of the Epic The epic similes in John Milton’s Paradise Lost serve a greater purpose than that of decorative speech‚ in that they find a niche in the sector of functional language where they are used to impart understanding of Milton’s greater theodicy. He precisely echoes the poetic text of epic writers such as Homer and Virgil‚ but with the identified intention of creating a work that superseded those traditional epic poems. Milton sought‚ as an author‚ to prove an ongoing‚ implicit argument
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they were born into it and will not express the same extreme beliefs. He also suggests‚ ‘the protestant ethic effect’ this is the result of the members living an ascetic lifestyle. People are most likely to join a sect because they are looking for a theodicy of
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marginal in society – members of groups outside the mainstream of social life often feel they are not receiving the prestige and/or economic rewards they deserve. One solution to this problem is a sect based on what Weber called ‘a theodicy of disprivilege’ (a theodicy is a religious explanation and justification). Such sects contain an explanation for the disprivilege of their members and promise them a ‘sense of honour’‚ either in the afterlife or in a future ‘new world’ on earth. Bryan Wilson (1970)
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Religion is the people’s beliefs and opinions concerning the existence‚ nature‚ and worship of a deity or deities‚ and divine involvement in the universe and human life. This is my definition of religion before I started this class. On the first day of the class‚ a young man walked inside the class room. He has dark hair‚ facial hair‚ not really tall but good looking. I thought he was one of our classmates until he introduce himself as our professor. My jaw dropped and was at awe. I was expecting
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Jose Rizal’s first teacher was his mother‚ who had taught him how to read and pray and who had encouraged him to write poetry. Later‚ private tutors taught the young Rizal Spanish and Latin‚ before he was sent to a private school in Biñan. As Jose grew older‚ his parents employed private tutors to give him lessons at home. The first was Maestro Celestino and the second‚ Maestro Lucas Padua. Later‚ an old man named Leon Monroy‚ a former classmate of Rizal’s father‚ became the boy’s tutor. This old
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Sarah F. Indangan January 22‚ 2013 ------------------------------------------------- IV-9 BSE English Professor Jocson The Lesser Evil In this paper‚ evil is measured in terms of “Homeric sins” or how an epic violated Homeric conventions and the goal is to know which of the epics has the less violation of those conventions. The epics Iliad and Odyssey will be compared and contrasted according to the movies by Wolfgang Petersen and Andrei Konchalovsky. Iliad ended
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‘God is great‚ God is good‚ now we thank him for our food.’ This simple prayer reflects twin commitments in Christian belief to God’s greatness and God’s goodness. Yet Christian theodicies have often averred to God’s greatness to the detriment of his goodness. Let us interpret God’s greatness in a manner other than power. Indeed‚ let us consider God’s greatness‚ as the medievals understood God’s goodness‚ in terms of being: goodness and being are interchangeable; 1 God is the most real
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and secular authority -Church and state are on the same side E.g. Israel: Not a theocracy‚ however base legitimacy on religion -Prophetic: Critical of secular authority and culture -"In the world but not of it" -Religious based revolutions -Theodicy: theory of evil -Provides an answer as to why "bad things happen to good people" -Original sin of Adam and Eve -Comfort VS Challenge -Humans=inherently sinful -Comfort: Yes‚ humans are sinful but God loves us and he will help us -Challenge:
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Monotheism is the belief in the existence of only one God and that beside him there is no other. Michael Carella defines monotheism as “a belief in the existence of a supreme being who is unique‚ transcending and universal.” Monotheism is important in the study of religion because it gives shape and help form some of the religions like Islam‚ Christianity and Judaism which in turn gives shape to the world. These religions do assume some common characteristics of God. One attribute is the belief that
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RS I believe that God doesn’t exist due to the fact that if there is a supposed omni-benevolent God then why is the world is full of so much evil and suffering? Evil and suffering comes in two forms Moral evil and Natural evil. Moral evil is caused by humans using their free will‚ for example‚ crimes such as murder‚ burglary and war. Natural evil is suffering that has not been caused by humans such as earthquakes‚ floods‚ volcanoes‚ cancers and so on and are therefore not caused by humans. These
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