In the ‘Lord of the Rings,’ by J.R.R. Tolkien, the primary antagonist is the dark lord Sauron. Sauron is a powerful being who seeks to have control over the entire world and have domination over all life. While most people are familiar with Sauron, thanks to the LOTR movies, what only the book readers know …
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‘Watchmen’ and the Exploration of Heroes and Philosophy
What is ‘Watchmen’? ‘Watchmen,’ was a graphic novel written by Alan Moore and visuals done by Dave Gibbons and John Higgins released by DC comics. It’s in Time’s List of the 100 best novels. Unlike other comics at the time, this played a satirical show the heroes as complex flawed characters instead of morally righteous …
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Political Correctness and how it Threatens our Culture and Affects Christianity
South Park Season 19 For most of my life I had written South Park off as a mindless comedy that was in the same category as Family Guy. Recently I began watching the show and learned that I was wrong. While it still had what I saw as very distasteful humor, to still put it …
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‘The Mortal Remains’ an Exploration of Human Nature and Morality
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs ‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ is a Netflix original by the Coen Brothers (who also did ‘The Big Lebowski’) that consists of six different short films that take place in the old West. The sixth film is known as ‘The Mortal Remains,’ which consists of five primary characters who each …
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How Power Corrupts
What is Power? From a physical science perspective, power is defined as the amount of energy transferred over a unit of time. This could be applied to people as well because it certainly seems like the more energy given in an amount of time usually yields the best reward. From a social science perspective, power …
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