of these moments can be categorized as good moments, an all-time high feeling. On the flip side of that coin, there have been numerous disasters throughout the course of time as well to balance the good such as: the Holocaust, the numerous World Wars, September 11th and countless others. This begs the question that if there is an all-knowing and all-powerful God, then why would he or her allow for this to transpire? Why would God allow bad things to happen to good people?
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and humankind seems to be in chaos. No one can see that it does not matter the color of skin, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, etc. that we are all made by God and for God. Pick up the newspaper and we see that our world is out of control. Many theologians have voiced their views on humanity and the need of grace over the years. Today I can see where we may question that humankind has been created in Imago dei, the image of God. “So God created humankind in his image.”[1] John
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The same can be shown to be true for the entire universe.(Denton, 1986) So when Christians claim that the God of the Bible created all the basic entities of life and the universe, some will ask what seems to be a logical question: “Who created God?” The very first verse in the Bible declares: “In the beginning God ... .” There is no attempt in these words to prove the existence of God or imply in any way that God had a beginning. In fact, the Bible makes it clear in many places that God is outside
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TWO KINDS OF MORAL ARGUMENTS CONCERNING THE EXISTENCE OF GOD (1) Theoretical moral arguments: Arguments that conclude that it is reasonable to believe that God exists because His existence is the best explanation for the existence, nature, and our knowledge of objective moral truths. Such arguments assume or try to defend the view that there are objective moral truths. (2) Practical moral arguments: Arguments that conclude that one ought to believe because of the moral value (intrinsic
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and God, being nothing but illusions from our past ancestor. Believing that all religious beliefs are "illusions and insusceptible of proof, is total false in my opinion. From hearing the lectures from my professor’s and the outside world expriences, religion, therefore God exist in this world. I believe people believe what they want to believe. I have always been taught that faith and attitude is the importance, especially faith in religion. I have been taught as well that, if you believe so deeply
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is a journey one goes on. Socrates said, “the unexamined life is not worth living” by this he said that people should focus on guiding their own lives and morals. “Know thyself is a very popular term that originally meant “a maxim urging people to keep their particular places within society and to carry out their corresponding duties.” (World Ethics, pg 3). Socrates created his own interpretation of this. He gave it the meaning for people to analyze and learn about themselves. If one reflects on themselves
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following pages we ask ourselves and discuss if humans need to prove the existence of god and if it is necessary? What the strongest argument for the existence of God is and what are the foundations of the universe. These are all important questions that we need to ask ourselves. In the end, no matter what your beliefs are, as long as you are happy with your life that is all that matters. God affects the lives of people differently and has certainly been a contentious subject for
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diverse spread religion base, not all find our first built foundation to be the Holy Bible. The word of God still lives on as it always will but its strength and commitment has I believe fallen short of what he expressed through this verse in Exodus. Society itself has come a long way since the early days of Exodus, there are now many more luxuries made available to us, that we abuse and in turn believe them to be an absolute necessity. Man has made almost everything available at our fingertips and
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Moral absolutism is the ethical belief that there are rules that are absolute and should be followed under all circumstances. Moral absolutist do not take into consideration the context of the act, as having the absolute rules allows them to judge the moral question fairly. Moral absolutism is a deontological belief. This means that there a set rules and one action must either be intrinsically right or wrong. Intrinsically wrong means there is no information or circumstances that can be provided
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and why this religion continues grow till this day. Also discussed Christianity alongside Islam and compare and contrast the different between these religions and practices. Jesus born more than 2000 years ago in Israel as many believe him to be the form of god sent to earth as a human being in place for the sins man committed Jesus himself was no different than typical Israeli a working man that work as a carpenter in the town of Nazareth. When Jesus entered his thirties he began to spread
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