created the complete universe‚ to rule over it‚ and to bring it to its completion. The belief in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe‚ without rejection of revelation and belief in the existence of a god or gods is the definition of Theism and begins the history of God. In the Old Testament‚ God was called “YHWH‚ pronounced Yahweh by most scholars; the exact pronunciation of the name was lost because it was rarely enunciated” (God‚ 2007). Before Jesus the ancient Egyptians‚ Romans
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Many people would agree that without faith‚ the world would be in chaos. The book Christian Foundation by Kathleen Fischer and Thomas Hart gives an interpretation on faith in our time. Many people would question the definition of faith. Faith is a gift‚ which is given by God to have trust in him and belief in him. This book is a great entry in anyone’s life that has speculation on his or her own faith. The book has many ways into understanding ones own religion. It discusses the Bible‚ Jesus‚ Church
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McCloskey is a smart and intelligent man but he also seems to be a little on the arrogant side. His purpose for writing this particular article was to inform other people as to why he believes that “atheism is a much more comfortable belief than theism and why theists should be miserable because they are theists.” I believe that everyone has the right to believe whatever they so desire and that everyone is entitled to his/her own opinion. I am a saved‚ sanctified‚ and born-again Christian and
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Response to an atheist 1. McCloskey refers to the arguments as “proofs” and often implies that they can’t definitively establish the case for God‚ so therefore they should be abandoned. What would you say about this in light of my comments on the approaches to the arguments in the PointeCast presentation (Lesson 18)? 2. On the Cosmological Argument: McCloskey claims that the “mere existence of the world constitutes no reason for believing in
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disproves their worldview. After analyzing this chapter in The Universe Next Door by James W. Sire‚ one can come to believe that someone can’t really know what nihilism is unless a nihilist writes it. Same goes with all the worldviews except for theism which is really well explained because Sire is a theist. My advice is bringing someone in that is an actual nihilist
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believe that it is a valid argument to renounce some views that traditional theism sets forward. This problem makes the existence of a traditional God extremely unlikely‚ and it makes a belief in one‚ irrational at best. The existence of evil is in juxtaposition with the idea of a Christian‚ omnipotent and wholly good God. Valid concerns may be raised that the problem of evil should cause an abandonment of traditional theism. These concerns include why an all powerful God allows the existence of evil
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evil - Logical evil Evidential. Logical is attributed to Epicurus‚ he says that if it does not logically flow and that it has the conclusion God cannot exist with‚ or If he did he would want to prevent all evil – which then rules out the classical theism that God is all powerful. The evidential version of the problem of evil is inductive and probabilistic. It provides evidence that evil is purposeless and that‚ like logical‚ it concludes that god can not exist. St. Augustine theodicy says that God
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what exist and what does not exist. Pantheism denies the existence of a personal God‚ and that everything goes thru a cycle of birth‚ life‚ death‚ and rebirth. There is a direct relationship between animals‚ humans‚ and everything else that exists. Theism is the belief that only one God exists. This is a personal and intimate God and relates to all mankind. 2 What are some specific moral reasons people may reject the Christian gospel? Some moral reasons people my reject the Christian gospel is
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Purpose of book 1. outline basic worldviews underlying way we in west think about selves. 2. trace historically how worldviews have developed from breakdown in theistic worldview‚ moving in turn into deism‚ naturalism‚ nihilism‚ existentialism‚ eastern mysticism‚ new consciousness of New age and Islam recent infusion from Middle East. 3. show how postmodernism puts a twist on worldviews 4. encourage us all to think in terms of worldviews with consciousness of not only our own way of
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action as either right or wrong. Medical ethics needs a set of moral guidelines to act upon in serious cases and dilemmas because it usually involves deciding the consequences of a person’s life. Secular principles are outside of religion (or a God of theism)‚ hence its ethical guidance would be based upon rationality‚ personalism‚ the situation and other properties. Some people argue that morality and religion are intertwined‚ and as medical ethics is under morality’s wing‚ it would appear that religion
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