Monotheism

The Creator’s Creation When it comes to viewing the world, there are many different ways to do so. Astonishingly, there is an abundance of ways to view the world and the existing power that dwell within it. Everyone develops their own view of the world, sometimes agreeing with other worldviews, and sometimes disagreeing. Having different worldviews causes people to interpret the world differently. According to the theistic worldview, God is the ultimate reality, but “Enuma Elish,” and “The Epic

Egyptian culture is quite different from mine; on the other hand, there are some similarities between the two. The book which I am comparing and contrasting is The Red Pyramid by Rick Riordan. This fiction book is about two kids that are my age named Carter and Sadie. The want to live a normal life but their Egyptian ancestry makes it a little difficult. They Learn that their ancestors were pharaohs, and they have royal blood. They have to go on a journey to defeat the god of chaos. They must learn

If one looks at the three major monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, many differences present themselves. However, if you look past the differences, you see three religions based on the idea that there is one God who is more powerful than anything. These three religions, branching off from their core beliefs, have both similar and contrasting teachings. Using some of these sacred writings from each religion, we will examine the agreements and disagreements between these faiths

The meaning behind Akhenaten Going against many years of Egyptian worship Akhenaten proclaimed in about the 14th century B.C that his people were only to worship one god and that was the sun disk Aten. Akhenaten was called a monotheist maybe even the first to live. Egyptian King Akhenaten’s meaning “Effective for Aten”. His name was originally Amenhotep IV, he ruled for about 20 years. While in his rule he move the royal house from Thebes to a new site somewhere in middle Egypt, Akhenaten ordered

Dorothy Sayers was one of the most renown female British Christian writers of the twentieth century. Her best works were in the field of crime and mysterious fiction, however the The Mind of the Maker, a Christian theological novel that challenged the ideas of Christian beliefs, quickly grabbed the attention of many in England. Published in the year of 1941, a time period of chaos and distraught throughout Europe due to warfare that continued to dominate world affairs. Sayers laid the foundation

Church Camp Counseling For community service I worked at Lake Lucerne Camp - Wisconsin United Methodist Church for two weeks, one week of training and one week of assistant counseling. The first week of training consisted of all the adult councilors and everyone (high schoolers) who signed up for the Leaders In Training (LIT) Program. The LIT group was the only group there besides the church group Rizing Sun, a group of children from kindergarten to twelfth grade who all have one or more parents

In recent years, Islam is a religion that have been a controversial topic due to its current followers enacted violent disruptions in recent events. Mr. Z mentioned how the spreading of early Islam was violent in its early history like these modern day violence, “Early Islam spread by war, by the sword, and only by the war and sword.” Fred Donner, author of Muhammad and the Believers, wrote about the early history of Islam and how it all started. Donner would partilly agree to Mr. Z statement about

What do you believe? We live in a time and age where what you believe is all you have sometimes. Some people believe in Buddha, Allah, Satan, and so many different deities. Myself I believe in God, but not any God. I believe in the one that to my opinion is the one true God. Some may ask themselves why? How? For me it’s very simple, I have seen him move in my life, I have felt him, and by faith. Many times I have faced struggles, but through all I have never been forsaken or alone in my time of need

I'm currently in this season of my Christian life where I don't have consistent accountability partners — neither small group of people who will encourage, nourish and pray for me nor a permanent leader who will lead and guide me. And to be honest with you, it has a huge impact in my life, to a certain extent; I cry it every night to God. I need his people. I need his comfort, love and wisdom through his own people. There are things in life we must do alone, but walking through our Christian journey

Comparing and Contrasting Al-Junayd of Baghdad and Marguerite Porete Marguerite Porete was a Christian mystic who wrote during the thirteenth century, and she focused her writings on achieving unity with God through the death of the self. She uses agnostic terminology in her description of God, as well as a metaphor for courtly love in portraying the souls relationship with God. In her book Nobility and Annihilation in Marguerite Porete’s Mirror of Simple Souls, Joanne Maguire Robinson argues that