- Shepherd of the Plains Home
... God is so good. God wants to share himself, his Son and his life, his love with others including you. God shared his goodness, his perfection, with all creation when he created all things. And “God saw all that he had made and it was very good” (Gen. 1:31). God is so good that he satisfies us with ...
... God is so good. God wants to share himself, his Son and his life, his love with others including you. God shared his goodness, his perfection, with all creation when he created all things. And “God saw all that he had made and it was very good” (Gen. 1:31). God is so good that he satisfies us with ...
Transcript - Downey Seventh
... was: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail, they’re new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. That’s pretty powerful to think about. God’s compassion never fails, it’s always with us. We always talk about faith and our need to have faith in God. We ...
... was: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail, they’re new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. That’s pretty powerful to think about. God’s compassion never fails, it’s always with us. We always talk about faith and our need to have faith in God. We ...
New Perspective on Paul
... But that is not the same as being born in a state of sinfulness from which liberation is necessary. Sin only comes when man actually disobeys; if he were to not disobey, he would not be a sinner.” Paul and Palestinian Judaism ...
... But that is not the same as being born in a state of sinfulness from which liberation is necessary. Sin only comes when man actually disobeys; if he were to not disobey, he would not be a sinner.” Paul and Palestinian Judaism ...
Monism - www.BahaiStudies.net
... Simple - thus if His sustaining power is within nature, then His essence is also within nature. However, the Vilna Gaon was very much against this philosophy, for he felt that it would lead to pantheism and heresy. According to some this is the main reason for the Gaon's ban on Chasidism. Note that, ...
... Simple - thus if His sustaining power is within nature, then His essence is also within nature. However, the Vilna Gaon was very much against this philosophy, for he felt that it would lead to pantheism and heresy. According to some this is the main reason for the Gaon's ban on Chasidism. Note that, ...
Evil and Omnipotence J. L. Mackie The problem of evil, according to
... But insofar as one tries to solve the problem of evil by stressing the importance or value of second order good (in counterbalancing the existence of first order evil), one falls prey to what Mackie calls a fatal objection—the existence of second order evil (like indifference). If one tries to argue ...
... But insofar as one tries to solve the problem of evil by stressing the importance or value of second order good (in counterbalancing the existence of first order evil), one falls prey to what Mackie calls a fatal objection—the existence of second order evil (like indifference). If one tries to argue ...
Revision Science and Religion
... Absolute truth is when it is thought that what is believed to be true cannot be changed. Fundamentalist Christians believes that the Bible contains the absolute truth. Richard Dawkins argues that God does not exist because there is no evidence to support a belief in God. For Dawkins, this is an abso ...
... Absolute truth is when it is thought that what is believed to be true cannot be changed. Fundamentalist Christians believes that the Bible contains the absolute truth. Richard Dawkins argues that God does not exist because there is no evidence to support a belief in God. For Dawkins, this is an abso ...
The Church as a Window – Part 1 Man`s Need and God`s Future
... For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Romans 1:21 ...
... For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Romans 1:21 ...
Logical Puzzles and the Concept of God
... you suppose that an entity has the power to do both things to an infinite degree! (I.e., no matter how big a rock you want, and no matter how heavy it is.) The trouble seems to be that there are many different ways of being powerful, and some of them conflict with others (at least when you assume in ...
... you suppose that an entity has the power to do both things to an infinite degree! (I.e., no matter how big a rock you want, and no matter how heavy it is.) The trouble seems to be that there are many different ways of being powerful, and some of them conflict with others (at least when you assume in ...
The Jewish Kalam
... would imply that what he objected to was the fact that the Karaites plunged right into theology without a preliminary study of physics.9 But this, if we take the works of Joseph al-Basir and Jeshua ben Judah as examples, is not an exact description of their method. They do not plunge right into a di ...
... would imply that what he objected to was the fact that the Karaites plunged right into theology without a preliminary study of physics.9 But this, if we take the works of Joseph al-Basir and Jeshua ben Judah as examples, is not an exact description of their method. They do not plunge right into a di ...
Therefore God is not fair, but… - Living Waters Methodist Church
... way! First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God. What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judg ...
... way! First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God. What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness? Not at all! Let God be true, and every man a liar. As it is written: “So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you judg ...
Intro to Philosophy Phil 110 Lecture 4: 1
... 1. St. Anselm Fun Facts 2. Proving the “right” God 3. Some important concepts used in the Ontological Argument a. Possibility: as we’re going to interpret it, in Anselm’s argument, “possible” means logically possible b. Existing in thought vs. existing in reality c. Perfections: Those properties whi ...
... 1. St. Anselm Fun Facts 2. Proving the “right” God 3. Some important concepts used in the Ontological Argument a. Possibility: as we’re going to interpret it, in Anselm’s argument, “possible” means logically possible b. Existing in thought vs. existing in reality c. Perfections: Those properties whi ...
Text - Fredericksburg Bible Church
... sacred writings that Paul is referring to? Is this the NT or the OT? It’s the OT. The OT Scriptures were able to give Timothy the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith. 2) What OT was Timothy reading? Was he reading the original OT manuscripts? or was he reading OT copies? He was reared as a ...
... sacred writings that Paul is referring to? Is this the NT or the OT? It’s the OT. The OT Scriptures were able to give Timothy the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith. 2) What OT was Timothy reading? Was he reading the original OT manuscripts? or was he reading OT copies? He was reared as a ...
The Failure of Humanism - Biblical Studies.org.uk
... of grapeshot" and the autocracy of Napoleon. Similarly, the revolutionary movement of '48 was soon succeeded in Germany by the rapid expansion of Bismarck's Prussia and in France by the Empire of Napoleon III, whose fall made way only for the uneasy Republic, with its constant rise and fall of Gover ...
