Christian Science

Scientific Naturalism and Christianity are possibly the two most contradictory worldviews that are in our culture today. They are also the two most difficult to understand by one another. There is very little about these two worldviews that they have in common. They are a vast amount of ideas and beliefs held by adherents of each that are different. In order for these two worldviews to successfully co-exist in society, it is important to understand, accept, and learn from each one.

There are conflicting views between philosophers of the modern era pertaining to the existence of God. Even further, many of these philosophers who share the opinion that God does in fact exist also have opposing views as to how that affects their world view. For example, Descartes’s narrator, in the fifth meditation comes to the conclusion, that God, an almighty benevolent being, is no deceiver, and holds all perfection. Within this system, the narrator attributes all things of the physical world to be material, although Descartes believes that some things are not of matter (i.e. soul or mind). Conversely, Berkeley, whom also is a believer of God’s existence, believes that there is no material world or sensible realm without mind. That through God, the sensible is excited within us and although he, like Descartes ' narrator, does not believe the Author of Our Creation deceives us. Thus even without matter, the regularities of our lives are no accident and have purpose. It is through analyzation of these two texts that I intend to find correlations and differences between Descartes ' and Berkeley 's epistemology in order to ascertain the difference in their world views of dualism (Descartes) and immaterialism (Berkeley), particularly pertaining to their belief in God.

My program of study is obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Sociology. In this course I will be taking the some of the following classes, Marriage and family, Intro to Probability and Statistics, Intro to Social work, Christian Worldview, etc. Intro to Probability and Statistics studies different variables of probability, and distribution. I believe I will like this class because I want to study the reasoning of people’s actions.

In conclusion, the Christian Sociological framework does provide a baseline for understanding U.S. society today, and in the past. The Church, Family, and State each play a role in shaping society as set apart by God for their particular purposes. Generational differences also influence society as each generation focuses on their particular mass interests and agendas. The extent of this influence at times depends on their age and their population. This is especially true when one particular generation has more population and holds opposing values from another. The outcome of elections could be swayed because of the size of a generation.

In On the Nature of Things, Lucretius argues that not only is the whole of the human body (both tangible parts, like organs, and intangible concepts, like the soul) created from distinct types of atoms, but that this is the basis upon which an afterlife may be disproved.

The mind is physical and composed of matter. Lucretius argues in a passage from his “The Mind and The Spirit Will Die” several

In “Meditations on First Philosophy”, René Descartes came to understand that bodies and minds/souls are made of two separate substances, creating a theory known as Cartesian dualism. Paul M. Churchland rejected Cartesian dualism in favor of an eliminative materialist stance of understanding in his “Matter and Consciousness”. While, Gretchen Weirob and Sam Miller discuss the possibility of an individual’s soul being able to continue one’s existence after death in “A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality”. I will be supporting Churchland’s theory.

Founded in Massachusetts in 1879, the church of Christian Science aimed to provide spiritual and physical healing to the community. A woman named Mary Baker Eddy founded the religion and eventually founded the Christian Science Mother Church. Eddy’s life inspired the basis and many of the teachings of the Christian Science faith. Originally raised in a devout Calvinist household, Eddy disagreed with the church’s teachings on predestination and moved away from the religion. Eddy suffered from many illnesses growing up, both physical and psychological, and turned to the bible as a source of comfort. She continued to suffer from chronic illnesses in her adult life and turned her attention toward the role that faith could play in her health. Eddy

Christian Science don’t have to many beliefs but they do have words that were left behind for other Christian Scientists. “Christian Science religion teaches the existence of an all-powerful God and the authority and inspiration of the Bible. Christian Scientists believe in the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus to be essential to human redemption. Mary Baker Eddy taught the belief in one God and unlike traditional orthodox Christianity, described God with the synonyms: Principle, Soul, Mind, Spirit, Life, Truth, and Love.” (“What is Christian Science?”).

As I was walking back home from classes on Wednesday afternoon, I was thinking of what can I do or who can I observe for my redo of the observation paper. Walking in the middle of the courtyard by the Drexel Athletic Center, I started to hear people arguing over a loud speaker. At that time, it was sunny and nice outside and I was supposed to meet with my friends to check out new apartments. As I moved closer to the sound, I notice one older guy and younger guy was arguing. I thought this would be a great observation to do a paper on, so I sat down on a nearby bench and listen into their conversation. The argument was over religion and what they think about each other.

(You will have in me a president who respects you, who represents you decently and who appreciates you).

When we talk about objections to the Christian faith, none seem harder to respond to than the problem of evil and suffering. Because the problem is both intellectual and emotional, there isn’t really a way to win the argument easily, like we would during a game of scrabble by pulling out a dictionary. But I also don’t think that the skeptics among us have a slam dunk argument against the existence of God. There are some satisfying answers to the question of why God allows suffering, at least when viewed from the intellectual perspective. The emotional perspective is much harder to get a grasp on. I’d like to talk through this difficult topic in order not only to help you respond to skeptics, but also because I believe that our faith can be strengthened as we understand it more.

His notion that God is the only substance, the core of his monism, hinges on his definition of God/Nature:

Science and religion continue and will continue to express opposition to each other. People have been trying to disprove one or the other for decades and when one teacher from Tennessee decides to teach the history of human life, it is not well received. In March 1925 a law is passed in Tennessee named the “Butler Act,” which prohibited teachers from teaching about evolution in any state funded school. John Scopes, a teacher in the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, taught a lesson to his students about evolution months after the state passed the Butler Act. Although the Scopes Trial provided a precedent for the clash of traditionalistic and modernistic thinking it created a paradigm shift in the traditional structure of the school and education system.

In his writing, it seems that certain properties belong to the objects in different ways when part of definition from when they are not. I agree that if there is not actual substance that there could be nothing to make an idea of, unlike with Plato who says that you can create and eternal truth to exist in an idea.