Theism

find forgiveness for our sins. Good acts of helping those in need is essential as a Christian; but it doesn’t cover for salvation as well. The book captured a vast amount of material considering its small size. Although it grasped many areas of theism and belief, I wanted to test the world views against real life issues. How does my stance in Deism affect my opinions on abortion? Where do I stand when I agree with Materialism and God? I think his answer, leaving the defining of world views as…

When a person believes in a god or gods, they are a theist. From the root word “theism,” we are able to understand and break down the basis for the two main types of religion; monotheistic and polytheistic. When a person does not believe in a god or gods, they are atheistic; one category of atheism is monistic religions. Monotheism is the belief in only one god. Monotheistic religions, such as Christianity, believe that God created man and that man became somehow separated from the likeness of…

we have seen everything. The existence of God is something that has been and will be continuously debated. The fundamental argument for atheism is that there is no evidence or proof for the existence of God, just like the fundamental argument for theism is that there is no evidence that there isn 't a God! This cyclical nature of the arguments arrises because of the lack of physical proof. We can only speculate and theorize as to what actually happened at the "beginning" of our universe. Until…

When considering morality from a religious standpoint, a conclusion is often drawn, particularly in monotheistic religions, that goodness is an absolute concept, dictated by a set of God-given rules. It is logical to assume that God, as an omniscient, transcendent and ultimately perfect being, would be the source of moral command. Often, divine moral command is delivered to believers through scripture; however, it is argued that the moral teachings arising from such scripture cannot be absolute…

McCloskey tempts the theists to look for answers and reasoning in a different way with his statement. In response, Evan and Manis say that the thrust of the non-temporal argument is that present existence of contingent objects requires that there be a necessary being” (Evans & Manis, 2009). As mentioned McCloskey claims that everything requires a cause for its existence; therefore God requires a cause for his existence. Evans and Manis discuss it this way, the argument assumes that all…

conclusion and then attempt to challenge some of the assumptions that Scriven makes in the course of his argument, and provide what I believe to be an example of a case where there can be a retrospective justification for having an arbitrary presumption of theism despite an absence of what would be conventionally considered to be evidence. Scriven begins by addressing…

The theistic worldview maintains that the universe was created by a perfect being who continues to actively observe it. Conversely, the atheistic worldview avows to a belief in the existence of only the materialistic world, which they contend was not created by a supernatural being. Non-believers commonly employ arguments that are grounded in the problem of evil to dispute the theist’s divine creator. The problem of evil elicits the question of how a perfect and loving God could allow evil, such…

The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud This is a synopsis of the address “The Question of God : C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud” by Armand Nicholi, M.D., Jr., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital, as well as a founding board member of the Family Research Council and the editor and co-author of The Harvard Guide to Psychiatry (3rd Edition, 1999). Dr. Nicholi has taught a course on Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis at Harvard for…

We will not learn from our mistakes, if we, people, do not offend or sinned from other people or even God. Atheists, on the other hand, are people who practice atheism. Atheism is a belief that God does not exist. The counterpart of atheism is theism. Theism refers to the belief that God do exist. It is divided into two categories - monotheism and polytheism. Monotheism is a belief that there is only one god while polytheism…

Phillip E. Johnson is a retired Berkley law professor and one of the leading proponents of intelligent design theory. Though having taught at Berkely as a law professor for over thirty years, Johnson’s renown stems not from his credentials in law, but from his critique of Darwinism. Since the publishing of his book Darwin on Trial, Johnson has become a well-known critic of evolution. In another one of his works, Reason in the Balance, Johnson articulates how naturalism, the philosophy of behind…