THE PROBLEM OF EVIL AND FREE WILL DEFENCE God - Good ‚ Omnipresent ‚ Omniscient The longer I live on this Earth‚ the more I have realised that something is seriously wrong with this definition of God. War ‚disease ‚ death ‚ destruction ‚ hunger ‚ filth ‚ torture ‚ crime ‚ corruption and poverty are prevalent on this planet. Something is not correct and this cannot be the good work and if is this the best God can do‚ then I am not impressed by this God. The presence of evil on this planet is
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| |Religion‚ Superstition & Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe | Early Medieval Period: Mid-5th – mid 9thC (c.450-850CE) Augustine died in 430 as the Vandals were besieging his city of Hippo. Some 20 years before‚ Rome had fallen. In the West the ancient empire was a thing of the past; in its place a variety of `barbarian kingdoms’‚ although for the most part considering themselves a part of the Roman
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Paul the Apostle (Ancient Greek: Παῦλος Paulos‚ c.5 – c. 67)‚ original name Saul of Tarsus (Ancient Greek: Σαῦλος Saulos)‚[4] was an apostle who took the gospel of Christ to the first-century world.[5] He is generally considered one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age. [6][7] In the mid-30s to the mid-50s‚ he founded several churches in Asia Minor and Europe. Paul used his status as both a Jew and a Roman citizen to advantage in his ministry to both Jewish and Roman audiences.[5]
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regarded women with respect.’ Discuss. Broadly speaking‚ the Christian Tradition can be seen to be the heritage of Christian teaching and thought. Starting initially with the Old and New Testaments in the Bible‚ this then extends to St Augustus of Hippo Martin Luther and up to some more Conservative Christian thought today. In some ways the Christian Tradition does teach women with respect. However‚ the issue always remains as to the extent of this respect and indeed whether it is respect or merely
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of the list‚ being the turning point of the gist in the first book of the Bible. About 500 years AD‚ almost every interpretation imaginable was offered by theologists‚ some of which were very reasonable on the matter of Adam and Eve. But it was Augustine who came up with the idea of original sin and the fact that neither
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There are many different viewpoints around the world when it comes to salvation and what it is supposed to represent. For example‚ the viewpoint of Thomas F. Torrance who was a Scottish Protestant theologian. "Thomas F. Torrance both believed in the possibility of universal salvation‚ they also rejected the idea that we could make a final determination about this possibility prior to the second coming of Jesus Christ. Torrance expressly believed in the ’universality of Christ’s saving work’ but
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Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus is analyzed in three important aspects. The relationship and connection between Faustus players and the audience‚ and the juxtaposition of Marlowe’s Faustus and an ancient legend and the historical place card that is held by Marlowe’s play are key components in the analysis of the old script. Between the years of 1594 and 1595‚ Faustus is listed twelve times in Henslowe’s reporatory records showing
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GUMATAY‚ Ma. Rina Marcela T. ED2-01 PHILOSOPHERS ANCIENT PERIOD Aristotle Famous for his writings on physics‚ metaphysics‚ poetry‚ theater‚ music‚ logic‚ rhetoric‚ linguistics‚ politics‚ government‚ ethics‚ biology‚ and zoology‚ he was an extremely learned and educated individual. He is also among the first person to set a comprehensive system of Western philosophy which include views about morality and aesthetics‚ logic and science‚ politics and metaphysics. This system became the supporting
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‚ 1987) Hull‚ Bill‚ “The Complete Book of Discipleship: On being and Making followers of Christ” (Colorado Springs: Navpress‚ 2006) Mitchell‚ Dr. Michael R.‚ Leading‚ Teaching‚ and Making Disciples. (Indiana: CrossBooks‚ 2010) Smither‚ Edward‚ Augustine as Mentor [ 4 ]. Mitchell‚ Dr. Michael R.‚ Leading‚ Teaching‚ and Making Disciples. (Indiana: CrossBooks‚ 2010) 226 [ 5 ] [ 6 ]. Hendricks‚ Howard‚ “Teaching to Change Lives” (Sisters: Multnomah Pub.‚ 1987) 20 [ 7 ] [ 8 ]. Hull‚ Bill‚ “The Complete
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St. Augustine of Hippo was an influential philosopher during the Late Roman Empire‚ and gave a very compelling explanation for the existence of evil. Before Augustine’s explanation‚ Christians would have to accept that God created evil‚ meaning God is partially evil. Due to Augustine’s belief that evil does not have substance‚ which I will defend‚ it gave Christians piece of mind knowing that God is truly good. Anything created by God is susceptible to corruption‚ all of his creations are good‚ but
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