Comparing Paul's Philosophy And Religion

Man has a wisdom that leads him away from God in his revolution against God. Paul gives us insight into this in Romans 1:23-32. Man can persuade himself that his selfish way and his false religion are right, but this is not God’s way and it will lead to man’s own destruction. “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the ends thereof are the ways of death” (Proverbs 14:12). Human foolishness appears through efforts to stand alone without God, or against God. Man develops warped affections for his own desires and lowers God to his own level, which leads man into heathenism and idolatry (vs. 23). People refuse to worship God as the Creator and they demote God in their minds as their peer, equal to man. Man soon creates the gods he will accept and control, which is idolatry. …show more content…
As man begins to move away from God, God will allow man to destroy the relationship God offers. Pleasure and sensual desires provide the pathway to reward man instead of God. Pleasure becomes the motivating factor which controls the heart of man. Immoral practices grow because man wants this and God gives man over to his own desires.
People soon deny the truth of God and accept a lie of their own making. As people move away from God the punishment becomes self-fulfilling, man gets what he wants. God allows desires and pleasure to rule man. As God removes His hands for guidance, God gives man over to deeper sin, such as homosexuality, because they do not worship the Creator. Man tries to fill his empty hole in his life with more sinful acts which provide temporary pleasure until his passions burn out of