Spiritual Support For Atheists

Another view on suffering brought by theist is the suffering can lead to a greater spiritual good. In order to gain spiritual guidance, there has to be suffering involved. The agonizing struggle brought by human’s free choice is debated since it can only be prevented by an individual’s free choice. But not all suffering is created by human’s free choice

further states that Socrates is a complete “atheist,” meaning that he does not believe in god at all. This inconsistency in Meletus’ answers refute the entire accusation that Socrates is an atheist because Meletus already has established that Socrates teaches “other men to acknowledge some gods, and therefore that [he] does believe in gods, and [is] not an entire atheist.” This can also be presented as an argument in which our first premise is (P1) that Atheists do not believe in Gods, our second premise

reasoning that supports the thesis of this paper is that Meletus contradicts himself by saying that Socrates both believes and does not believe in the Gods. Socrates begins by asking Meletus if he thinks that Socrates has corrupted the young by "teach[ing] them not to acknowledge the gods which the state acknowledges, but some other new divinities," and Meletus agrees that this is the reason for his accusation. However, Meletus further states that Socrates is a complete "atheist," meaning that

makes be reflect what they find sacred, if they do not have a religious language to reflect this phenomena? Secular is often seen as the opposite of sacred, and can be defined as literally an attitude, activity, or thing that has no religious or spiritual basis. However, this definition does not include sacred within it. Religious and “sacred” are not synonyms, but they are by no means mutually exclusive, one can exist in tandem with the other. Sacred is the expression while

is only one God. Monotheists usually share the religion of Christianity, Judaism, or Islam. I happen to share the religion of Christianity and believe that there is only one God. I’m going to prove that no other Gods exist except for one. For the atheist and the polytheist, I will show you why your belief is false, and why you should change your belief to a monotheistic belief. First, I want to start with the three reasons why I believe that there is only one God. My first reasons I believe that there

of the late 19th and early 20th century all thought that religion would either disappear or become progressively attenuated with the expansion of modern institutions. Religion has been with us before time, most religions not only teach us about spiritual things but also about a persons life decisions through encouraging ethical decisions and actions according to the moral principles of that religion. According to Christianity a monotheistic

It is a question that has become increasingly difficult for religious parents to completely ignore: Are parents who raise their children to hold religious beliefs instilling a form of permanent indoctrination? Many atheists argue this today, one of the most famous being zoologist Richard Dawkins. In a detailed article about this topic, he stated, “There really is an important difference between including your children in harmless traditions, and forcing on them un-evidenced opinions about the nature

is all that exists. In their book, Making Sense of Your World: A Biblical Worldview, Phillips, Brown, and Stonestreet (2008), state that atheists believe the world is “governed by purely natural causes and processes, without any supernatural intervention or oversight” (p. 151). To the atheist, when something bad happens, it is merely bad luck. The problem atheists are confronted with is defining what qualifies as “good” in order to distinguish what is “evil.” With no objective standard for what is

growing shortage of chaplains within Air Force ranks, as well as the greater Department of Defense.1 This situation has devolved to the point that some bases are left without chaplain support for extended periods of time.2 This is a potentially catastrophic condition, as Airmen are left without aid to maintain their spiritual health. This problem is demonstrative of

I have recently read a novel named I don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist written by Norman Geisler,. The book begins with Norman Geisler's perspective on world view, He explains that everyone has a world view and it is how we understand things. Norman argues that the way we interpret truth is through our world view and everything we see is filtered through this view. This idea is used throughout the whole book for understanding. After the introduction Norman begins to write about many different