Conceptions of God

In the case, the best defense of God would be God’s making whole squirrel species stronger, and I think it doesn’t hold up. Same with the example, Rowe's fawn, from the reading, this example also shows one of unnecessary evils. In conception, the existence of unnecessary evils is compatible with some conception of God. That means, if a sentient squirrel gets squashed by a moose and suffers unnecessarily before it dies then, there still a chance to have God. However, in my mind, if that happened,…

above us. What Durkheim’s implying is that nature has a soul that includes God within them. It’s possible because nature has a system that is followed by a mechanical law and is governed by itself. God and spirits are above this system is the religious idea. This view has people act a certain way towards things when they see things with spirits and God in objects, which they call them sacred. Also behaviors that go towards God are considered sacred as well, such as religious rituals and…

happiness in God (II.1,4). Anselm uses this language because he is explicitly drawing from his conception of God being a perfect being (Monologion), even within his dealing with the atonement of a God-man. Hence, Anselm stays within the confines of his theology, which is not only admirable but exposes a well-understood implication of his own theology proper. However, Anselm does a post hoc on the place of human beings who contemplate God as the ones who repopulate the heavenly…

that he would display for his positions, his decisions were genuine or subject to challenge. If one somehow managed to abridge the fundamental conclusion that Russell is contending in support of, it is this: individuals have confidence in religion and God entirely out of feeling as opposed to reason. As a further subtext, the pre-eminent emotion that Russell makes responsible for this conviction is apprehension. Maybe as shutting explanation intended to support them to correspondingly declare…

when the conception of God in the Old Testament comes into view. The early church wrestled with whether God is one or three. Their answer is that God is triune— one substance, three persons. Since then, the church catholic continually affirms and reflects on this doctrine to understand God. Statements on the Trinity can become confusing when people begin to explain it, easily falling into God being three gods or a single god playing three different roles. When Christians say the word, “God” it…

objection. The problem of evil aims to expose the apparent inconsistencies of the Judeo-Christian-Islamic formulation of God. That is, a God that is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent. If the problem of evil is compelling, it is supposed to show that at least this conception of God is incoherent. While the Judeo-Christian-Islamic God (hereafter referred to as the monotheistic God, or simply…

In essence, God decides morality, the basis of right and wrong. If God says something is right then it is morally right; if God says something is wrong then it also is morally wrong. However, flaws in this theory have caused many people to deny it and believe in Saint Thomas Aquinas Theory of Natural Law. This theory is…

An individuals’ conception of god is typically shaped by their familial structure and, I believe, people tend to not question the religion they are raised in. Usually, this does not happen until they hit puberty and start to denounce their parents’ value. No one is born with knowledge about a certain moral code, so those concepts are inherited through the teachings of a family. One is not born knowing that it is bad to hit someone just like how you are not born knowing a language. It seems to…

trial, he was struck by painful illness, and instead of cursing God like his wife suggested, he replied, “[we] accept good things from God; should we not accept evil?” (Job 2:10), further exemplifying that faith in God should not be out of self-interest. Throughout his suffering, Job did not sin against God and did not fall under the temptations of the accuser in questioning Job’s undying faith in God. Eventually, Job began to question God, due to his lack of understanding that humans are not at…

Throughout the course of human history perhaps no issue has caused as much debate or controversy as the question of the existence of God. People on both sides have provided a variety of interesting arguments to support their positions. Perhaps no argument is as famous as one by Hume which has come to be known as the problem of evil. The argument goes as follows, “Epicurus’ old questions are yet unanswered. Is he willing to prevent evil, but no able? Then he is impotent. Is he able, but not…