Theology

932540099 Position Paper 1 In Hume's view, everything follows the law of nature is true. We trust that fire can give out heat because we can feel the hot temperature from it. It doesn't mean that everything we can see is true, but everything under the law of nature truly happens. Therefore, the miracles may not true, but the miracles in religion are a kind of related to our faith, spirit to the god who we believe in. It is not asking you to distrust every testimony and ignoring there…

During week 13 we started a brief outline on The Confessions of Augustine of Hippo. We had been discussing the writing in class for almost two weeks now, and started to compose and outline and understand the main topics covered in the reading. Our reading covered book twelve of The Confessions. Book twelve focuses on the explanation of Genesis, with special attention to the word Christ and also meaning of the Heavens. The Book of Genesis focuses on the stpry of creation. It’s important to note…

For this reason, Creach justifies violence as a tool for God’s purpose alone. “If Scripture declared only that God shows compassion but did not also declare that God is involved in vengeance, it would then portray God as inept in expressing compassion in concrete ways.” While it may seem as if God’s nature of vengeance is contradictory to His nature of compassion, the two qualities actually go hand in hand. “God acts destructively in order to restore or preserve the order God intends; that…

Zuqi Liu Bible 12 Mr Armstrong 12 November 2015 Reading Journal In chapter twelve and thirteen the author talked about Jesus’ death on the cross and the reality of resurrection. First of all, as far as I know all of us have sinned in the direction of God. However, God is infinitely holy and righteous. He have to punish the sinner, the Lawbreaker. If He failed to, then His law will not be law, for there isn't any legislation that is a legislation without a punishment. The punishment for breaking…

While other philosophers tried to prove God’s existence, Blaise Pascal tried to prove something different. Pascal new that no amount of reason could bring a non-believer to have faith that God existed. He also new that he couldn’t prove that God existed because other great philosophers had tried, and people still doubted God’s existence. Instead, he just wanted to prove that even if there wasn’t a god, it was still better to believe in God than to not believe in him. Pascal claimed that there…

Therefore, the first half of the creation week does not necessarily proceed along the lines which some insist. The only solution to this difficulty would be to interpret the text as saying that the Sun appeared on the fourth day, but that it had actually been created on the first and was therefore the source of the light which separated day and night. This is something which the adamantly literal interpreters refuse to do. In critiquing Hugh Ross for suggesting such an arrangement, Terry…

For the last two weeks, after reading the Prometheus Myth, Genesis, and Paradise Lost the questions that have been prompted are: “At what point have you sought too far in the pursuit of knowledge?”, “Is all that you have lost comparable to all that you have gained in the pursuit?”, and ”Why is a woman depicted as both a bringer of salvation and damnation?”. In all three of the readings, the most common underlying theme dealt with the fine line between the attainment of knowledge and power.…

There are many events in the world which are considered miracles. There are some miracles which we experience directly. But there are some which we hear from testimonies of others. When discussing miracles, many philosophers have refuted their existence. David Hume is one of those people. In section X of the book “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding,” David Hume argues that our knowledge of miracles derives exclusively from others who claim to have seen them. So, he treats it as less…

Introduction Science is based on the premise that everything originated from something and to believe that this universe occurred by random chance seems illogical. The perplexities and intricacies of nature postulates the idea, or lack thereof, of a higher power. The question of God’s existence is one that has intrigued humanity and countless of philosophers since the beginning of logical thinking. Many philosophers believe that God exists, while others argue and refute His existence. Did the…

Readers are able to understand through the comparison of Teiresias from Oedipus Rex to Malala Yousafzai that hubris is not always a fatal flaw but can also allow a person to thrive. While Teiresias is a faithful messenger of Apollo he shows hubris to Oedipus many times. He spoke only of the truth which angers Oedipus as he refuses to downplay reality; “ I have gone free. It is the truth sustains me” (pg. 19). While not showing hubris to his immortal god he instead shows this trait to the mortal…