Gods and Generals

have many different religions and cultures. Each religion has so much about it that is unique, and it also has similarities to other religions. In the healthcare industry, healthcare workers need to be aware of and have respect for the the origin, general beliefs, certain traditions, etc. in the different religions/cultures. Some of the religions you can come across as a healthcare worker include the Baptist, Buddhist, and Hindu religions. The Baptist religion is a denomination, or branch of…

into Romans we see that the romans have acknowledged God, but they do not glorify him as God, nor do they give thanks to him. (Romans 1:21-23) God allows them sinful desire and shameful lust, having women lust for relations with unnatural ones, and men abandoning relations with women and became lustful for one another. (Romans 1:24-28) The Romans had their minds filled with wickedness, evil, greed and depravity for abandoning the knowledge of God, even with knowing of God’s righteous decree they…

In The Presumption of Atheism , Michael Scriven argues that when arguments for the existence of God are unable to provide the evidence required to maintain this conclusion (and Scriven believes this to be the case for all such arguments) the only position that one can rationally maintain is atheism. I will first elaborate the salient points of Scriven’s reasoning in arriving at his conclusion and then attempt to challenge some of the assumptions that Scriven makes in the course of his argument,…

writes about an imaginary conversation between three people Demea, Cleanthes, and Philo. Demea is very orthodox and believes in God but is skeptical about investigations. He believes that God is a perfect being but other than that, humans know nothing else; to imagine anything else is heresy. Demas thinks that with limited human knowledge, one can only make weak arguments about God and these arguments may lead to false ideas and even skepticism. He questions science and philosophy but believes…

The Puritan's faith was their most primal strength. God’s presence is evident in the passage in each event whether it is significant or not. In the journal, Bradford has described various incidences where God decided the outcomes. Bradford states that “God can help or hurt, according to His will”. They acknowledged God’s presence and continued to increase their faith in him. The Puritan's Moreover their faith is evident from the beginning. By faith, they believed in religious freedom and…

nature of God. The argument consists of many flaws seen when closely analyzed. His argument is too general and only applies to certain believers. In addition, Pascal’s wager may have been applicable to a time when Christianity was a dominant religion; however, in todays multicultural society this may not be the case. Pascal was a French thinker who contributed to the basis of calculus; given his rationality he decided to use this approach to consider the question of the existence of God.…

I believe that there is only one God and that he is “Good”, all knowing and all powerful. Also the way Plotinus looked at the “One” and explained gave me a new way of looking at the topic. Lastly I will be talking about religion as a whole and the many ideas behind religion and faith. As mentioned before, I believe that there is one God and that he is “Good”. If we look back on Ancient Greece, we see that they supposedly had twelve gods. If there is only one God then there can’t be twelve of…

concept of faith was simply that if I loved God and followed his commandments, good things would happen to me as a reward. As I grew older, however, multiple events shook my confidence in this idea, and left me more uncertain and unsettled in my journey with Faith. For instance, the death of my Grandmother and the tragic death of a girl in my class during my freshman year of High School made me question my beliefs; I wondered how a supposedly loving and giving God could inflict such pain and…

about the attributes of God and what he represents then many different answers will start appearing especially from the Christian-World view. It seems that their are two possible answers when trying to understand God and who he is. The first belief of God is from the Christian perspective which is also shared by many Jews and Muslims. While the other view known as pantheism is shared by many eastern religions and agnostics. The general belief of pantheism believes that God is above all good and…

the story. The fact that Jacob fights well in the match, and seems to “draw” the man symbolizes that God respects him and that Jacob is very close to God. In the story, the “man” that Jacob fights is also revealed to have many forms. This is because Jacob asks the man for a blessing and the “man” changes his name, which is something that only the LORD can do. Furthermore, earlier in Genesis God mentions the change in Jacob’s name, proving that it is He or an angel that actually fights Jacob.…