Similarities Between Laxism And Deiism

Popular deism – belief in a being, force, or intelligence. Cold deism God is simply abstract force bringing world into existence. Warm deism God is clearly personal and even friendly.

In the readings of Exodus, Genesis, and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. These three texts explore what it means to follow in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition. The teachings from Genesis, Exodus and Plato, demonstrate proof of the fundamental claim, “God’s presence in the world is mediated through nature and reality.” The significance of nature can symbolize everything that appears in the physical world, while the reality represents the truth and human existence in the world.

(Sire, 2009) In Theism, humans relied on the Scripture to lead them. The Scripture was God’s word that laid out the direction to his plan. As Deism started to evolve, humans began to listen to their inner thoughts and curiosities. They began to rely more on the human mind, which separated God from them in a way that had never been done before.

Since the beginning of time humans have endeavoured to explain the causes and reasons behind their existence. As a result of this thirst for knowledge many different beliefs and values have been formulated with the aim of explaining this age-old question. Most of these beliefs are prevalent today in the form of institutionalised religions. In order to gain an understanding of the word 'religion', we need to fully analyse and compare the components of religions in order to gain a more cultivated understanding of this enigmatic term. An extremely valuable way of classifying religion and its many aspects is through the Seven Dimensions, developed by Ninian Smart. (See Appendix 1) These dimensions explore the many aspects of religion in a

There are those who think that our behavior is a result of free choice, but there are also others who believe we are servants of cosmic destiny, and that behavior is nothing but a reflex of heredity and environment. The position of determinism is that every event is the necessary outcome of a cause or set of causes, and everything is a consequence of external forces, and such forces produce all that happens. Therefore, according to this statement, man is not free.

Martin Luther's "The Freedom of a Christian" discusses an in-depth look into the Christian faith, God's work in each individual. Refusing to believe in the established doctrine, Luther wrote this reforming treatise in response to Pope Leo's criticisms and to further explain the theological and ideological core of his thinking. Nevertheless, Luther centered his ideas around the concept that the joys and freedoms of a Christian were that in faith; humans, as sinners, should not look at ourselves, but instead at God's goodness. He goes on to elaborate that through the justification by faith, humans grasp the meaning of a whole Christian life. Throughout "The Freedom of a Christian", Luther expands on the threefold power of faith: faith frees

The idea of Deism is that God designed a world-machine and winds it up like a clock. Deists rejected divine intervention, like the resurrection story because they believe that once God created the earth, he has not intervened thereafter. However, Christianity believes that God has to intervene occasionally to adjust the motion of plants. The reason that Jesus’ resurrection is such a central claim for his followers is that it proved that Jesus was the divine trinity, or Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

3. Deists, including Jefferson and Franklin, accepted the existence of God, but considered Him a remote being who, after having created the universe, had withdrawn from direct involvement with the human race and its sins.

In this contemporary era more people do not identify with God and in turn have become more skeptical of God. This shift can be seen in Thomas Paine’s The Age of Reason; which is an excellent example of deism. Paine spares no detail on why he does not believe in the Bible and why he does not believe God is continually working in the world. Jonathan Edwards’ sermon, A Divine and Supernatural Light, on the other hand, adamantly believes in the Bible and that God is actively present in the world. Edwards’s provides an excellent example of Christianity. These two authors create a snapshot of the prevailing, in Edwards’s case, and emerging, in Paine’s case, worldviews of their respective era.

Hinduism and Confucianism are two well known religions that have been around for thousands of years. they have a lot of similarities, but also some differences. Both religions are located in Asia, while Hinduism is mainly in India, and Confucianism is in China. Both religions are based around the people’s actions as well as the meaning of life, which are shown through their strict society and social structures. Even though they’re different, both religions have 3 principles or values they go by. They are two of the most peaceful religions on the planet, with both their goals being to bring order in human existence, they both look to bettering the lives of the people within them. Hinduism and Confucianism both believe very much in education and social statues, which is why they have strict policies on them. They have both influenced philosophy greatly since their existence in the early times. Overall, both Hinduism and Confucianism look for the common good that will help enforce peace and brotherhood. Their belief systems go on a basis of making their followers act accordingly, helping to run their government and set a stable mindset for its people.

1a. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola says that human beings are free to become whatever or whomever they may choose to be. In his work, Oration on the Dignity of Man, Mirandola discusses how as a human being you have “no limit or no bound” and “may choose for yourself the limits and bounds of your nature” He believes that God created humans with no fixed position in life and that the choices they make during their journey will define whether they fall into high or low positions on the chain of life.

In this report I will be both contrasting and comparing the religious view of Catholicism and the world view of Secular Humanism. The three questions I will be analysing through the religious view of Catholicism and the world view Secular Humanism include:

Both the Christian and the Deist have acknowledged God as their Creator; however there is again a major difference between these two worldviews. The Christian believes that God created man in His image, and has a personal relationship with him; according to Christianity, our capability for relationships is a result of this form of Creation. The Deist disagrees, stating plainly that, “…human beings, though personal, are a part of the clockwork of the universe” (Sire, 50). In other words, while not denying the fact that man can have personal relationships, Deism denies man the relationship to God, the image-to-original roles. This denial leaves man no way to transcend the system in which he finds himself. The implications of this view are enormous: without the freedom to act as he wishes, Adam would not have been capable of sin and therefore man would not be fallen – leaving no need for Christ. In light of this distinction it is quite plain that Locke, again, diverges from Deism. In his Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Locke looks within man himself in order to gain insight about God’s attributes. While this would be impossible to anyone working under a deistic mindset, Locke recognizes the existence of the image-to-original relationship and is able to use this in his line of reasoning. In addition, Locke immediately recognizes the fallen nature of man and the intense need for Christ’s sacrifice. One of the many times he acknowledged the divinity of Christ, Locke wrote, “He was sent by God: His Miracles shew it; And the Authority of God in his Precepts cannot be questioned…” (Reasonableness of Christianity, 108). This statement, too, would never spill from the pen of a Deist. The freedom of man to do as he wills, however, is morally restricted. According to Mr. Locke, although every man has “authority” in his own person – he can do as he wishes – he cannot take his own life, because his life is the

It is better to be bad by choice than to be good against one’s will. You will have more freedom if you are who you are because of the choices you make. You will also be able to change if you ever feel like something is not right. Choosing to be bad is based on your morals rather than being a certain way according to someone else’s morals.

In this report I will be comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences between the religious tradition Christianity, with the world view of Secular Humanism.