Theism

to know anything at all?, how do we know what is right and?, and what is the meaning of human history?. Just like the Eastern Pantheistic Monism and all the other worldview. We will stand firm on what we believe in standing strong on our Christian Theism belief, and trusting God and His life changing Word. The conclusion, Jesus spoke these words “I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than…

H.J. McCloskey, in his article, “On Being an Atheist,” attempts to justify his position of unmitigated atheism. McCloskey presents a series of arguments, dichotomizing classical claims made by those who advocate the existence of a Creator, more specifically the God of the bible. He begins his series of objections by way of summarizing each of the arguments, which he calls “proofs,” McCloskey contends that the cosmological or teleological proof does not justify an omniscient creator. In fact…

Christianity which had been eluding me for so long. In this course, I found that the topics of Classical Christian Theism, Deism, Traditionalism, New Age Philosophy, and Postmodernism had all influenced my own, current understanding. And, through studying these, I realized how I had arrived at my current beliefs, and how to continue my journey for truth. Growing up, Classical Christian Theism was my dominant…

Bible actually identifies an age or geological epoch instead of a 24-hour period of time (Bailey 5). Because of the mixture of both science and religion, “old-Earth” creationism would be a scientific biblical approach. The next creationist belief is Theism. A theist believes that God is there to hear our prayers, and intervene to serve His ends, and nothing more. A theist is not concerned if the literal translation of the book of Genesis contradicts evolution, because they treat the Bible…

From a lamp post that was there from the beginning and the girl that finds it to a talking lion that all you want to do is love and a witch that had the power to free the world over C.S. Lewis has brought us one of the world's greatest book series, The Chronicles of Narnia. Although C.S. Lewis is recognized throughout the world as a great Christian thinker, philosopher, apologist and writer, his theology often fails to meet the standards of most Evangelicals and is often at odds with the broader…

Carroll, Thomas D., The Problem of Relevance and the Future of Philosophy of Religion, Metaphilosophy, Pg. 39-58.
 A. Religion has always played a vital role between humans and society, especially in terms of what is good and proper. In modern world, people have become increasingly dissociated from religion and spirituality. In the article, The Problem of Relevance and the Future of Philosophy of Religion. Thomas Carroll emphasizes the importance of the study of itself. What exactly is the study…

It is important to note that most philosophical debate can be said to be focused on the belief that, God cannot exist with, or would want to prevent all evils this is according to 3 and 6 belief stated above. On the other hand, the defenders of theism according to …(.) argues that God could exist and yet allow evil so as to achieve a greater good. The proposal of a greater good ideology is expressed by Alvin (1974) as free will defense. He believe moral evil is as a result of free human action…

contradicts the authentic traditional Chinese culture. Traditional culture respects the mandate of heaven. As Confucius oncae said, “Life and death are predestined, and wealth and rank are determined by heaven.” Both Buddhism and Taoism are forms of theism and believe in the reincarnation cycle of life and death and the karmic causality of good and…

Beyond this, Natural Selection offers new conclusions to theological problems, most of which are atheistic. Despite these plausible solutions, a skeptical mindset towards atheism should be adopted since logical arguments still remain in favor of theism. 2. Terms: A. God: A broad term, referring to a divine being compatible with all world religions. B. Nature: The way in which elements and organisms interact in our universe. C. Natural Selection: A form of evolution in which genetic mutations…

The teleological argument is an argument attempting to prove God’s existence based on the evidence of design and order in the universe. It works based on the belief that there must have been an intelligent designer, and the only being powerful enough to have created the universe is God. The argument is a posteriori and inductive; it looks at our experience of the universe and draws inferences from it. As they are based on inferences, these conclusions are statements of probability rather than…