Philosophical Arguments for God`s Existence
... It is utterly impossible for God to be self-explanatory, Theists usually consider God's existence to be part of His essence and maintain that this renders God self-explanatory. But what do we mean by a certain characteristic’s being part of the essence of a thing? The essence of a thing is what it i ...
... It is utterly impossible for God to be self-explanatory, Theists usually consider God's existence to be part of His essence and maintain that this renders God self-explanatory. But what do we mean by a certain characteristic’s being part of the essence of a thing? The essence of a thing is what it i ...
Thomas Aquinas - WordPress.com
... about claimed realities, about what is true – The timeless concerns are about whether or not God actually exists objectively, really exists – Our religious questions are about what is “real,” what exists, what is true. • In Aquinas’ time, there were conflicting claims about what constituted “standar ...
... about claimed realities, about what is true – The timeless concerns are about whether or not God actually exists objectively, really exists – Our religious questions are about what is “real,” what exists, what is true. • In Aquinas’ time, there were conflicting claims about what constituted “standar ...
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... oneself to the common good; that is to say, to the good of all and of each individual, because we are all really responsible for all. Solidarity is a Christian virtue. It seeks to go beyond itself to total gratuity, forgiveness, and reconciliation. It leads to a new vision of the unity of humankin ...
... oneself to the common good; that is to say, to the good of all and of each individual, because we are all really responsible for all. Solidarity is a Christian virtue. It seeks to go beyond itself to total gratuity, forgiveness, and reconciliation. It leads to a new vision of the unity of humankin ...
THE ULTIMATE PROOF OF CREATION – Dr. Jason Lisle (AiG
... Absolute Morality – animals are amoral; if we were just more evolved animals there would be no moral code for us; Creation worldview it makes sense as we are made in God’s image and are responsible for our actions. Laws of Logic – universal laws of logic don’t exist in a chance universe; makes ...
... Absolute Morality – animals are amoral; if we were just more evolved animals there would be no moral code for us; Creation worldview it makes sense as we are made in God’s image and are responsible for our actions. Laws of Logic – universal laws of logic don’t exist in a chance universe; makes ...
Christian Ethics - Canvas by Instructure
... Christian Ethics: Course Syllabus Discussion Post Examples #2 Dr. Naik states that the word “Trinity” isn’t used in the Bible.14 This is echoed by Mormons as well as Jehovah’s Witnesses.15 His argument assumes that truth can only be known when it is stated explicitly.16 Jesus may have never uttered ...
... Christian Ethics: Course Syllabus Discussion Post Examples #2 Dr. Naik states that the word “Trinity” isn’t used in the Bible.14 This is echoed by Mormons as well as Jehovah’s Witnesses.15 His argument assumes that truth can only be known when it is stated explicitly.16 Jesus may have never uttered ...
EVERYONE A THEOLOGIAN September 15
... endorsement of slavery. They argued that there were weightier scriptures on justice, mercy, and love, that superseded those specific verses and pushed the church in the direction of opposing slavery. Abraham Lincoln acknowledged that folks in the north and south were serious minded Christians who re ...
... endorsement of slavery. They argued that there were weightier scriptures on justice, mercy, and love, that superseded those specific verses and pushed the church in the direction of opposing slavery. Abraham Lincoln acknowledged that folks in the north and south were serious minded Christians who re ...
christian worldview
... In the center of a Christian worldview is not our feelings, our desires, our values, our rationality, but a historical event; the life and death of Jesus Christ and His words of truth. Jesus’ words and life affect every area of our lives; our relationships, our values, our feelings, our desires, our ...
... In the center of a Christian worldview is not our feelings, our desires, our values, our rationality, but a historical event; the life and death of Jesus Christ and His words of truth. Jesus’ words and life affect every area of our lives; our relationships, our values, our feelings, our desires, our ...
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... In the wake of the so called cognitive scientific revolution, there has developed a tradeoff so to speak with the age-old concern of God and the newly emerging anxieties concerning the nature of personhood, within the philosophical framework. There are a number of cognitive scientists who take the p ...
... In the wake of the so called cognitive scientific revolution, there has developed a tradeoff so to speak with the age-old concern of God and the newly emerging anxieties concerning the nature of personhood, within the philosophical framework. There are a number of cognitive scientists who take the p ...
Pascal`s Wager
... Regarding the proposition “God exists” reason is neutral. It can neither prove nor disprove it. But we must make a choice on this matter, for not to choose for God is in effect to choose against him and lose the possible benefits that belief would bring. Since these benefits promise to be infinite a ...
... Regarding the proposition “God exists” reason is neutral. It can neither prove nor disprove it. But we must make a choice on this matter, for not to choose for God is in effect to choose against him and lose the possible benefits that belief would bring. Since these benefits promise to be infinite a ...
My Big Fat Greek Mindset Part 1 One night, a captain of a U.S. Navy
... at him. He signaled ahead: “Change course 20 degrees.” Back came the reply: “Advisable you change course 20 degrees.” The captain didn’t accept this response and sent the message, “I’m a captain. Change course 20 degrees.” Back came the reply: “I’m a seaman second class, change course 20 degrees.” B ...
... at him. He signaled ahead: “Change course 20 degrees.” Back came the reply: “Advisable you change course 20 degrees.” The captain didn’t accept this response and sent the message, “I’m a captain. Change course 20 degrees.” Back came the reply: “I’m a seaman second class, change course 20 degrees.” B ...
Natural law
... God is not perceived through the senses, but 2. We can know what God is like (the way of analogy) ...
... God is not perceived through the senses, but 2. We can know what God is like (the way of analogy) ...
