Act of God

“Do the gods love what’s holy because it is holy, or is it holy simply because the gods love it?” Euthyphro’s response to this was, “the gods love what is holy because it is holy,” Euthyphro’s explanation for this was like a cycle: It is holy because gods love it. Why

indicates that the arbitrariness of God’s commands contradicts to the fundamental attribute of God, and God’s commands are unable to make an act morally good or bad. Socrates asked Euthyphro about the definition of piety and impiety. Euthyphro attempted a couple of times to answer Socrates’ question, and he finally defined piety as “the pious is what all the gods love, and its opposite, what all the gods hate is the impious” (Reeve and Miller 58). Then, Socrates responded to Euthyphro by asking him

theological virtues is God, the ultimate source of good. In order to reach salvation, God, one must abide by the theological virtues, since no one can love God without first knowing the theological virtues. God however, is not subjected to the principle of economy since God is good, God knows everything, and God is all-powerful. The evidence to support this claim lies within Ockham’s problem of evil, which argues that because there is evil; there can be no all powerful, all knowing, good God. Ockham states

believe act-utilitarianism is the strongest ethical theory presented in class. According to Russ Shafer-Landau, act-utilitarianism is when “acts are right just because they maximize the overall amount of well-being in the world”. On the other hand, actions are wrong if they do not maximize the overall amount of well-being in the world. Because the main concept of utilitarianism is to improve the overall well-being, that concept determines which actions are considered right or wrong. Act-utilitarianism

The Presence of Freedom in the Book of Acts Freedom is a reoccurring theme in many works of literature, including The Bible. Human freedom is typically categorized one of two ways, positive and negative freedom. Positive freedom is the removal of something negative in one’s life, while negative freedom restricts and individual from a specific want or need, yet typically is believed to benefit them. Throughout the book of Acts, negative freedom is constantly present for man. Controlled by one supreme

Although scholars seen Acts as the second volume of two-part work by one author, as one single work.1 Luke emphasized the unity between the story of the ministry of Jesus and the story of the ‘beginning’ of Christianity.2 The Book of Acts disregards when attempting to describe and clarify the Christological identity of Jesus Christ. However, all the gospel accounts unfailingly imagine that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, but his Christological identity is hidden in the suffering of the cross

Hi Peeps, Today’s Quote “Your actions and acts of kindness of integrity from the Holy Spirit of God, are integrated into your heart, mind, body and soul, so that everyone is fully aware of your intentions, identifying your input and involvement in the Kingdom of God.” ~ Jon Barnes Your Love Acts Your love is not a mystery and why you love is very simple. God loved us first and it is our nature to love Him in return. It is the devil’s nature to get you to love him so that sin can rule your life

There are five acts of the biblical metanarrative consists of which are, Act I: The God of Creation, Act II: Sin Enters the World, Act III: God Covenants with Israel, Act IV: Jesus and the New Covenant, and Act V: The Fellowship of believers. Each of these Acts have stories about the life of Jesus that has a meaning Christians relate to. Act I: The God of Creation is the beginning of the biblical metanarrative where it talks about God is one and only in the book of Genesis. God is the creator

person is taken, their relationships with others are affected. Because this act affects your relationship with yourself, others and God it now becomes a Moral Issue. The Catholic Church as well as the secular view both share the same view on the issue of suicide. The Catholic Church disapproves of suicide because we are not in ownership of our own lives, God is. In addition to this, the Catholic Church views suicide as act act which contradicts many of Jesus’s teachings. Finally suicide is also

humanity is never fully present to themselves In the long run, freedom is a human beings capacity for God. In freedom people reach beyond themselves to something other than we are. God becomes the centre and source of people’s being. Humans can allow God and Jesus Christ to transform them and enable them to continue his healing presence. “Freedom is the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions on one’s own responsibility. By free will