2. The Devil around the World

2019 ◽  
pp. 7-27
Keyword(s):  
The World ◽  
The Devil

scholarly journals Perang Armagedon

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-44
Author(s):  
Lanny Laras
Keyword(s):  
The Bible ◽  
The World ◽  
End Of The World ◽  
End Times ◽  
False Prophet ◽  
The Devil ◽  
Generic Sense

The Armageddon will be the site of gathering of armies for a battle during end times, variously interpreted as either or symbolic location. The term is also used a generic sense to refer to end of the world scenario. According to the Bible, Jesus will return to earth and defeat the Antichrist, the False prophet and Satan the Devil in the Battle of Armageddon. Then Satan will be put into the “bottomless pit” or abyss for 1,000 years, knows as the Millennium.

scholarly journals What If the Cleft Child is Yours?

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 318
Author(s):  
Hazel Berret Wahlang
Keyword(s):  
Cleft Lip ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
The Other ◽  
Small State ◽  
Operation Smile ◽  
The World ◽  
Cleft Lip Palate ◽  
Social Gathering ◽  
The Devil

<div><p><em>Every 3 minutes, a child is born with a cleft lip or cleft palate and make the child to suffer from hunger and thirst, difficulty with speech and social stigma (Operation Smile, n.d.). Yes, Cleft (lip/palate)<strong> </strong>is usually accompanied with stigma from the society especially when they lack information about it. When a baby is born into the world the whole family rejoices but in the case of the cleft (lip/palate)<strong> </strong>child the parents end up in shock and sadness. It even makes the parents and their families think that having a cleft child is a curse in itself. One of the factors that the parents’ of cleft (lip/palate) child limit themselves from taking their cleft (lip/palate) child to social gathering as they are scared that the society may have a negative attitude towards them. Assumptions about its cause make the parents difficult to adjust to the situation. People would talk behind them discussing about the cause of cleft (lip/palate)<strong> </strong>saying that their parents did something wrong that is the reason why their cleft child is the consequence.</em> <em>Twelve year old twins from a small state (Meghalaya) in India do not want to go to school or play with the other children because they were named as daughters of the devil and ugly simply because they were born with a cleft lip. </em></p></div>

scholarly journals The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Hogg
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Moral Law ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
The World ◽  
The Devil

‘We have heard much of the rage of fanaticism in former days, but nothing to this.’ A wretched young man, ‘an outcast in the world’, tells the story of his upbringing by a heretical Calvinist minister who leads him to believe that he is one of the elect, predestined for salvation and thus above the moral law. Falling under the spell of a mysterious stranger who bears an uncanny likeness to himself, he embarks on a career as a serial murderer. Robert Wringhim's Memoirs are presented by an editor whose attempts to explain the story only succeed in intensifying its more baffling and bizarre aspects. Is Wringhim the victim of a psychotic delusion, or has he been tempted by the devil to wage war against God's enemies? Hogg's sardonic and terrifying novel, too perverse for nineteenth-century taste, is now recognized as one of the masterpieces of Romantic fiction. The first edition text of 1824 has been freshly considered for this new edition. A critical introduction explores the remarkable career of the novel's author and its historical, theological, and cultural contexts.

Simon

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 64-73
Author(s):  
Cory Swanson ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
The World ◽  
The Devil

What if the Devil were real and you could, and did, kill him? What, does the Devil stand for in society, and what might change about society in the event of his death? In this work of philosophical short story fiction, Simon is put on trial for having, literally, killed the devil. He did it through trickery, of course. He told the Devil that he (the Devil) was a cheap peddler of a product, fear. But, because he was immortal, he would never truly understand the product he pushed on others. The Devil asserts he fears nothing and, to prove it, removes his immortality from his being. Simon kills him. And now Simon is on trial. It is unethical to kill a purely evil thing? And, if the Devil is dead, why are bad things still happening in the world?

Sympathy for the Devil

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Dilan Tuysuz
Keyword(s):  
John Milton ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Paradise Lost ◽  
Adam And Eve ◽  
Epic Poem ◽  
The World ◽  
The Devil

John Milton, in his epic poem Paradise Lost, describes the expulsion of Adam and Eve from heaven, leading to the beginning of the oldest struggle. However, the representation of the devil in Milton's work, which is considered responsible for all evil in the world, is striking. The fact that Milton's devil's temptation has taken precedence over the story of expulsion of Adam and Eve is similar to Batman being overshadowed by the evil character Joker. Batman, who has many virtues and positive qualities as a superhero, has not impressed the audience as much as wicked Joker. But what makes the bad characters attractive to the reader/audience in Milton's Satan and the Joker? Is the Joker mentally ill? Is there a rebellion like the Satan's behind the Joker's malicious actions or is it possible to talk about a different motivation? The aim of this chapter is to explore the answers to these and similar questions by taking a journey through the psychology of evil. Thus, it will be possible to understand whether our admiration of bad characters is a reflection of the darkness within us.

4. Church

2016 ◽  
pp. 45-63
Author(s):  
Jon Balserak
Keyword(s):  
Small Groups ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Lord's Supper ◽  
Garden Of Eden ◽  
Adam And Eve ◽  
The World ◽  
The Devil

Calvinists believe Adam and Eve were the first church, established by God following their fall into sin in the Garden of Eden. Since that beginning, God has always maintained his church, though it has been attacked relentlessly by the world and the devil and, at various points in history, reduced to small groups of believers, usually identified as the ‘remnant’. ‘Church’ outlines the different church denominations that align themselves with Calvinism, such as Presbyterians and Anglicans, and the characteristics and purpose of the Calvinist church. Compared to Roman Catholic practices, Calvinists provide a simpler liturgy that involves preaching, singing, praying, and the celebrating of the two sacraments of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

Luther's Conception of Government

1946 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-270
Author(s):  
Edgar M. Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Political Life ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
The World ◽  
Two Kingdoms ◽  
The Devil

The center from which Luther's utterances on social and political issues must be understood is the idea of the two kingdoms or “regimes.” In this area of his thought, even more than in others, it will not do to draw conclusions from fragmentary quotations occasioned by historical situations in which he felt called upon to take sides. By the exclusive use of carefully selected passages, one can prove that Luther regarded secular rulers as instruments of the devil and the adversaries of his cause; and one can prove that he regarded them as instruments of God who could do no wrong. In his defence against the frequent charges that he encouraged sedition and rebellion, he frequently appears servile in his relation to the authorities of civil and political life. It was not his nature to balance alternative courses of action against one another and say everything that could be said for both sides in the same treatise. He did his thinking in the midst of controversy and his writings are almost always directed toward or in behalf of the participants. When he wrote against the peasants he gave them “both barrels.” When he attacked the rulers of church or state he did the same. This does not mean, however, that there is no coherence in his thought. If one observes carefully the content of his criticisms, he will soon discover that they proceed from a firm and unchanging conviction regarding the origin of government and its function in the world.

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