The God Delusion

existence of a God has always been accepted by almost every people in history until the past couple hundred of years. Every civilization has developed their own religion over time. It is human nature to want to be a part of something bigger than him/herself. Some of these religions are very extreme, and others are simply a statement of belief. From the ancient Greek mythology in which there are hundreds of gods and goddesses that control different parts of life to the single all powerful…

that can harm us greatly. In The Future of an Illusion he explains how in his mind also is nothing more than our way of dealing with the feelings of helplessness, which carry on from childhood into adulthood. He finds the human beings looking up to God as a fatherlike figure whom we are terrified off because of the consequences they have to face after making a sin, and whom we look up for protection and safety at the same time. He focuses his introduction with the characteristics of a human…

David Bentley Hart, a renowned theologian and philosopher, has accepted the challenge presented by the New Atheist ideals. In Hart’s publication, Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies he explains to the reader the falsehood of Atheism and how the rejection of Christianity has negatively impacted humanity. There are four themes that Hart uses to convey this message: Faith and reason in today’s society, Christianity’s influence and misunderstanding throughout the…

As Pope John Paul II said in Egypt after fighting between Christians and Muslims led to bloodshed in 2000 that “To do harm, to promote violence and conflict in the name of religion, is a terrible contradiction and a great offense against God. But past and present history gives us many examples of such misuse of religion.” The history is fraught with such examples. From the thirty years war between Catholics and Protestants in the seventeenth century church which killed almost one-fourth…

Throughout Harriet Jacobs’ autobiography, the reader is given much insight into Jacobs’ personal thoughts and feelings on matters such as slavery, sin, education, and importantly, religion. Jacobs’s understanding of God and religion goes through an evolution shaped by her own encounters and circumstances as well as of those she held dear. In many instances, Harriet was heavily influenced by her grandmother, a caretaker to the girl for the better part of her young life. Though she learned from…

Confessions is St. Augustine 's extended prayer of thanks to God. Augustine is raised in a Christian household, but as he grows older, his faith wanders and his soul becomes chained to lower goods. Through God 's grace, Augustine experiences a conversion in which his reason and will become one - his soul is finally at peace with God. Augustine 's journey towards restoring his faith and returning to God can be seen in how he reacts, and later reflects, on the deaths of Dido, his unnamed friend,…

The Buddhism faith or religion view of healing begins with an attempt to avoid suffering (White, 2015). Buddhism originated 2500 years ago when Siddhartha Gotuma was made aware of life at the age of 35. The prime understanding he developed of life is that everyone suffers, both rich and poor. The belief from this group is to be tolerant of others who do not see life the way they do or don’t share their beliefs. They don’t fight with other groups in an attempt to convert them. Buddhist…

“Louder than sirens, louder than bells, sweeter than heaven, and hotter than hell.” Florence Welch belts out in a beautifully deep voice. In an instant, she’s rendered the ideals of both Heaven and Hell as insignificant, trivial delusions. She’s singing about the way she feels when she’s in love. This human emotion she’s experiencing is so much more remarkable than anything to be experienced in the afterlife. If love is sweeter than heaven, and hotter than hell, then what is there to look…

seconds by a high being. Alice is just a “thing in his dream!“ which questions the stability of reality itself, complicating that the complexities of life. Opening up the implication that no person actually exists, but through the divine imagination of God. In conjunction with Tweedledee’s claims, when back home Alice reflects on her experience, she mentions, “Now, Kitty, lets consider who it was that dreamed it all…He was part of my dream, of course—but then I was part of his dream too! […]…

INTRODUCT ION The question of the existence of a good God and evil is by far the most important problem for philosophical, religious, and moral consideration. These two contradicting arguments have been postulated by many philosophers like Richard Dawkins, William Rowe…etc. Though the intrinsic presence of suffering is the most obvious feature that determines the character of the existence or non-existence of God, it is an empirical fact, and the truth or falsity of these facts can only be…