this: If God is all-powerful and all-loving‚ then how and why can He allow evil to exist in the world? This is one of the hardest arguments to combat against from a Christian standpoint‚ because‚ in reality‚ often times‚ we find ourselves wondering the same thing. There are quite a few responses to the problem of evil from a Christian standpoint‚ most of them are unable to stand alone‚ but together they make a solid argument for why there is evil in today’s world. A few of the arguments supporting
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suggest that a hundred years ago‚ a smaller number but a higher percentage of people believed in a God. So therefore why has the percentage gone down and is it reasonable for it to do so? First of all‚ I think I need to look at some of the Christian beliefs; Christians believe there is only one God (monotheism) who is all powerful and all knowing‚ their God is a loving God who cares how people behave and treat each other and they believe in the principle of the trinity‚ which shows that God can be shown
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Theology of Missions A research paper submitted to Dr. Christopher Ballew GLST 500-D14 Global Studies Survey by Ben Sollie November 9‚ 2014 CONTENTS Introduction………………………………………………………………………………… The Nature of God and Mission……………………………………………………………. Old Testament and New Testament Texts Relating to Mission…………………………… How Mission Theology Relates to other Aspects of Theology…………………………… Key Themes of Mission…………………………………………………………………… How Mission Theology Relates
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1. The UTRUM: "Whether or not it is the case that there is proof for God ’s existence." 2. The VIDETUR: "It seems that the existence of God can be proven in five ways by the Cosmological Argument." Saint Thomas Aquinas‚ put forth his own theory on the existence of God. In his text "Whether God Exists"‚ he stated that through his five arguments he could prove God ’s existence. His five arguments are from motion‚ from first efficient cause‚ from possibility and necessity‚ from gradation
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In his book ‘Mere Apologetics’ McGrath writes‚ ‘the best defence of Christianity is its explanation’ (McGrath‚ 2012‚ p.130). If a Christian theist is to defend or commend Christianity to the Naturalist it is best to establish the basic tenets of Christianity‚ for many people have misconceptions of Christianity. Once this has been achieved and there is still confusion or disregard about Christianity‚ presenting an argument of the inadequacies of naturalism provides a significant platform that might
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their worldview with you and persuade you. You have to fully desire to understand the teachings of the Bible and be able to spread the gospel starting from the beginning to end. Everything has an origin from which it is created. Having a Christian Worldview I know there is only creator and that is God. I can remember my worldview being shaped as early as three years old. I remember the days of my youth going to church with my family like it was yesterday. From a biblical worldview you can
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Pascal’s Wager is his attempt to justify the belief in God purely on appeal to possible personal gains. His argument is that it makes sense to believe in the God that is believed in by Christianity‚ therefore it makes sense for us to do so. Pascal believes that belief in God is the rational action to take‚ even if there is no evidence of God existing. In his work he finds various reasons to believe in God that are beneficial even if he/she does not exist. He also believes it is irrational to not
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Owen Meany is religious faith--specifically‚ the relationship between faith and doubt in a world in which there is no obvious evidence for the existence of God. John writes on the first page of the book that Owen Meany is the reason that he is a Christian‚ and ensuing story is presented as an explanation of the reason why. Though the plot is complicated‚ the explanation for Owen’s effect on Johnny’s faith is extremely simple; Owen’s life is a miracle and offers miraculous and almost undeniable evidence
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48). Within a Christian theistic expression‚ this reality goes further as we discover that unlike other forms of knowable prime reality which adhere to matter and as Phillips‚ Brown and Stonestreet (2008) noted‚ “the melting-pot of mystical and psychic movements”‚ that
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for a difficult read as well as a lengthy print). I chose this article not because I am either a Bible-Banging Christian who would love to throw proof into Theist’s faces nor because I am a Theist that wants to scream “Science!” and rub Bible Banger nose’s in it. I found this interesting one because it is not proving a religious point. It is not trying to prove the existence of Christian God‚ or that there is no God or no god but rather using philosophical arguments backed up by philosophers to give
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