Religious Philosophy Article Critique

The following paper yields a couple of various speculations and theories in regards to the teaching of Christ 's humanity and how it could influence how we comprehend His flawlessness. In the article "The Man Christ Jesus" by Bruce A. Ware, we take a gander at the idea that is often hard to comprehend of Jesus Christ being both God and man and His failure to sin. The larger question postured by this article is with Jesus being completely God, as we know He could not sin, however, being completely man, would it have been feasible for the human side of Jesus to allow Him to sin. Ware yields various perspectives from various theological scholars and shares his own theories.

Jesus is a brilliant example of what is means to be a safe haven for others. When we look to his relationship with his disciples, we see that he allowed them to be themselves, even if that meant they would not listed to his advice. The gospel of John shows us how much Jesus prioritized personal relationships.

Mysticism is a word we find in many books that relate to religious experiences. Mysticism is interpreted as searching for spiritual truth and wisdom through the unification with the Divine. Many Christians today believe that the words associated with mysticism like meditation and mystic are not coherently related with Christianity, but more with many Eastern religions. Eastern religions are definitely known for their mysticism, but it is believed to not be a part of Christianity. Mysticism is actually a vital part of Christianity in ways that are more spiritual rather than only being engaged with Christian rituals. Mysticism is the faith that spiritual reality is believed to be from human knowledge and their senses. It searches for truth

Metaphysics, religion, spirituality. All of these just trying to find an answer to what’s The Point, really? And the point is, that nobody really knows. Well, one can say that the people who have experienced clinical death might have a bit of an insight; yes, – but still, nobody knows for sure. And that’s what is to be expected. Metaphorically speaking, a river can’t understand how the ocean functions, it can only have a feeling about it.

In his article “Relations Natural and Unnatural,” Richard B. Hays states that after deciding what Paul thought concerning homosexuality, we should still decide “how to construe the authority of his opinion in the present time.” There are many open questions about how the bible functions as an authority for normative ethical judgments. We cannot ease ourselves of the obligation for moral decision by engaging to the plain sense of single proof text, but on the flip side, should we feel constrained to pressure Paul, through exegetical scowls, to verbalize what we cerebrate he ought to have verbalized. We must let the text have its verbally express, and then we must choose what obedience to God requires. Also the article express how the heated debate triggers questions that are concerning the possible misuse of the biblical teachings as in the edifications that are used in later historical settings.

        Jesus of Nazareth commands nonviolence and love of enemies, he urges his rationale to be nothing less than the imitation of God (Hamm, 2).  "You will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked."  This leads to the often repeated golden rule of doing to others what you would have done to you.  As Dr. James Dobson said, "everything we do affects other people, positively or negatively"  (281).  He believes it is foolish to say that one should do their own thing if it does not hurt anyone else because everything we do affects other people.  Matthew states this more completely in 5:45:  "But I say to you love your enemies, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust"  (Hamm, 2).  Religion gives an individual a sense of right and wrong and encourages compassion toward others.

freedom’’(labored pg.504). She states that liberal law doesn’t protect what is holy. It fails to

Being humble is the same as having a student mentality, and it is much more difficult to learn when we lack a student mentality. We simply become less receptive to knowledge.

Harmony is a strong word to use to describe my relationship with religion if I have any. It is difficult to believe in something in a book that was written centuries ago. However, that's one way to look at it, the faith of believing in God is what makes religion so powerful and engaging. This creates multiple large bodies of people who believe in different things, For example a certain person might not believe at all in God, and be in controversy between science and God. Is it possible for different people of different beliefs to live in “Harmony”, I believe that this is absolutely possible. The world is changing at a rate quicker than ever, and it is imperative for different people from different beliefs to come together and stay strong amongst one another.

