God’s omniscience is typically understood as His knowing of all things. This casts an image of Him that knows everything‚ even time. By calling God omniscient‚ we assume that He knows past‚ present and future. He knows what has and will happen. An example of this assumption is found in the Bible: ‘even before a word is on my tongue‚ O lord‚ thou knowest it altogether.’ Psalm 139:4. This raises difficult questions on it’s own about description’s of God and His power. We believe we are given free will
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completely to god or go to Hell. The Bible promotes intolerance (shunning‚ stoning‚ eternal torture‚ death) regarding gay marriage‚ non-believers‚ other religions‚ tattoos‚ circumcision‚ etc. While Hinduism is Pantheistic‚ Christianity is theistic. Pantheism is the belief that the universe (nature) and god are identical. Pantheists believe that “god” is best seen as a process of relating to the universe. Theism is the belief that at least one deity exists. Hindus believe in reincarnation‚ the idea that
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Manekin‚ in press) Faith‚ Reason‚ Politics: Essays on the History of Jewish Thought (Academic Studies Press‚ 2013) Faith and Freedom: Moses Mendelssohn’s Theological-Political Thought (Oxford University Press‚ 2011) Overview: The outbreak of the "Pantheism Controversy" in the eighteenth century sparked arguments between Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and the Christian Counter-Enlightenment thinker Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi. While Mendelssohn argued that reason confirmed belief in a providential
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Best Explanations Approach – Existence of God is the best explanation for certain effects we see in the universe. I can only prove what I can see‚ taste‚ hear – but electrons (we can’t see‚ taste or hear it); black holes (we can’t see‚ taste or hear) we just see the effects that we see that the best explanation is that there are electrons and black holes and god. Defeasible – Possibly could be wrong. Defeater‚ if true could defeat the argument of God’s existence. Cumulative Cases Approach
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metafictional and omniscient narrator who sometimes speaks in first person. The different styles make up a freestyle narration‚ which is unique. The metafictional narrative catches the reader’s attention since it directly addresses the reader. The omniscience of
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Boethius’ main concern was in showing that god rewards and punishes justly. In order for Boethius to successfully address this concern and answer it convincingly‚ he must explain the problem of evil and suffering in our world‚ as well as explain how God can exist with his specific attributes and still allow for us to have free will. Such issues raise three important questions relating to; time and where God is within it‚ the two kinds of necessity and God’s divine foreknowledge. On analysis of these
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published after his death. Wordsworth is one of the first Romantic Era poets. He thought that the English poetry had to be based rather on feelings than intellect and style. Wordsworth was describes as a pantheist. According to the Oxford dictionary “pantheism” (origin: mid 18th century: from pan- ’all’ + Greek theos - ’god’ + -ism) is “a doctrine which identifies God with the universe‚ or regards the universe as a manifestation of God.” He believed that Nature represented the manifestation of God. In
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PHI 208 (Religion) Course Name: Topic Name: Instructor Name: Student Name: Date: Introduction: The Bible gives witness to two facts regarding the knowledge God. First‚ it teaches us that God is incomprehensible‚ and but then it also declares that God is knowable. Both are true‚ but not in an absolute sense. To say that God is incomprehensible simply means that finite man cannot know everything there is to know about God who is an infinite being. To say that God is knowable means that‚ though
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Augustine’s Theodicy. What is evil? John Hick defined evil as “physical pain‚ mental suffering and moral wickedness”. The monotheistic God of Christianity supposedly possesses divine qualities of omnipotence‚ omniscience and Omni benevolence. Omnipotence means the almighty and all knowing‚ omniscience means having infinite knowledge and Omni benevolent means all loving. If God is all of these things then why is there evil? The problem of evil brings up some big issues and raises some concerns. The existence
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because even the author herself cannot speak Indian but uses English – the ‘strange language’. ‘Great Pan is not dead; he simply emigrated to India’ tells that the cultures and religions are transmitted across the globe. ‘Great pan’ symbolizes the pantheism existing in Indian religion where everything has a god in charge of it‚ even human. Bhatt talks about the culture and lifestyle moving with people by implying that God Pan is not seized to exist but simply moved to India. This also indicates the
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