Conceptions of God

insistence of God means that God calls for a response or, since God is not somebody who “does” things like call, it means that calling takes place in the middle voice, in and under the name of God,” (pg. 39). Caputo’s argument of the insistence of God as a call for a response in the middle voice refers back to his prior argument in chapter two of God praying. As he makes mention in the above quote, God is not somebody that calls or prays, because he is not a physical entity as human beings. God’s call is more like a force that pulls us to Him that invites us to rely on him or for His intervention. This call as Caputo puts it is an unexpected and persistent knocking at our door. God persistence is wrapped up in His nonexistence, and in…

order for God to actually fit the role of “that than which non greater can be conceived” Anselm must provide something other than just a simple inference from his Christian faith. His thought process derives from believing that God is the supreme being of this world without doubt because no other objection has been made limiting his image and powers. However according to Hume if we were to think of the contradictory ideas of god that would make him unconceivable (Hume, XI). So being able to…

mistake made by some is how each sees God differently and believe in God. Lewis shared in "The Rival Conceptions of God" that practicing atheist believe that all other religions are wrong, no exceptions (Lewis, 2009). Lewis shared that humanity was thought to be divided into majority and minority. Lewis shared that the majority believe there is a God or Gods that exist and a few, the minority, believe there is no God (Lewis, 2009). Christianity is among the majority which includes Greeks,…

2.1 The Rival Conceptions of God Here the author discussed the idea of how people in this world are divided into groups according to whether or not they believe in God and if they do believe in Him, they are further divided according to their beliefs about His involvement with the people of the world. As a former atheist, he discussed his view and explored the difference in the beliefs of the Pantheists, (those who believe that God is just another part of the universe, therefore, a part of…

Christianity’s definition of God. More than that actually. Most of my family’s life was spent in the Midwest. Ohio to be exact. While my parents and I were hopping around the whole United States on military standby, the rest of my family on my dad’s side was, has been, and always will be, a part of a very cult like denomination of Christian church. When we finally settled in Ohio, after my dad got released, we began regularly attending it. There I learned a very different God than I know today.…

with, my beliefs about God existing is one of the main forces as to why I am who I am today. The Bible and what its stories have to offer support these beliefs. God It has been the stance of historic Christianity that, unlike other religions and conceptions of God, God can be known. He has disclosed himself to humanity through the testimony of the Scriptures and the person of Jesus Christ, the prototype of the invisible God. The nature of this knowledge of God is not made manifest…

What our “Pitch” is about is how we can make the average soccer player better than average. We are going to do this by improving the ability of a soccer player by increasing speed, giving them dead point accuracy, intensifying their power and making their ball control that of an angel of soccer. The way this is possible is due to the fact that we were finally able to harness the power of the soccer god and circulating his power through each one of the soles and with a little help from Dr. Rickey…

Everyone desires to have God’s mercy, to be able to be forgiven by God and our brothers and sisters is all we ask for. The Abraham-Jacob saga depicts how God reveals his merciful love for Jacob in a multitude of ways. His faith for God grew immensely and abundantly in his life. Which then leads Jacob to change how he lived his life and treated others. The transformation that Jacob experienced throughout his life with his faith gave him the opportunity to be with close with his brother. His…

“What kind of God are you?” this question echoes through the theatre as Celie sings a desperate plea to God in The Color Purple the revival of the 2006 musical that opened in New York December 10th, 2015. Directed by John Doyle with a book by Marsha Norman based on Alice Walker’s 1982 Pulitzer Prize winning novel by the same name, the musical takes the audience on a journey through Celie’s life as she attempts to answer this question for herself. The musical is a portrait of Celie’s life as an…

icon is the most venerated in Russia. Unlike other more austere Marian icons, Our Lady of Vladimir belongs to the Ἐλεούσα Eleousa or ‘tender-touch’ iconographic style. This style is known for stressing the humanity of Christ; a compassionate God who suffers with humankind. Painted in the twelfth century, the icon depicts Mary and the child Christ. In this ekphrastic poem, Williams describes his encounter with the icon. The child possessively embraces Mary and with her right hand she draws…