Christian philosophy views human nature and condition through the lens of creation, fall, and redemption. God created humans with both body and soul, giving them freedom. However, the first humans, Adam and Eve, misused their freedom and fell from grace, introducing sin and evil. As a result of the fall, humans became broken and sinful. But God, in his love for humanity, provided redemption by becoming human himself through Jesus Christ. Through his incarnation, death and resurrection, Christ conquered sin and death, and offers salvation to redeem fallen humanity.
The document discusses several aspects of theological anthropology, including:
1. It examines different views on the origin of man, including naturalistic evolution, theistic evolution, and special creation by God.
2. It explores the concept of man being created in the "image of God," referring to our ability to have relationships, think, reason, and have moral capacity.
3. It analyzes the dichotomist and trichotomist views on the nature of man having both physical and immaterial parts like the soul or spirit.
- Creation is the special act by which God freely creates all things out of nothing. Scripture testifies that human beings are unique in having both a material body and a spiritual soul, each directly created by God.
- God created Adam and Eve without defect and with extraordinary gifts like intimate friendship with himself.
- The Fall was the historical event where the first human beings disobeyed God, suffering serious consequences like losing grace and friendship with God. As their descendants, humans now inherit original sin and live without grace until the promise of salvation.
Medieval philosophy focused on questions of faith and religion. Faith was considered personal and internal, while religion was seen as external and subject to change. Major medieval philosophers included St. Augustine, who said humans are restless until finding God, and St. Thomas Aquinas, who greatly expanded the scope of reason. Aquinas proved God's existence through five ways, including the argument from motion that an unmoved mover was needed to first put things in motion.
Apologetics 1 Lesson 9 Arguments for Christianity, The Resurrection and the P...Third Column Ministries
The document discusses several objections to and explanations for the problem of evil. It presents arguments that evil exists due to free will and human sin, and that God allows evil for purposes like soul-making and spiritual growth. It also suggests evil is the absence of good and moral evils result from human actions. Overall, the document explores theological responses to the question of why an omnipotent and good God permits the existence of evil.
This document discusses key concepts in medieval philosophy related to faith and religion. It defines faith as personal and internal, involving both cognitive and emotive aspects, while defining religion as external and involving communal practices that can change. The document also discusses major medieval philosophers like Augustine and Aquinas. Augustine believed that humans find true happiness only in God, while Aquinas sought to understand faith through reason and wrote the influential Summa Theologica. Anselm is noted for his ontological argument for God's existence.
This document provides an overview of medieval philosophy with a focus on faith and religion. It discusses:
- St. Augustine's views on faith being personal and internal while religion is external and can change. He emphasized that humans find true happiness only in God.
- St. Thomas Aquinas believed faith and reason were compatible. He developed proofs for God's existence and emphasized virtues. His Summas organized theological knowledge through logic.
- St. Anselm developed the ontological argument that it is logically necessary for God, the greatest conceivable being, to exist.
So in summary, medieval philosophers explored the relationship between faith, reason and religion, with many emphasizing that fulfillment is found through
- Medieval philosophy focused on religious and theological questions about faith, God, and salvation.
- Two influential medieval philosophers discussed are St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas.
- St. Augustine used Neoplatonism to understand Christianity and wrote influential works like Confessions and City of God. He believed humans find true happiness by finding God.
- St. Thomas Aquinas combined faith and reason, outlining five proofs for God's existence. He is known for his Summa Theologica and defining virtues like prudence, temperance, and charity.
This document provides an overview of arguments for and against the existence of God. It discusses the complexity of the universe and life as an argument for a creator or designer. It also considers scientific explanations for the origin and laws of the universe as arguments against the need for God. The document outlines beliefs about God in major religions and considers whether an all-powerful God could exist given the amount of suffering in the world. It presents counterarguments that God's existence cannot be proven and that religious beliefs may require suspending logical thought.
The document discusses several aspects of theological anthropology, including:
1. It examines different views on the origin of man, including naturalistic evolution, theistic evolution, and special creation by God.
2. It explores the concept of man being created in the "image of God," referring to our ability to have relationships, think, reason, and have moral capacity.
3. It analyzes the dichotomist and trichotomist views on the nature of man having both physical and immaterial parts like the soul or spirit.
- Creation is the special act by which God freely creates all things out of nothing. Scripture testifies that human beings are unique in having both a material body and a spiritual soul, each directly created by God.
