Theism

Although Darwinism relies heavily on scientific methods and claims, the contention of the theory directly implicates religious truths as implausible and unrealistic. As such Darwinism has had a devastating effect on theism as a whole. While Darwinism asserts a naturalistic system of evolution, it is pessimistic and nihilistic at best, yet many people are convinced that every aspect of the theory is supported by empirical scientific evidence. Sadly, those same people fail to recognize that…

albeit unfaithfully because they have not encountered the true and living God of the Bible. A Critique of Classical Apologetics The classical approach to apologetics seeks to use philosophical arguments to reason and prove theism. While they whole heartedly do this, theism means that the reality of the personal God revealed in Jesus Christ cannot be approached through this method. If the end goal of apologetics is, “defending the Christian faith,” then one must seek to make the basic tenants…

Initially I will present a description of theological instrumentalism and the motivations for advocating religious fiction as instrumentally valuable. One of the motivations for rejecting theism is the problem of evil. The problem of evil when treated as a fiction is thought to avoidable as the instrumentalist is the creator of his fictional world and so can exclude inconsistencies. I argue that the instrumentalist does not need to avoid the problem of evil and that it can be fictionally…

In the article by H.J. McCloskey, named “On Being an Atheist”, he attempts to deny the existence of a supreme being, namely God, by offering many criticisms of theism and the beliefs and arguments of theist. In the beginning of his article, he speaks on the arguments as “proofs” and tries to make an objection as to why these arguments cannot be considered concrete in the case for God. These proofs that he speaks of are the Cosmological argument, which argues for a creator, the Teleological…

her guardianship is supported by the puritan theist viewpoint, but Hester is cautious and caring of Pearl, as well as Pearl having a similar temperament and charm to her mother. The Scarlet Letter takes place in a Massachusetts Puritan town where theism is accepted by the entire…

as a basis, we can try to bring home the idea that to lead an ethically enriched and virtuous life, a person needs a specific framework of objective values that will define and develop our lives and behaviors. OBJECTIVE ETHICS & MORAL VALUES – THEISM Theism, or belief in God and religion come with a set of ‘objective’ values that are not based on individuals. They do not circumstantially change and are not dependent upon the followers’ experiences, situations, preferences or reasoning etc. The…

verse the eastern culture. However the worldviews or cultural perspective can be narrowed into categories such as Naturalist which includes atheism, agnosticism, and existentialism; Pantheism – Hinduism, Taoism, Buddhism and New Age Conciseness; Theism - Christianity, Islam, and Judaism; Spiritualism and Polytheism, and Post…

An Analysis of & critical response to Alvin Plantiga’s EAAN In the book Science and Religion: are they compatible? Plantiga seeks to establish the idea that theism is perfectly compatible with modern science, which he does rather successfully in his argument against Daniel Dennet. He accomplishes this by addressing one of the most controversial subjects in the Science-Religion relationship, evolution. Alvin sets about this in several ways, one of which is by showing that there is no conflict…

than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems. It is a progressive philosophy of life that, without theism and other supernatural beliefs, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greater good of humanity. Without humanism, we wouldn’t know the greater good of humanity. We wouldn’t…

Introduction: Definition of evil in terms of good is “anything in the world which makes the world good”. One survey was conducted in which people were asked to put a question to God and they have to keep in mind that God answers that then what would they ask? Most of the people want to know from God that “whey there is pain and suffering?” even God can do anything, knows everything and morally perfect. This question arises and philosophers call this as “the problem of evil”. There are two types…