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wickedness” (35:15). Elihu was determined to declare God entirely just (34:10-12) and defend Him (36:2) while twisting Job’s words. In sum, Elihu did sort through and augment the growing legal tangle, but his additions were not helpful. Cajoler Elihu was also bent on getting Job to reconsider and he explored new territory in the process. Early in his first speech, he shifted gears temporarily away from Job’s presumed declarations of innocence. Instead, acknowledging the great gulf between God as…

REFLECTIVE RESPONSE PAPER: DELIGHTING IN THE TRINITY Many times, in the Christian life, one topic can slip through the cracks of thoughtful thinking. One area that seems to be less emphasized is the teaching of the Trinity and its implications to the Christian worldview. Michael Reeves book “Delighting in the Trinity” seeks to end the madness of thinking of the trinity as being cold and boring. Michaels main argument is that “God is love because God is a Trinity”. The point of this response…

A Contrasting Analysis on the Theme of Reasoning in Pico della Mirandola's "Oration on the Dignity of Man" and Michel Eyquem de Montaigne's "Apology for Raimond Sebond" This philosophical study will provide a contrast analysis on the theme of reasoning in Mirandola’s "Oration on the Dignity of Man” and Montaigne’s “Apology for Raimond Sebond.” Mirandola’s essay defines how God’s omnipotence provides human beings with free will and the powers of reasoning. This Neoplatonic perspective defines…

Executive Summary: Theology of the Workplace During Wayne Grudem’s visit to Biola University in California, he spoke on what is perhaps the least discussed topic among Christians; theology in business. In an amiable manner, Wayne began to introduce point after point of support for his main premise, that, “the bible views work in a positive way” (Gruden, 2014). Wayne uses many biblical references to support that, “God views work as the moral good.” (Grudem, 2014). God Commands us to work. Work…

With that in mind, Descartes begins to sketch arguments that call all his a priori knowledge into doubt. The first of those, is an argument regarding God. Descartes writes how it is firmly rooted in his mind that there is an omnipotent God, who created him, and the whole world. He follows that by adding, however, that there is no way for him to know if God did in fact create the earth, the sky, and the the things he sees, but is merely deceiving Descartes into believing they exist. Furthermore,…

Are we at debt with a supreme Being? What is the nature of man’s guilt, given the rupture caused to an original divine order? Can a just God lend forgiveness and thus offer reconciliation to his fallen creation? All these fundamental questions and more have been thoroughly explored by philosophers of all ages. Two thinkers in particular who have sought to provide answers to these inquiries are Friedrich Nietzsche and Saint Anselm. In their respective works, On the Genealogy of Morals and Cur…

The romantic time period was when writers focused on the beauty of nature. Author Henry David Thoreau, a transcendentalist writer during the romanticism time period appreciated nature and one's feelings. In Thoreau’s essay “Walden” and “Civil Disobedience” he represents many different transcendentalism tenets throughout his works. Henry David Thoreau had a very simple view on life, after he graduated college, Harvard University, Thoreau had got a job that would be able to provide him with…

Lucas Shaw Short paper #1 Philosophy, Topic #2 Cosmological argument for the existence of God. Cosmological argument: An argument (or set of arguments) that undertakes to “prove” that God exists on the basis of the idea that there must have been a first cause or an ultimate reason for the existence of the universe (Introducing Philosophy, pg 661). This is the definition of this argument according to this particular book. In other words, the cosmological argument is a philosophical argument,…

Anselm’s Ontological Argument v. Pascal’s Wager In this paper, I will be describing Anselm’s Ontological Argument and Pascal’s Wager and then contrast the differences between the two. These two arguments help to determine the existence of God. There are three norms of belief: ordinary belief, religious belief, and faith seeking understanding. The norms of ordinary belief are based on sufficient evidence to prove it is true. Without proper evidence, this type of belief can be considered false…

For centuries atheists and theists have debated one of the most important questions to date; does God exist? Are there hard evidences to prove His existence if he truly is real? Most importantly, why is there so much evil in this world? These questions cannot be easily answered, nor will there ever be a definite answer for them from either point of view; however, they are still thought provoking and great questions to explore and discuss to find a better understanding of why we believe what we…