- God created Adam and Eve without defect and with extraordinary gifts like intimate friendship with himself.
- The Fall was the historical event where the first human beings disobeyed God, suffering serious consequences like losing grace and friendship with God. As their descendants, humans now inherit original sin and live without grace until the promise of salvation.
Medieval philosophy focused on questions of faith and religion. Faith was considered personal and internal, while religion was seen as external and subject to change. Major medieval philosophers included St. Augustine, who said humans are restless until finding God, and St. Thomas Aquinas, who greatly expanded the scope of reason. Aquinas proved God's existence through five ways, including the argument from motion that an unmoved mover was needed to first put things in motion.
Apologetics 1 Lesson 9 Arguments for Christianity, The Resurrection and the P...Third Column Ministries
The document discusses several objections to and explanations for the problem of evil. It presents arguments that evil exists due to free will and human sin, and that God allows evil for purposes like soul-making and spiritual growth. It also suggests evil is the absence of good and moral evils result from human actions. Overall, the document explores theological responses to the question of why an omnipotent and good God permits the existence of evil.
This document discusses key concepts in medieval philosophy related to faith and religion. It defines faith as personal and internal, involving both cognitive and emotive aspects, while defining religion as external and involving communal practices that can change. The document also discusses major medieval philosophers like Augustine and Aquinas. Augustine believed that humans find true happiness only in God, while Aquinas sought to understand faith through reason and wrote the influential Summa Theologica. Anselm is noted for his ontological argument for God's existence.
This document provides an overview of medieval philosophy with a focus on faith and religion. It discusses:
- St. Augustine's views on faith being personal and internal while religion is external and can change. He emphasized that humans find true happiness only in God.
- St. Thomas Aquinas believed faith and reason were compatible. He developed proofs for God's existence and emphasized virtues. His Summas organized theological knowledge through logic.
- St. Anselm developed the ontological argument that it is logically necessary for God, the greatest conceivable being, to exist.
So in summary, medieval philosophers explored the relationship between faith, reason and religion, with many emphasizing that fulfillment is found through
- Medieval philosophy focused on religious and theological questions about faith, God, and salvation.
- Two influential medieval philosophers discussed are St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas.
- St. Augustine used Neoplatonism to understand Christianity and wrote influential works like Confessions and City of God. He believed humans find true happiness by finding God.
- St. Thomas Aquinas combined faith and reason, outlining five proofs for God's existence. He is known for his Summa Theologica and defining virtues like prudence, temperance, and charity.
This document provides an overview of arguments for and against the existence of God. It discusses the complexity of the universe and life as an argument for a creator or designer. It also considers scientific explanations for the origin and laws of the universe as arguments against the need for God. The document outlines beliefs about God in major religions and considers whether an all-powerful God could exist given the amount of suffering in the world. It presents counterarguments that God's existence cannot be proven and that religious beliefs may require suspending logical thought.
The document discusses the philosophical problem of evil - how can a completely good, all-knowing, and all-powerful God allow evil to exist in the world? It outlines several theistic explanations, including: 1) Evil as non-being, where evil is an absence rather than positive thing; 2) Dualism, where an opposing evil power exists; and 3) Moral theory, where God limits evil by nature but allows free will which can lead to suffering. It highlights the need to understand Augustine of Hippo and Irenaeus' attempts to explain how God's love is compatible with suffering and evil in the world.
God's Plan begins with Creation - RCIA- SFX-PJ_2009-2010maximilianyong
The document discusses the biblical account of creation according to Genesis. It explains that Genesis describes creation as planned and orderly, with mankind created in God's image on the sixth day. Genesis does not intend to provide a scientific explanation but rather convey theological truths about God and humanity's relationship with Him as stewards of creation. The document also addresses perspectives on reconciling biblical creation with scientific theories like evolution.
The document discusses the biblical account of creation according to Genesis. It explains that Genesis describes creation occurring over seven days by God speaking things into existence. On the sixth day, God created humans in His image to have dominion over the earth. God rested on the seventh day. The document also addresses perspectives on creation from science and religion and affirms the Church's position that life originated through God's supernatural creation rather than naturalistic processes alone.
