The First Commandment. The first commandment is Thou shalt have no other gods before me. In many movies and TV shows the protagonist or main characters are atheists. They make remarks such as "There is no God", and the writers try to convince viewers that these characters are correct because these characters wiggle their way out of every situation they find themselves in and they're regularly correct in their theories or ideas. These characters are the "cool guys", so they want viewers to believe them. They make the characters who believe in God look foolish. When I watch a movie or TV show that expresses this view I'm tempted to buy into it. In my sinful nature I want to believe God doesn't exist so that way I can make the things he forbids my gods. These gods come in the form of money, pleasure, revenge, and just about anything (revenge seems to be the common theme in every action movie). I want to believe there is no God so I can make worldly things my gods. But for me an even bigger danger can be the actual television becoming my idol. I can be guilty of giving the TV more merit than it actually deserves. If I give too much time to the TV, then it becomes my idol. If I give more attention to the television than to God then the television is my god and idol. The TV entices me to break the first commandment through tempting me to turn worldly things into my god and the TV itself tempts me to turn it into idol and god. The Second Commandment. The second commandment is thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jeal... ... middle of paper ... ...ic and private worship of God (the Sabbath), but that we are also supposed to work hard and complete all our work the other six days of the week. Though maybe not realized at first glance this command clearly prohibits not working and slothfulness for it says "Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work". This is a very overlooked aspect of this commandment. The TV and entertainment can distract me from my work (school, chores) and thus I do not complete my work as this commandment commands. The TV and other entertainment also tempt me to not want to work but to be entertained all day. TV and entertainment tempt me to lay idle and enjoy leisure when work is to be done during the week. So the TV entices me to break this commandment by distracting me and my mind during the Sabbath day when my thoughts should be directed toward God, and by promoting slothfulness.
the changing of the commandments (pg. 69) to get away with many things and gain great
The Sabbath is designed as a day of rest after working for six days, no work including sport is to be performed on this day. When God created the earth, he set aside the seventh day as a day of rest after all the hard work he had done.
high reverence. She feels that the laws of the gods should be obeyed above all others,
1. I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides me.
commandments are to be followed by all the animals living on the farm at all times.
In my own writing, I find that my beliefs on humanity and God bleed into my words. My symbolism is not always intentional. I have started to believe that just by writing, I will complete the task of putting my views into the world. I believe that man is evil, and that is reflected in each character I create and his imperfection. Man can also be redeemed, visible in the hero’s fall from grace and return in triumph. Finally, man will be judged for his actions, shown by the consequences in each action that cause the plot to unfold. Overall, my beliefs, as O’Connor and Sayers state, intertwine into my work unintentionally as I write it. I do not have to force my reader to read Christian paradigm in order to get a Christian viewpoint into my work.
The book of Exodus tells us that we need not cease all work to keep the lords day holy but only remember: "Remember the Sabbath day in order to keep it holy" (Exodus 20:8). Before commanding that something be done, the passage urges that something be remembered. It is a call to awaken remembrance of the grand and fundamental work of God, which is creation, a remembrance that must inspire the entire religious life of man and then fill the day on which man is called to rest. Rest therefore gains a sacred value: the faithful are called to rest not only as God rested, but to rest in the Lord, bringing the entire creation to him.
In our society entertainment has become an immense part of our daily lives. We spend extensive periods of time watching TV, which in general has become a habit for many individuals, and a necessity for others. In the article Television as teacher by Neil Postman he argues that television does not help us learn what is necessary for further education, and that it shouldn’t be utilized as a main learning tool because it undermines the techniques applied in teaching centers. Some of these technics are obtaining a previous education before practicing the advanced learning, paying attention to the material being provided, and retaining the information given for future references. Nonetheless I agree with Postman’s point of view that Television is
The Seven Commandments are the basic principles of animalism worked out by the pigs and described originally as "unalterable laws" by which the animals were to live. The Seven Commandments were written on the barn wall for all animals to see and read if they could. The original Commandments are:
They are on Sundays on the BBC, which has God slots at A.M and P.M.
...aise and worship. It is required by God for us to honor Him with our bodies in praise and worship. Luke's gospel records a sinner woman worshiping Him with body and soul.
It can be determined as an act of ministering to others which surpasses the law (v. 12). One of the leading areas of conflict between Jesus and Pharisees was in keeping the Sabbath. In this passage, Jesus is criticized for allowing his followers to pluck and eat grain on the Sabbath day. The Pharisees regarded this as work, which was forbidden. Jesus rejects both their interpretation and motivation. He argues that plucking grain to satisfy immediate hunger does not break the Sabbath, because both King David and the temple priests did so without suffering under God’s reprimand (vv. 3-5). Moreover, true obedience to the law should be motivated by compassion and mercy (v.6). God’s love of mercy, allowing hungry people to pick grain to eat, is greater than God’s desire for sacrifice, following Sabbath
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People in all parts of the world honor the day of the Sabbath. However, they accomplish this in a countless number of ways. Some choose to attend church every Sunday and focus that day completely to God. Others prefer to respect the Sabbath in a more untraditional way. Several groups believe that one should perform a very small amount of work or even none at all. Some suppose that the amount of work done on this day has no effect on their long term relationship with God. Emily Dickinson takes a different approach. Instead of attending a big church with a clergyman who preaches too long, she creates her own church involving only nature, God and herself. In “Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church”, Emily Dickinson uses diction and metaphors