Karina Garcia
Professor Rivera
Theology 1000C
Why be Agnostic at a Catholic University?
December 9, 2015
Christianity which is founded on the monotheistic approach in solely believing in one desirable God, faces the views of many individuals who either believe, blatantly do not or agnostics who do not even consider the existence of a god to be a relative question. This agnostic approach involves neither approving nor disapproving of his existence, but rather considering Gods existence to be inherently unknowable which correlates with the Christian belief in the complexity of God as being so vast that he can never be fully comprehended by the cosmos. Why be an agnostic at a Catholic University? Religion should not be a barrier but an opportunity …show more content…
As an agnostic this is one of the well qualified types of people to question and explore the religion more in depth than any true christian person. An Agnostic is an individual who accepts and considers that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or even the nature of God or of anything beyond material wonderment. A human being who state or assert neither faith nor disbelief in God. God. A figure of authority and hope. He is the “father, son, and holy spirit”. Someone seen as importance to a better way of life. The word God is a generic statement of a “divine deity”. Theology is the relationship between God and the world as we stated in class. Theological reflection is usually when a person uses a personal experience in relations to either faith and as well certain experiences can cause them to question because they are reacting by question with doubt of there being a God(Theological Foundations chapter 1). There is a relation between God and human race. No matter who or where you are in this world you have a relationship with God. An Agnostic, they do not come with a pre-anticipated bias on the topic. Previous …show more content…
As this class is called ‘Perspectives on Christianity’ this tells us that they want people to open their minds and understand all forms of religion. Twenty thousand four hundred forty-eight students enrolled at St. John’s University yet each mind is different. “Catholics were in the dark about Pentecostal spirituality and missiology…Catholics and Pentecostals were diffident and wary of each other”(Catholic and Pentecostal Relations.). As we all know now that has changed and many Catholics and Christian now participate in this way of religion. The way you think is influenced by many aspects in your life. One big part of your mind is religion. “Pentecostalism is a movement of direct personal experience of God through the with the Holy Spirit”(Gunda). People would not understand all aspects of a true Catholic until you see the full picture from all sides and the outside. A lot of people commonly confuse Agnostics with Atheists. Atheism is not the same as being Agnostic. Atheism is not believing in any source of a higher being due to many different reasons. There are many different types of Atheism. There is scientific Atheism based on scientific method. Protest Atheism which pointing to evil and questioning why? Lastly humanistic Atheism there is only humanity so we do not need God. We just need ourselves. Who are the people of God? It is about being part of a community or family. It is how one is
Professor Rivera
Theology 1000C
Why be Agnostic at a Catholic University?
December 9, 2015
Christianity which is founded on the monotheistic approach in solely believing in one desirable God, faces the views of many individuals who either believe, blatantly do not or agnostics who do not even consider the existence of a god to be a relative question. This agnostic approach involves neither approving nor disapproving of his existence, but rather considering Gods existence to be inherently unknowable which correlates with the Christian belief in the complexity of God as being so vast that he can never be fully comprehended by the cosmos. Why be an agnostic at a Catholic University? Religion should not be a barrier but an opportunity …show more content…
As an agnostic this is one of the well qualified types of people to question and explore the religion more in depth than any true christian person. An Agnostic is an individual who accepts and considers that nothing is known or can be known of the existence or even the nature of God or of anything beyond material wonderment. A human being who state or assert neither faith nor disbelief in God. God. A figure of authority and hope. He is the “father, son, and holy spirit”. Someone seen as importance to a better way of life. The word God is a generic statement of a “divine deity”. Theology is the relationship between God and the world as we stated in class. Theological reflection is usually when a person uses a personal experience in relations to either faith and as well certain experiences can cause them to question because they are reacting by question with doubt of there being a God(Theological Foundations chapter 1). There is a relation between God and human race. No matter who or where you are in this world you have a relationship with God. An Agnostic, they do not come with a pre-anticipated bias on the topic. Previous …show more content…
As this class is called ‘Perspectives on Christianity’ this tells us that they want people to open their minds and understand all forms of religion. Twenty thousand four hundred forty-eight students enrolled at St. John’s University yet each mind is different. “Catholics were in the dark about Pentecostal spirituality and missiology…Catholics and Pentecostals were diffident and wary of each other”(Catholic and Pentecostal Relations.). As we all know now that has changed and many Catholics and Christian now participate in this way of religion. The way you think is influenced by many aspects in your life. One big part of your mind is religion. “Pentecostalism is a movement of direct personal experience of God through the with the Holy Spirit”(Gunda). People would not understand all aspects of a true Catholic until you see the full picture from all sides and the outside. A lot of people commonly confuse Agnostics with Atheists. Atheism is not the same as being Agnostic. Atheism is not believing in any source of a higher being due to many different reasons. There are many different types of Atheism. There is scientific Atheism based on scientific method. Protest Atheism which pointing to evil and questioning why? Lastly humanistic Atheism there is only humanity so we do not need God. We just need ourselves. Who are the people of God? It is about being part of a community or family. It is how one is