Pascal says “If there is a God‚ He is infinitely incomprehensible‚ since‚ having neither parts nor limits‚ He has no affinity to us’’ (Pascal‚ 2). Throughout Pascal’s argument he makes the constant notion believing in order to gain finite happiness‚ how is it possible to know if God is willing to provide this infinite gain if he is infinitely incomprehensible? This critical mistake is the very reason Pascal’s argument doesn’t work‚ we just don’t have the knowledge to know about what truly happens
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The Relationship of God and Humans God thinks within geniuses‚ dreams within poets‚ and sleeps within the rest of us~ ACU poet. God in general has a unique way of manipulating things especially when it comes to human beings. Throughout this paper my plan is to persuade you that the relationship between God and human beings in Genesis was a relationship of‚ trust‚ jealousy‚ and loyalty. Loyalty is a virtue with God because of the Adam and Eve story. “And the lord god commanded the man‚ you may
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Disproving the Christian God According to a UN statistical report‚ God let more than a quarter of a million people get raped in the past year. People should stop believing in the bible‚ and god and Jesus as presented in the gospels because it is inaccurate and opposes logic and reasoning. Arguments will come that while it is true that God is infallible‚ and the Bible is the true word of God‚ the Bible was in fact written by man‚ who can commit errors. The Bible states that God’s word is unchanging
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In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”’ Jonathan Edwards uses appeal to fear to help his audience experience the consequences of sinful behavior. One such image is when Jonathan says “ a wide and bottomless pit‚ full of the fire of wrath‚ that you are held over in the hand of that God…..nothing you can do‚ to induce God to spare you one moment…”. Edwards is trying to make you imagine that you are been held by God over the pit of hell. This appeals to fear by creating anxiety of not knowing when
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Reflection Summary of Counterfeit Gods The introduction to the book starts by listing what counterfeit gods are in our lives. Gods such as beauty‚ fame‚ power‚ money‚ achievement‚ and the shrines we build to them i.e.‚ office buildings‚ spas‚ gyms‚ studios etc… They all play a part in our individual lives. The author Timothy Keller also brings to light what we are doing with good things in our lives like a healthy family‚ successful career‚ loving wife‚ and even our family and making them
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3.3 In God We Trust Feel like Christ and you will be a Christ; feel like Buddha and you will be a Buddha. It is feeling that is life‚ the strength‚ the vitality‚ without which no amount of intellectual activity can reach God. – Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)‚ the Indian Spiritual leader of the Hindu religion (Vedanta). He was a disciple of the 19th century Indian mystic-saint Sri Ramakrishna. He was the founder of the Ramakrishna Order of Monks. Trust is independent. God said it – I believed
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Comparing Gods and Goddesses Years ago‚ women did not have much power as they do now. Women sat back and took orders from their husbands. Whatever is asking of them to do the women would have to carry out the order with no feedback and nobody jesters. Women were more humble to men and they listened and believed whatever men told them. All women knew how to do was to be a homemaker. Women did not have a problem with staying home cooking‚ cleaning‚ ironing‚ and taking care of the children. Women
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folks‚ their sufferings‚ their disputes‚ their faith in God ‚ and their loyalty and justice. Like God who is totally objective and detached‚ a judge ought to be impartial‚ fair and just. On the village level he is known as panch. When he sits on the seat of Justice he does nothing but justice. Justice is supreme for him. He rises above his whims and fancies‚ beliefs and prejudices. His voice is‚ and ought to be‚ the voice of God. The story ‘God Lives in the Panch’ brings home the idea that justice
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cursing him to the ground. “When you till the ground‚ it will no longer yield to you its strength; you will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth” The lord puts a mark on Cain so that no one can kill him. The conflict in this story is man verse god. The lord favors Abel over Cain. Cain feels betrayed and kills his brother Able to spite the lord. The lord punishes Cain for killing Abel. He curses Cain to the ground. Cain and the lord disagree because Cain made an offering to the lord and he did
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Images of God When you say the word God different images will enter each person’s mind. We know that we cannot totally understand who God is and explain him with our feeble human language‚ but the “desire for God is written in the human heart” which calls us to continue to try (CCC 27). We as Christians see God as a mystery not to be solved but to be beheld. God is not to be figured out but we are to sit “face to face with the Incomprehensible” and to construct our belief in based on faith (Rahner
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