holocaust reveal just how much of a person’s beliefs and principles are based upon the environment one is in. If one studies such a period of inhumanity and barbarity, it becomes quite clear that the difference between a devout Jew and an Atheist is not as large as it may seem; for, the time it takes for someone to transition from one to the other is not long at all when being pushed by the enormous weight of the cruelty at that time. One such example of these monumental

because people put their trust in celebrities and would treat said people as a god. In today’s world, many people choose their spiritual belief based on culture and experiences, as well as personal gain. Background and culture have a large effect on choices made dealing with spiritual belief. Take my life and

Summary In the book, Psychology, Theology, and Spirituality in Christian Counseling, McMinn expands upon the theory of integrating psychology and theology by providing the reader with concrete methods to utilize in counseling. His approach to integration is filled with helpful guidance for any counselor striving to strike the appropriate balance in their sessions. McMinn divulges into how and when to use scripture, prayer, confession and redemption. He advocates for utilizing these methods on a

world to tempt us and to sabotage our faith in God, but God uses multiple test to develop our faith in Him. We as human being must be tested by faith in order for God to trust us with His word. False faith fails in times of us been tested in our trial, but crazy faith helps us to grow and mature in areas to edify God’s Kingdom. This clarifies why God authorized the three “black” Hebrew men who names were, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to be tested by their faith. God also consented for them to be

paper will provide insight into the belief systems of Sikhism, Hinduism and Scientology and compare them to the Christian philosophy of spirituality, health and healing. Sikhism Sikhism, founded during the 16th century in the Punjab and is a religion based on devotion to one almighty God for all religions, devoid of blind rituals, believing the way to lead a good

although religious freedom exists, it is their individual uninfluenced choice and because it should not be left to the parent's decisions based on their religious beliefs'. There is no question that a child's welfare is paramount, that is why in 1952, the Supreme Court justified compulsory blood transfusion based on four points, one point being decisions based on religious beliefs. The court clearly stated that parents cannot chose to be responsible for their child's death. It is given that the First

growing up, everybody is taught the characteristics of God. However, when individuals find themselves in a situation that contradicts everything learned about God, they undergo a phase when they challenge everything about God until they find where their faith lies. Individuals who suffer can see their suffering as God’s punishment onto them for committing a deed that they should not have. However, there are individuals who are completely innocent and yet stricken with immense suffering. Due to this, a religion’s

conflicts have been on for centuries. For both religious and scientific ideals, the faith people have drives them. In this paper, I will examine the story of “The Eye of Apollo” by G.K. Chesterton, and the episode “House vs. God” of House, M.D., in order to question this conflict. The main character—Father Brown—in “The Eye of Apollo” combines his reasoning with his religious ideals and beliefs, or we can say his faith in God leads him to the truth of the crime. However, if we try to have a deeper look

means that someone follows his ancestor’s religion from the beginning for his life and he or she is not able to prove his ancestors were wrong because he or she has faith in his own religion. Faith is the main concept of the religion because people have deep faith in their own religion. In addition, faith is nothing but mere fantasy and faith has no basis in reality. Therefore, people have no ability to conduct investigations to find out the religious truth. In addition, elements and places of religion

the one true god. This belief came to me when I was sitting in mass (Catholicism), I was beginning to doubt my “faith”. Many things I found to be true in my heart, other things I began to question, then I questioned myself that am I a true catholic if I pick and chose what I believe. Being a young high school student I was questioning my faith, but let’s break down the word Faith. Faith is a complete confidence or trust in a person or