But converted philosophers did not abandon their acquired wisdom in rational methods, and intended to use it in the service of faith.6 Augustine, one of those converts, did not abandon whatever good that he had found in philosophy but vindicated its use for the Christian faith. ... Anselm says that whatever notion of God we may have, God is always greater than that. ...
The Ten Commandments and the World in 2002 Here we are 2000 years since the time of Christ and it is evident why Jesus warned us not to be like the world. Through Paul we are commanded "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." (Romans 12:2) When we see where the world stands with regard to the Ten Commandments today, we shouldn't be surprised. The world system is run by the prince of this world, the devil, and it seems that system is getting stro...
Whatever he was doing, the Lord appeared to him and told Abraham that he was going to have a great nation, many descendants, and protection throughout the years-as long as he packed up all of his belongings and go to a foreign land. ... This is the part where Abram has to decide who he is going to serve-his father's gods or the One true God. ... The only problem was their plan was going against God's. ... If gets you somewhere, you won't be going for very long. ...
The Locus Mundi is the center of all life, where all the energy of all things comes from, and where it will go when it dies. ... The pictures were extremely general, so whatever he painted or made he turned into a prediction or spell of what was to come. ... However, to a caveman, if you said that you were going to cast a spell for a good hunt, and then the hunters came back with a bison, you had special power. ... Myth, ritual, and religion go hand in hand. ... Osiris also sits on the tribunal that judges where you go after you die. ...
Another time, after the resurrection His description goes like: "His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow." ... Based on Jesus" words, "whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me" we can suppose that Jesus being present random in anyone is also present in the animal and therefore is in the lamb and is the Lamb at the same time. ...
A peasant woman goes to see Father Zosima because she has lost her son. ... Alyosha goes over to the boy, who is bleeding after getting hit in the head with a rock, and asks him why he was throwing the rocks. ... Ivan states that maybe the oppressor to the child will go to hell and then the suffering would be atoned for. ...
According to Wilson (1996), there are two critical assumptions that must be agreed upon by any who wish to engage in this discussion: "First, all who profess the name of Christ must accept whatever the Bible clearly teaches on any subject, including [the sovereignty of God]. ... The second assumption goes hand-in-hand with the first: if Scripture is our only standard for all that we believe and do, finite human reason is not, and cannot be, the final arbiter of revealed truth. ... If God refused to permit something to happen and it happened anyway, then whatever caused it to happen would ha...
Hume "I was from the beginning scandalised, I must own, with this resemblance between the Deity and human creatures." --Philo David Hume wrote much about the subject of religion, much of it negative. In this paper we shall attempt to follow Hume's arguments against Deism as Someone knowable from the...
What is the American family? This question was answered by John de Crevecoeur, in "what is the American?" (1782), when he said: "I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have four wives ...
" Although he actually doesn't think Anselm ontological argument works, Aquinas goes on in question 2, article 3, entitled: "Whether God Exists", to give five ways proving that God exists. ... " He is basically saying that whatever is in a motion of change had to be put into a motion of change by another object preceding it. He goes on to say that "This cannot go back to infinity. ...
Tennyson loves to write poetically about nature and goes back and forth on the idea that nature has a rebirth every spring and that the universe is slowly dying. ... "She1 cries, "A thousand types are gone:/ I care for nothing, all shall go." ... If you are good then before people thought they would go to heaven. ...
Three of the most famous writings from ancient civilizations are the writings of Confucius, Hammurabi's code of laws, and Egypt's Book of the Dead. At first, they seem very different, they're from different times, regions, and religions, but they all offer a peek into what values ancient people ...
Introduction There have been many debates and arguments over scripture throughout the course of history. Some of which have led to bloodshed, separation, and despair. One such argument comes to mind; eternal security. Eternal security has been an endless debate (recorded since Augustine) over one's salvation and the guarantee into God's kingdom. This debate has been a significant road block in many lives in regards to faith and in one's trust in God's grace. ...
This was based on custom, and any personal interpretation of his word that strayed from the norm would be thought of as going against the divine will and divine justice. ... If someone were to go against a law it was considered an impersonal authority that might compete with the divine being whose will and whim alone could be the law. 3. ...
