Existence precedes essence

The existence of God has been an argument that society has been fighting for years, along with other debates within them. If you believe that God exists, then the argument would be whether or not Jesus Christ is his one true born son. The cosmological argument only deals with the fact that the universe is created by a great designer. Some say that this argument is illogical because one can simply not know whether or not that there is an intelligent creator, and the universe could create itself…

After watching both videos and based on my own experience I would infer that Al Sharpton has a stronger case regarding morality. Although Hitchens had very good arguments about how we don’t really need God to be moral in this world, Al Sharpton pointed out that if it really was up to us to decide what is moral and immoral we would definitely change it every four years. Al Sharpton pointed out that if we need someone that’s above us to be in charge of what morality means. I can see where he’s…

charitable construal, the conclusion "Therefore, God almost certainly does not exist" does not follow from these six steps, even if we concede that each of them is true and justified. Eight Reasons in Support of God’s Existence (Prof. William Lane Craig, 2013) Craig believes that God’s existence best explains a wide range of the data of human experience. Let me briefly mention eight such cases. (I) God is the best explanation why anything at all…

all powerful even though he allows chaotic things to happen not only to ones who deserve it but also to the people that are good. Which lead to the discussion whether God is evil or good and in extreme circumstances leads to speculation about Gods existence. Although Harold s. Kushner provided many supporting details while reading the book I still have the same view points on God that I did before; God is good, all powering, and he does what is best for his followers and others however I…

beginning and almost everything contains a specific purpose. In order for anything to obtain purpose, there had to have been someone or something to distribute those purposes. That something had to have been in high power due to the fact that it was in existence before those purposes were distributed. All parts of nature depend on each other. For example, most living organisms depend on oxygen to survive. An independent variable directly influences a dependent variable. Therefore, there has…

The book, Dynamics of Faith, written by Paul Tillich provides his own ideas of what faith is not in three ways. Tillich explains the three distortions of the meaning of faith as the “Intellectualistic,” the “Voluntaristic,” and the “Emotionalistic”. Paul Tillich begins the second chapter by stating that, “Our positive description of what faith implies the rejection of interpretations that dangerously distort the meaning of faith” (Tillich, 35). The intellectual understanding of faith is not…

Is there transcendentalism today in our world? Yes, there is tons and tons of transcendentalism today in our society. They are found mostly everywhere and we do not notice it. They can be found anywhere in general like television, music, art speeches and literature. For my project, I found a song that relates to transcendentalism. This song is very well known and it is called “Imagine” by John Lennon. The song is about obtaining peace and fighting for what you believe in. This song shows many…

Fate, Destiny, and You: Assessment Paper In class we watched the film The Adjustment Bureau and in this film there was many instances that challenged free will with determinism. It’s very hard to not think about fate and destiny. There are many ways to answer what exactly our destiny is. God knows our future and it already exists, and there is nothing we can do to change that. This is the theological challenge to freedom, it means that if an absolutely perfect god knows the future, presumably…

In the History of Love, Leopold Gursky’s self-identity is lost and the cause of his sense of non-existence is due to all of the losses he has encountered in his life and with every loss he becomes less sure of his existence, resulting in his invisibility in the world. Krauss uses the motif of invisibility and self-identity to show how one can become invisible if he/she loses what makes them who they are, causing them to lose sense of themselves and their self-identities altogether, resulting in…

The Doctrine of Special Revelation A cosmonaut returned to earth, the question put forth was did he see God up in space or as the book said the heavens. However, do you know went to the heavens and came back to tell everyone about? One theologian says God is dead presently him speaking for the secular world that believes they no longer need God. Can you imagine the world feeling like they can answer and solve their problems on their own? Kar Marx said religion was an opiate for the people. He…