Personal god

THE HIDDENNESS OF GOD Divine hiddenness, in the modern sense, does not refer to disquiet, disappointment and even despair that believers sometimes feel when God seems silent during suffering or trying seasons of life, rather it refers to a philosophical argument that asserts the unbelief of people who are both capable of believing and non-resistant to God proves that a loving God does not exist. Michael Rea puts it this way, “Our concept of God is the concept of a perfectly rational, perfectly…

christian around the age of 9, later evolves into a well known journalist, historian, evolutionary psychologist and author credited with tackling controversial studies of ancient religion and the evolving existence of God throughout time. As a famous best selling author of The Evolution of God, Non Zero: The Logic of Human Destiny, editor for The Sciences, The Atlantic, co-founder and editor of Meaning of Life.tv, Bloggingheads.tv, professor at Princeton University, and frequently published…

religion versus science has been a long ongoing debate that seem to have no end in sight.This is the major theme that runs through the essay “God, Science and Imagination,” written by Wendell Berry as it explores the different realms of the religious scholars and scientific scholars in their support of the stand that they take in regards to the existence of God, explaining the inherent faith of Christians in a supernatural being and mere imagination. Jane Goodall, “In the Forest of…

Interpretation: The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis In The Screwtape Letter, Lewis writes a satirical and epistolary text that explores the Christian theological concepts of temptation and the capability of human nature to resist satisfying greed and personal benefit. Lewis uses fictional characters such as Screwtape, a senior demon who writes a series of letters to Wormwood, his nephew and a junior tempter. These letters are instructions which pertain to Wormwood’s obligations to lead “the…

I wish that I had a super convicting story of how I found Jesus, and how I then started to follow him. I didn’t go through a crazy life changing event, I didn’t grow up in a rough home, I was instead, just brought up in a faithful environment. My story of becoming a christian is pretty ordinary, but I just like anyone else who became a christian, I still had to accept christ in my heart. My parents and most of my extended family are christians, so I never was surrounded by people who believed in…

Loyal believers of Deity tend to abandon and neglect any evidence goes against the idea that God is Omnibenevolent. As Hume had concluded, “...the existence of suffering is prima facie evidence against the Deity as described”(Churchland 1986, p.379). “Why is there so much misery?”Hume asked(Churchland 1986, p.379). According to Hume, there is an explanation for the existence of misery and suffering; God knows people are suffering but prefers not to help. Disasters, pains, and sufferings are…

When one characterizes God as hidden, it refers to the the unclear nature of God’s existence. Robert McKim tells a story about “The Hidden Emperor” that is analogous to the common traditions of theist Gods. That God is an omnipotent being who requires trust and obedience in exchange for protection in ordinary means and the afterlife. The lack of empirical evidence for God’s existence is explained by that God chooses to be hidden and reveal himself only indirectly. In McKim’s story, there is an…

are expressed. Although they describe a similar praise to their God, dictions and phrases from Sura 93 expressed through rhetorical questions change the passage into something with an accusable tone. Each passage shows a similar message of showing praise for their God because of all the things he’s provided the reader. Sura 93 states,”Did he not find you an orphan and give you shelter?” (The Koran 93:6) giving the message that God found them alone and took them in. David writes,”He…

common classic since there are many different ways to analyze it, although I’m just going to examine the god of Oz verses the biblical God. However because of the many different characteristics, I will simply run through a few of them, such as how both gods personalize, use their power, and if they’re finite or infinite. Is the god (or as he is more commonly known, the wizard) of Oz personal? Can he be approached whenever and easily? The answer, no, not at all; it took Dorothy and her…

see she is woken by a fire and her first reaction was to say that it’s God’s plan, her saying that showed us how strong her faith is in God, “yea, so it was, and so ‘twas just” pg.29. After she starts to think about it she starts to get upset at the thought that she just lost all her belongings and she’s trying to convince herself that she doesn’t need her personal belongings, but she’s having a hard time doing so, “ my pleasant things in ashes lie, and them behold no more shall I.” pg.27…