Dr. Joy
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CIV 203
Astrology
Astrology is the study of starts and space on humans that related to events, and it is defined as a belief when a person is born, the human destiny is affected by the stars and planets in the superiority. Moses Maimonides, original name is Moses Ben Maimon, known as Rambam. The charities in religion and philosophy, and medicine have affected similarly Jewish and non-Jewish scholars. Maimonides was born in a famous family from Cordova Spain, and Moses educated and learned with his scholarly father, Maimon, and other leaders and soon he surprised his teachers with his extraordinary wisdom and flexibility. People have star and planet signs that relates to the date of their birth, and they want
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Maimonides uses his discussion of astrology to comment on four larger questions which are rule in the universe, creation, providence, and human freedom, and there are some diverse ideas and backgrounds on these four questions based on the philosophies, Bibles, and astrologers.
The rule in the universe is one of the cases that has had different views based on the society especially the non-Jews philosophers who say the universe dose have a ruler. There is always the question about the ruler of the universe, and the answer is God. The universe is very huge, and it is small at same time. There are two possibilities ether the universe is came by chance or someone ordered in the unique ways. On the religious views, God is the ruler of the universe which is mentioned on the Bible because he crated the earth and heaven at the same time and after he provided the light which is the sun, moon, and stars. The earth was out of shape and void, and the space was only wide and deep darkness. In reality, the law of nature depends on the God's willpower. When the rule of universe comes to the philosophers, people
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Deism is the idea that believes God does exist and he is the clockmaker who create the clock, and God does not intricate with the universe. The Trinity, the muse of the Bible, the deity of Christ, miracles, a salvation were rejected by the deists, and Deism photographs God as heartless and simple. Also, based on the Deism, human race is preferred by the god instead of individuals that means God cares the human species, and if an individual has a cancer it means he or she has matter of chance or luck. It is known as general providence. On the other side, there is Bible that is opposite to the Deism because in this case God cares about individuals, and it means special providence. The Bible shows God as active or caring, and the Bible demonstrates God as dominant. It is impossible for humans to evaluate and analyze God's plan and strategies. The disappointment of our misunderstanding to the God and his power should not lead us to the distrust his presence, and Providence means that God sign is the self-driver of the human events at the mighty night. Simply, God’s providence represents His seeing approximately ahead of time. It is not related only to time while our Creator ensures really understand the conclusion from the foundation. The great fact that comforts believer is that Jesus says to us we are more appreciated than those humans who never
Deism - belief in God but did not interfere in the world positively or negatively
Throughout history there has always been discussions and theories as to how the universe came to be. Where did it come from? How did it happen? Was it through God that the universe was made? These philosophies have been discussed and rejected and new theories have been created. I will discuss three theories from our studies, Kalam’s Cosmological Argument, Aquinas’s Design Argument, and Paley’s Design Argument. In this article, I will discuss the arguments and what these arguments state as their belief. A common belief from these three theories is that the universe is not infinite, meaning that the universe was created and has a beginning date. Each believe that there was a God, deity, or master creator that created the universe for a reason. They also believe that
Campion, N. "Prophecy, Cosmology And The new Age Movement: The Extent and Nature of Contemporary Belief In Astrology".(PhD Thesis, Bath Spa University College 2004)
Thomas Paine argued that there is happiness in Deism, when one rightly understood it concept. What makes Deism stood out from the rest of world religion, Is that Deist doesn’t need tricks to show miracles to confirm faith. He claimed that Deism brings happiness to it followers; unlike other religious believe systems where they restrain from reasoning and if the reasoning makes sense they will dispute against it. A man or a woman who able to think at all must restrains his/her own reason in order to force themselves into believe the teaching of that religion without questioning. Deist believes that the structure of the universe and everything we witness in the system of the creation of the world are far more convincing than any text or scriptures. Deists believe that by exercise their reason is what enabled them to contemplate God and His work. (Paine, 1794) Thomas Paine also mention that “man has wandered from the straight path of their duty and pursued of happiness, and become by turns the victim of doubt and the deceive of delusion from what people so called religion.” In the other extreme, the Evangelical Revival Methodist faithfully emphasizing the importance of the words of God and the commitment of the Holy Spirit in the beatification of the life of Christian followers. Deists were often perceives as pure rationalist that advocated nothing but reasoning, whereas Methodists were commonly identified as religious fanatic. (Heidinger, 1986) These two movements together often led to a great disagreement in the early 18th century. This paper will argues that, even though the Evangelical Methodist and Deist may appear as completely opposite on the outside but their core concept appeared to be very similar.
