Prosperity theology

Within the atheist and theist communities, one of the most recognizable and well known claims are that of Blaise Pascal and his “Wager”. Striking within both minds, the concept was decided by induction and probability, that the best approach when it comes the belief of God, it is to believe in them. However, it can come to be understood that such measures may not always be the most valid conclusion due to an infinite amount of variables. The contribution of Pascal is best understood of using…

Bordone does choose to differ the depiction of his painting from Tintoretto, to show a more interesting scene that captures more of the drama associated with it. The painting Bordone creates is dramatic and captures what he believes to be the most important part of the bible story it depicts. This moment being the moment that Mary and Joseph burst into the scene to find their son, who has been missing for three days. In the scene, Bordone captures the emotion any mother searching for her lost…

Spinoza lays down a series of definitions and propositions that are comparable, contrasting, and also unique from Descartes’ philosophy in order to eventually prove God’s existence. Consequently, I find his argument compelling because I believe he is elevating human qualities or possibly attempting to liberate Descartes’ ideas of human doubt and imperfection. Spinoza builds his argument for the existence of God and thus qualities of human nature with general propositions; for example, in…

1. Page 36 – “‘Freud’ reminds us that “the world is no nursery” and strongly advises us to face the harsh reality that we are alone in the universe.” What educated assumptions do you believe brought Freud to conclude that “we are alone in the universe?” Explanation: My thought process behind the question is that there is more than just science that brought him to believe there was no God. Freud was stubborn and was religiously intolerant. 2. Page 37 – “One can only assume that all knowledge…

How should insiders deal with factual challenges from outsiders when discussing religion? A simple answer could be to ignore it. But would it really be that easy? Outsiders try really hard to prove one’s religion wrong. But why? Many outsiders come up with reasons to say that God does not exist or the things in a religion are not true. They try to pull people away from their beliefs. In my opinion, I feel as though if outsiders don’t believe in God or our religion they shouldn’t try proving…

If God tells Alex Rodriguez (Arod) that he will hit a homerun tomorrow, and Arod has freedom of choice, and chooses to stay home, it will seem like God’s foreknowledge is false, and not knowledge at all. However, Boethius would disagree with this statement through various reasons. First of all, Boethius claimed that everything God sees is present to him. Because God is “eternal”, which is “the total and perfect possession of life without end” (Boethius, 110,4), he can grasp and see events…

In the fourth Meditation, since Descartes' forswearing that God could be a double crosser, he is utilizing an origination of force and presence that would have been recognizable in his day, however which may strike us as rather odd today. Presence and the ability to act are both brought about by Descartes to be positives. The more power and presence one has, the better one is. Underhanded and negative acts are not an aftereffect of some negative being that balances being, however come about…

The word arbitrary means something that is based on a random choice, instead of a reason. Arbitrary can also mean chance. Edwards’ mentions that God’s will is arbitrary, meaning that it’s the “pleasure of God.” Edwards characterizes salvation, grace, and the doctrine of “free will”. He characterizes salvation by mentioning things like we all were expected to sin when we were born because sin is inherent. It is built within us because we are suppose to mess up along the way in life. We are all…

Throughout history, religion has never been a unanimous belief among all societies. Such a strong disagreement can be evident for various reasons, but personal experiences are an incredibly influential aspect. Through observations or experiences of evil, society often disregards the concept of an “all great” entity because of a lack of intervention. Common points of this include allowing the holocaust to take place, but also point to forms of non-moral evil such as natural tragedies that take…

The book of Job focuses on the suffering of Jon and the associated responses based on the orthodox that Job learned in his life. Tullock mentions that the book of Job also includes some theodicy, which are discussions about the theological problems raised by human suffering. The book of Job has had different interpretations and opinions in regards to how many authors contributed to the book. Traditional interpreters state that one author wrote the book, whereas, some believe the book is a…