it is only necessary for a superstition .
William Ralph Inge (Idea of Progress, 1920).
Can Mankind survive without region? For centuries this question has been asked and the same response is received over and over again: we just do not know. Karen Armstrong, author of the essay, "Does God Have a Future?," examines the realities of the varying ideas of divinity and spirituality. She carfully identifies many different conceptions of God throughout history and suggests that concepts of the divine are not absolute, but emerge out of specific moments in human history. Does this mean that spirituality is only evident when it is convenient? Do people nowadays simply not have the time to be spirityal? Robert Wuthnow, author of "Making Choices: From Short-Term Adjustments to Principled Lives," seems to agree that people are just too busy for God. He insists on a need for an "ideal moral discourse" (696) to discard autonomous decision-making and enhance spirituality and individual decision-making techniques. This "technique," so to speak, was even exhibited in John Krakhauer's essay "Into the Wild" where the lead character, Chris McCandless" forays into Nature on a quest for a spiritual revolution. Collectively, I feel spirituality, in fact, tends to limit individual personality and identity as we can see in both Wuthnow and Krakhauer's essays, and I would like to suggest, as an alternative, people should create a faith for themselves; one that can incorporate individual value orientation, conceptions of the good, and ethical considerations.
Armstong emphasizes the many varying conceptions of divinity and spirituality. She touches on all systems from atheism, where followers vehemently reject God, all the way to the God of the mystics, where typical beliefs suggest God is altruistic and only expressible through art. Regardless of the name of the specific belief, each system restricts its followers somehow.
Genesis 18 offers an accessible God, with whom Abraham can discuss the future of Sodom and Gomorrah. ... Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?" ... I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." ... and God is shown to have a willingness to hurt his enemies. ... The views of God are mixed, although there does seem to be an overall pattern that is followed. ...
I have mentioned thirteen traditional attributes of God in the Christian religion. ... Some people may feel that this means they have no freedom of choice, or if the do have the freedom of choice they may be pressured into what they decide because they feel that because God knows everything, He may judge them in the next life on the choices they make in this life. Also if God knows everything then He must know what will happen in the future and if this is the case then He is powerless to change it. ... As He is omnipotent, all powerful, by knowing what will happen in the future and not having ...
Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. ... The Future is not fixed. ... If God really does know "everything" then that should mean he will know what we will choose in the future. ... (Barker, n.d) God being, omnipotent can change his mind, but if he does change his mind, then he does not know the future. And If he does truly know the future and it is a hundred per cent fixed, then not even God himself can change it, and so if God changes his mind, then his knowledge is limited. ...
It may have something to do with where I grew up. ... This makes any argument with God as the main reason pointless. If I am not of your religion I don't have to believe what you do so that reasoning does not convince me to keep the ban. ... Just because it does not happen in a church does not mean it is not a real marriage. ... Into the future I see many changes coming to state laws across the country. ...
Even the sparrow had found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young - a place near your altar, Lord Almighty, my King and my God. ... For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good things does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless. ... Trust God in all you do. ... If we were only walking close to the Lord and our lives were pure, clean, and holy as they should be, I have no doubt but that God would pour out the fullness of His blessings of a spiritual and a material nature. This He would do in order that we might glori...
Therefore, my faith in God is the foundation of the decisions and plans I have made for my future. ... We do not have to sport an attitude of superiority to have confidence in ourselves. ... I believe we are all God's children and some of us have more needs than others do. ... This is what I want to share with others, I want them to know that they can accomplish and do all things with the strength of God. ... Very rarely does one have the opportunity to openly share with others their morals, value's and convictions in a manner such as this. ...
"I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full" (John 10:10) Christ came to conquer death. ... He is saying that god already knew the person that the fetus is going to become; therefore the fetus does have a pre existing life. ... By killing that future child, you would be killing a life that could affect thousands in a positive way. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 says, "Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? ... " God makes very few threats, as you may have seen while reading the bible. ... So if you got an abortion, you would ...
Can it be said then, that Luke's intention was to portray Christianity moving progressively away from its Jewish roots, until by the end of the narrative, in Acts 28.28, we see its back turned with a determined finality on the Jewish people, focussing all future mission exclusively to the Gentiles? ... Narratives that tell of Jewish hostility and strategies of opposition are prominent (Acts 13:4514:2, 19, 16:20-21), and whereever Gentiles are also involved in any activity against the missionaries, Luke is sure to mention that they have had their minds poisoned, and have been stirred up, ...
Romans 3:23 states, "We all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God." ... God does not test one to see if they will fail, but to see how strong he/she is. ... God does not place these obstacles in one's life without reason. ... The benefits include developing perseverance, becoming more like Jesus Christ, and having the ability to witness the revealing of God's glory. ... Jeremiah 29:11 says, "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."...
