HUM 250 GCC Humanities

Abraham from Genesis 22 was a character known to be obedient to God on accepting his request to sacrifice his son Issac without having any second thoughts. This catches my interest since this story deals with a troubling decision of sacrificing a child which is disturbing. It raises difficult ethical questions about why Abraham decides to carry out God's request. He is known to be the father of faith which he has faith in God and is willing to follow his demands. In the story, God speaks to Abraham and asks him to fulfill his request to test his faith “Take your son, your only son, whom you love—Isaac—and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on a mountain I will show you.” Abraham did not react when he heard this and did what God told him to do. This is not only alarming, it is frighting to see a father who is willing to sacrifice their child to complete a task. A question I ask myself after reading this is this: was Abraham ethical for acc

Courage, bravery, and compassion are the key pieces of what makes a hero a hero. It makes the person show concern for the people in need and risk their own lives to save others who are put in a dangerous situation. A hero could be firefighters who rescue the people that are trapped in a burning building, a police officer who stops a madman from hurting anyone, or a soldier who serves in the army to protect his/her country. These characteristics is what makes someone a hero, a brave person who puts others before themselves and protect them from harm. The epic of Gilgamesh tells the story of a powerful king of Uruk in Sumer that explores the themes of friendship and immortality. In the first half of the story, he was a cruel tyrant who was obsessed with power and abused his people. He starts off as a anti-hero, a person who lacks heroic characteristics including courage and morality. His actions towards his people is what makes him a villain instead of a hero, a callous person who i

Plastered skulls from Gobekli Tepe and Jericho, one of the six archaeological sites in the Levant, have been interpreted as memorials to honor the deceased during the Neolithic era. Over sixty plaster skulls have been discovered in each of the six sites, dated from 8,000-6,000 BCE. Experts believe there is a religious belief that the skulls were decorated to commemorate the lives of their relatives after their death. Seven skulls were dug up in Jericho, one of the oldest and largest inhabited cities while three skulls were recovered at Gobekli Tepe. The skull fragments at Gobekli Tepe were recovered from the fill deposits of buildings since there are no human burials at the site. Since archaeologists found fragments of three skulls, it is difficult to determine the sex of the individuals. The skulls are most likely connected to adults believed to be between the ages of 20 and 50 years. There are deep carvings on one of the skull pieces while another piece seems to have small h

The belief in spiritual beings, or Animistic theory hypothesized by E.B. Tylor, caught my interest for the reason that primitive religions believed in spirits the upper paleolithic people saw through dreams. It is astonishing to think that they use these visions to draw on the walls inside of the dark cave where they believed to be the realm of the spirits. I like this theory because it explains about how the upper paleolithic people bring these visions to life by painting the animals on the walls. The question I ask myself when I see the images is this: is there any meaning behind the paintings? Some theorists  argued that there is no meaning behind the murals, that it is just drawings with no significance behind it. Since the artwork has no message on what it is trying to tell us, I believe there is some messages behind one of the pieces of wall art. One example is the red hand stencil from the Chauvet Cave (40,000-10,000 BCE). While it is just a hand print on the wall, there co