This document discusses Paul's views on Adam and Eve as presented by Peter Enns and Denis Lemoureux versus responses from D.A. Carson and C. John Collins. Lemoureux argues that Adam and Eve never existed historically and that Paul used the story of Genesis metaphorically. Enns argues that while Paul seems to view Adam as the first human, his perspective is not based on a literal reading of Genesis. Carson and Collins rebut that anti-concordism assumes Genesis has no historical basis and that Paul's argument relies on historical facts. The document examines how Paul's views differ from the Old Testament presentation of Adam and analyzes Paul as an ancient interpreter working within his cultural context.
Dr. John Oakes is taught a class on Answering the Hard Questions at the 2015 International Christan Evidence Conference at York College in York, Nebraska, June 19-21. He gave a brief overview of the Christian world view before launching into the Christian answer to the questions both believers and non-believers often struggle with, such as the Trinity, the problem of evil, the problem of suffering, the problem of violence in the Old Testament and the problem of Hell. Notes and power point are here:
Catholic Doctrine Class on Creation and Its Logical ConsequencesDennisTolentino11
Creation
“In the beginning…”
The Relevance of This Topic
Catechesis on creation is of major importance. It concerns the very foundations of human and Christian life: for it makes explicit the response of the Christian faith to the basic question that men of all times have asked themselves.
"Where do we come from?" "Where are we going?" "What is our origin?" "What is our end?" "Where does everything that exists come from and where is it going?"
Errors About Creation
Natural reason can arrive at God as the Creator of all that exists.
But in the course of history, there have been errors about creation: pantheism, deism and materialism.
The Notion of Creation
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1:1).
The eternal God gave a beginning to all that exists.
Only God can create.
All that exist comes from God.
The Work of Creation
This work is common to all the persons of the Blessed Trinity.
It is “appropriated” to the Father because of its congruence with the distinctive characteristic of the Father.
The Purpose of Creation
God did not need to create. He does not need anyone or anything to make him perfect.
God created to manifest and communicate his goodness.
God Wanted to Create
God created the world freely.
The universe is not a product of necessity.
Nor is it a product of chance.
God wanted creatures to participate in his wisdom and goodness.
Conservation of Creatures
With creation, God does not abandon his creatures to themselves. He not only gives them being and existence, but also, and at every moment, upholds and sustains them in being, enables them to act and brings them to their final end. Recognizing this utter dependence with respect to the Creator is a source of wisdom and freedom, of joy and confidence” (CCC, 301).
The Providence of God
Divine Providence consists of the dispositions by which God guides creatures towards their perfection.
God cares for all, from the least thing to the greatest.
Science and Faith
The scientific study of the origins of the universe does not conflict with the truths of the faith.
Science is not a comprehensive knowledge.
There is another realm of knowledge other than the physical — the metaphysical.
God Created the Angels
The existence of angels is a truth of our faith.
They are personal creatures and are pure spirits.
They have a role to play in our sanctification.
God Created Man
God created man in his image and likeness (cf. Gen 1:26).
God created man to become a sharer in his own life.
God created man to perfect the work of creation through work.
The Dignity of Man
“Being in the image of God the human individual possesses the dignity of a person, who is not just something, but someone” (CCC, 357).
Man and woman possess the same dignity.
They are complementary, not incomplete.
The Unity of Man
“The unity of soul and body is so profound that one has to consider the soul to be the ‘form’ of the body: i.e., it is because of its spiritual soul that the body made of matter
This presentation covers proofs for the creation of the universe by God and examines Biblical and philosophical evidence regarding how it was carried out.
The document discusses principles of spiritual growth and the relationship between the physical and spiritual worlds according to religious texts and philosophy:
1. Spiritual growth occurs in stages through balancing giving and receiving between the spiritual and physical selves, with the spiritual self developing virtues through moral conduct in the physical world.
2. Humans exist in both the physical and spiritual worlds, and have the potential to govern the cosmos by connecting the two worlds through love and truth.
3. The spiritual body continues after death, and near-death experiences commonly describe encounters with spiritual phenomena like a bright light or meeting deceased loved ones.
The document discusses arguments for the existence of God from natural theology and revelation. It provides arguments from motion, causality, degrees of perfection, and finality in the world as proofs for God's existence. It also argues that God can be known through inner human experience of morality, freedom of will, and desire for infinite truth and happiness. Christianity is posited as the one true revealed religion from God, with other religions insufficient due to private interpretation leading to fragmentation.
