And in His benevolent service we will stay (page 169).” Furthermore, Nathan despises the Congolese people. He loathes the sinful behavior, as seen when he says “They are living in the darkness. Broken in body and soul, and don’t even see how they could be healed (page 53).” Nathan is actually selfish. Although he claims he is working for the good of everyone, he is really urging the Congolese toward Christianity so he can profit, so he might gain a greater appreciation from God. Finally, Nathan seems to hate his family.
How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a man made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just.
He had a hard time deciding whether he should do what he knew was right because of his fear of what the people around him would think. Romero was passive not only because was he not outspoken or over-cautious, but because he felt the Church should not intervene with the governmental issues at hand. A large majority of the entire population, the peasant community, of San Salvador had their doubts about Romero and felt hurt by the injustices of the Church. The government was ignoring the rights of the people and the Church was allowing it to happen. After Romero was named Archbishop in 1977, his struggle to do what
Why does it has to be Harjo problem when having two wives is the normal in his community and why couldn’t the church accept him as he was if he wanted salvation. Even an inspector stated to just leave it alone because Harjo was an older Indian and it’s hard to convert them. (Oskison) The second perspective is this is a problem for Harjo because he is a polygamist. As the story started, “the spirit of the Lord had descended upon old Harjo.” (Oskison 2). Harjo wanted to join the church, but he was married with two wives and the church didn’t allow this.
L. Mackie held the critique of free will that free will itself is incoherent. He argued that: “if God has made men such that in their free choices they sometimes prefer what is good and sometimes what is evil, why could he not have made men such that they always freely choose the good? If there is no logical impossibility in a man's freely choosing the good on one, or several occasions, there cannot be a logical impossibility in his freely choosing the good on every occasion.” Mackie’s theory appears to state that it is possible that everyone only performs actions that are “good” (Speaks, J. 2006). It seems clear that an omnipotent being could have brought it about, if a state of affairs is possible (Speaks, J.
However they are wrong because, psychological torture is likely to leave permanent brain damage. Torturers may also think that valuable information could be collected using waterboarding, which some believe to not be harmful. Yet tortures such as waterboarding, which are painful to the point of death are not ‘safe’. Bloodlust, or the need for revenge may also be a reason for torturing, but by doing so we are stooping to their low level and crushing our values as a country. “An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind” Said Mahatma Gandhi.
Lot of persons don’t want to escape from the cage that it was created around them from the Christianity beliefs. Maybe they are using God just as an example of perfection that they can relay on, or maybe it is for them an example of supreme power that could give help and support in difficult moments. We should not forget all the way that Church made during time, and that all those proofs that gave credibility to Christianity may be all false. If god, as the father of human kind, would have existed, he wouldn’t let all those catastrophes to happen (Katrina, 2004’ Tsunami, and many others…). What kind of father would be the one that let its children to die in such terrible ways!?!
Hughes regretted his decision, but he did not want to keep everyone else waiting. This illustrates the common issue of Christians claiming to be followers of Christ, yet attending church is the only religious action they perform. The way that the aunt kept telling Hughes to come and be saved provided a coerced feel to her motives. His childlike innocence of expecting Jesus to literally walk into the church accompanied by bright lights led to his confusion as to why members of the congregation went up to the front of the aisle and Westley only going because he was tired of sitting. He took the faith aspects of religion literally, leading to his genuine confusion.
He also rejects some of the society morals and goes against doctrines from the church when he says “no law can be sacred to me but that of my nature” (Emerson 262). He says about consistency that it is this keeping us from trusting in ourselves, because we are scared of contradictions, of fighting for something we disagreed before but man should be consistent on the variety of actions honest he has been. However, he says that consistency is a big problem because it is this that keeps a man from breaking a pattern in which he lives. Men are also consistent on everything they do because of fear of making a mistake and as a consecutive being looked
This kind of harm inflicted by racial injustice can be psychological because it can mess with the victims, making them feel like they are nothing based on how they are treated. This can damage ones self-identity. King states “Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly (204).” King fights to sop this suffering even if it’s not from his community, because he believes that we are all equal and “tied” together. Human beings can only take in so much before they break down. These individuals are the ones who suffer more while yet, end up hurting themselves more.