Theology Essay

Descartes proved in earlier Meditations that he himself exists because he is able to think and reason. His thought and his own mental idea of himself acts as the only proof of his existence that cannot be doubted. Descartes has in himself the idea of God and says that something, including that idea, can’t come from nothing. So that idea must have come from somewhere. He purposes that he cannot be the cause of the idea that God exists because he is finite and God is not. God is infinite. Descartes

In first mediation Descartes ponders on the idea of what is real and what is a dream; he concludes that anything thing he can doubt is false and therefor a dream. After establishing the existence of the dream world he tries to figure out who is responsible for tricking him into this false world. He ponders on the idea that God could be responsible for tricking him, but quickly disregards that assumption believing that God, who represents everything that is good, could not deceive him; and concludes

Many philosophers have posed the question: How can I prove that God exists? Thomas Aquinas attempted to prove the existence of God in a rational way through his Cosmological argument. Aquinas argued that every event as we observe it has a cause and a casual chain cannot be infinite. Therefore, a first cause is necessary and this cause is God. Aquinas’ argument is unsuccessful because it assumes that God is a necessary being, fails to prove that the world is not an infinite chain of events, and

The Absence of God within Lucky’s Speech Lucky’s monologue is the most confusing and, of course, the deepest part of the play. Towards the middle of part one in Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot”, the character called Lucky gives a “speech” to the audience. Of course, the first time viewing this, nobody understood the message given. How could you? It’s just a bunch of gibberish and nonsense. Except, Lucky’s speech isn’t just formless nonsense, it is simply dissolution of form. Lucky delivers

A question that has perplexed humans through the ages is if we have the ability to reach God. The witness of Scripture and leading theologians attest that individuals have a limited knowledge of God through general revelation in the natural world. General revelation can provide valid knowledge that there is a God, which aids in the acceptance of special revelation. General revelation is an individual's ability to gain knowledge of God through his presence in the world. The knowledge we are

Simply stated we must believe in Jesus as our Messiah. He came into the world not to condemn the world, but to save the world, those who believe on Him are not condemned (John 3:17-18). Believing in Him is simply stated, but not easily done. In fact, I would say we cannot do this without the help of God Himself. Paul states “…God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith” (Romans 12:3 KJV). Having this faith on our own might as well be considered a “work.” What God has done is on account of the

Every now I then I receive a letter from a subscriber on the best way to incorporate Christian meditation into their daily devotion time with God. Including Christian meditation, into your daily schedule can make your life so much more rewarding and fulfilling. There are numerous benefits to meditating on God and spending time in His presence. These include developing a more intimate relationship with Christ, eliminating worry and stress, creating a space for God to speak to our hearts, and becoming

In this chapter, we are going to follow Job from his silent brokenness through the increasingly volatile exchanges with his friends/counselors/would-be comforters as he dared to say things about God that shocked them and perhaps make us pause as well. Although the friends will get their full-fledged turn in our next chapter, here we will begin to hear them “speak” because their claims were part of the backdrop for Job’s outraged responses. As we will see, he dismissed them quite soon and focused

Genesis 1-2:4 and the Enuma Elish are both creation stories, having been written at different times. These stories are rather varied in their natures, but they do share one main similarity: In both accounts, a divine authority created the world and everything in it, with the most important creation being human beings. Other than this, the differences in the accounts are numerous. First of all, the Genesis creation came from a single god, God, whereas in the Enuma Elish there are many gods, even though

“Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (KJV Ps. 139:23-24). In this verse, David asks God to help him search his heart so that he can be closer to God. Without God, the process of self-evaluation is impossible as David states in his psalm. What makes David such a good source for advice? In the Bible, David is known as “a man after God’s own heart” (1 Sam. 13:14). If David recognized the importance