Dostoevsky The Grand Inquisitor Analysis

This world is filled with things that you hardly can believe, which sometimes can compare to a movie world. However, things are named and categorized in order to give you a real meaning while some argue that things are happen due to the gods will. It is impossible to explain either without proper proof as to the existence or the non-existence things in the world. It is the psychological factor, which comes into play where as some believe that God has done certain things, God is currently doing things, and God has certain characteristics, etc. These facts have been accepted by a few while others denied them.

Although atheists believe that, no one can disprove that God exists. The most effective method to debate the issue is to look at the evidence. Most cosmologists agree that the universe began about 13.7 billion years ago in an event known as, “The Big Bang”. Professor Hawking says, “Because there’s a law such as gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing spontaneously. Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something instead of nothing; why the universe exists; why we exist. It’s necessary to invoke God to set the universe in motion,”(Hawking). Hawking says, “the universe exists because the universe needed to exist”(Hawking). Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize winning physicist explains how the big bang looked. Steven being an atheist enlightens us with his account. Steven says, “In the beginning there was an explosion, and in three minutes, 98% of the matter there is or ever will be was produced. We had a universe,”(Weinberg). Experts in the span of 2,500 years agreed with Aristotle’s idea on the world developing from a steady-state universe.” “Being in a steady-state universe existing with no beginning and no end. The Bible disagrees with their theory,”(Aristotle). Belgian astronomer of the 1920s, Georges Lemaitre, a theist, said, “that the entire universe, jumping into existence in a trillionth of a trillionth of a second, out of nothingness in an unimaginably intense flash of light, is how

For thousands of years the idea of God have been questioned and proposed by philosophers, scientists and scholars alike. Many have argued for and against its existence and it’s still a subject of heated

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The question of whether God exists pervades the study of philosophy, with both sides providing substantial arguments that appear believable upon first reading them. However, delving below the surface of such arguments shows holes in the reasoning of these philosophers. Though I would like to believe in the existence of God, after seeing the arguments for God's existence thoroughly discredited, I am not entirely sure what to believe.

God exists because we have people who exists, nature exists, the world exists. According to the video on the Kalam Cosmological argument, People who don’t believe God exists think that the world and everything in it is just here and there is no cause and effect. If something exists than there is a cause because the world doesn’t just come out of nowhere. There must be a reason why things are the way they are.

The Grand Inquisitor is a chapter in Dostoyevsky’s classic novel “The Brothers Karamazov.” The Greater novel itself is a philosophical debate on God, free will, human nature and morality written by Dostoevsky over 2 years and published in 1880. As with all of Dostoyevsky’s novels it is set in a modernizing Russia and it is a deep psychological study of faith and reason, as well as the doubt, psychology, moral decisions and the thought processes that occur during man’s journey to enlightenment and greater awareness. Although The Brothers Karamazov itself is a work of art and one of the greatest novels ever written the true genius of “The Grand Inquisitor” chapter is that

The debate of the existence of God had been active since before the first philosopher has pondered the question. Anselm’s Ontological Argument was introduced during the 11th century and had stood deductively valid until the 18th century. Then there are the arguments to aim disprove God, such as the Argument from Evil.

The existence of God is a on going phenomenon for our universe. As time begins to evolve the existence of God is constantly being challenged from our society. From a philosophers standpoint this argument can be fought at so many perspectives. Whether it comes from Darwinism, to Cosmological, or Ontological arguments the existence of God can only be decided by free will. As technology improves more questions are raised for the existence of God, but when broken down into simpler of terms the existents of God is evident.

The set of personal ethical principles which I live by are comprised of a belief in absolute right and wrong, man’s duty to obey God, and also his duty to love his neighbor as himself; each of these principles were formed by a Faith in God and in the Bible. The principle of absolute right and wrong was constructed through understanding that if right and wrong were contingent on man’s opinions and attitudes, then both laws and guidelines would become pointless. Furthermore, God shows that right and wrong are absolute and not contingent on man when He states His warning, “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20). In addition to this principle, I also came to believe that man is called to obey God for several reasons: He is all-powerful, He created man to give Himself glory, and He desires what is best for us. Like the two previous ethical principles, loving one’s neighbor as himself, was constructed out of a faith in God and in His infallible Word. Man is called to perform this practice because, as the Bible states, God “… first loved us.” (1 John 4:19)

However, to the point of God actually existing I am skeptical. Many people turn to the Bible to bring proof to the table of any doubters like myself. While the bible brings forth some interesting facts that we all would like to believe, it does not necessarily make them true. The bible is not evidence itself because it cannot be confirmed as it is thousands of years old. Who knows, it could have been mistaken to be a bible when it was really just a compilation of short stories over a long period of time. Another claim that tries to prove god is real, is Decartes 3rd Meditation which states; If we have a clear and distinct idea of god, than a cause must be as great as its effect this idea cannot come from an imperfect thing like myself. Therefore, God must exist.(Pojman128) This would be true if the first two points could not be challenged. I can simply deny ever having the idea of god, and no evidence is provided for the second idea it is just an assertion that we, apparently an imperfect thing can ever think of something that we are not, which is simply not true. Perfection is based on the eye of the beholder, we all have different ideas of perfection, whether it is great being of pureness, greatness or whatever the case may be. I also choose bring about Bertrand Russell’s argument that since God is all-loving, all-knowing, and

In Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov is torn between the side of him that doesn’t want to feel guilt for the murder he committed and the side of him that wants repentance which is represented by both Svidrigailov and Sonia. As Raskolnikov deals with his guilt, he is caught between wanting to be exactly like Svidrigailov who doesn’t feel anything even though he has committed so many murders, as well as wanting to connect to someone like Sonia who is the angel on his shoulder that wants him to do good and confess his heinous crime. His two sides are constantly battling against one another because when he is with one side he starts to want the other and feels as if he can’t connect with them even though Sonia and

other characters open up to him and trust him because of his refusal to judge

Since the study of ethics is all about what is right and what is wrong, it is not possible to come to a correct conclusion unless one is directly appointed by God to make this conclusion. God is the only One who can correctly decree what is ethical and unethical; we as imperfect humans should not even attempt to do this job.

Many people tend to equate ethics with their feelings. But being ethical is clearly not a matter of followings one’s feelings. Ethics, however, cannot be confined to religion nor is it the same as religion. Being ethical is not the same as following the law. The law often incorporates ethical standards to which most citizens subscribe. But laws, like feelings, can deviate from what is ethical. Finally, being ethical is not the same as doing “whatever society accepts.” In any society, most people accept standards that are ethical. But standards of behaviour in society can deviate from what is ethical. An entire society can become ethically corrupt. Nazi Germany is good example of a morally corrupt society. What then, is