Religion Most of the world's religions have many common thoughts and underlying beliefs, including commonalities in beliefs about developing good character and the importance of love and compassion. This essay will attempt to create a new religion (called the Harmony) that is inspired by the commonalities seen in many world religions. Rituals, commandments and beliefs will all be examined, and where applicable, outlined for this new religion. Stand up comedian George

The rigid theology of scientific, rational atheism as an antidote to the problems of religion was not found in Marx and Engels. Marx did see religion as fostering apathy to class divisions and as kind of a 'sop' to appropriate anger and revolutionary solidarity, but he believed that it would disappear of its own accord once the populace was made sufficiently aware of the cruelties of the class system. Lenin

Darwinism has had a major effect on how people view the creation accounts of Genesis, believing the creation tales to be completely erroneous and based on nothing but myth and myth alone. Darwinism has planted the seed of the idea that humans are merely a by-product of chance. They are accidental and contingent parts of creation -- not the lords of the universe as the Bible would lead us

They preside over hardened criminals on a daily basis, just like police officers, only the criminals they oversee are often present in greater numbers. To act against a correctional official is surely just as flagrant example of striking back at law enforcement as it is to kill a police officer. The idea of deterrence is perhaps even more important in the case of a corrections officer. After all, a person

misunderstood -- and to some, the seemingly mysterious -- subject of spirituality. Within the each person's worldview, there are always personal questions to be asked as we learn the skills needed to serve others -- and spirituality has a place within this question. This paper will examine spirituality and worldview, along with the personal views of the writer vis-a-vis the seven questions to be addressed. Thesis: each person should

Fathers, Son, and Spiritual Doubles: The relationship of John Ames and Jack Boughton in Marilynne Robinson's novel Gilead As John Ames, the protagonist of Marilynne Robinson's epistolary novel Gilead, struggles to come to terms with his life, he frequently reflects upon the troubled relationship he had with his close friend and fellow clergy member Rev. Boughton. Ames' first wife died in childbirth and Ames feels a sense of jealousy and sublimated anger