Victor Frankenstein was a sane‚ ambitious man who focused on his studies but as time goes on and he creates a creature he begins to lose his sanity. Victor states “all my speculations and hopes are as nothing; and‚ like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence‚ I am chained in an eternal hell”. By Victor stating that he is expressing how he regrets taking the omnipotent role because it has literally brought him nothing but hell because when Victor created the creature he was playing the role of God. At
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atheism Arguments against God’s existence Argument from free will Argument from inconsistent revelations Argument from nonbelief Argument from poor design Atheist’s Wager Fate of the unlearned God of the gaps Incompatible-properties argument Oblivion Omnipotence paradox Problem of evil Problem of Hell Russell’s teapot Theological noncognitivism Ultimate Boeing 747 gambit People Demographics Discrimination / persecution of atheists Notable atheists Related concepts Agnosticism [show] Irreligion [show]
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God is spirit and demands that He be worshipped in spirit and truth (John 4:24). Omnipotence does not mean that God can do anything; God cannot lie‚ He cannot sin‚ He cannot change His nature or deny His holy character. He cannot create another being equal to Himself since He Himself is not a created being‚ but has always existed. He cannot
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Evil and Suffering Part A) ’Evil and suffering is the result of a malevolent God’ discuss the problem of evil and suffering in light of this quote. (6 marks) There are two different types of evil. Moral evil and natural evil. Moral evil is the result of human actions that are morally wrong. Examples are murder‚ war and cruelty. Richard Swinburn said ’Moral evil I understand as including all evil caused deliberately by humans negligently failing to do what they ought to do‚ and also the evil
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The great chain of being was a Christian concept whose major premise was that every existing object in the universe had its place in a planned hierarchical order. Such an object’s place depended on its relative proportion of ‘spirit’ and ‘matter’. If an object contained less spirit and more matter‚ the lower on the order it stood. At the bottom of this scale stood various kinds of inanimate objects‚ such as metals‚ stones‚ and the four elements (water‚ fire‚ earth‚ and air). They would fall under
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Examine the concept of Tahwid in Islam Tahwid is the oneness or unity of God; it is the concept of monotheism in Islam. This is expressed as ‘’there is no God but Allah.’’ Tahwid implies a strict social and moral structure based on the belief in the Qur’an as Gods final words and shows strict monotheism in Islam‚ an example of this is Salah‚ this means prayer. As a Muslim you’re expected to disturb your routine 5 times a day to pray to Allah‚ doing this will help making your belief in Allah pure
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great life‚ but were told not to eat from a specific tree. Given the fact that they had free will‚ Eve chose ate the fruit from the tree and gave some to Adam. Consequentially‚ evil was introduced into the world. J.L. Mackie wrote in “Evil and Omnipotence” that the free will response was “unsatisfactory primarily because of the incoherence of the notion of freedom of the will”. Mackie brings up the question of why God didn’t just create humans as beings that freely chose good on every occasion‚ leading
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From a chemical standpoint‚ the only closed system in the universe is the universe itself. This means that unless God himself‚ reaches into our universe to intervene it its happenings‚ that since the conception of the universe‚ nothing new can be created from materials that were not already present in the system to begin with. This theory not only includes material things‚ but also conceptual things‚ such as good and evil. Good can be generally defined as a state of happiness the absence of underserved
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the world. Simplified‚ theodicy regards the definition of the evil. Theodicy seeks for the answers that should reveal the reasons why some evil happened in the world. The main problem is however‚ the obvious presence of evil in the world versus omnipotence of God. The inconsistency of God is by some authors to be blamed for presence of evil. According to theodicy theory‚ it should contain the following three requirements: common sense view of the world‚ opinions confirmed at the grounds of science
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In supporting his stand‚ Basinger argues that religious exclusivism becomes more practical when individuals consider intra-theistic systems. In his explanation‚ he gives an example of a disagreement between the Christians on the nature of God’s omnipotence and the nature of the human being freedom that poses a substantial difference with
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