Abrahamic religions

eternal life of peace. The concept of hell is less common among the various cosmologies, and if there is such a place as hell, it isn’t necessarily a bad place to go. (The idea of hell being a place for sinful humans is a common belief in the Abrahamic religions). In Aboriginal culture, below the earth lies a barren underworld where no life exists; not even the evilest humans will go to this place. The Norse had a concept of hell, but it was a place where no suffering occurred. Moreover, there…

a common set of needs and interests”. (86). Consider the possibility that two people are not subject to any doctrine or relativism but simultaneously share the same values. For example, In my marriage my husband and I practice different abrahamic religions (Islam and Christianism) that differ in several aspects such as the interpretation of conduct. Yet, we share in common the ten commandments and recognize their importance in the practical life. Conversely, if we were not believers, this…

CHRISTIANITY Claim Ultimate reality is defined as something that is essential to living. Ultimate reality differs between the three models of reality which are Materialism, Pantheistic systems, and Transcendence the Abrahamic systems. In materialism, matter is the ultimate reality or ultimate truth. In pantheism, spirit is the ultimate reality or ultimate truth. In transcendence, God is the ultimate reality or ultimate truth. In Christianity, God is a known as a spiritual being who has no…

predetermines it, then surely how can God know it? This question is avoided more than attacked, but nonetheless has been answered by many great thinkers. To begin, we must first clarify our terms of God, free will, and omniscience. God, in the Abrahamic religion, is defined as an omnipotent, omniscient, and wholly good being. Free will refers to the ability to freely choose between multiple actions at any given point in time. And omniscience is defined as knowing all things, both those that…

In many places in his Inferno, the reason for Dante the poet’s placement of certain souls is murky at best. Nowhere is this problem so compounded as in Canto IV, where Dante the pilgrim meets the souls in Limbo. Dante the poet’s choice of whom to include among the “virtuous pagans” seems inconsistent and his removal of the pre-Christian monotheists from Limbo leaves questions about what it means, in his mind, to believe in God and to live a righteous life by His laws and the rules of the church,…

MalyarRLG100Y1Professor DhandIf God is Good, Why is there Evil in the World Why do bad things happen to good people? The idea of Evil has been a problematic question for religions, since its beginnings. Many people see the matter of evil as a threat to question the existence of God and as a challenge to strong authorities, such as Abrahamic religions like Christianity. In order to explain things, we often blame God for the evil that exists in this world “If God is good, why do good people…

Western and Eastern cultures art reveals deep truths about the world. Cultures have different views and ideas about nature of reality. The direction of art is to portray beauty. With artistic realism in the 19th century and other shifts in taste, great art could be ugly in both its subject matter and its depiction. Western history, reality itself, created by God was conceived of as beautiful. The definitive voice in the identification of beauty with an ultimate reality was Plato theory. Beauty,…

He said this because he didn’t want the other Muslims to look at the Christians and Jews and think “hey they have a better life than me, maybe I should join their religion” This was a major issue for the Muslims. They feared that some of the Muslims would convert to Judaism and Christianity. If Jews and Christians converted the Muslims then the Muslim population would deplete and the Christians and Jews would overthrow…

Richard III is set in a world filled with force, greed, and conflict with ethical order. In the eyes of the characters, locating a way to stay moral is very challenging. When it is noticed that people who aren’t moral and doing as they please are gaining success, staying moral is testing. Being a Christian helped some characters who were conflicted, stay moral. Most of the men that are fighting for power stay immoral because their vision is clouded with power. From a Christian standpoint, it is…

#5: The strategy by telling a story about the Christian faith from a devil’s point of view is an extremely effective form of reasoning. By narrating the story through Screwtape’s perspective, it immediately establishes the wickedness and corruption that these followers of Lucifer are attempting to coerce us into. It demonstrates how they (the devils) progressively weave immoral ideas into our everyday train of thought in an effort to persuade us into transgression. Whilst pointing out the…