Personal Testimony : My View Of God

interested in interfaith dialog and social justice advocacy, and second, I wish to become a chaplain. As a Christian who holds some unorthodox views, I have wondered what this would look like in practice; how do I preach a word that is true to my beliefs, is theologically sound, and is of spiritual value to the receiver in their own context? At the very basic level of my theology, I believe in a creative force that has brought all things into being, and this force is the ground of all being; it holds all

A Defense of Skepticism in the Epistemology of Testimony This philosophical study will defend the premise of skepticism in relation to the epistemology of testimony. Skepticism provides a more evaluative and complex response to the reductionist acquisition of knowledge by rejecting any form of absolute knowledge. Reductionism provides a holistic way to describe the functions of knowledge in theories proposed by Descartes, yet these functions can be further reduced to more obscure or even non-existent

role in mentoring me into the leader I am now. In college, I attended a weekly worship, which included an individual sharing his or her testimony, and I saw this as a special addition to the high school conference. I introduced this faith reflection time at the Woods, allowing campers to hear from their counselors and leaders about faith. However, once testimonies began, the wheels came off the wagon quickly – I had listened to speakers share a piece of their faith succinctly, but now our counselors

My genealogy is full of devout Mormons, from my ancestors who fled to Utah in the 1850's down to my own parents. My family is adamant in the Mormon Church’s truthfulness and, thus, it took me a while to understand that being taught to read from Book of Mormon passages was “odd” and a few years to grasp why my elementary school teacher was befuddled when I answered the test question “Who is our current president?” with Gordon B. Hinckley (church president). My parents were always off put by my lack

reincarnation that is supported by witness accounts of it occurring. These testimonies will serve as evidence to validate the theory. I will discuss my personal argument as to why I believe reincarnation is not validated and does not exist. My argument will be supported by more investigations that disprove the personal stories, thereby invalidating the hypothesis.. Finally, I hope to explain why I chose my argument, one based on personal religious beliefs and lack of scientific evidence, disproves reincarnation

through forms of direct selling, social media, and personal selling. How are we supposed to be Christians and in a worldly field and can these two extremes work? The answer to this is Yes. We are first and foremost called to be Christian than our profession second. In Roman 12:2-3 states, "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." This contributes to the point that Christians

like to convey to you is my recent shift in world view. That is to say that I recently came to realize that I am an atheist. This is likely shocking to most of you. Let me be clear by what I intend to convey by identifying as such. I do not mean to say I am opposed to religion, or claim there is no God. I still identify very much with LDS culture and attend church regularly. Rather, I identify as an atheist as a way to convey that I seem to have lost Faith that there is a God. Over the last year I

Assignment A. The Journey to the Brothers’ Farm Race inequalities and social hierarchy has always been a problem. Black equality activists such as Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Nelson Mandela, are all part of the reason as to why, an equal world no longer is an absurd dream. Just a few decades ago, not only was the idea of white-black equality laughed at by many, but the treatment of many coloured human beings, was similar to the treatment given to animals. However, as kids who played among and

Introduction Historically, baptism has not been understood to be an optional practice. It is commanded by God. But there has often been disagreement about whom baptism is for, how it should be done, and why it is significant. This debate has divided Christians over the years, and it is mainly focused on what the purpose and merits of Baptism are; of whether baptism should be only for adults or infants as well; or on the correct mode of baptism. As any debate, there are two sides to each area. We

including any experience of feelings of ‘love, power, glory or strength from God.’ This differs from a simple experience which can be defined as “an event or series of events participated in or lived through, especially one that makes a powerful impression on the mind and sense.”[2] It is obvious that religious experiences