The basic principles of Deism state that there is a divine Creator, whom one might call God, who created the universe. However, it is believed that after creating the universe, this divine being stopped interfering with earthly affairs and left the universe to work according to the laws of nature. According to Deists, knowledge of this Creator and the laws of nature can be acquired through human reason. Additionally, Deists rejected miracles and believed that Jesus was merely a great preacher rather than the son of God, as neither of these ideas followed the logic of reason. This emphasis on reason and natural law appears as the direct influence of the Enlightenment on Deism, connecting the two systems of thought.
The basic astrological assumptions are not hard to grasp. For if astronomy is the study of the movements of the heavenly bodies, then astrology is the study of the effects of those movements. The astronomers of the ancient world assumed a division of the universe whereby the superior, immutable bodies of the celestial worlds ruled over the terrestrial or sublunary sphere, where all was mortality and change. It was assumed that the stars had special qualities and influences which were transmitted downwards upon the passive earth, and which varied in their effect, according to the changing relationship of the heavenly bodies to each other. They were led to postulate a single system in which the seven moving stars or planet shifted their position in relation to the earth and each other, against a fixed backcloth of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
The zodiac calendar is an astrological theory that divides the path that the sun seems to follow around the earth into twelve equal sections, each of which are associated with a sign, a symbol and a personality type. John Gardner embraces this astrological theme in his parallel novel, Grendel, by connecting each of the twelve chapters to its coinciding zodiac.
The symbolic world views of how the world was created can be described through the cosmogonies of Genesis and the Laws of Manu. It is through these theories that one can learn how the universe came into existence. Many individuals consider a certain religion to be their ultimate realm of reality, and it is within religion that these symbolic world views come into play. The cosmogony of Genesis began along a sacred history of time where god created merely by speaking. In contrast, the Laws of Manu involve creation through thought. In Genesis, there is only one god and in Laws of Manu there is more than one god. Both cosmogonies have many similarities as they have many differences, yet both of them are significant in understanding and interpreting the philosophy of religion and its traditions. Although god believes that everything he created is good, I believe that the existence of god is questionable when there is so much evil in the universe.
God performs his divine acts in many ways. Jesus could perform miracles of healing and create food from nothing. These are the more conventional ways we see divine intervention at work. Almighty God, however, does not prefer these standard methods. Instead, he prefers to act in ways we humans can only begin to understand. This is very much true for the short story “A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Within the story, a winged man falls from the sky with no meaning or purpose. The man is shrouded in mystery. Nameless and unable to communicate with the native villagers, he lives among them. His intentions are never truly known to either the reader or to the villagers. However, the biblical parallels throughout the story help us unravel the mysteries behind this strange old man. By analyzing the significance of these allegories, we can better understand the old man’s purpose while, at the same time, learning more about hidden moral teachings and criticisms in the story.
In Genesis I, God creates an orderly natural universe. He separates and categorizes everything he creates. For instance, he separates the seventh day from all the others. This suggests that everything in the universe has its proper place and will follow its regular path. In addition, the cosmos is purposeful and unified. What is created each day depends upon what was previously created. Those things created on the fourth through sixth days are dependant on those things created on the first through third days. For instance, air, water, birds, and fish are dependant on light, sun, moon, and stars, and land, vegetation, animals, and mankind are dependant among air, water, birds, and fish as well as light, sun, moon and stars. This suggests God created things in the world to fit together in an orderly and hierarchical fashion. Things are creat...
It was not up until 200 years ago that people started identifying their zodiac sign with the position of the Sun. So when a person is asked what is his or sign, the Sun was passing through on the day that person was born. This can be demonstrated on a birth chart. Our birth charts are special "sky maps" which reflect the quality of the exact moment we drew our first breath. With that first breath, we each began our own incredible hero's journey through life on planet Earth. The birth positions of the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto all play their own unique symbolic roles as messengers and ambassadors of the universe.
...have begun the process of becoming a better person. Those who practice Christianity boast of having higher levels of joy and happiness in life no matter what circumstances they may be facing. “A person that is truly Christian, one who studies, practices and teaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ on a regular basis, has a fullness of joy regardless the difficult adversities that they may face in their life”(Smith). To help guide many people of the world in finding joy and happiness associated with becoming a christian, churches have worked hard to make it their top priority to “Strive to be an "open-door" church, actively reaching out and welcoming all persons”(NBUMC).
(page 22-23) The second problem without popular use of the expression “the providence of God” is that we either unconsciously or deliberately imply that God intervenes at specific points in out loves but is largely only an interested spectator most if the time . . . we reduce God’s control over our lives to a stop-and-go, in-and-out