factor. If one reads Homer ’s "Iliad" and "Odyssey‚" and Virgil ’s "Aeneid"‚ he gets to realize that the ancient concept of people ’s interaction with Gods is totally deprived of fear in any form. In all three masterpieces‚ Gods are basically described as humans‚ with all their strengths and weaknesses‚ although being immortal. Humans often revere Gods‚ but not out of fear they simply respect their superiority. Many historians suggest that one of the main reasons‚ which enabled Greek and Roman civilizations
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According to Christianity‚ God is all good‚ omnipotent‚ omnipresent‚ and omniscient. So‚ why did this good God let there be evil (Augustine 121)? It starts with free will. God gave humans free will to love Him and to do good. According to the Adam and Eve story‚ Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit so that they could be like God. They were prideful and acted in a way that did not live up to their full potential for good and thus‚ there was evil. Now‚ that is not to say that Adam and Eve are
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“I hate you‚ God!” I thought to myself. “I want nothing to do with you. You might be real‚ but you are not the good Creator people portray you to be.” I did not always feel this way toward my Heavenly Father. In the first three years after my baptism‚ my walk with God was tranquil‚ blissful‚ easy even‚ and overflowing with confidence in His Word. I indulged my eyes with Scripture every chance available. Church events became the highlight of my week. The feeling of calm I experienced during sermons
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Hindu God: Shiva Rebecca Viramontes REL 133 June 2‚ 2015 Trimurti Brahma- God of Creation Vishnu- God of Preservation Shiva- God of destructions and re-creation Shiva Shiva is the God of destruction and recreation. He is responsible for destroying(changing) the world. In Hinduism destruction is not considered a punishment. Rather it is more of a recycling process in which the world can be purified. Shiva is often associated with a ring of fire and has four arms that stand for his powers
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are created by God. Without the omnipotent hand of a creator God we would not exist. Isaiah 45:12 states that it was God’s hands which created the Heavens. 2. The Question of Identity – The question of identity ask‚ “who am I” and “what does it mean to be a person?” (Weider & Gutierrez‚ 2011) These questions are clearly answered within the Bible. A creator God created us above the animals and lower than the angels and therefore is greater than us. In Genesis 17:1 God calls himself the
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Film Review: City of God By the middle of the twentieth century‚ “favelas” or slums had grown to astronomical sizes‚ containing mass amounts of impoverished people. These favelas were overrun by hunger‚ filth‚ drugs‚ and disorder‚ making them extremely unsuitable places to live. While the police and government do not get involved with the issues of the slums‚ security is provided by the community and‚ more often than not‚ drug gangs keeping control over crime. Life in a slum of Brazil is certainly
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Does God Exist ? 1. What role do arguments play in answering this question? I think arguments have played an important role in analyzing and understanding the depth of this question‚ for mankind. Although the question itself seems factual (either it does or it doesn ’t)‚ yet no arguments have been able to answer this question conclusively‚ despite many debates going on for centuries. One possible reason for that inconclusiveness may lie in our intuition and the way‚ humans define God and existence
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The God of Unconditional Love With different cultures come different beliefs – belief on how the world goes‚ how people should live‚ but more commonly‚ how the world came to be. Different myths on the creation of man have been told‚ heard and shared. And even though different Christian religions have their own belief on the creation of man‚ we are blessed to have been given a creation story through a common sacred scripture‚ the Bible… a creation story that can be found in the book of Genesis.
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God science debate Wide spread myth that science has always been on a collision course with the belief in God and so therefore‚ natural science and faith in God are incompatible. Argued by the new atheists - that science leads away from God.- leads to atheism. Myth; significant natural science project of this generation is the human genome project. First director of it was Jim Watson- discovered the double helix structure of DNA he was an atheist. 2d director - Francis Collins hes a Christian
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Introduction I will focus on the intention of proving that God exists. Some people believe that God is real and that He was the one who “created” the world and who put Christianity together. I personally believe that people who aren’t religious or do not believe in Jesus Christ or God aren’t really up to standards with how the world was created and who the Miracle Worker of it all is truly. I will express my own opinion of how God and Jesus exist and how the Big Bang theory is just made up by
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