Shenyu Wang PHL101 Summery Essay 3 7/22/2015 I think that God does not exist. if God exists, if it is material, it should be seen. But I have never seen it before. if God is immaterial, that everyone can create their own God in their hearts; if God had not the slightest effect on the material world, he exists only in the spirit of the believer, this means that God does not exist in this world, like a young man, he does not like all the girls, and the girls fall in love with his own spirit,
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believers. Evil and suffering can be seen to pose strong challenges against the existence of a God, more specifically an omnipotent and omnibenevolent God. Whilst John Hick describes evil and suffering as “physical pain, mental suffering and moral wickedness”, the problem is widely seen to refer to the existence of both natural evil, such as natural disasters, and moral evil, heartless actions such as murder, along with the suffering that is often a result of these. Perhaps one of the most significant
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gospel is perceived in our culture? Today, people believe that they can accept Jesus as their personal savior and sometimes not follow Him. They also feel that if they are saved, they can do what they want, because Jesus will forgive them of the sins they are committing. What are some specific moral reasons that people may reject the Christian gospel? For some people, they may interpret the Bible differently from other people. For example, God never states that you should not drink; however
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The haunting behavior Flannery O’ Connor creates a fictional world in need of faith. In the book Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor, Hazel (Haze) Motes is a young man that is driven to find Christ in the city of Taulkinham. Who I considerably believe him to be naïve person, because of his innocent, ignorant, and impulsive behavior. Flannery O’ Connor character is spiritual lean and hungry figures that reject lip services to Christianity and the insipid certainty of rationalism in the pursuit of salvation
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Jennifer Villalobos Professor Miles REL 2011- Analysis and Interpretation of Religion October 17, 2011 Buddhism A Whole New World History and Origin When we speak of Buddhism we visualize a monk in an orange robe but there is so much more than that. Buddhism in my opinion is a way of life and not just a religion. The founder of Buddhism was a man named Siddhartha Gautama. Siddhartha said that there were four noble truths and that the only way to save ourselves from suffering was to follow
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no absolute truths. It suggests that the concept of right and wrong in any given human behavior can only be determined by applying its relevance to the culture of the given subject. Culture “A” may believe in and practice female circumcision while culture “B” may unequivocally oppose it. In both cultures, there is a fundamental difference in what they believe to be the truth about this ritual. One person might view it as custom, or a rite, or a sacred practice. Another may view it as a brutal
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determinism, and social determinism that neither is completely accurate or incorrect. Naturalists believe that all that occurs is down to cause and effect, and human actions are determined by their genetic code. Religious determinism states that God knows and controls everything that has and will happen in the world. Social determinism is all about the effects of society on humans. Those who follow this theory believe that all human actions are determined by what has happened to them in the past and what happens
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Nietzsche critique on Christianity Nietzsche speaks immensely upon the idea of God/super natural being. At the time of Nietzsche's writings Christianity was widely practiced in Eastern Europe. Hence it was the main religion practiced by those reading who were reading Nietzsche. Before we can approach his critique of Christianity we need to understand the man himself a little. Nietzsche was born into a family who was extremely Christian, his uncle and grandfather were both Lutheran ministers and
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not truly believe in God and he could be considered an atheist. Consequently, he believes that experience is the sources of ideas, but does not believe that experiences hold the source of truth. Additionally, Hume states that ideas have connections between other ideas and that they can by divided into three parts: resemblance, contiguity, and cause and effect. When it comes to God, Hume believes that God originates from being influence by others and that the theological arguments of god existence
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beings and ancient tales of gods and other. A myth commonly explains origins of unexplained accuracies that justifies and validates the practices or beliefs of a culture. It also reveals the political, moral, or religious values of a culture. In my opinion a myth is something made up, as in the folktale. For examples, the woman is from Venus and men from Mars (etiological myth, the origin of life and of all things). The figure of an elf, angels or demons (example of moral myth, when good and evil
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