The document discusses several arguments for the existence of God, including the design argument, Paley's teleological argument, the first cause argument, and ontological arguments put forth by philosophers like Anselm and Descartes. It also addresses the problems of evil and miracles. The design argument states that the intricate design of the universe suggests an intelligent creator. Paley's teleological argument extends this analogy to nature. The first cause argument is that everything must have a cause, requiring an uncaused first cause of God. Ontological arguments claim that God must exist by definition as the greatest conceivable being. The problem of evil questions how an all-powerful and good God allows suffering. Hume argued that miracles
This document discusses medieval philosophy and focuses on religion and faith. It explores questions around what faith and religion are through the perspectives of figures like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. It provides background on the medieval period and examines influential ideas from philosophers during that time, such as Augustine's views on sin and grace, and Aquinas' five proofs for God's existence. The document aims to understand philosophical thought on faith from the medieval epoch.
IT is to be presumed that a person will ex-
press himself. Expression characterizes
personality. If God is a person, the uni-
verse may be called an expression of God.
The universe is, therefore, an intimation of
certain truths about God. If a work suggests
the character of the worker, it is not too much
to call the universe a revelation of God. If
space is not a revelation of Him — and it may
be — everything in space is. * * The heavens de-
clare the glory of God and the firmament
showeth his handiwork." The natural sug-
gests the supernatural. Nature suggests God.
The document discusses three primary views on the origin of creation: materialism, pantheism, and theism. Materialism believes matter is eternal and there is no God. Pantheism sees God and creation as the same substance. Theism is the Judeo-Christian view that God created all things from nothing. The document also examines biblical support for creation, analyzing the origins of matter, living things, and humankind. It explores debates on the timespan of creation and compatibility with evolution.
The document discusses the Catholic doctrine of the human person as created in the image of God. It covers how humans are placed at the center of creation, endowed with dignity and reason. It addresses the social nature of humanity and equality of men and women. It then discusses the tragedy of original sin and how it separates humanity from God and each other. The document concludes by discussing the universality of both sin and salvation through Jesus Christ, who redeems all of creation.
This document discusses several philosophical arguments regarding the existence and nature of God. It addresses questions like what God is, why people believe in God, and God's attributes such as being personal, omnipresent, the creator, and perfectly good. It also summarizes several common arguments for God's existence, such as the cosmological, teleological, and ontological arguments. It discusses objections to these arguments and notes that while some claim to prove God's existence, others argue it is impossible to prove whether God does or does not exist.
Elihu assures Job that as a man created by God, he has the Spirit of God within him. He references Genesis accounts that God breathed life into humans. The document discusses how the Holy Spirit was involved in both original creation and gives ongoing life. It also notes that through humans' spiritual nature they can know and reveal God, as they are made in His image. Finally, it outlines the Holy Spirit's work in Christ and believers, such as forming, sanctifying, empowering and resurrecting them.
This document discusses several religious and philosophical concepts:
1. It discusses Christian teachings about behaving in a way that sustains life and following God's laws to please Him.
2. It discusses Hindu and Buddhist teachings about achieving self-realization by destroying ignorance and uniting with God. Only a few can achieve this in each age.
3. It discusses the origins of different civilizations and religions, and how they represent different aspects of the Trinity - the Indus Valley civilization represents the Holy Ghost, Mesopotamia represents the Son, and Ancient Egypt represents the Creator.
Contemporary philosophy refers to 19th century philosophy onward, dealing with issues like the division between analytic and continental traditions. Existentialism focuses on individual human existence, responsibility, and search for meaning. Key existentialist philosophers discussed include Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, and Schopenhauer. Their works explore themes of the absurdity of life, the death of God, nothingness, authenticity vs. inauthenticity, and the need to create one's own meaning and values in a purposeless world. Existentialism emphasizes individual freedom and responsibility over predetermined essence or values.
Contemporary philosophy refers to 19th century philosophy onward, dealing with logic, language, science (analytic philosophy) in the UK and North America, and existentialism, phenomenology, etc. (continental philosophy) in Europe. Existentialism focuses on individual existence and responsibility in creating one's own meaning without external rules or guidance. Key existentialist philosophers discussed include Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, Heidegger and Schopenhauer. Their works explore themes of freedom, responsibility, authenticity, and the absurdity of life without God or inherent meaning. Phenomenology studies conscious experience from a first-person perspective to understand the essence of phenomena. Nih
The document discusses the philosophical problem of evil - how can a completely good, all-knowing, and all-powerful God allow evil to exist in the world? It outlines several theistic explanations, including: 1) Evil as non-being, where evil is an absence rather than positive thing; 2) Dualism, where an opposing evil power exists; and 3) Moral theory, where God limits evil by nature but allows free will which can lead to suffering. It highlights the need to understand Augustine of Hippo and Irenaeus' attempts to explain how God's love is compatible with suffering and evil in the world.
