The Ten Commandments: Remember The Sabbath Day

He did this for many reasons. The first was because of his father. Although everyday at the concentration camps was a fasting day, his father had forbidden him to give up any opportunity of eating. The second reason was because he believed that there wasn’t any reason to for he had no longer accepted God’s

An article written Christopher Craig by called “’Nobody’s a bum all their life’: Teaching the Class Through William Kennedy’s Ironweed” suggests that “Francis does not make his personal decisions in a moral vacuum. Capitalist interest set the terms and conditions for these choices” (32). Disagreeably, I think his decisions are completely made in such “moral vacuum”, because of the religious family he was in when he was growing up. Doing “the right thing” and Catholicism go hand in hand. Francis follows this pattern, thinking that because he’d done something wrong (leaving his family), he does not deserve to go back home.

Many Christians believe that the first sin, caused by Eve, is why women have pregnancy pains, why men have to labor, and why people have to die, with no eternal life. The new founding’s made by scientist and philosophers thought that there could be other “realistic” reasons on why things like such happened. The Enlightenment Era was revolutionary because the people were finally finding their voices. Instead of basing their day to day lives off of religion, they grew a curiosity for intellect. Certain people who were Deist believed that there was a God and that he created all life, but He was not involved in every little thing that transpired in their daily operations.

After everything that Elie has done; working industriously to keep up with his studies, God hasn’t returned anything or done anything to help to the situation. Elie starts to really lose his faith at the Yom Kippur gathering. Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement. Traditionally, they are supposed to fast. The debate was whether or not they should fast.

Won’t you make it so that when I wake up in the morning I’ll be just like everyone...?” (76). This quote shows his belief in God and how he believes what he has been taught “every Sunday of my life” (10, narrated by David). This quote also show how David cannot express himself because he hides what could be considered to be a talent or power, and he has to live with that part of him hidden and fearing about others finding out about it. Therefore, the quote supports the fact that difference is an important in our lives as it suggests that David feels it is his fault that he is different while his telepathy could be considered a

Sir Gawain's five virtues are generosity,fellowship,chastity, courtesy and charity. It's not that we should follow Sir Gawain’s five virtues it's that a person should have their own virtues to follow. I think it's important for a person to include generosity and charity because the past 10-15 years people in big cities have forgot what it feels like to be human and to care for others and most importantly people in need. It is possible to follow Sir Gawain's Virtues if you have the funds and are willing. Religion plays a very big role in virtues, most religions requires a person to be the best human being they could be.

Emerson implies that people need to be true to themselves and do what they want and what they think is right and not what society says. Emerson was going to seminary school and he was told that he had to follow certain rules and go to church every Sunday. However, did not feel like if he didn’t go to church every Sunday, that he would be any lesser of a person. Society saw it the opposite of him. His friend asked him what if your desires are from the devil himself and he replied with, “...if I am the Devil’s child, I will live then from the Devil” (Emerson 364).

Yet, too often, we ignore the call in favor of the comfortable road. Saint Paul’s reminds us through his great hymn that we can hear God’s call only when we understand what real love means. People often read this chapter during weddings because it does not mention God anywhere so any religion, no religion can us it. But here is the thing, the question for us is do we read it for what it really means in its context? It is not illegitimate to read it at weddings, as we often do, but it must be remembered that its true context is that of community, of life together in Christ.

Benjamin Franklin and Elizabeth Ashbridge both write on the subject of religion in their narratives. Franklin has very unique view on religion, which was innovative for his time. Franklin questions his faith and beliefs of not only his religion that he was raised in in, but all religion. He was raised as a Presbyterian, but then decided that he was rather study on Sundays than go to church. Though Franklin openly expressed doubt towards religion, he does eventually invent his own religious routine.

It was not until the Hebrew exile and its aftermath in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE that Israel became a strict monotheistic nation. In finding Yahweh, Israel found their identity and their security. Yahweh, God, exemplified the very essence of the Hebrew identity. Their new-found identity was something that the Hebrews constantly searched for, but could never quite realize. As it enabled them to find their worth and identity, religion held an important role in Hebrew