Religion is practiced worldwide in many different forms. My family and I have been through a religious journey throughout my lifetime. When I was younger, I would attend a Mennonite church with my grandmother and my parents would come mostly for holidays. They were not very much of the church going type until I was older. My dad did not see it was important for us to attend church until his parents returned home from missionary work in Guadalajara, Mexico when my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer. I was in third grade when they returned home and we did not start attending regularly until a few years after. We still lived in a “Christian” home but as I have grown up, looking back, I see that it was not much of a Christian home. We only prayed on holidays before we would eat our meal and that was when we were surrounded by my grandparents of either side. Eventually we started attending church regularly at a United Methodist church up the road from our house. I still do not believe we are that dedicated to the church and to God, as we only pray before we eat on Sundays and holidays as well. We do not speak much of God or ways we could work on being better Christians, we still go about the same ways of life we had before, except now on Sundays we attend a sermon. After all of this, I am slightly torn on what I personally believe. I feel as though I am lost in that part of my life. I hope in the next few years, I find what I truly believe.

When Jesus was alive, he often advocated for the sick and injured. While many people would stay away from them, Jesus did not. He taught everyone that being sick was not a punishment from God, and instead of shunning them, that it was the people’s duty to help them get better. He frequently taught that wealth, health, and power were not as important as helping people who are in need. Jesus brought with him a new way of thinking and living that was crucial in helping the world reevaluate their moral standards. All of these teachings however, first occurred long ago. Now, in this day and age, our belief systems, morals, identities, technology, and more has greatly changed, improved, and been altered.

Ask any kid and they will testify that the single thought of attending a three to two hour religious ceremony sounds mentally painful and boring ,especially on weekends. Therefore, when we were asked to observe and analyze a religious practice, I was vividly reminded of myself as a kid being dragged to a religious practice I did not want to attend. However, in an effort to get a good grade in my class and get a better understand the Jehovah’s witness religion and its practices I conducted an in-depth Fieldwork by attending two religious ceremonies. The first time was to observe and get a feel for what I was getting myself into, and the second time was to take detailed notes on the events happening during the religious ceremony and ask questions. Although my attendance to the religious ceremonies were my choice I couldn’t help be reminded of how as a kid I thought church was a mean trick invented by adults to get us kids to stop watching TV. Little did I know that religion was so much more than just a distraction, to most people religion is a tool continuously used by humans to explain the world, comfort the mind, and serve as general guide to how to live a better life. In addition, most humans depend on religion to give life meaning and purpose, making religion, to most, essential because they depend on the guidance and reassurance it gives them regarding life and the idea things will get better if you have faith. After attending both ceremonies and asking a few experts a

Everyone has their own belief on whether there is a God or god’s, or if they don’t believe in any higher power at all. This is a very opinionated topic, and one that most everyone has an opinion on. The High School I went to, St. Thomas More Catholic High School, is one that strives on religion, specifically Catholicism, which is the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church. This One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church strives on the belief that there is only one true God. I struggled with my opinion on what I really believed in, until one night, when something miraculous happened to me, and my mind was finally made.

    In this World religion class I've learned a lot. I knew a bit about christianity, but most of the other religions I had heard of, but I've never seen how religions differ and coexist. Most people tend to believe in a higher power and this course has taught me that there are so many ways people look at “God’ and ways to worship. I learned that religion is never static but changes overtime to adapt to modernity.

The experience to learn about a religion different than the one I grew up learning, was very appealing. Throughout my childhood, I attended a Catholic mass every Saturday night, and CCD school every Sunday morning. When my group first got together, we pondered different religions we could potentially work with landing on the Islamic Society of CNY. None of us had any knowledge on the Islamic faith, so we figured, why not. My role in the project was to work on doing research about Allah. Allah is the Islamic faiths, one and only god. Along with speaking about Allah, I highlight the ideology that even though many individuals associate the Islamic faith with terrorism, terror is actually being used against them. In Egypt, a few weeks ago, the biggest terror attack in Egypt targeted the Islamic community killing over 300 plus people. I personally believed it was important to highlight this information throughout the presentation because it is such a common misconception; that Muslims in the Islamic faith are the ones committing these horrible acts of violence, when in turn, they are being attacked on their own front. During the time spent doing my research, I mostly consulted the Islamic Society of CNY’s website, because they had a lot of very useful information. Sadly, the only day Mohammed was available to speak to us was a morning I had a mandatory commitment, so I was unable to speak to him myself. Although I was unable to speak to him myself, the information I asked some