Essays on Religion

We’ve all heard the saying, “I’m just a pilgrim on a journey home”, eluding to our life as pilgrims on earth journeying home to heaven. But in Dante’s Inferno, he is referred to as the “Pilgrim” journeying through hell and back illustrating sin and its effect on our soul’s journey toward God. Hell is shaped...

Two attributes from the IB learner profile that I demonstrate are being open-minded and a communicator. To me being open-minded means trying new things or thinking of new ideas. For example, trying new foods or clothes. Being a communicator means giving information or knowledge to others. I show this through my love for culture, traveling,...

My Memorable Experience Hurahhhhhh! exams are over now, we have the Diwali holidays. So I came home and I was feeling relaxed after this no one will be going to ask me about the study. I was excited and decided to help my mother. I asked her, “what about the preparation for Diwali? Can I...

Introduction A popular topic of study within the field of ancient kingdoms in Southeast Asia deals with the understanding of how these polities functioned in terms of notions of power and rule. In the course of doing so, many scholars have attempted to propose various models to characterise their workings with examples of hydraulic (Wittfogel,...

Within Atherton’s Women Philosophers of the Early Modern Period, Catharine Trotter-Cockburn defends Locke’s Essay of Human Understanding. In this comment sheet, I will discuss some of Remarker’s concerns and objections to Locke’s view and present Trotter-Cockburn’s responses that defend and advance Locke’s view, and I will additionally argue that her defense of Locke’s essay is...

Scholars and ordinary people alike are searching for an answer to the questions regarding the afterlife and the places of the souls of those people who have departed from this life and are entering into the next. The fascination with this question is fundamental to the human condition and one that cannot simply be ignored...

Euthanasia is a method that painlessly ends a life. It is often seen as a controversial practise as many frown upon ending someone’s life. Euthanasia can be a good thing as it is done to end the extreme suffering someone can experience from physical and mental health. Euthanasia is only legal in two countries, The...

Introduction Background The prevailing days life is riddled with all sorts of challenges and stresses. Life can be more meaningful and living more peaceful when there is an absolute awareness of existence of support and that is with us in all times of trial and tribulations. In problem, one has three choices, either solve the...

Sunrise and sunset takes place every day. In the Bible in the book of Luke 1:78-79 it proclaims “Because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into...

A part of sociological understanding includes giving up the idea that human behaviour is just what people ought to do because our decisions are affected by society. So whether celebrating festivals is your innate will or whether you’re succumbed by the immense pressure of your family and friends, festivals are important and they impact us...