Original Writing.
ORIGINAL WRITING The door burst open, and in that moment time flowed backwards right to the beginning. She woke up in hell, her body aching her nerves screaming of pain, something was wrong. Where was she? What happened? Time flowed back again some more. The drawers from the chest lay upturned its contents spilled on the floor, someone was looking for something, someone broke into the house Yet again time trickled back. A shadow moved in the dark as much as the dark moved with the shadow, The shadow stopped and slid through the floor, nothing was heard. Time went back some more, stopped and began again. It was the age of the builder, the age of metal. Everything was different than how it used to be. Torches light the streets and where rich people could afford it electrical lights were put up, hardly any rich person could afford electricity, it was something that only the builders use it in their factories of hate and iron perfection. Houses were built close together their rooves almost touching creating another level of floor for most cities, city gaurds patrol the streets and survey the rooftops with the electricity the give to the builders to keep away thieves. Gaurds keep together in packs like wolves hunting but they were just as immoral as the theives some times they were worse. Keepers are now the ones in control for they are the ones that train the thieves,
outline catholic teaching on wealth and poverty
Outline Catholic Teaching on Wealth and Poverty Christians believe that wealth is a gift from God which can be used for either good or evil, so in itself is not a bad thing. It is our attitude towards wealth and material possessions that is the main issue. Consequently having the wrong attitude towards money can lead you away from God. Christians should therefore only gain money in a moral and lawful way, as it is a gift from God and not their own. Jesus taught his disciples in the parable of the "Rich Young Man" (Mark10:21-23) the difficulty the rich face in entering the kingdom of God as they cannot give their worldly possessions to the poor. The Old Testament had a long standing tradition of seeing wealth as a positive statement of God's blessing. In Genesis 13 for example, Abraham is said to have been very wealthy in property and precious metals. In Chapter 14 it is apparent that God was the one who blessed Abraham and made him prosper. The book of Proverbs however teaches us "When you give to the poor, it is like lending to the Lord and the Lord will pay you back". This is backed up in the New Testament (1Timothy 6:9-10) "The love of money is the root of all evils". This is re-stated in the parable of the Good Samaritan when Jesus illustrated the commandment to Christians to love God and love their neighbor. According to the New Testament, riches must be used for the
Prejudice and Discrimination.
Extended Essay: Prejudice and Discrimination AO1.a) One example of gender discrimination would be with women in Christianity. Women have traditionally, in Christianity, been seen as inferior to men. Eve was said to be the temptress to Adam in the second Genesis story and was also created as a partner to Adam from one of his ribs, which automatically shows that women come from men, and so in a way men are better. Other Christians, such as St Augustine, even felt that women used their sexuality to distract men from God, which was obviously a sexist idea. These old fashioned ideas even resulted in; women having their human status questioned (at the Council of Macon in 564), the spiritual separation of the sexes in monasteries and convents and in women not being allowed ordination or to take authority in worship. This is a clear act of gender discrimination against women, as they are not being allowed the important and religious job of being a Priest. Though attitudes have changed in recent years, with the Church of England allowing women to be ordained in 1992, the Roman Catholics and Orthodox Churches still do not allow the ordination of women, though some Protestant traditions now have some female ministers. There is a great deal of opposition generally to female priests from both men and women. Some men feel that traditional status and authority would be eroded or
Prejudice and discrimination.
Prejudice and Discrimination Prejudice is the act of pre-juding someone before properly knowing someone. This usually means feelings or opinions of intolerance and dislike which people have for others, based on little or no actual knowledge. Discrimination is when people act on their prejudice and treat others badly. Prejudice and discrimination can be shown in many different forms such as colour, race, gender or discrimination. I will be looking at what Christian's attitudes are towards prejudice. The act of prejudice is considered wrong to th e Christian religion as Christian teachings say that we should be treated as equals and give other people the treatment of how we would like to be treated. A prime example of this is Matthew 22:39, where we are taught to love our neighbour as ourselves. Jesus Christ had similar teachings to this and taught that we 'love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another.' Which shows that we should take Jesus' example and maintain a caring and polite attitude to the general human race despite his or her ethnic background, skin color, race, religion or any other factor as Jesus accepted everyone. He showed this by his actions such as healing the servant of a Roman Centurion, and the daughter of Syro-Phoenician woman and engaging in a conversation with a Samaritan woman that was treated as an outcast even to
Prejudice and Discrimination
04/06/2003 Edd Crow Prejudice and Discrimination Prejudice: 1) an opinion formed without careful thought.2) an unreasonable or unfair feeling (in favour of, or against something). Discrimination : 1) to be the difference between. 2) (with favour of, against ) to treat favourably or unfairly. These are the dictionaries' definitions of what the two words mean, obviously very briefly. Different forms of prejudice and discrimination are the underlining of racism, sexism, ageism, nationalism and more, but these are the key elements of prejudice and discrimination. All around the world different people of different religions, race etc are troubled with these issues everyday against each other and from others, no matter what culture they are from. However different religions take different views of prejudice and discrimination and have different ways of helping the victims of it, and helping the ones that are guilty of it. Also different religions have different influences in the way of maybe encouraging it (maybe without knowing) and producing tension between other religions. In this essay I propose to answer the question of what are the teachings of Christianity and Muslim with regard to prejudice and discrimination, and how do they deal with the situation, also the question of, 'by putting children into religious schools, are they encouraging prejudice and discrimination.'
