Omnipotence

His command. There is none of them whose activity is produced by or proceeds from its own essence” (272). Algazali wrote this as a criticism of the philosopher’s postulated theory of cause and effect. His reason for this polemic was to uphold the omnipotence of God, for if necessary causal effects could be found in nature, the effects would not be acts of Gods will. Below, this paper will accomplish two things; first it will outline the first two points of Algazali’s argument put forth against…

Childhood and Background Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the theologist, pastor, and anti-Nazi activist, was born February 4, 1906. He was born in Breslau, Germany and grew up in a loving, broadminded, household. Having 7 siblings whom all grew to be confident, successful adults, had a big impact on who Dietrich was as a person. As a family they were taught to be outspoken, religious, at least by their mother, and social butterflies. Dietrich was the youngest of his 3 brothers and was treated as such. The…

Tarell El Masri Dr. Greenberg Religion 125 Theodicy and The Book of Job The book of Job is one of the most well-known and controversial of the books of wisdom in the Hebrew Bible, believed to be written between the 7th and 4th centuries BCE. The story not only questioned the conventional wisdom of the time, but provides the framework for addressing the issues of theodicy and man’s attempts to rectify the intrinsic good/omnipotent nature of god with their suffering. The story of Job shows that…

Dr. Faustus’s damnation is truly an act of justice as he got what he deserved. He knew the consequences of his choice but still went on with it. His desire to know everything made him adamant about his choice to sell his soul to the devil and even on occasions when he could’ve pulled back, he hesitated but always pulled back at the last minute. “Faustus, in his impatience to fulfil at once and for a moment, for a few short years, all the desires and conceptions of his soul, is willing to…

cultural studies. Eco-criticism has gained increasing recognition as an important new field of research and teaching that opens up a broad spectrum of new perspectives and that can help to reaffirm the relevance and responsibility of the humanities and of literary studies. Eco-criticism, which has developed especially in Europe, is the approach of Cultural Ecology. Eco-criticism is fundamentally concerned with the relationship between culture and nature. Cultural Ecology considers the…

There are various systems and arguments for proving God’s existence; created by a plethora of theologists, psychologists, and philosophers, but I will be focusing on one: The Ontological Argument for God’s existence. The basic structure for the Ontological argument is set up as a reductio ad absurdum argument, which is essentially an argument which derives a solution by presenting the opposition to the desired solution, then formulating that it is absurd, or illogical, then in turn proves the…

Germany could not escape authoritarian governance. After World War I (WWI) came to an end and the democratic Weimar Republic replaced the autocratic war regime, Germany finally appeared to be temporarily rid of political violence. However, chaos persisted. The government suppressed public uprisings with brutal violence, killing hundreds. Germany again fell into disorder. This never-ending governmental oppression is reflected in the 1920 horror film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The movie…

As natural theology developed it became understood as a means of demonstrating the existence of God through the reason and order of nature, separate from special revelation. This ideology, by replacing God’s gift of revelation with human ability, posed a severe threat to the established Protestant doctrines of the day. In 1934, Emil Brunner published his famous essay entitled Nature and Grace, supporting the viability of natural theology. Brunner’s thesis: “It is the task of our theological…

C.S. Lewis noted in his book The Problem of Pain that if something is “self-contradictory it is absolutely impossible” and can be considered intrinsically impossible because it carries its impossibility within itself” (561). He argues that the Omnipotence of God means that He has the power to do anything that is intrinsically possible; however, God cannot do anything that is intrinsically impossible (Lewis 561). For example, God cannot give human beings something such as reason or free will and…

# 11 Tips To Spot a Narcissist What if you could spot a narcissist before they take advantage of you, or make your life miserable? Wouldn’t that save you a lot of hassle (and your sanity)? In the last article we went through a journey to try to understand the narcissist’s mind in [“Peek Inside the Narcissist’s Mind”](http://awakedevelopment.com/2017/04/07/peek-inside-narcissists-mind/). You would profit to read the previous article in order to better understand and use this one. If you…