with Jesus Christ." The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new students to stand. "You're a Christian, aren't you, son?" "Yes, sir." "So you believe in God?" "Absolutely." "Is God good?" "Sure! God's good." "Is God all-powerful? Can God do anything?" "Yes." "Are you good or evil?" "The Bible says I'm evil." The professor grins knowingly. "Ahh! THE BIBLE!" He considers for a moment. "Here's one for you. Let's say there's a sick
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everything that exists is the result of God. According to the Quran, the world was created in six days through God (Allah’s) word; Allah commanded “Be,” and it was. (Davies-Stofka, 2014). Identity The Quran describes Allah creating all living things from water, but uniquely created man with his own hands. Allah created Adam and his “mate” from clay and fluids, breathing the spirit of life into them. The central idea of Islam is that God is one and one alone. To associate God with anyone is to
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Bible has authority means that these words have the power and right to command. This authority comes from God and we are meant to give our lives over to this supreme authority. Hence, we worship the God of these words, and not the words themselves. John 5:23 states, “He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.” This evidences that Jesus and God are equal. Since Jesus and God are one, this means that Jesus has this authority as well. Biblical inspiration is a super-natural
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every aspect of your life, from the types of relationships you have to how you interact with the world around you. For example, a child may believe the world revolves around him, an irreligious humanist believes that the physical world is all that exists and a Hinduist may believe that the only way he can be enlightened is through self-purification. Everyone has some type of worldview, whether they know it or not. Your worldview will dictate every action, decision, and emotion you make throughout
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creationist believes that God created the Earth and all life on it. Creationist also believes that God did this in a single creative event. Creationist supports their argument using the bible. An example is Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The belief systems state that all forms of life existing today were created by the actions of God. Another example is that organisms are created by God and can't produce new forms of organism - only God can do this Evolutionism
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defends exclusivism his argument will revolve around these two beliefs. Nash looks at the philosophical argument of Hicks Pluralism that God is both personal and impersonal, Nash rightly points out that this is type of argumentation is in violation of the logical absolute known as the Law of Non-Contradiction, when he states; “It is logically impossible for God to be both
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“The good book does indeed count war an evil, said Irving. Yet there's many a bloody tale of war inside it” (McCarthy 248). Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian tells the story of “the kid,” who joins the Glanton party—a group of men who ruthlessly scalped Native Americans and eventually others for bounty. The atrocities committed by the Glanton party are magnified by the presence of the judge, who seems to hold a deep understanding of God and the nature of the universe. This text seems to hold some
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concepts and laws to be found. Among these phenomena are miracles. Contrary to materialist beliefs, miracles do not violate the real laws of science because the laws that we are referring to are the ones that man, in all his imperfections, compiled. God created all the laws of science of which many have never yet been discovered. So logic would tell us that we cannot be for certain that supernatural events violate any natural laws, but certainly these events do not have to violate any natural law to
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As the Quran is the revealed book from God it has the solution for all kind of problems .these problem can be with an individual or in society Quran has solution for that. From this part we can discuss two thing s which is very important aims of the Quran . 1: establishing a viable social
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Tirza Gomez PSY 4012 December 22, 2008 Final Exam: Question 2 and 7 The Idea that knowledge really exists has been questioned throughout the years. What is knowledge and how do individuals acquire this knowledge and can it truly be reliable? These are some questions I will try to answer in explain that knowledge does exist and we acquire it thru human contact and observation. One thing that stands out to me is Descartes’ statement “I think therefore I am.” The ability to think it is
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