Over the millennia of cultural progress, Mankind’s theological consciousness has been able to discern a number of qualities of the Creator, Redeemer, and Majestic Nature of God. In
toto, (a) freedom for the individual soul; (b) the creation of the physical realm; and (c) as the Divine Manager of the majestic course of history. These three theological features have been able to better define and spiritually appreciate the amazing nature of Deity. Believers understand, or should have been aware of, that God is all-knowing, all-powerful, is everywhere, and who fashioned the Multiverse out of a dark nothingness. While His Nature transformed cosmic darkness into spiritual light, God offered love, justice, freedom, goodness, truth, compassion,
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Within this theological context, this book, Defending God’s Gift of Freedom, will attempt to historically explore the set-apart …show more content…
At the start of this 3rd millennium AD, what is ushered-in is an inspiring Epoch that must incorporate unequivocally the theological wonders of God in all its ideational proceedings. By first renouncing the godless arrogance propagated and proliferated by the influence of the 18th century’s literati of the Enlightenment Era, by the cynical skepticism of its Age of Reason, or by the oppressive Age of Authoritative, Religious Rule, these three periods of 18th century’s ‘history, which featured “it’s all about reason” as the definitive truth of philosophical thought, along with, later in the early 20th century, that fashioned an outbreak of neo/Marxism that gave birth to the grisly Modern Age of Human Carnage, when the evil pride of Mankind morally lacked the full-bodied, spiritual appreciation of the existence and role of the Divine in all human affairs. From 1940 to 1945 AD, if they happened to be lame, last, least, or lost, 100-million innocent men, women, and children were tortured, slaughtered, and annihilated by godless, neo/Marxists. It seems logical that for Mankind to progress in its ongoing history of ideas, God’s attributes set within His intentions must become incorporated and highlighted with the current-day Philosophy of Man, the aspirations of Science, and a truthful theology of
The book begins with an immediate comparison of the Revolutionary War and the Civil War by the confederate soldiers. They explain their reasoning as to why the northerners are similar to tyrants who constantly suppress the south and their beliefs. They also directly compare the northerners’ cruel actions to “ ‘England’s war upon the colonies,’ ” where the British mother country imposed harsh and inequitable laws on the inexperienced colonists. This is why the south declared “ a holy cause of southern freedom,” which served as a reason to reminisce about their forefathers constant fight to keep their constitutional freedoms. This chapter also consists of very personal accounts, mostly
The four fundamental claims of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, Human beings exist in a relation to a triune God, God’s presence in the world is mediated through nature and reality, faith and reason are compatible, the dignity of the human being is inviolable and therefore the commitment to justice for the common good is necessary. However, the great books in the Catholic Intellectual tradition show that they represent these fundamental claims in a broad distinctive way. This essay will show that these readings better represent one of the fundamental claims, human beings exist in a relation with a triune God, from the view point of three great books from the bible, Genesis, Exodus and the Gospel of Matthew. The Bible clearly supports the
Religion is a part of society that is so closely bound to the rest of one’s life it becomes hard to distinguish what part of religion is actually being portrayed through themselves, or what is being portrayed through their culture and the rest of their society. In Holy Terrors, Bruce Lincoln states that religion is used as a justifiable mean of supporting violence and war throughout time (Lincoln 2). This becomes truly visible in times such as the practice of Jihad, the Reformation, and 9/11. The purpose of this essay is to show that as long as religion is bound to a political and cultural aspect of a community, religious war and destruction will always occur throughout the world. A historical methodology will be deployed in order to gain
“Has he got lost? Did he lose his way like a child? Or is he hiding? Is he afraid of us? Has he gone on a voyage? Emigrated?” No the madman says; “we have killed him – you and I. All of us are his murderers” This exchange encapsulates the aphorism that underpins much of Nietzsche’s thought; that “God is dead”. But what does this mean - What is Nietzsche telling us by claiming that we have murdered God? This essay is going to attempt to try and understand what Nietzsche argues has changed and what hasn’t with the death of God and to examine his critique of 19th century morality in the context of the 21st century politics and see if he offers a constructive alternative to the way we engage in political discourse.
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It therefore appears evident that God must be the root of all evil, as He created all things. However, Augustine delves deeper in search for a true answer. This paper will follow ...
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In the Christian worldview God is the one and only God. He is the sovereign creator of everything. A wonderful description of the nature of God’s existence that includes the absolute possession of characteristics that have
Throughout history freedom has had many different meanings and definitions; based on race, gender, and ethnicity. According to the dictionary freedom means the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint (“freedom” def. 1). Freedom may seem like something given to everyone however it was something workers had to fight for. Not everyone believed that workers’ rights needed to be changed, which led to a long battle between workers, employers and the government. To the working class people freedom meant making higher wages, having regulated hours, workable conditions and the right to free speech.
The American Ideological Consensus is that “…the American people have shared much of the same ideals, the same basic principles, and the same patterns of belief” (McClenaghan 104). When America filled itself with ideologically homogenous people, their beliefs started to define our nation and became American identities. If asked what they think of America, peoples of other nations would say that the roads are made of glass, opportunity is in the air, and civil rights are plentiful. These accounts maybe accentuated; however, the underlying message is that the American people have more freedoms then the peoples of other nations do. The most widely known American identity is freedom, and even though that American identity has been tried and tested throughout much of its history, it can still be said that America is a land of liberty.
The thesis of this paper is that, setting aside the question of moral offense that has disturbed commentators from Thomas Paine (The Age of Reason) to William Empson (Milton's God), agape to neighbor makes sense only under monotheistic or specifically Christian assumptions, and therefore, the old saw, "Christianity may not be factually true, but it has a sublime ethical teaching", is problematical.
This paper will try to discuss the three Philosophical Positions on the Existence of God namely, the Theism, Agnosticism, and Atheism. Why do they believe? Why don’t they believe? How do they believe? What made them believe? Who helped them believe? These are just some of the questions that this paper will try to give answers and supply both believers and non-believers the enough indication that whatever their position may be, the responsibility in their hands of whatever reason they have must be valid and intellectual.
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His book presents three main perspectives on Christology (biblical, historical, and contemporary). He attempts to combine classical views and contextual views of Christology.