GROUP ASSIGNMENT THE GOD DELUSION DEBATE Question 1: I chose to listen to Dr. John Lennox because I personally believe that there is a God that exists in our midst‚ and it would be great to have an open mind to see the perspective in the other point of view which does not believe the presence of God. In the debate between Prof Richard Dawkins and Dr John Lennox‚ the strength that Dr John Lennox has is that he stands by firmly in his belief that he greatly challenged the remarks made
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who cried‚ “Where is merciful God‚ where is he?” Jewish faith says God has three traits; God is omnipotent‚ God is omniscient‚ and God is all loving. How can God be all these things and there still be evil in this world? If God is omnipotent‚ how can God let evil happen while he has the power to stop it? A proper definition of the omnipotent God is given by Thiessen: “God is all-powerful and able to do whatever he wills. Since his will is limited by his nature‚ God can do everything that is in harmony
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The Messenger of the Gods Thieves‚ Merchants‚ and even sheep! These are all things that Hermes likes to hang around‚ as well as being the messenger of the gods. Big title‚ right? Let’s talk about that. Hermes‚ also known as Mercury in the Roman culture is the god of merchants‚ thievery‚ and shepherds. He also acting as the messenger of the gods. We was good friends with Zeus‚ his father‚ and Apollo‚ the sun god. He became friends with Apollo at a very early age. As the story goes‚ as an infant
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and science. That feeling of guilt‚ which was a result of thinking‚ would never leave me. In more words‚ when I felt more religious I felt guilty because I crossed the lines of the religion and I wasted time questioning Islam instead of worshipping God with accordance to it‚ and
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comforted her that it is the will of God. Esteban pressed folded bills to Dr. Lazaro’s hand and thanked him for coming that far and at that hour of the night. When Dr. Lazaro and Ben was on their way home he asked Ben if he baptized the baby and Ben confirmed it. Dr. Lazaro asked Ben what would happen if he did not baptized the baby and the latter told him that the baby will not be able to see God. Dr. Lazaro questioned the teachings of the church. He ceased to believe in God maybe because of the things that
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Is Belief in God Rational? I believe that God is good‚ the one Supreme Being‚ the creator and the ruler of the universe and belief in God is rational. God to me is a higher power and an entity that is above and beyond the universe. He created the universe and the physical laws that govern it. “The Lord made the earth by his power; by his wisdom he created the world and stretched out the heavens.” (Jeremiah 51:15) The verse tells us that the earth was made by His power‚ established by His
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Johnson PHL 204 5/21/12 God vs. Evil In the beginning God created‚ and it was good. The Jewish‚ Christian‚ and Islamic Creation story all begin with the light‚ the Word‚ and God’s opinion of it all being “good”. Evil is not introduced into the story until Genesis 3 when Eve and Adam took the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge and ate. Their eyes were opened to the nakedness of each other and to the understanding of what is good and what is bad. This was not something God had intended‚ yet it was
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3.3 In God We Trust Feel like Christ and you will be a Christ; feel like Buddha and you will be a Buddha. It is feeling that is life‚ the strength‚ the vitality‚ without which no amount of intellectual activity can reach God. – Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)‚ the Indian Spiritual leader of the Hindu religion (Vedanta). He was a disciple of the 19th century Indian mystic-saint Sri Ramakrishna. He was the founder of the Ramakrishna Order of Monks. Trust is independent. God said it – I believed
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Many people believe that the whole world is created by the God. Because there are so many well designed creatures exist in the world. They are so perfect that it is only possible for God to create it. Obvious function and superb design are present everywhere in the biological world. Well adapted organisms & well designed systems are everywhere in the biological part nature. Such theory is called “ Teleological Argument”. So for my paper‚ l shall argue that the Teleological Argument is not convincing
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Pascal says “If there is a God‚ He is infinitely incomprehensible‚ since‚ having neither parts nor limits‚ He has no affinity to us’’ (Pascal‚ 2). Throughout Pascal’s argument he makes the constant notion believing in order to gain finite happiness‚ how is it possible to know if God is willing to provide this infinite gain if he is infinitely incomprehensible? This critical mistake is the very reason Pascal’s argument doesn’t work‚ we just don’t have the knowledge to know about what truly happens
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