Post-Axial Thought The Historical Jesus Pages12 [pic] Painting of Mary and Child Jesus‚ La vierge aux raisins by Pierre Mignard‚ 1640. “If one wishes to understand the historical Jesus and early Christianity one must understand first century Judaism. During this historic era the Roman occupiers of the land were particularly oppressive and there was much opposition to them particularly in the Galilee.” (Rabbi Moshe Reiss‚ PhD.) Not much is known about the historical
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establish their morals‚ is the way they establish their morals correct or not? The argument of whether morals come from religious teachings or a divine origin has been around since the beginning of time. There is no right or wrong answer to the question of whether there is a correlation between religion and morals. As long as the population has their own belief of what is right and what is wrong and how they practice it is all that matters. But it is interesting to see how morals can or can not be tied
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THE CLASH OF GODS There is a colossal difference between the gods of mythology and the almighty God of the Bible. The difference so vast that there are entire written books on the division. But there are three main distinctions. There are three flaws that easily show the difference between the mythological gods and perfect God‚ Adultery‚ peace and war‚ and the appearance of the human race. Adultery is a prevailing theme in mythological literature. Jupiter is the king of the gods and has the best
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world that believe that ethics are relative‚ but there are other people who believe that ethics are absolute too. For a person who believes ethics are truly relative‚ they evaluate acts as right or wrong based on their culture or the person. Ethical or moral relativism is the position in meta-ethics that morality is not universal‚ but that moral truths can be determined by factors relative to social‚ cultural‚ historical or personal circumstances. In the other hand‚ people who believe ethics are
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God and Nature Andrea Lara History of Religions Prof. Willis There is a sense in which every Christian is a "creationist‚" for every Christian believes that he or she lives in a universe that is a creation‚ and that the Source of creation is the God who is revealed in the Bible as "maker of heaven and earth." This is true‚ whether the Christian is a young-earth creationist‚ or an old earth creationist. While these various creationists may strongly disagree among themselves
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The Greek Gods Many people would blatantly state that the importance of the gods in Greek society derives from the fact that Gods in any society are usually used to explain phenomenon that people cannot logically comprehend‚ but in ancient Greece gods were actually entities that took part in the workings of society itself. Even simple aspects of day-to-day life such as sex and disputes between mortals were supposedly influenced by godly workings. Unlike modern religions such as Catholicism
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A lot of people wouldn’t believe you without anything to prove your point. One good example is law. An individual or a group of people can be sued only if there is real proof or evidence‚ a witness‚ and/or a motive to do the wrong. If these things aren’t present then they cannot be sued or proven guilty. But in Anselm’s point of view‚ why and how would people believe in the divine Lord if we had not seen him yet even once? When we have said that we only believe what we can see… If you think about
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nature is even more intricate. With this in mind‚ nature must have a designer because everything regarding nature is complex and it is very unlikely to be created without contrivance. Convincingly‚ Paley came up with the notion that there must be a God or transcendent being that created the universe‚ as well as all of the nature within it due to the fact that it seems implausible for something so complex to have been created with no thought or planning. In chapter eight‚ Pascal writes‚ “…for nothing
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Knowing God Systematic Theology I Knowing God The study of God has been taken place for many centuries. There have been various well known theologians that have spent a life time studying theology. What is theology? Theology is the study of God. It has been a desire for many Christians to know God. It is a true fact that no one will ever know God fully. “No one knows the Son except the Father and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to
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off in after shuffling the night away. I secretly await the polka‚ swing‚ or even waltz that will bring me back into the arms of my father. I am seventeen years old at Sharp Top Cove in Jasper‚ Georgia‚ listening to a camp speaker talk about how God will always want you to come back to Him and that He will forgive and accept you time and time again. Sam Heilig starts to sing “Dance With Me” by Ryan Long‚ and the speaker’s daughter comes on stage to dance with him‚ reminding me of what I had done
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