God's Plan begins with Creation - RCIA- SFX-PJ_2009-2010maximilianyong
The document discusses the biblical account of creation according to Genesis. It explains that Genesis describes creation as planned and orderly, with mankind created in God's image on the sixth day. Genesis does not intend to provide a scientific explanation but rather convey theological truths about God and humanity's relationship with Him as stewards of creation. The document also addresses perspectives on reconciling biblical creation with scientific theories like evolution.
The document discusses the biblical account of creation according to Genesis. It explains that Genesis describes creation occurring over seven days by God speaking things into existence. On the sixth day, God created humans in His image to have dominion over the earth. God rested on the seventh day. The document also addresses perspectives on creation from science and religion and affirms the Church's position that life originated through God's supernatural creation rather than naturalistic processes alone.
This document discusses Paul's views on Adam and Eve as presented by Peter Enns and Denis Lemoureux versus responses from D.A. Carson and C. John Collins. Lemoureux argues that Adam and Eve never existed historically and that Paul used the story of Genesis metaphorically. Enns argues that while Paul seems to view Adam as the first human, his perspective is not based on a literal reading of Genesis. Carson and Collins rebut that anti-concordism assumes Genesis has no historical basis and that Paul's argument relies on historical facts. The document examines how Paul's views differ from the Old Testament presentation of Adam and analyzes Paul as an ancient interpreter working within his cultural context.
Dr. John Oakes is taught a class on Answering the Hard Questions at the 2015 International Christan Evidence Conference at York College in York, Nebraska, June 19-21. He gave a brief overview of the Christian world view before launching into the Christian answer to the questions both believers and non-believers often struggle with, such as the Trinity, the problem of evil, the problem of suffering, the problem of violence in the Old Testament and the problem of Hell. Notes and power point are here:
Catholic Doctrine Class on Creation and Its Logical ConsequencesDennisTolentino11
Creation
“In the beginning…”
The Relevance of This Topic
Catechesis on creation is of major importance. It concerns the very foundations of human and Christian life: for it makes explicit the response of the Christian faith to the basic question that men of all times have asked themselves.
"Where do we come from?" "Where are we going?" "What is our origin?" "What is our end?" "Where does everything that exists come from and where is it going?"
Errors About Creation
Natural reason can arrive at God as the Creator of all that exists.
But in the course of history, there have been errors about creation: pantheism, deism and materialism.
The Notion of Creation
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1:1).
The eternal God gave a beginning to all that exists.
Only God can create.
All that exist comes from God.
The Work of Creation
This work is common to all the persons of the Blessed Trinity.
It is “appropriated” to the Father because of its congruence with the distinctive characteristic of the Father.
The Purpose of Creation
God did not need to create. He does not need anyone or anything to make him perfect.
God created to manifest and communicate his goodness.
God Wanted to Create
God created the world freely.
The universe is not a product of necessity.
Nor is it a product of chance.
God wanted creatures to participate in his wisdom and goodness.
Conservation of Creatures
With creation, God does not abandon his creatures to themselves. He not only gives them being and existence, but also, and at every moment, upholds and sustains them in being, enables them to act and brings them to their final end. Recognizing this utter dependence with respect to the Creator is a source of wisdom and freedom, of joy and confidence” (CCC, 301).
The Providence of God
Divine Providence consists of the dispositions by which God guides creatures towards their perfection.
God cares for all, from the least thing to the greatest.
Science and Faith
The scientific study of the origins of the universe does not conflict with the truths of the faith.
Science is not a comprehensive knowledge.
There is another realm of knowledge other than the physical — the metaphysical.
God Created the Angels
The existence of angels is a truth of our faith.
They are personal creatures and are pure spirits.
They have a role to play in our sanctification.
God Created Man
God created man in his image and likeness (cf. Gen 1:26).
God created man to become a sharer in his own life.
God created man to perfect the work of creation through work.
The Dignity of Man
“Being in the image of God the human individual possesses the dignity of a person, who is not just something, but someone” (CCC, 357).