... of grapeshot" and the autocracy of Napoleon. Similarly, the revolutionary movement of '48 was soon succeeded in Germany by the rapid expansion of Bismarck's Prussia and in France by the Empire of Napoleon III, whose fall made way only for the uneasy Republic, with its constant rise and fall of Gover ...
Religion and Science: Paul Davies and John Paul II
... a harmonious correlation—in service to personal integration—between what one finds in the world through science and what one's religious view encompasses. (2) It could raise the religious question for those whose lives are dedicated to this scientific inquiry—a question raised but not answered by ph ...
... a harmonious correlation—in service to personal integration—between what one finds in the world through science and what one's religious view encompasses. (2) It could raise the religious question for those whose lives are dedicated to this scientific inquiry—a question raised but not answered by ph ...
Gödel`s Ontological Proof of the Existence of God
... of a judgment. […] If, now, we take the subject (God) with all its predicates (among which is omnipotence), and say 'God is', or 'There is a God', we attach no new predicate to the concept of God, but only posit the subject in itself with all its predicates and indeed posit it as being an object tha ...
... of a judgment. […] If, now, we take the subject (God) with all its predicates (among which is omnipotence), and say 'God is', or 'There is a God', we attach no new predicate to the concept of God, but only posit the subject in itself with all its predicates and indeed posit it as being an object tha ...
Descartes` Three Proofs of God
... according to which the images that our ideas depict function as the content of our thoughts. As a corollary, he also holds a sort of picture theory of meaning. Thus, he says “ideas are merely modes of thought” (AT 7.40). Today, most philosophers reject this simplistic account of semantics. We have m ...
... according to which the images that our ideas depict function as the content of our thoughts. As a corollary, he also holds a sort of picture theory of meaning. Thus, he says “ideas are merely modes of thought” (AT 7.40). Today, most philosophers reject this simplistic account of semantics. We have m ...
Teleological modern Versions
... appreciate aesthetic activity, such as art, music, and literature. This is not necessary for mere survival, so cannot have come about through natural selection. Therefore, life as we know it is the product of a designing creator. This last part of Tennant’s argument is sometimes called the aesthetic ...
... appreciate aesthetic activity, such as art, music, and literature. This is not necessary for mere survival, so cannot have come about through natural selection. Therefore, life as we know it is the product of a designing creator. This last part of Tennant’s argument is sometimes called the aesthetic ...
EP Sanders, Paul and Palestinian Judaism - S
... Considering the diversity of Jews in language , society and culture , it hard to suppose J udaism to be ...
... Considering the diversity of Jews in language , society and culture , it hard to suppose J udaism to be ...
Examining Religious Identity through Literature
... fact all religious people in the twentieth century. “There’s something going on that Danny doesn’t understand, and it’s the metaphor for precisely what it is that the religious person does in terms of his relationship to God in the twentieth century. Something is going on, and we don’t understand it ...
... fact all religious people in the twentieth century. “There’s something going on that Danny doesn’t understand, and it’s the metaphor for precisely what it is that the religious person does in terms of his relationship to God in the twentieth century. Something is going on, and we don’t understand it ...
Reconstructionist Judaism
... Reconstructionist Jews understand Judaism primarily as a spiritual path, the means by which the search for ultimate meaning in life is conducted. God is the source of meaning, the power within that urges us toward generosity, responsibility, concern and self-fulfillment. God is found when we look f ...
... Reconstructionist Jews understand Judaism primarily as a spiritual path, the means by which the search for ultimate meaning in life is conducted. God is the source of meaning, the power within that urges us toward generosity, responsibility, concern and self-fulfillment. God is found when we look f ...
THE MORAL ARGUMENT - Cirencester College
... 7) The Summum Bonum is not achievable in this life 8) So it is necessary to POSTULATE a life after death in which the Summum Bonum can be achieved 9) AND it is necessary to POSTULATE a God to ...
... 7) The Summum Bonum is not achievable in this life 8) So it is necessary to POSTULATE a life after death in which the Summum Bonum can be achieved 9) AND it is necessary to POSTULATE a God to ...
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... over the life where something of value is not foregone. This line of thought connects with Plato’s Timaeus, in which we find a reference relevant to our discussion. Timaeus tells Socrates that ‘creations are indissoluble’, yet ‘all that is bound may be undone, but only an evil being would wish to un ...
... over the life where something of value is not foregone. This line of thought connects with Plato’s Timaeus, in which we find a reference relevant to our discussion. Timaeus tells Socrates that ‘creations are indissoluble’, yet ‘all that is bound may be undone, but only an evil being would wish to un ...
The Existence of God
... a religious faith that shall not be confined to sect, class, or race. Such as faith has always been implicitly the common faith of mankind. It remains to make it explicit and militant. ...
... a religious faith that shall not be confined to sect, class, or race. Such as faith has always been implicitly the common faith of mankind. It remains to make it explicit and militant. ...
The God Who Rests - Wildwood Mennonite Church
... production and consumption and industry. (Happy Labour day, by the way…) Let’s follow the story just a bit further. God led the Hebrews through the Red Sea, and out into the desert wilderness as planned. Where they quickly faced a familiar problem: they have nothing to eat. The rules of the regional ...
... production and consumption and industry. (Happy Labour day, by the way…) Let’s follow the story just a bit further. God led the Hebrews through the Red Sea, and out into the desert wilderness as planned. Where they quickly faced a familiar problem: they have nothing to eat. The rules of the regional ...
Arguments for God`s Existence
... a religious faith that shall not be confined to sect, class, or race. Such as faith has always been implicitly the common faith of mankind. It remains to make it explicit and militant. ...
... a religious faith that shall not be confined to sect, class, or race. Such as faith has always been implicitly the common faith of mankind. It remains to make it explicit and militant. ...