Discuss my christian worldview.

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Create a 5 pages page paper that discusses my christian worldview. Although other belief systems may differ significantly from Christian Theism, it is worth looking at the Christian worldview of life, human beings, right and wrong, human history, cosmos, and death in order to gain an in-depth understanding of the Christian worldview.

According to the Bible, the prime reality is the omnipresent and infinite God who watches over the world from the high heavens. God is not only infinite, but also he is also personal in the sense that he communicates with man through prayers and he is an omniscient God. As revealed in the Holy Scriptures, God is the creator of the heavens and the earth, meaning that he has control over the entire universe (Ekstrand, 2008). No other place can one learn about the triune God except by reading the Holy Scriptures because he reveals himself to humans through the Bible. Owing to His transcendent nature, God is sovereign over all matter and living things and he uses his power for the goof of all. In essence, the Goodness of God is means to save humankind from his sins that have been deeply rooted in man since the days of Adam. Christianity takes the belief that only one omnipotent God exists and Hi works closely with His Angels for the good of all human beings. It implies that God ranks humankind above all other living and non-living things within the cosmos (Edwards, 2010).&nbsp.

When it comes to the nature of external reality, Deism and naturalism agree to some extent with the Christian worldview that God created the cosmos. Perhaps the major differences surface among various theisms when one analyzes the motive of God in creating the open space. As for Christianity, God created the universe out of nothing, meaning that he created the cosmos ‘ex nihilo.

assignment on analysis of ideology in america by ellis, c., & stimson, j. a. (2012).

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Compose a 1500 words assignment on analysis of ideology in america by ellis, c., & stimson, j. a. (2012). Needs to be plagiarism free! In doing this, the two maintain that the United States is a conservative country with the populace appreciating its conservative social structure and institutions. The two explain that the citizenry considers itself conservative but supports and appreciate the liberal ideologies and decisions in specific policy issue. This way, the two develop a contradictory structure in their book but provides an ordered insight into the country’s social and political systems as the review below portrays.

In chapter one, the two discuss the meaning of ideology and its application in the United States. Ideology refers to a set of ethical ideologies, principles, and beliefs that influence the social composition and structuring of a society. Key among the ideologies in the United States is conservative and liberal. The two are contradicting ideologies given their respective explanation of the social and political composition of both the society and the government. The application of the two ideologies in the same country creates room for numerous conflicts, which the two discuss extensively in both the chapter and successive chapters in the book. The existence of both contradictory ideologies in the country thus hints at the presence of numerous paradoxes in the country’s social and political systems. The two introduce and discuss the nature of the conflict with the first chapter.

Some of the primary values that Americans believe in include the existence of a limited government, individual liberties, and the free market. Just as stated earlier, America is a democracy implying that all eligible Americans participate in periodic elections where they elect leaders. Key among the limiting features of American governments is the fact that they exist for a four-year duration before Americans take part in yet another elections. The government forms the structures of governance thus creating a conducive environment for the existence of the people and their property.&nbsp.

a real model representing the boston molasses.

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Write a 7 pages paper on a real model representing the boston molasses. Apart from the investigation, the paper also illuminates the impact of the Boston Molasses Disaster on modern day engineering practices.

The occurrence of engineering disasters usually proves fatal just like road carnages. This has triggered several researchers to dig deep into the possible relationship of these disasters to engineering practices. Validating the relationship is an important step in obtaining more details about the past tragedies related to the same. Boston Molasses disaster, which occurred on January 15, 1919 acts as a proper model for validating the relationship argument. The description of the disaster, investigation framework, and the impact of the disaster on the modern-day engineering practices form an integral component in realizing the causal relationship. The completion of the research paper was based on the argument that “the nature of engineering practices acts as one of the major sources of most of the past engineering disasters”.

January 15, 2014, marked the 95th anniversary of the Great Molasses Flood, which happened at the site location of Purity Distilling Company. The original cause of the disaster was the rise in temperature, which had reached above 400F. The storage tanks containing molasses burst on Boston’s waterfront, leading to the discharge of about two million gallons of its content. The fatality of the burst became even worse, as the tank was situated 15 ft high making the molasses race across the North of Boston at a speed of 35mph. The 160 ft-wide waves swept through the own killing 21 with 150 injured. besides, claiming properties worth thousands of dollars (Canale et al, p. 57). There was evidence of rivets dashing from the tank, in the manner of a gun bullet. The wave triggered by the molasses was enough to damage rails on the Boston Elevated Railway’s Atlantic Avenue.