Prejudice in To Kill a MockingBird
Prejudice in To Kill a MockingBird Prejudice is a foggy window which we all look out of. It impairs not only sight, but also our thoughts and actions. When we look through the window, not everyone can see past the fog. Sometimes we see people and think they are our enemies when really they are just a little bit different then us, be they a different race or even a different sex. These prejudice views are not uncommon, even though most of the time they are wrong. To Kill a MockingBird presents many conflicting pictures of prejudice, the situations also show that prejudice can be overcome. An example of viewing things differently is when Aunt Alexandra forbid Scout to play with Walter Cunningham, a poor boy whom Scout attends school with. This is because Aunt Alexandra sees Walter and his family as poor and beneath the Finches, in her words," ...they're good folks. But they're not our kind of folks." Scout on the other hand doesn't care about how much money Walter has but about his potential to be a friend. She doesn't let irrelevant things like money cloud her judgment of people. The most typical of all prejudice views is that of race. An example of this is during Tom Robinsons trial. Tom was a black man accused of raping a white woman, a crime that is punishable by the death penalty. Even though all the facts proved that he
What do Christians teach about the causes of hunger and disease?
Alex Cresswell GCSE Religious Education Coursework I have chosen to tackle parts i) and ii) of question a) as one answer, as I feel my answer is stronger when the two sections are combined to support each other. a) i) What do Christians teach about the causes of hunger and disease? ii) Explain the biblical teachings they might use. Christianity teaches that the root cause of almost all suffering, including hunger and disease, is injustice. Injustice occurs when people fail to respect each other, and can happen as a result of prejudice, which can lead to discrimination. An example of discrimination would be the parable of The Good Samaritan, in which certain individuals ignore a wounded man in the street because they deem him inferior to themselves because of his race. Romans 13:8 stresses just how important is it to respect each other: "For he that loveth his neighbour, hath fulfilled the law." Here, Paul is telling us that us that the command to love our neighbour fulfils the whole law. James Chapter 1 talks about favouritism and condemns it as a sin. Favouritism is clearly a form of discrimination that can occur as a result of prejudice, and an example of showing favouritism can clearly be seen in the parable of The Good Samaritan, when the people who do not 'favour' the wounded Samaritan ignore him and walk by. Wealth is one cause of prejudice, when, for
What is racism?
a) i) What is racism? To 'prejudge' is to make up your mind on an issue before you look at the facts. You can prejudge a book, or a film, or a person. If you prejudge a person you might decide what their characteristics are, what their personalities are like and whether you like them or not simple by the way that they look. If you prejudge them because of their ethnic origin or their skin colour then you are racially prejudging them. People who are racially prejudice may belief that their ethnic origins or skin colour makes them superior to other people. They stereotype people. Racial prejudice is also called racism. People may use their own views to physically or verbally hurt others who they see to be 'different´ to them. Examples of racism can be as extreme as the prosecution of the Jews, by Hitler, or by racist jokes, which are often thought to be harmless. ii) What Christian Teaching might be used in a discussion about racism? There are many Christian teachings that are about racial prejudice, and can be seen throughout the Old and the New Testament of the bible. Many of these can help in discussion about racism. In the very first part of the bible, in Geneses, it says that man was made in the image of God, speaking of all men without exception. A good example of the teaching of racism in the bible is the story of the Good
What is racism?
What is racism? Racism has many meanings, one of which is the discrimination of a group of people due to their race, colour, and religion. In addition, racism is hatred for all races apart from one that is considered the master race. Racism stemmed from the past and is still active today. Racism in the past was purely violent especially in the early 20th Century. When slavery was abolished in America in 1865 racial tension settled in. As the free slaves, where allowed to move freely around the land a majority of the white population still saw them as slaves and did not want to mix with them. Fewer than 50% of the population supported the abolition of slavery. The South was a hotbed for racism in the late 19th Century. Segregation was introduced in the 1920's and 30's. Blacks and whites were kept apart from each other. Sometimes there was a single white line between the races; the blacks were given poor surroundings to reside in, while the whites had comfortable surroundings. People found crossing the line on both sides were given severe punishments especially on the white side of the town. Lynching was a common punishment that was used many times by the white community, sometimes it was arranged. There were separate toilets, separate washbasins, separate shops, separate restaurants and coffee houses and even separate drinking fountains and in schools. The schools were
What is Racism?
What is Racism? I refuse to serve you because you are black. Racism, it's something that surrounds us all; some of us may have been victims of it, or perhaps you have been racist towards another yourself. It doesn't matter who you are, where you live, what job you work in, you are bound to have at least witnessed racism once in your lifetime; because racism is everywhere. Racism has existed for centuries, but during the last two hundred years hatred toward ethnic minorities has increased. The prejudice against black people dates a long way back into the history of the ancestors of the present day blacks and when the first came to the USA, as slaves. Although slavery was abolished black people were still frequently treated as second-class citizens and gave seemed to still have an image that meant they were not as superior as the whites. They were segregated on public transport and at various public places and constantly faced the humiliation of being put down by the whites. Racism occurs all over the world and can happen to anyone and will always exist, because people will always be prejudice. For some it may not be their fault, it may be the way they were brought up, or perhaps they had bad experiences themselves. Whatever the cause, it will continue through their children and through the generations. Some black people themselves are unable to give up the past and