Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

Before Humanities 210, how would you have described the philosophies/religions that influenced your processes for decision making, thinking, and developing preferences? How would you describe your level of conscious choice and commitment to these philosophies/religions? What helped form or develop the belief in that philosophy/religion?

ABSTRACT: Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (1779) may be read in the way Cleanthes (and Philo as well) reads Nature, as analogous to human artifice and contrivance. The Dialogues and Nature then are both texts, with an intelligent author or Author, and analogies may be started from these five facts of Hume's text: the independence of Hume's characters; the non-straightforwardness of the characters' discourse; the way the characters interact and live; the entanglements of Pamphilus as an internal author; and the ways in which a reader is also involved in making a dialogue. These and other analogies should reflect upon the Author of Nature as they do upon Hume's

First, the truth found in all non-Christian religions is attributable to God because he is the source of every truth. The truth we know about God was universally known from the beginning.

However, belief in God requires faith. Faith is needed in order for one to accept the existence of the Divine. The existence of God is controversial (and unlikely) for one who has no basis of faith. This is because reason cannot explain faith. Reason cannot explain the existence of something that it has no basis for. This relates back to Descartes “cogito ergo sum,” meaning, “I think, therefore I am.” Although Descartes was concerned with knowledge of the individual, this can relate to God. To think that there exists a God inherently assumes that there is such a force in the universe. Given that religion is a collective practice and an act of obedience to God performed by many people for centuries, it seems horrendous to assume that so many people have been wrong about their experience and belief. One can come to this conclusion through deduction by moving from general to specific; millions of people cannot simply be wrong in believing that there is a

It is possible, though incredibly unlikely and implausible, that there is some form of a higher power, creator, or deity that created the universe. However if it does, it does not resemble any organized concept of a god or religion that currently exists at all. We can know for certain that if this being exists and did create the universe, it must have done so through the Big Bang, did not interact with the formation of the universe or earth, did not and does not affect the evolution of living creatures, and does not interact with or alter the course of events anywhere in the universe in any observable or measurable way. In this regard, the universe in which we assume there are no higher powers is exactly the same as the universe in which we

The social question and the existential question of religions have always played a huge role in the implementation of individuals to communities and its connection to God’s or a divine figure’s plan in the universe. Therefore by comparing, contrasting and assessing the religions of Christianity and Hinduism this essay will seek to answer both the social question of human unity and the existential questions of human relation to a divine being’s plan for the universe.

An abundance of people eloquently ignore laws of science to follow their faith; naturalism trampers with many religions because of the deep kinship with science. Naturalism is the belief that life arises from natural properties and causes, it’s also the belief that there is immoral souls that will live forever after we die. Furthermore, there is no explanation of afterlife so it does not correlate with a spiritual world. Although not every concept I agree with, naturalism set of beliefs are closest to mine. one reason is it coexists with science. Exceedingly everything has scientific reasoning and naturalism fits parallel with these concepts. People tend to turn to religion when a loved one dies, including myself, so lately I have had

Most of the people and scientists believe that there was nothing before creation and there was darkness. Previous studies reveal that there was something and nothing is lie. There waas something behind nothing. The religious believe that there was existence of God but they have question at the same time that if there is God behind the creation then what before God? The next question which rises in the mind of people is that if God has created Universe then why did not he create before? Nothing is forever while everything got destroyed and will be destroyed. There will be nothing at universe one day and it will revert as it was before. But different religion shows that the only thing which is eternal is God and Heaven. If we study science, the scientists claim that creation was accidental and was created due to exploitation of star. The religious people believe that it was planned. Different religions have different myths. The concept of heaven and hell also exists that God has created Heaven and then created Universe. There is no one who is responsible for creation while God as per religious people belong to different religion. He has created this universe while some scantiest believe that it has been created accidently. It is stated that as per bible and books of other religion, heaven was

Theist could respond to atheist argument by pointing out that in spite of all the pain and pain, God is in regulator, when something bad occurs or a bit terrible occurs, it is not because God is not intricate. But God permitted it in-order to avoid an even more awful occasion from happening. God is able to expect and stop moments that we cannot see. Therefore, one has to put their trust on the fact that there is a being that knows more and has something important or high plan then we understand. Bad things may happen God wants to see our trust in

a) Since there were so many people preaching in New York about hellfire it was

The goal of this paper is to take a look at several different religions in an attempt to gain an understanding each religion in regard to their creation stories. The paper will consider the creation stories of 7 specific that range from western religion to more native religion. Specifically, the paper will discuss the creation story provided by Christianity, Islam, Native Americans, Africans, Hebrew, Chinese and Indian. It will provide insight on religion and what is believed about creation. It will also take into account the differences and similarities of the different religions. Ideally, it is believed that almost all religions are interrelated. They are either variations or parallel to one another. Particularly, in terms of stories, rules and overall beliefs.

I was born and raised in a Catholic environment: my family is Catholic, I attended Catholic schools until I graduated from high school and I still practice my beliefs and intend to pass it to my children when the time comes around. Catholicism is a religion that comes from Christianity and therefore Catholics are followers of Jesus Christ; it is a self-proclaimed monotheistic religion which sometimes I differ to acknowledge due to the fact that we, as Catholics, deified Virgin Mary to the point that is always present in our prayers and not only that, we also believe in many Saints; something that does not qualify as monotheistic. Also, there is The Trinity where there is one God, represented by three divine persons. But how can one person be three and three be one at the same time? This is one of the many questions I sometimes wonder about my religion…

Near the end of his novel, Darwin's Dangerous Idea, Daniel Dennett questions religion and contends that it was an evolutionary process to keep humans entertained. He says "they [religions] have kept Homo Sapiens civilized enough, for long enough, for us to have learned how to reflect more systematically and accurately on our position of the universe"(519). Dennett's position is a controversial one, and it is difficult to argue because it is such an abstract subject. Religion is associated with free will, and has been part of humans for thousands of years. Is religion as we know it useless now, have we arrived at the point in evolution where it is no longer necessary?

As long as humans have walked the Earth, we have sought out answers. Answers for questions like: "Why are we here? Where do we go when we die? Where did we come from? and What's that?" How different people answered these questions is important to study because it shows us the spiritual side of human nature. Especially now, a time of conflict between Islam and Western Civilization, it is important to look back and trace the evolution of religion. To see where we started and perhaps, gain some perspective into what is happening now and what may happen in the future.

Religion is a big part of human life, as it helps to provide explanations and what may be considered as solutions to the challenges people face. However, the role of religion when it comes to solving serious medical problems is relative, depending on strength of the religious faith and other personal characteristics and values. Some individuals have a greater faith than others and would consider the option of waiting for a miracle to cure their loved ones more effective than undergoing a medical procedure. The similar scenario is highlighted in the Case Study: Healing and Autonomy, where two parents, Mike and Joanne, face a dilemma of whether to remain loyal to their religion and wait for a miracle or to follow the physician