Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues - The Churchs Program for Homosexuality :: Argumentative Persuasive Essay Examples

Homosexuality: the Church's Program    This essay conveys the Church's traditional, 2,000-year-old teaching on homosexuality, considers other related information, then states what is available for enabling the homosexual man or woman to be inactive and refrain from homosexual acts - which is the Twelve Step Method.    Homosexuality refers to relations between men, or between women, who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which always presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, Church Tradition has always declared that 'homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.' They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved. The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfil God's will in their lives and if they are Christians to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition. Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.    Surrender, Healing, Growth and Transformation    Along with the Rosary, Mass, Eucharist, and Reconciliation, the Twelve Steps Method is recommended for attaining healing and spiritual growth. The First Step: We admitted we were powerless over our condition - that our lives had become unmanageable. Who wants to admit that we are powerless or that our lives are unmanageable? But the truth is, we do not come to such a program unless we realize that something is wrong; something is missing; something is out of kilter. We will do anything but look inside ourselves. It gets worse. When all else fails - we are ready for the first step. We admit that we are powerless over these emotions - we feel defeated.    This is now the end of one phase of our life and the beginning of another.

Genre Theory Essay

Genres what are they, and why are they so important in the film industry? Genres a kind of label or category something people can base what place expectations or gain a general idea of what the film is about, and will be like. However most genres will likely have a sub genre According to Goodyknootz, B. , & Jacobs, C. P. (2014) Film: From watching to seeing (2nd ed. ) CH4. â€Å"Many genres also have a variety of related Subgenres with more narrowly defined formulas and expectations. † Having these smaller classifications set giving a mix of category, and expectations allows for a lot more unique variety. Some films can often mix 4 genres into a  single film allowing the creator the free use of his imagination, however even these films ultimately will fall into a major genre category. Unfortunately genres can also cause some people to often judge a film based on it’s genre, if they’ve seen a certain film that was a Western for instance that they did not particularity enjoy they will assume all films under this genre are not worth their time. As stated in Goodyknootz, B. , & Jacobs, C. P. (2014) Film: From watching to seeing (2nd ed. ) CH4. â€Å"It is not a preordained measure of quality, despite the way some film theorists and critics might dismiss a â€Å"genre†Ã‚  movie formulaic for serious dramatic analysis† despite this genres are very important, they label the films making it easier for viewers to find the sort of movie they are wanting the see at any giving time. These labels help people make decisions when picking a film to watch, either causing them to want or not want to view certain films based on its genre characterizations. When looking at specific genres they often have their reoccurring characteristics that immediately allow that film to fall into a specific genre, for example Westerns According to Goodyknootz, B. , & Jacobs, C. P. (2014) Film: From watching to seeing (2nd ed. ) CH4. â€Å"At its GENRE THEORY 3 simplest, a Western is a man and his horse, taking on the struggles of nature and his fellow man†. Most Westerns are set in a mainframe of 1800’s-1900’s giving them the wild untamed American frontier feel, and the main characters are often outlaws or underdogs, taking out the wild west. The most recent Western film I personally have seen was 3:10 to Yuma, this movie was about a small rancher and, Civil War veteran Dan Evans who was wounded losing his leg, now after the wars end is struggling to support his wife and children. When a wanted gang leader Ben Wade is captured in his area after robbing a stagecoach, he volunteers to escort the prisoner to the train station to make the 3:10 to Yuma for $200. As Dan Evans and the law men head to the train station his group is pursued by the Outlaw Ben Wades gang of dangerous outlaws. Being set shortly after the civil war 3:10 to Yuma this puts the story in a time frame where most of the west was still very unsettled, and untamed. This film also has many 1800’s style fire fights involving revolvers and single shot rifles, pitting the gunslinger gang of murderous outlaws  against the lawmen who fight to maintain order on the frontier, and Dan Wade who fights for his family. 3:10 to Yuma is not only a Western film but the main elements that made this film so good, and the reason I personally enjoyed it was to Drama driven story of how the Outlaw Ben Wade slowly becomes friends with Civil War vet Dan Evans. As the film progresses Ben starts to understand, and sympathize with Dan Evans situation of he lost his leg and how he feels useless in supporting his family as a cripple. Near the end of the film Ben Wade begins to help Dan  Evans with getting him to the train so Dan Evans can collect the $200 bounty promised by the GENRE THEORY 4 law men. When Dan Evans finally get Ben Wade to the train his is fatally shot by the pro-suing gang but not before his son see’s him getting Ben to the train allowing him to die a hero to his son. In the end to me genres and basic storyline are a very necessary thing for movies it allows you to have a basic understand of what you’re about to watch without ruining the plot before you have to chance to dive into the story, and get the enjoyment of a fresh story for yourself.