The high capacity of molasses in the tank attributed to the popular use of the substance as a standard sweetener and aider in the fermentation of alcohol, in the US. At the time of the disaster, the stored molasses was to be transported to Cambridge.&nbsp.

Discuss the desired and recommended societal change towards accepting and understanding Obesity as an existing social problem that has to be addressed by every social institutions and requiring the participation of all individuals.

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Your assignment is to prepare and submit a paper on obesity/body image (sociology) part iii. Running Head: OBESITY BODY IMAGE Obesity Body Image Full School This paper discusses the desired and recommended societal change towards accepting and understanding Obesity as an existing social problem that has to be addressed by every social institutions and requiring the participation of all individuals. Existing social, school, and religious movements also play an important role to instill the right social valued among the citizens to accept their fellow obese neighbors and to fight against discrimination against obese patients. However, social institutions today including the government, family, business employers, school and religion work together to provide support for the obese individuals. Thus, social forces and collective behavior of individuals play an important role in honing how the citizens would react towards obese neighbors by having them provided with adequate information and shaping them to act with right values in accepting their neighbors and practicing respect no matter if they look different. In these ways, desired societal change would be achieved.

Obesity / Body Image

Introduction

Analyzing the topic of Obesity using the three main psychological perspectives (Conflict, Functionalist, and Symbolic Interactionist), you have come to understand that Obesity is a continuous, existing spreading problem in the society. Obesity is a serious problem in the society that needs to be addressed not only by the social institutions but also, the citizens as well. Thinking about the social forces that are driving the social change towards individuals’ perception of Obesity,–these forces have impact towards citizens’ behavior in their fellow citizens. Once treated with acceptance, obese patients are likely to be more participative and motivated in working towards improvement of their health lifestyle and well-being.

The desired societal change with regard to the increasing rates of Obesity in the country is: the participation of every members of the society with the integration of its institutions (the government, family, business employers, school and community, religion, etc.) are: to prevent the disease in proliferating and to encourage obese individuals to accept their own stigma and their normal neighbors as well to fight discrimination and to accept their obese neighbors as it may impact in their psychological well-being (Boggess, 2007).

The current societal change towards individuals’ perception of obesity could effect and have an impact on the modification of social norms as well as social values. When individuals in general learn how to alter the way they think and behave towards obese patients (when they stop discriminating against obese patients rather, accept them as they are), this social norms and values will create a significant change for an ideal, cooperative, and a healthy , discrimination-free society (Blixen et. al., 2006).

Social institutions like the family, government, and employers of business would be most affected by this change. The family of obese patients would be more bonded to provide support for their obese family member. plus, they would receive more welfare from the government which would aid their obese member to enroll in a weight loss program or undergo a surgery to save their obese member from the health-threatening and deadly effect of Obesity. Government though, would have to initiate the change by investing extra funds for the Obese citizens for their health improvement yet, they legislated in the law that every obese patient would have to pay a percentage of their salary to their employers deductible in their salaries for hiring them and providing extra fund for their Medicare would be an extra expenditure for employers as well. Of course, to prevent the likelihood of inequality and social stratification among obese individuals, it is important that the government also controls the provision of welfare and they should maintain implementation of taxes that should be paid by them. These changing elements of our culture greatly affect everyone’s lives and economy as well, in terms of provision of welfare, taxes required to be paid, the societal change provides the opportunity for reciprocation among the social institutions to help each other towards fighting the prevalence of the health problem in the society. Social, school, or religious movements, which promotes the collective behavior of citizens fighting against the prevalence of Obesity is highly contributive for the desired change. and mostly, such movements are in need of the normal and obese individuals’ participation in working towards a desired healthy and fit lifestyle among all members of the society (Bernstein et. al., 1991).

Conclusion

Desired societal change is the participation of every member of the society together with the social institutions to fight against Obesity and discrimination against these obese patients. Social forces play an important role in honing how the citizens would react towards obese neighbors by providing them with adequate information and shaping them to act with right values in accepting their neighbors and giving them respect no matter if they look different. With the help of all social institutions, desired societal change would be achieved.

References

Bernstein, D. A., Roy, E. J., Srull, T. K., & Wickens, C. D. (1991). Psychology.

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Blixen, C., Singh, A., & Thacker, H. (2006). Values and Beliefs About Obesity and

Weight Reduction Among African American and Caucasian Women. Journal of

Transcultural Nursing, 17, 290-297.

Boggess, H. (2007, July 24). Stigma of Obesity: A symbolic interactionist perspective on a

Growing epidemic. Retrieved June 07, 2009, from http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/311654/stigma_of_obesity_a_symbolic_interactionist.