Michael Kosciolek
Wheaton
English 101
21 October 2014
Is There A God or Spiritual Realm? Religion has been around since the dawn of man and to this day there are thousands of religions throughout the world. Some involve worshipping the earth or animals but almost all involve worshipping some form of supernatural deity. The real God or “correct” deity is widely disputed and has created many conflicts in the past. The question “is God real” is one that keeps philosophers busy and most of mankind wondering. As western society continues to become more tolerant and advances in modern science continue this touchy question seems to be being asked more and more. So is there a God or even spiritual realm? Theoretically speaking technically anything …show more content…
Deborah Keleman, PhD a psychologist at Boston University realized in his studies that people have a tendency to assign a purpose or meaning to most things. Kelmen states that “If you ask children why a group of rocks are pointy, for example, they say something like, “It’s so that animals won’t sit on them and break them.” If you ask them why rivers exist, they say it’s so we can go fishing.” We as humans try to naturally fill in the blanks with some form of answer. This answer may be poorly supported but as Beth Azar a writer for the American Psychology Association claims it’s our brains way of “…seek[ing] order from chaos.” When mankind was uneducated in the world of science and in general things such as volcanoes, tornados, hurricanes, and earthquakes would have been viewed as incredible and unexplainable forces. They would have been seen as a “higher …show more content…
Conflicts in the Middle East, the Crusades & the Holocaust were all a result of attempting to eradicate false religions in an effort to instate perceived true religions. Since Christianity is the dominant religion in America I will focus on that religion. I believe the Christian God or any God can be disproved with mere logic. Let’s take statistics for example. There has been thousands of Gods throughout the course of humanity in terms of statistics the odds of the Christian God being the one real God are slim. Christians believe heavily in the power of prayer but there is no scientific data that shows its effects. Gather a football stadium of Christians, cut a man’s thumb open, and have them all pray for it to stop bleeding. More than likely thumb will continue to bleed until he receives stiches or bleeds to death. Wouldn’t this prove that there is no power in spiritual prayer? The classic counter is “well God doesn’t give us everything we ask for” but yet people often say “if you pray for it, it will happen.” Either way God
Wheaton
English 101
21 October 2014
Is There A God or Spiritual Realm? Religion has been around since the dawn of man and to this day there are thousands of religions throughout the world. Some involve worshipping the earth or animals but almost all involve worshipping some form of supernatural deity. The real God or “correct” deity is widely disputed and has created many conflicts in the past. The question “is God real” is one that keeps philosophers busy and most of mankind wondering. As western society continues to become more tolerant and advances in modern science continue this touchy question seems to be being asked more and more. So is there a God or even spiritual realm? Theoretically speaking technically anything …show more content…
Deborah Keleman, PhD a psychologist at Boston University realized in his studies that people have a tendency to assign a purpose or meaning to most things. Kelmen states that “If you ask children why a group of rocks are pointy, for example, they say something like, “It’s so that animals won’t sit on them and break them.” If you ask them why rivers exist, they say it’s so we can go fishing.” We as humans try to naturally fill in the blanks with some form of answer. This answer may be poorly supported but as Beth Azar a writer for the American Psychology Association claims it’s our brains way of “…seek[ing] order from chaos.” When mankind was uneducated in the world of science and in general things such as volcanoes, tornados, hurricanes, and earthquakes would have been viewed as incredible and unexplainable forces. They would have been seen as a “higher …show more content…
Conflicts in the Middle East, the Crusades & the Holocaust were all a result of attempting to eradicate false religions in an effort to instate perceived true religions. Since Christianity is the dominant religion in America I will focus on that religion. I believe the Christian God or any God can be disproved with mere logic. Let’s take statistics for example. There has been thousands of Gods throughout the course of humanity in terms of statistics the odds of the Christian God being the one real God are slim. Christians believe heavily in the power of prayer but there is no scientific data that shows its effects. Gather a football stadium of Christians, cut a man’s thumb open, and have them all pray for it to stop bleeding. More than likely thumb will continue to bleed until he receives stiches or bleeds to death. Wouldn’t this prove that there is no power in spiritual prayer? The classic counter is “well God doesn’t give us everything we ask for” but yet people often say “if you pray for it, it will happen.” Either way God