The Belief Of The Religious Impulse

In examining the relationship between religion and morality, there are many equally important topics that should be considered. One topic, nonetheless, that I think is essential in beginning to discuss the philosophy of morality in the context of religion is that which is concerned with whether religion has a significant role in the definition of morality. Religion does have a significant role in the defining and understanding of morality, and this is important for ethics. The aim of this paper is not to argue whether it is possible for one to be moral without being religious, for this I assume is more or less evidently possible, but rather whether a general concept of religion and God is needed in the proper interpretation of morality. I will refer to Plato’s Euthyphro and its focus on piety and the dilemma it generates, in guiding this discussion.

This essay will compare Christianity and the Naturalism worldviews. Christianity is man’s desire to live according to the principles outlined in the Bible. Naturalism on the other hand is rooted in man’s will being the sole purpose of their existence. Both have had long term effects on the world in which we live. They both illustrate the way man treats one another. The question that is asked in both cases is what this relationship means; how it affects the believer, and does it change the way the world is viewed.

A proper assessment from a biblical-anthropological perspective needs to take into account the image of God as part of human nature. The three dimensions of the image of God (relational, structural and functional) form the core of human nature. Humans are relational beings with the structural capacity to relate to others and fulfill their purpose in this life. These three dimensions were damaged or affected after the Fall. As discussed previously, normality and pathology are connected with the sinful human condition.

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

This paper focuses on the theological message of the book of Judges. Identifying how God is portrayed in this book will enlighten readers on how God is portrayed in the remaining sixty-five books of the Bible. Also, this study will attempt to determine the books theme, motifs, as well as the central theological message.

Despite centuries of deliberation, the origin of the human soul remains a point of contention among theologians, as the Scriptures appear to support either the creationism or traducianism hypothesis. This issue is far from an insignificant anthropological quandary, as ontological commitments produce numerous philosophical and theological ramifications when considering doctrines relating to the nature of man, original sin, and the incarnation. In the absence of conclusive biblical evidence, Stephen P. Greggo seeks insight from natural theology, attempting to address the topic from a developmental psychology perspective. This paper will offer a critique of Greggo’s article, demonstrating its failure to provide a valuable contribution to the theological discussion of soul ontology.

Subject Area This thesis proposal falls under the umbrella of theological ethics. Specifically, the role of ecclesiology as a critical component of theological ethics. Thesis Statement

In his book, Rethinking Human Nature, Kevin Corcoran offers the Constitution View (CV) of the human person, as a middle ground between dualism and materialism. It is my goal in this paper to explain Corcoran’s CV and outline its major arguments; after that I’ll explain its relationship to the afterlife and highlight its heretical nature, therein excluding it from a Christian view. Finally, I will propose why a trichotomous view better fit the Scriptural teachings.

In biblical theology the difference between religious experiences and biblical truths are compared. Implications or insights are established from these findings and theological models are

The Bible is Gods story. It is an account of His search for us. The story begins in Genesis at creation. Following creation we see the fall of Adam and Eve, which results in sin entering the world. Man was originally made to be fully dependant upon God however, now man comes under His judgement and have to live with the consequences of our rebellion. We lost understanding of God and began to create our own Gods, falling into idolatry and worshiping things of this world. However, God has always remained faithful and loving, despite our human brokenness. This paper will explore Ancient Israel’s journey throughout the Old Testament, exploring the themes of Gods faithfulness and power.

The different Gods present in the Tanakh are a result of this hypothesis, evidence of the different purposes present between the different authors such as orthodoxy of rituals in the priests and mere portrayal of tradition in J. In these juxtapositions, we are able to see Nietzsche’s point in the discourse of slave morality and master morality; that the priests express their “quantum of force” l through the “seduction of language” (GM, I, §13), and not only is this inevitable but that the common people must separate the idea that their merely strong from how they actually manifest that strength. The Book of J, and the Books of Genesis and Exodus all correlate with Nietzsche’s ideology that the Torah was created under joint authorship but also that this authorship exposes the substance of master morality, how it is pursued, and the Ethos of the clerical caste in relations to their

Whilst Christianity delivered a few radicals who have trusted that the anthropomorphism in the bible was to be seen truly and that in perspective of man in the picture of God, He must have a body, the main part of Christian masterminds have tended the other way. Very little have agreed with Marcion, who completely dismisses the Old Testament 's portrayal of God, somewhat on the premise of its humanoid attribution, as delineating another God than the LORD.Yet most have endeavored, in somehow, to clarify away Scriptural anthropomorphic dialect.

In a world of such a variety of worldviews and religions, it appears difficult to be convinced that when one religion claims to have a unique and discrete Supreme Presence, God, that it is justified in saying so. However, the God of the Jewish people presents a few different reasons to be distinguished and honored because of how He appears to His people. Before going into depth about the distinguishing characteristics of Yahweh, it is important to lay out the paradigms associated with the characteristics of the various other gods at the time of Moses and the significant imparting of the Ten Commandments by God on the Jews. Overall, there appears to be a paradox associated with the desired acknowledgement of Yahweh by the Jewish people, where His very name, embodied in the Tetragrammaton, is holy and mysterious, and yet His desire is that His people follow Him and Him only with this limited knowledge (Pitts, Module 4). In this paper, I hope to examine the general ideas associated with what the Israelites had been tempted to follow as their deity, what other deities existed and how they compared with Yahweh, and what made Yahweh particularly distinct as a deity.

The amount of information that exists that directly contradicts the belief in religion is astounding. I have no desire to accumulate the amount of information and force feed it into one argument. Not only would it take a great amount of energy, but it would be so long that the thrust of the argument would be lost. The best arguments are the shortest, they are concise and effective in that they say very much with very little.

Welcome back to the second in depth look to Nicholas Holt’s religious life, and I think it is a bit more advanced and more theological. First, I would like to thank you for such an awesome semester it has been and how you have truly pushed me in ways that I never really thought about. Quite often, I would leave your class and deep thought and just confused because I was tested. Now, let’s get back to more about my life and how it has stayed similar, but also changed in ways.