VKS Synoptic Prese
... just that people haven't learned some fact that they need to know, but rather that their habitual ways of perceiving the world are fundamentally mistaken, and thus they are "blinded" (by greed, desire, lust, etc.). ...
... just that people haven't learned some fact that they need to know, but rather that their habitual ways of perceiving the world are fundamentally mistaken, and thus they are "blinded" (by greed, desire, lust, etc.). ...
A Critical overview on the Ontological Argument
... perfect, and the whole ontological argument is flawed. Another argument that a German philosopher named Immanuel Kant insisted strongly on was that, the word 'exists' may not be used as a simple quality of god. The word 'God' may indeed include goodness, almightiness, wisdom etc, but not 'existence' ...
... perfect, and the whole ontological argument is flawed. Another argument that a German philosopher named Immanuel Kant insisted strongly on was that, the word 'exists' may not be used as a simple quality of god. The word 'God' may indeed include goodness, almightiness, wisdom etc, but not 'existence' ...
Natural Law
... • Freedom (Autonomy) is given a special position among the other two postulates. It becomes the condition of of the moral law which we do know. It is because of freedom that God and Immortality gain objective reality and legitimacy and subjective necessity. Freedom (Autonomy) then can be considered ...
... • Freedom (Autonomy) is given a special position among the other two postulates. It becomes the condition of of the moral law which we do know. It is because of freedom that God and Immortality gain objective reality and legitimacy and subjective necessity. Freedom (Autonomy) then can be considered ...
Session 1 – Introduction to Philosophy
... Colossians 2:8: “See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.” The verse does not say we can’t study philosophy. It warns against being held captive by its empty dec ...
... Colossians 2:8: “See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.” The verse does not say we can’t study philosophy. It warns against being held captive by its empty dec ...
Philosophy of Christian Education
... as a captive audience to his or her teachers. 14,000+ hours is a great deal of time for someone other than a parent or Sunday school teacher to dedicate to the education of a child. If we are to take God’s instructions seriously, then we need to be thinking: what do these teachers believe? What is t ...
... as a captive audience to his or her teachers. 14,000+ hours is a great deal of time for someone other than a parent or Sunday school teacher to dedicate to the education of a child. If we are to take God’s instructions seriously, then we need to be thinking: what do these teachers believe? What is t ...
User_113281722017BigBangsourcesfordebate
... objects are also devoid of any ultimate meaning. Language, mathematics, logic, etc., are thus annihilated as merely mental fictions, or at best some cosmic force we do not yet understand.” (taken from https://souloftheeast.org/2015/03/06/philosophy-creation/ ) The counter argument to this point woul ...
... objects are also devoid of any ultimate meaning. Language, mathematics, logic, etc., are thus annihilated as merely mental fictions, or at best some cosmic force we do not yet understand.” (taken from https://souloftheeast.org/2015/03/06/philosophy-creation/ ) The counter argument to this point woul ...
1. Early Christian Philosophy
... 1. Not only was philosophy a preparation for Christianity, it is also an aid in understanding Christianity. a. The person who merely believes and makes no effort to understand is like a child in comparison with a man: blind faith, passive acceptance, is not the ideal, though science, speculation, re ...
... 1. Not only was philosophy a preparation for Christianity, it is also an aid in understanding Christianity. a. The person who merely believes and makes no effort to understand is like a child in comparison with a man: blind faith, passive acceptance, is not the ideal, though science, speculation, re ...
Here - BasicIncome.com
... view, that the world rested upon a tortoise; and when someone said, “How about the tortoise?”, the Indian said, “Suppose we change the subject.” Bertrand Russell There must be a Creator even if there is no Day of Creation. Looking at Being as it is now, as the baby looks at the grass, we see a secon ...
... view, that the world rested upon a tortoise; and when someone said, “How about the tortoise?”, the Indian said, “Suppose we change the subject.” Bertrand Russell There must be a Creator even if there is no Day of Creation. Looking at Being as it is now, as the baby looks at the grass, we see a secon ...
Christianity and the Person
... between good and evil. • Our salvation and damnation depends on our own choices, not on status or connections. • The Church merely preaches, invites and suffers (the Sermon on the Mount): it does not come in power or glory. • Jesus’ teaching introduces a distinction between Church (with no force, vi ...
... between good and evil. • Our salvation and damnation depends on our own choices, not on status or connections. • The Church merely preaches, invites and suffers (the Sermon on the Mount): it does not come in power or glory. • Jesus’ teaching introduces a distinction between Church (with no force, vi ...
Postmodernism
... If I make a change in my approach or what I say am I being faithful to God’s word? ...
... If I make a change in my approach or what I say am I being faithful to God’s word? ...
Is There a God?
... have definite history everybody believed in many gods. It was the Jews who first believed in only one. The first commandment, when it was new, was very difficult to obey because the Jews had believed that Baal and Ashtaroth and Dagon and Moloch and the rest were real gods but were wicked because they ...
... have definite history everybody believed in many gods. It was the Jews who first believed in only one. The first commandment, when it was new, was very difficult to obey because the Jews had believed that Baal and Ashtaroth and Dagon and Moloch and the rest were real gods but were wicked because they ...
Phil 2301 Intro to Philosophy
... 1. Arguments are psychologically unconvincing: proof is convincing only when people are already predisposed to believe. 2. Arguments are logically invalid: they all beg the question. 3. Arguments are epistemologically defective: the mind and our knowledge construct reality (phenomena), but do not co ...
... 1. Arguments are psychologically unconvincing: proof is convincing only when people are already predisposed to believe. 2. Arguments are logically invalid: they all beg the question. 3. Arguments are epistemologically defective: the mind and our knowledge construct reality (phenomena), but do not co ...