Regarding The Topic Of Theism, One Must Take Into Consideration

The Book of Eli is the Bible. The worldview depicted in the movie is that of Theism. Eli held this worldview through his belief of Christianity in my opinion. Although the movie never actually states that Eli is a Christian, he was tasked with delivering the words of the Bible to the west. The bible is considered to be a written record of how God communicated with man. Although they are many different types of bibles, the common factor is this book is full of scriptures and text considered sacred. Eli is on a mission to head to the west, I feel it is God telling him to go west to complete this extraordinary task. Along the way he encounters Carnegie and his followers. You have heard the phrase knowledge is power, and power corrupts.

Christianity is one of the dominant religions on the planet, and Christian Theism has played a major role in shaping the development of Western culture. Thanks to the pioneering efforts of Christian missionaries, Christian doctrine has even influenced the views of non-Christians. Nevertheless, the contemporary world is a pluralistic and diverse one, and postmodern perspectives have arisen to challenge the wide-ranging influence of Christian Theism. The purpose of this paper is to show how a belief in Christian Theism can help one understand the nature and meaning of life, and this paper will show evidence that this belief brings both uniformity and order to everything.

In 1968, H.J. McCloskey, an Australian Philosopher wrote an article titled “On Being an Atheist” which is an attempt for his personal reasons to reject the belief in God. In the article McCloskey criticizes against the theistic proofs, which are cosmological argument and the teleological argument. Majority of the article is focused on the evil issues and catastrophic events to innocent people in a world that is supposedly designed by an omnipotent and loving God, which McCloskey believes is a valid case in his arguments against cosmological and teleological arguments as well as his assertions that evil is proof against God’s existence. But, it still remains that the most reasonable explanation for the creator of the universe

The theist, therefore, appears to be faced with a choice between a view which implies a kind of moral chaos and a life of moral immaturity, and one which belittles an Almighty God. One attempt to resolve this dilemma turns on the distinction

According to my own critical analysis of ‘’Religious gives meaning to Life’’ Chapter 3 by Louis PoJman; The following are the eight claims of theism (If true) and why they can supply a sense of meaning to humans:

The best response theist could use in rejecting premises (1) is by using the indirect method or procedure. This process is called the G.E Moore shift, the Moore shift basic argument towards atheism is the overall strategy of shift were given an argument: p, q, therefore, r. Instead of disagreeing directly against p, another argument could be made as –not –r, q and therefore, not –p which originates with the rejection of the conclusion of the first argument, keeps its second premise, and ends with the rejection of the first premises as its conclusion.

Religion is constructed on faith and belief of an individual even though it is the individual choice to follow it or not. It has stirred a lot of debates for years; those who are trying to prove that God exists throughout history and follow to modern day. While, those who are atheist are trying to prove their point of God does not exist. There are still more and more theories and debate over the subject of religious view. It is a matter of theism versus atheism; new and old philosophers have joined the debate and all with different sides to another philosopher’s theory or view on the matter. In this paper, I will attempt to illustrate the reasons given by Louis Pojman of why religion is good or bad, as well as evaluating Bertrand Russell argument about religion. This can define the meaning of life and the creation of life as we know it. It can change views or switch sides for there is always another explanation to exactly what religion is all about and having a superior ruler that created all.

Naturalism is a prominent worldview that is held and praised widely in today’s modern world. However, when examined closely and held up to certain criteria that would establish it as a legitimate worldview, one can see that it comes up short in several areas such as the source of morality, internal logical consistency, and human nature. In these areas that Naturalism fails, Christianity succeeds by offering a valid alternative. Christianity then can further establish itself as a superior worldview by offering convincing arguments such as ontological, cosmological, argument for design, argument that

Mackie claims, the central of the theistic belief have to be adapted in require for the acceptance of God’s reality to be reasonable.

In Pojman essay, "religion gives meaning to life", he discusses how theism is what gives meaning to life, and if theism was true, there were eight theses to live by. The first premise suggested that there is an explanation for how the universe came about and will continue to exist until its prescribed end. Second, the world is covered in goodness and no matter what, good will always win out over evil. Third, God loves and care for us. As long as we are righteous and fighting off evil, we'll never be fighting alone and god is on our side. Fourthly, why should we be

The belief in Gods has always existed throughout human’s recored history. Whether it be the Greek Gods: Apollo, and Zeus, or the Judeo-Christian God, believed by Christians in modern day society. The belief of God has always existed among humans, however, assuming God does not exist, what explains the cultural evolution of such a false belief, namely religion? I shall argue that the reason this false belief is successful is because it manipulates human nature better than any other belief by these three points: an avoidance of death (the soul), a sense of worth (knowledge), and a sense, or need of belief (faith).

Richard Swinburne brings up this topic in his works Revelation. Swinburne is a strong repusenitive of rational theism. Some have giving him the complement of being "perhaps the most significant proponent of argumentative theism today" and "one of the foremost rational Christian apologists." Since he is of such high praise for his works, it makes since that his ‘Revelation’ is full of insightful and full of rich meaning.

Postmodern perspectives on religion often favor a non-theistic approach regarding traditional Abrahamic religions. Regarding the first set of quotes, John Shelby Spong in his respective work and Don Cupitt in The Way to Happiness each suggest that seeing religion theistically, while orthodox and familiar, often causes an individual to miss the deeper purpose of being religious. Don Cupitt clearly asserts that theistic religion is outdated and no longer agrees with modern scientific explanations of the natural world. Holding a similar vantage point, Spong even boldly claims that if one sees “God” as a supernatural, all-powerful, and all-knowing individual and only as a supernatural, all-powerful, and all-knowing individual, then He ceases

Whether one identifies as a Theist, a Naturalist, Pantheist, Polytheist, or Postmodernist, one can have the exact same experience and interpret that experience completely different. It is important to understand ones’ foundation to determine why he or she responded to that particular experience a certain way. Our worldview is often reflected in how we think, believe and react to certain issues such as religion, science, technology, medicine, finances, politics and many other matters. While I certainly wouldn’t describe myself as a radical Theist, I do believe that God is the creator of all, that Jesus Christ is the only begotten son, and that none of us are without sin. With that being said, I would like to state that I make all of my daily decisions are based on scripture and in what God expects from me, but I struggle to be consistent with that. Ultimately, I make my decisions on what I believe to be right at the time. I believe that we are all placed here on this earth for very specific reasons. Sometimes those reasons are not clear, and sometimes they may seem blatantly obvious. I believe each and every person serves a purpose that may forever be unknown to us. Our beliefs in reality, who we are, why we are here, and how we react, what our values and morals are, makeup each person’s worldview and can further explain decisions that one makes when faced with a moral dilemma. I certainly trust that there

Since the dawn of mankind religion has been one of the most significant elements of a society’s social and cultural beliefs and actions. However, this trend has declined due to the general increase in knowledge regarding our the natural sciences. Where we had previously attributed something that we didn’t understand to the working of a higher power, is now replaced by a simple explanation offered by natural sciences. While advocates of Religion may question Natural Sciences by stating that they are based on assumptions, it is important to note the Natural Sciences are based on theories and principles which can be proven using mathematical equations and formulas. Faith however contrasts from the easily visible feasibility of data