Sara Gaffey English 102 Napolitano Persuasive Draft Complex Religion Whether there is a God or not has been one of the biggest debates‚ well‚ ever. There are worthy arguments from both sides about the existence of God‚ yet‚ none can be proven‚ and never will be. Christianity is a confusing religion. It’s confusing when I hear that God hates gays and does not accept them. They will go to hell for their preferences. I believe that piece of information is even in the Bible. Yet‚ whenever
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The Euthyphro Problem Many controversial problems in society still remain unanswered today. One such problem in philosophy is where goodness originates from. In Plato’s dialogue‚ Euthyphro‚ the question is asked as to whether “Piety is good because the gods love it‚ or do the gods love piety because it is good?” Changing the question around a little yields the question as to whether something is good because God wills it to be good or if God calls it good because it is already good. For most religious
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God. We believe that God is separate from the world. God made every single thing in this world from his head. God wants us to put all the wrong things right again. It makes us think "If God made the world good then why has it gone wrong?" Atheists argument against God is that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. Though they don’t
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Zera Yacob had a culture entirely theological‚ where he earned respect for his intellectual capacities‚ and went on to pursue the traditional Ethiopian theological education. Zera Yacob mastered Coptic theology and Catholic theology‚ and he had extensive knowledge of Jewish‚ Catholic‚ and Islamic religions. His spiritual vade mecum was David’s Book of Psalms‚ in which he sought comfort and inspiration. Knowing two Christian interpretations of the Bible‚ as well as the two other Abrahamic religions
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Theism (hereafter referred to as God) is evil and suffering in the world. The problem of evil is an ‘a posterori’ argument‚ established from experience based on empirical senses. It is also synthetic as evil and suffering can be seen around us daily. There are a number of possible reasons for the problem of evil and why it causes a problem for religious believers‚ making it an inductive argument also. In his book Philosophy of Religion John Hick defined evil and suffering as “physical pain‚ mental suffering
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‘The design arguments prove God’s existence’. Assess this view. (30 marks) Design arguments‚ also sometimes known as teleological arguments‚ from the Greek ‘Telos’ for goal and ‘Logos’‚ meaning reason‚ hence reasoning for a goal or purpose and that purpose being God’s existence. These arguments endeavour to ascertain God’s existence‚ by inferring from evidence of design and purpose in the universe‚ and claim that there must have been a designer of this. Design arguments start from experience
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here are two great debates under the broad heading of Science vs. God. The more familiar over the past few years is the narrower of the two: Can Darwinian evolution withstand the criticisms of Christians who believe that it contradicts the creation account in the Book of Genesis? In recent years‚ creationism took on new currency as the spiritual progenitor of "intelligent design" (I.D.)‚ a scientifically worded attempt to show that blanks in the evolutionary narrative are more meaningful than its
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science debate Wide spread myth that science has always been on a collision course with the belief in God and so therefore‚ natural science and faith in God are incompatible. Argued by the new atheists - that science leads away from God.- leads to atheism. Myth; significant natural science project of this generation is the human genome project. First director of it was Jim Watson- discovered the double helix structure of DNA he was an atheist. 2d director - Francis Collins hes a Christian who was
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Secularism The world today is filled with a variety of religions. Different religions cause conflict because of the dissimilar beliefs as with secularism. Secularism is the indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations according to the dictionary. The religious civilization acknowledges secularism as any movement in society directed away from the otherworldliness to life on earth. No matter which way it is defined the main point is that God is excluded from
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Epicurean Paradox The problem of evil‚ also known as the Riddle of Epicurus‚ states: If God is willing to prevent evil‚ but is not able to Then He is not omnipotent. If He is able‚ but not willing Then He is malevolent. If He is both able and willing Then whence cometh evil. If He is neither able nor willing Then why call Him God? I can give my opinion as a Christian‚ and can’t speak for other religions. But for us‚ God’s “will” revolves around Who He is. In short‚ God IS Love. We believe
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