Open theism

theistically or atheistically/agnostically?” This is a life changing question that is literally impossible to not choose a side, because by even choosing to not side you’re inevitably choosing the side of atheism through the very fact that you did not choose theism and the same vice versa. It is utterly impossible to be neutral in such a dire predicament. Thus, since we cannot avoid the predicament, let us tackle it head on and embark on a journey to determine which the most reasonable way of…

“To be Christian at all is to be a theologian, there are no exceptions” (Stone 3). Theology is the understanding of our God through a process of thinking about life in the light of faith. We use theology when engaging in our calling and when we turn for knowledge and support. How to Think Theologically, explains the difficult process of theological thinking and reflections. The author wants us to understand that if we practice religion and live according to our Christian faith, then we are…

Oblations, which are food prepared for God by the believers, can only be placed in front of and close to the feet of the deities by selected priests in the temple. Besides symbolizing religious meanings and obtaining them on its own, a deity also opens up levels of reality which were otherwise closed to believers. This was categorized as the third characteristic of symbol by Tillich. (Tillich, 486) Deities are accessible incarnations of God in the universe, which allowed believers to have closer…

In the “Roundtable Discussion on the Problem of Evil”, Meghan Sullivan, Trent Dougherty, and Sam Newlands discuss the Problem of Evil for theism. All three people do not take the side of a theist or an atheist, but instead discuss the problem from a mostly objective view. The Problem of Evil is also discussed by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong and William Craig in God? A Debate Between a Christian and an Atheist, where Sinnott-Armstrong argues from the atheist’s point of view and Craig argues from the…

Even when the Israelites forgot where they came from and had the nerve to want to go back, God still loved them and provided. His love is so unconditional and for that I am thankful. "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us".( Ephesians 3:20) (Holy Bible, 2012) This is the love of God. I think about what caused that trip to take forty years, was the love of God not enough? We know that it was. God 's love…

The Investigation into Two Objections to Pascal’s Wager In his essay “Wagering belief: examining two objections to Pascal’s wager,” D. Groothuis (1994) provides two explanations of objections to Pascal’s wager. He first begins to explain the basic structure of Pascal’s wager and then proceeds to critique two objections against it. The first of these examinations is whether Pascal’s guide for invoking belief involve a forced brainwashing. The second is why a theistic belief for salvation may or…

Being a mental health professional in the 21st century, caring for the mentally infirm, the emotionally damaged, and the spiritually afflicted from a Christian perspective can be a daunting endeavor to say the least. This is, in no small part, due to how Western civilization has come to recognize pathology, specifically psychopathology. When the word itself is broken down and viewed from its Greek origin we learn that psyche means soul, pathos means suffering, and logos means the study of.…

career…I hope to God that this assertion is incorrect. My worldview is a jumbled mess with U-turns and right angles. It does not have a name and it does not really fit into a group, but if I had to call it something, it would be historical Christian Theism. While I do believe in God, I do not have many practices, and I may do things that others would consider contradictory because I do what makes me happy at that moment. Sometimes I will do something and other times I won’t. All I know is that…

Préciso of The Problem of Evil In Rowe’s work, The Problem of Evil and Some Varieties of Atheism, he discusses three interrelated questions which are the following: 1) Is there an argument for atheism based on the existence of evil that may rationally justify someone in being an atheist? 2) How can the theist best defend his position against the argument for atheism based on the existence of evil? 3) What position should the informed atheist take concerning the rationality of theistic belief?…

My original understanding of Atheism focused on several distinctions that I felt acted to characterize basic differences between an atheist and theist. Of these particularities, I honed in upon experiencing life without a God figure present, as well as the importance of being fully aware in the environments we inhabit for the sake of forgoing the jurisdiction of a supreme being. An attempt was made to emphasize this approach by asking the reader to understand that we as individuals exist in a…