The Domestication of Maize in America

Maize (Zea mays) is a plant of enormous modern-day economic importance as foodstuff and alternative energy source. Scholars agree that maize was domesticated from the plant teosinte (Zea mays spp. parviglumis) in central America at least as early 9,000 years ago. In the Americas, maize is called corn, somewhat confusingly for the rest of the English-speaking world, where corn refers to the seeds of any grain, including barley, wheat or rye. The process of maize domestication radically changed it from its origins. The seeds of wild teosinte are encased in hard shells and arranged on a spike with five to seven rows, a spike that shatters when the grain is ripe to disperse its seed. Modern maize has hundreds of exposed kernels attached to a cob which is completely covered by husks and so cannot reproduce on its own. The morphological change is among the most divergent of speciation known on the planet, and it is only recent genetic studies that have proven the connection. The earliest undisputed domesticated maize cobs are from Guila Naquitz cave in Guerrero, Mexico, dated about 4280-4210 cal BC. The earliest starch grains from domesticated maize have been found in the Xihuatoxtla Shelter, in the Rio Balsas valley of Guerrero, dated to ~9,000 cal BP. Theories of Maize Domestication Scientists have put forward two main theories about the rise of maize. The teosinte model argues that maize is a genetic mutation direct from teosinte in the lowlands of Guatemala. The hybrid origin model states that maize originated in the Mexican highlands as a hybrid of diploid perennial teosinte and early-stage domesticated maize. Eubanks has suggested a parallel development within the Mesoamerican interaction sphere between lowland and highland. Recently starch grain evidence has been discovered in Panama suggesting the use of maize there by 7800-7000 cal BP, and the discovery of wild teosinte growing in the Balsas river region of Mexico has lent support to that model. The Xihuatoxtla rockshelter in the Balsas river region reported in 2009 was discovered to contain domesticated maize starch granules in occupation levels dated to the Paleoindian period, more than 8990 cal BP. That suggests that maize may have been domesticated by hunter-gatherers thousands of years before it became a staple of peoples diets. The Spread of Maize Eventually, maize spread out from Mexico, probably by the diffusion of seeds along trade networks rather than migration of people. It was used in the southwestern United States by about 3,200 years ago, and in the eastern United States beginning about 2,100 years ago. By 700 CE, maize was well established up into the Canadian shield. DNA studies suggest that purposeful selection for various traits continued throughout this period, leading to the wide variety of species today. For example, 35 different races of maize have been identified in pre-Columbian Peru, including popcorns, flint varieties, and varieties for specific uses, such as chicha beer, textile dyes, and flour. Agricultural Traditions As maize was spread outside of its roots in Central America, it became part of already existing agricultural traditions, such as the Eastern Agricultural Complex, which included pumpkin (Cucurbita sp), chenopodium and sunflower (Helianthus). The earliest direct-dated maize in the northeast is the 399–208 cal BCE, in the Finger Lakes region of New York, at the Vinette site. Other early appearances are Meadowcroft Rockshelter Archaeological Sites Important to Maize Archaeological sites of importance to the discussion of maize domestication include Central America:  Ã‚  Xihuatoxtla Shelter  (Guerrero, Mexico), Guila Naquitz (Oaxaca, Mexico) and  Coxcatlan Cave  (Tehuacan, Mexico)Southwest USA:  Bat Cave  (New Mexico),  Gatecliff Shelter  (Nevada)Midwest USA: Newt Kash Hollow (Tennesee)Northeast USA: Vinette (New York), Schultz (Michigan), Meadowcroft (Pennsylvania) Selected Studies Carpenter Slavens J, and Sà ¡nchez G. 2013.  