understanding of men but not physically. To him natural theology and science have no connection. God’s existence is not to discover God’s existence by reason but just to use reason to understand what one believes in. Human mind is too limited to contain God’s profundity. It is sufficient to accept there is God. Anselm maintained that faith must precede reason – one must believe in order to understand; faith‚ however‚ can be based on reason. For Christian dogmas were indisputable truth‚ he‚ however‚ held
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perform according to the scriptures. Even then‚ the question of God’s gender in this article while ’made invalid’ due to God’s “motherhood” still pronounces the “male divine” being that ’God’ even from a Christian viewpoint due to the Jewish patriarchal nature of the Old Testament being that Jewish Theology is heavy on male transcendence. Judaism sees patriarchy as the mandate of giving life and of making reality - women need the male to “be heavy with child”‚ to look after the family‚ to carry the line
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Jaterica Shotwell May 5‚ 2012 Final Paper Womanist Theology Womanist theologians see the “Female Christ” as themselves. They see Christ as an African American female‚ because Christ was oppressed the most just like African American women. The ideology of a womanist is for them to have equality. They want their voice to be heard. They do not want to be the doormat or the surrogate because Christ was the surrogate for them. He died for their sins so they did not have to
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and their relationships begin to fill the “pages” of their mind and lives. So there is a sense in psychology that people are akin to “self-creating social organisms” that interact with people and systems around them. From the perspective of Christian spirituality‚ identity questions are phrased in terms of the spirit‚ in terms of the God-breathed life. Recall the image in Genesis where God forms Adam from
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What happens after death has been a debated and documented topic dating back to shortly after the death of Jesus Christ. It is basically impossible to get certain evidence to back up beliefs. We are forced to rely on religious material and theologians to paint a picture for us. Even then it is hard to truly grasp what happens after death. It is proposed that you either go to heaven‚ or you go to hell. What do we actually know of the latter? The general consensus of society is that hell is a place
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cause‚ an uncaused cause. However‚ according to him‚ the first cause argument for God was attacked vehemently and rejected utterly. Dr. Robert Lawrence Kuhn first interviewed William Lane Craig‚ a research professor in philosophy. The latter is a Christian philosopher‚ known for debating atheists. According to Craig‚ anything that exists has a reason or an explanation of its existence either in the necessity of its own nature or some external cause. Craig argues that if the universe has an explanation
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Bibliography: Elwell‚Walter A. Evangelical Dictionary of Theology Towns‚Elmer L. Theology for Today
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the development of Cartesian and Spinozan philosophy. Although both philosophers employ an ontological argument for the existence and necessity of God the specific nature of God differs greatly with each account. While Descartes suggests a Judeo-Christian concept of God‚ Spinoza argues a more monistic deity similar to that of the Hindu tradition. The most significant difference however‚ lies within the basis and structure of each argument itself. Considered from an analytical standpoint through the
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when needed species can adapt and survive in their environment. Even though Darwin views evolution as amazing and beautiful it is morally and theologically offense for some people. One of these people is William Paley‚ a major supporter of Natural Theology. Because these people do not want to believe that there is no God they try to create coexistence between religion and science. Although Darwin accepts and observes the theory of evolution to be astonishing and of an aesthetic outlook‚ there are also
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Critical Paper 3 Fides et Ratio‚ One or Both? The Middle Ages saw a period in time that was deeply rooted in Christianity. Almost every aspect of life was monitered and ruled by the Church. This period in time also saw the emergence of men beginning to question whether the existence of God can be proved by faith ‚ reason‚ or as Thomas Aquinas insists‚ by both faith and reason. There were differing opinions of this matter in both scholarly and religious circles. Faith is what all believers
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