Christian theology

There are many events in the world which are considered miracles. There are some miracles which we experience directly. But there are some which we hear from testimonies of others. When discussing miracles, many philosophers have refuted their existence. David Hume is one of those people. In section X of the book “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding,” David Hume argues that our knowledge of miracles derives exclusively from others who claim to have seen them. So, he treats it as less…

Introduction Science is based on the premise that everything originated from something and to believe that this universe occurred by random chance seems illogical. The perplexities and intricacies of nature postulates the idea, or lack thereof, of a higher power. The question of God’s existence is one that has intrigued humanity and countless of philosophers since the beginning of logical thinking. Many philosophers believe that God exists, while others argue and refute His existence. Did the…

Readers are able to understand through the comparison of Teiresias from Oedipus Rex to Malala Yousafzai that hubris is not always a fatal flaw but can also allow a person to thrive. While Teiresias is a faithful messenger of Apollo he shows hubris to Oedipus many times. He spoke only of the truth which angers Oedipus as he refuses to downplay reality; “ I have gone free. It is the truth sustains me” (pg. 19). While not showing hubris to his immortal god he instead shows this trait to the mortal…

Theism and Evil Atheists hold many claims about God and why he cannot exist because of evil present in the world. Some of their arguments for this include that God could prevent evil actions and preserve human freedom of will if he wanted, God could maintain a world without evil by continual divine intervention, the existence of evil proves it is logically impossible for a Perfect Being to exist, and the existence of evil proves we do not need God to find meaning and purpose in life. These can…

The second part of this argument focuses on the definition of God but is perceived so clearly and distinctly. The idea of God is of a supremely perfect being. A supremely perfect being has all perfections. Existence is a predicate of a perfect being, therefore, God must exist to avoid being self-contradictory. Therefore, God exists. Moreover, existence is a predicate of God, because as a most perfect being, God must possess existence, otherwise he would not be perfect. In Descartes mind, the…

Blaise Pascal’s wager about is an interest thought experiment because it essentially puts science and faith at two distinct entities that have defining roles. The whole notion of the wager is to prove the supremacy of God and that life is being played at his discretion with the notion that someday we may or may not meet him. When the existence of God is questioned, individuals try to use science and scientific reasoning to prove that belief. The nature of God is to be above the notion of…

The Divine Command Theory is a theory that proposed that an action’s status as morally good is equivalent to whether it is commanded by God. There are two objections to the Divine Command Theory. Even if all religions agree about how God regards some action, there is still the question of whether or not they correctly report what God commands. Although this point is offered as an objection to the Divine Command Theory, Sober does not think that it shows that the theory is false. He thinks that…

In section X, Part 1of his influential exploratory book “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding”, David Hume argues mankind doesn’t have any reason nor justification to believe in miracles, while also stating that miracles are not a basis of religion. Miracles and religion seem as if they have always been related, although what each religion considers to be miracles differs, therefore miracles cannot be a basis of religion. Due to the fact that miracles are merely experiences of which humans…

The problem of evil describes the argument that atheists and theists had about existence of God and evil. Atheists believes that God does not exist, but theists believes God does exist. There are two arguments of problem of evil: deductive argument (contradictory beliefs) and evidential argument. Contradictory beliefs are a set of beliefs is contradictory if and only if it is not possible for all of them to be true together. The six premises of contradictory beliefs are stated: 1. If God…

In his struggle to identify what holiness truly is, Euthyphro comes up with a multitude of definitions and explanations in order to please Socrates. The majority of his ideas are not well thought out indicating that he truly does not fully understand holiness. Though Socrates is able to refute all of Euthyphro’s definitions, there are several aspects of Euthyphro’s ideas that have some semblance of truth. From the list above, the definition that is arguably the best is number four. Found on page…