Los cambios ambientales del Holoceno Medio/ Holoceno Tardà ­o en el desierto de Sonora y sus implicaciones en la diversificacià ³n del Yuto-aztecano y la difusià ³n del maà ­z.  Dià ¡logo Andino  41:199-210.Ellwood EC, Scott MP, Lipe WD, Matson RG, and Jones JG. 2013.  Stone-boiling maize with limestone: experimental results and implications for nutrition among SE Utah preceramic groups.  Journal of Archaeological Science  40(1):35-44.Freeman, Jacob. Crop Specialization, Exchange and Robustness in a Semi-arid Environment. Human Ecology, John M. Anderies, Andrea Torvinen, et al., Volume 42, Issue 2, SpringerLink, January 29, 2014.Gil AF, Villalba R, Ugan A, Cortegoso V, Neme G, Michieli CT, Novellino P, and Durà ¡n V. 2014.  Isotopic evidence on human bone for declining maize consumption during the little ice age in central western Argentina. Journal of Archaeological Science 49(0):213-227.Grimstead DN, Buck SM, Vierra BJ, and Benson LV. 2015.  Another possible source of archeological maize found in Chaco Canyon, NM: The Tohatchi Flats area, NM, USA.  Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports  3:181-187.Haas J, Creamer W, Huamà ¡n Mesà ­a L, Goldstein D, Reinhard KJ, and Vergel Rodrà ­guez C. 2013.  Evidence for maize (Zea mays) in the Late Archaic (3000-1800 B.C.) in the Norte Chico region of Peru.  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  110(13):4945-4949.Hart JP, and Lovis WA. 2013. Reevaluating What We Know About the Histories of Maize in Northeastern North America: A Review of Current Evidence. Journal of Archaeological Research  21(2):175-216Killion TW. 2013.  Nonagricultural cultivation and social complexity.  Current Anthropology  54(5):596-606.Matsuda, Masahiko. Upland Farming Systems Coping with Uncertain Rainfall in the Central Dry Zone of Myanmar: How Stable is Indigenous Multiple Cropping Under Semi-Arid Conditions? Human Ecology 41, ResearchGate, Dece mber 2013.Reed PF, and Geib PR. 2013.  Sedentism, Social Change, Warfare, and the Bow in the Ancient Pueblo Southwest.  Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews  22(3):103-110.Sà ¡nchez-Pà ©rez S, Solleiro-Rebolledo E, Sedov S, de Tapia EM, Golyeva A, Prado B, and Ibarra-Morales E. 2013.  The Black San Pablo Paleosol of the Teotihuacan Valley, Mexico: Pedogenesis, Fertility, and Use in Ancient Agricultural and Urban Systems.  Geoarchaeology  28(3):249-267.Shillito, Lisa-Marie. Grains of truth or transparent blindfolds? A review of current debates in archaeological phytolith analysis. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, Volume 22, Issue 1, SpringerLink, January 2013.Thompson V, Gremillion K, and Pluckhahn T. 2013.  Challenging the Evidence for Prehistoric Wetland Maize Agriculture at Fort Center, Florida.  American Antiquity  78(1):181-193.VanDerwarker A, Marcoux J, and Hollenbach K. 2013.  Farming and Foraging at the Crossroads: The Consequences o f Cherokee and European Interaction Through the Late Eighteenth Century.  American Antiquity  78(1):68-88.Warinner C, Garcia NR, and Tuross N. 2013.  Maize, beans and the floral isotopic diversity of highland Oaxaca, Mexico.  Journal of Archaeological Science  40(2):868-873.