Descartes’ Third Meditation The Existence of God Summary of First Meditation He demolished everything he had learned‚ and started over again right from the foundations Disproves one aspect of every falsehood Tries to find a certain base of certitude for actions Explains a theory that madmen’s behaviour is a personification of dreams States that all we know is truly a deception Summary of Second Meditation He questions himself‚ about the idea that he is a rational animal
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Some people refer God as the Omnipotent‚ that is to say a being that has unlimited power‚ and is able to do everything. God has four different attributes‚ he is omniscient‚ simple‚ eternal and omnipotent. The latter raises some difficulties‚ and paradoxes. In a first part I will show how omnipotence can be defined differently‚ how radical omnipotence differs with limited omnipotence and the issue with logic. Then I will show how God’s omnipotence raises some paradoxes and contradictions‚ by relying
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GOD IS LOVE "God is Love." This simple yet complex statement is found only twice1‚ 2 in the Bible and is commonly presented out of context. It is generally misunderstood and often circulated in a fashion that leads many into Hell. The statement –while very easy to make and accept when presented in its undefined form– has a depth of reality far beyond what the average person wants to know even though such knowledge is critical to salvation. 1. "Whoever is without love does not know God‚ for
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An aphorism is a pithy observation that contains a general truth‚ similar to what a proverb is. In the story Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ there are a variety of aphorisms said by different people to describe their point in a creative manner. One such that stood out is "A toad does not run in the daytime for nothing" said by Ogbuefi Idigo when he questions the group why a man in their village quit his job all of the sudden (Achebe 20). The aphorism said by Ogbuefi relates to toads and how the
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Question 1 (i). According to Elizabeth Johnson in what sorts of ways does Rahner describe God? Rahner describes God as ‘incomprehensible’(Johnson 2008‚ p.38). We as human beings are limited in knowledge and hence we will never be able to fully comprehend God in its entirety. Human beings are unable to fathom how complex God is as we cannot exceed our limited realm of knowledge. Rahner (2008‚ p.36) states that God ‘escapes all categories’. God cannot be defined as just one thing and therefore cannot
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Worldview is the way we view the world. Christians should view the world with a Christian mindset with biblical foundations. A house is not going to be house without the framework‚ the structure which supports the walls. Therefore‚ the foundational absolute truths we build our view of the world is on our worldview. Moreover‚ it is where we can nail our judgments about how we view people‚ God‚ Christianity‚ and faith. God spoke (Genesis 1:3) and the world and everything in it came into existence.
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In this respect‚ we might say that Schelling addresses the notion of monotheism through two different level of interpretations. According to one level‚ we can read it from a philosophical point of view‚ exploring through reason the metaphysics underlying the dogma received from the tradition. According to the other level‚ we can choose to understand monotheism precisely as a dogma‚ seen in the context of religious practices and as part of an authoritative religious text. This two levels do not exclude
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After I established this fact in Middle school I felt that I had strengthened my faith and I thought that I was now able to fully admire and trust God. This did not happen. In fact when I went into High School I found myself conflicted with another question. If God is Lord over everything why does he allow sin? God is all powerful‚ all knowing and all good. This means he can do whatever he wants‚ however he wants. God’s power and sovereignty govern everything in the universe. Sovereignty means that
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Reading Books-as-Wholes Discussion According to Bauer and Traina book survey helps the reader to get a sense of what the writer’s purpose was for the book. Bauer and Traina (2011) state‚ “when one surveys the whole book‚ one begins with the literary product as the writer that we encounter in the text‚ the implied author‚ conceived it. We begin where the writer did. We begin by getting a sense of what the writer set out to do” (2011‚ p.79). Another important point made was‚ “They did not write
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Free Will & The Sovereignty of God Free will is a common debate among the believers and non-believers‚ what is free will‚ how can you truly obtain free will‚ what does free will mean‚ what does free will stand for? Numerous questions‚ yet they all have yet to be correctly answered‚ with honesty‚ integrity‚ no bias‚ and proof. Isn’t that what everyone asks for when you debate? Proof? Perhaps all this time they’ve been simply not looking in the right place‚ or maybe they misinterpreted the word of
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