Christian theology

Pushing Boundaries of Human Enhancement through Cellular Reprogramming By definition, human nature is the different characteristics (thinking, attitude, feelings) created in ourselves by God. Many scholars and philosophers approach the concept of human nature by using different schools of thought. For instance, the Buddhists’ opinion about human nature is to be conscious and to aspire. Whereas Judeo-Christian’s point of view is that humans are God’s creation that has free willpower providing…

Reeves argues that we look at God in a very one-dimensional way and that humanity tends to look at God and project qualities that only exhibit a part of God. (pg 20) Quoting Karl Barth Reeves argued that even Hitler knew who God was, but that Hitler missed the full point that “… God is almighty, but he wanted to make very clear that mere might is not who God is.” (pg 20). God goes far beyond just power, and Reeves moves on to show that God doesn’t just flex muscles at us in hopes of us loving…

salvation and helps Christians discover what they believe to be the true role that man plays in salvation. Calvinism, and Arminianism, will all be looked at in more detail to gain an understanding of different theological viewpoints. Author Alan Sell explains an Arminianism view on man’s role in salvation as being, “Half the work is God, and the other half is man.” This model puts a great deal of pressure on man, causing his works to be directly related to his salvation. Introducing Christian…

Analytical essay In the “World’s religions: continuities and transformations,” Clarke, Peter B., Beyer, Peter note the challenges in defining religion. As they point out, the definition of religion has been the question of many scholars for years and yet have not gotten an answer and probably will not in the near future. The strong quest for defining religion has been challenging for many scholars mainly due to two factors. The first challenge is that the term “religion” can be used for a…

In this essay, I will be examining the different views pertaining to the cosmological argument for the existence of God as discussed by Bertrand Russell and Fr. Copleston. I will be agreeing with Lord Russell’s views that the cosmological argument has a few inherent problems and contradictions that are difficult to overcome. First, I will look at Russell's assessment on his points of necessary and analytic propositions as well as his belief that Copleston’s argument on contingency is a fallacy…

For many years, Theist and Atheist have attempted to argue their points concerning God’s existence. In both instances, each group appears to constantly attempt to disprove their counterpart. This is done in a variety of ways and some of which we will look at in this paper. Typically, the place that each side begins with is a straight forward question. Is there a God? However, after this question the ones that follow are anything but straight forward. Due to this, there are many people on each…

in the beliefs of the Pantheists, (those who believe that God is just another part of the universe, therefore, a part of everything in it including what some call “good and bad.” Without the universe, God would not exist), and the belief of the Christians (those who believe that God invented and made the universe and that if the universe ceased to exist, God would still exist.…

In “Why the Pledge of Allegiance Should Be Revised”, Gwen Wilde argues that the pledge of allegiance is being more religious than patriotic. She claims that saying the words, “under God” is inappropriate, because it’s stating that everyone believes in the same god and it is ironically dividing our “indivisible” nation along religious lines. However, I disagree with her claim, because the phrase “under God is just a Phrase. Of course the pledge has been changed over time, but it was for good…

Descartes's cogito ergo sum supports the aspect of God existence into the God essence. To support his argument, Descartes argues that the confidence that people have towards the truthfulness of things it is based on the unshaken power of God (Monte 12). In the Ontological argument, Descartes point out that the attribution of existence to all-powerful good God had more weight than a more powerful demon. It is out of this argument whereby Descartes envisaged that the reality is based on the…

(A) Yahweh's achievement in latter days (4:1a) (1) bə’aḥărît hayyāmîm (in the latter days) denote the final period of history and is not an expression for the end of history. The prophet's future was not eschatology. It means "a future that is not presently discernible." It denotes "in varying contexts a remote future that paradoxically reverse the present situation and at the same time brings to a fitting outcome that toward which it is striving." There is a sense of conclusiveness but…