God Is Dead Theology

Meaning and significance of death in the light of the Christian narrative is addressed and shows a deep understanding, including a detailed description and many examples.

“Christian theology is a theology of liberation. It is a rational study of the being of God in

in this world, and they are effects derived from a cause. The effects in turn

likely to go to hell for a period. In my opinion it would be unfair.

“He is dead who called me into being; and when I shall be no more, the very remembrance of us both will speedily vanish. I shall no longer see the sun or stars, or feel the winds play on my cheeks. Light, feeling, and sense, will pass away; and in this condition must I find my happiness.”(161)

“God is dead” this is a quote that was said by John Proctor, a character in “The Crucible” when he was in court testifying that he was not the devil. John Proctor is a middle aged man who is an outcast and doesn't go to church. He had an affair with his wife Elizabeth and Abigail wants him all to herself and she'll do anything to get rid of Elizabeth. John has a bad reputation for not going to church, plowing on Sundays, and not having all of his kids baptised. John and I have a few character traits in common such as we are both outcast, independent, and loyal.

Relig-ish affirms the fact that, for many people, abandoning one’s faith isn’t a lazy act, but is “a mindful and appropriate response in an expanding world” (5). Mee-Chapman recognizes the diverse spiritual needs of her audience and carefully guides us through the process of creating “a set of right-fit spiritual practices that are rooted in your history, authentic to who you are today, and creative enough to grow with you” (6).

Nietzsche admits that the realization that “God is dead” will travel slowly because it is just too “unthinkable”.

McCloskey claims that it’s better to find comfort in knowing there is no God than the idea of finding comfort in a God that stands by watching the evil one is facing. However, some of the arguments in William Craig’s article, “The absurdity of life without God”, challenge this view that McCloskey has. William Craig offers a few examples of why we should take comfort knowing that there is a God. First, life is meaningless without God and Immortality. What is the point of our existence if our end result is definitively death? McCloskey argues that because God stands by as someone is stricken with disease or death then it is better to take comfort in something else since God allows this to happen. Instead, Craig offers the argument that our existence has a purpose with God and that with Him we do have immortality and this disease and death is only temporary as God provides immortality with Him. Second, is the value with God and the moral obligations we have to live our lives according to God? In this Craig shows that without the moral obligation we have no reasons to live our lives to the values that God provides. Instead, one can live a life full of wickedness or live a life full of goodness and there would be no consequence and it wouldn’t matter how morally one were to

One of the most ancient mystery yet unsolved is the question pertaining to death and the afterlife. This mystery is one of the fundamental studies in both field of philosophy and religion. Comparing those who believe in a god-existing religion against those who don’t, we often see many differences in the answers relating to death. In the contrary, the similar answers to theist and atheist are evident strongly in two great thinkers and their works. The focus will be on Socrates’ speech in the Apology by Plato setting in 399 BCE and De Rerum Natura by Titus Lucretius 300 years later.

When it is performed on a dying person it is often referred to as the

a) Christians believe many different things about God’s nature; due to the huge spectrum of Christians that there are. However, as a general rule they perceive God as being one of the following four things:

The mystery of God's existence has been a crucial element of many religious studies and traditions. Who is God? What is God? Where is God? To effectively discuss the existence of God, it is necessary to illustrate the notion of faith. People of faith believe that God does exist, and that relationship with God gives meaning to their lives. Others who are skeptical point to God as an obsolete hope of an ignorant human race. People today live in a world distinguished by sophisticated technology in which modern science has been a strong agent in questioning the existence of God.

ABSTRACT: After 350 years of continual social transformations under the push of industrialization, capitalism, world-wide social revolutions, and the development of modern science, what reasonably remains of the traditional faith in divine transcendence and providential design except a deep-felt, almost 'ontological' yearning for transcendence? Torn between outmoded religious traditions and an ascendant secular world, the contemporary celebration of individuality only makes more poignant the need for precisely that religious consolation that public life increasingly denies. People must now confront the meaning of their lives without the assured aid of transcendent purpose and direction. The

The fields of philosophy and theology are often grounds of debate. While some hold these two to be relevant and dependent on each other, others find them to be completely independent of each other. In John D. Caputo’s work, Philosophy and Theology, he expresses his view of these fields as companions. Caputo states, “Think of philosophers and theologians as fellow sailors on [the] ocean,” depicting his view of the interdependence of these two fields (Caputo 69). Through his illustration we can find the influence philosophy and theology can have on each other in facilitating our toleration of such a mysterious future and world.