Man and woman possess the same dignity.
They are complementary, not incomplete.
The Unity of Man
“The unity of soul and body is so profound that one has to consider the soul to be the ‘form’ of the body: i.e., it is because of its spiritual soul that the body made of matter
This presentation covers proofs for the creation of the universe by God and examines Biblical and philosophical evidence regarding how it was carried out.
The document discusses principles of spiritual growth and the relationship between the physical and spiritual worlds according to religious texts and philosophy:
1. Spiritual growth occurs in stages through balancing giving and receiving between the spiritual and physical selves, with the spiritual self developing virtues through moral conduct in the physical world.
2. Humans exist in both the physical and spiritual worlds, and have the potential to govern the cosmos by connecting the two worlds through love and truth.
3. The spiritual body continues after death, and near-death experiences commonly describe encounters with spiritual phenomena like a bright light or meeting deceased loved ones.
The document discusses arguments for the existence of God from natural theology and revelation. It provides arguments from motion, causality, degrees of perfection, and finality in the world as proofs for God's existence. It also argues that God can be known through inner human experience of morality, freedom of will, and desire for infinite truth and happiness. Christianity is posited as the one true revealed religion from God, with other religions insufficient due to private interpretation leading to fragmentation.
The document discusses several arguments for the existence of God, including the design argument, Paley's teleological argument, the first cause argument, and ontological arguments put forth by philosophers like Anselm and Descartes. It also addresses the problems of evil and miracles. The design argument states that the intricate design of the universe suggests an intelligent creator. Paley's teleological argument extends this analogy to nature. The first cause argument is that everything must have a cause, requiring an uncaused first cause of God. Ontological arguments claim that God must exist by definition as the greatest conceivable being. The problem of evil questions how an all-powerful and good God allows suffering. Hume argued that miracles
This document discusses medieval philosophy and focuses on religion and faith. It explores questions around what faith and religion are through the perspectives of figures like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas. It provides background on the medieval period and examines influential ideas from philosophers during that time, such as Augustine's views on sin and grace, and Aquinas' five proofs for God's existence. The document aims to understand philosophical thought on faith from the medieval epoch.
IT is to be presumed that a person will ex-
press himself. Expression characterizes
personality. If God is a person, the uni-
verse may be called an expression of God.
The universe is, therefore, an intimation of
certain truths about God. If a work suggests
the character of the worker, it is not too much
to call the universe a revelation of God. If
space is not a revelation of Him — and it may
be — everything in space is. * * The heavens de-
clare the glory of God and the firmament
showeth his handiwork." The natural sug-
gests the supernatural. Nature suggests God.
The document discusses three primary views on the origin of creation: materialism, pantheism, and theism. Materialism believes matter is eternal and there is no God. Pantheism sees God and creation as the same substance. Theism is the Judeo-Christian view that God created all things from nothing. The document also examines biblical support for creation, analyzing the origins of matter, living things, and humankind. It explores debates on the timespan of creation and compatibility with evolution.
The document discusses the Catholic doctrine of the human person as created in the image of God. It covers how humans are placed at the center of creation, endowed with dignity and reason. It addresses the social nature of humanity and equality of men and women. It then discusses the tragedy of original sin and how it separates humanity from God and each other. The document concludes by discussing the universality of both sin and salvation through Jesus Christ, who redeems all of creation.
This document discusses several philosophical arguments regarding the existence and nature of God. It addresses questions like what God is, why people believe in God, and God's attributes such as being personal, omnipresent, the creator, and perfectly good. It also summarizes several common arguments for God's existence, such as the cosmological, teleological, and ontological arguments. It discusses objections to these arguments and notes that while some claim to prove God's existence, others argue it is impossible to prove whether God does or does not exist.
Elihu assures Job that as a man created by God, he has the Spirit of God within him. He references Genesis accounts that God breathed life into humans. The document discusses how the Holy Spirit was involved in both original creation and gives ongoing life. It also notes that through humans' spiritual nature they can know and reveal God, as they are made in His image. Finally, it outlines the Holy Spirit's work in Christ and believers, such as forming, sanctifying, empowering and resurrecting them.
This document discusses several religious and philosophical concepts:
1. It discusses Christian teachings about behaving in a way that sustains life and following God's laws to please Him.
2. It discusses Hindu and Buddhist teachings about achieving self-realization by destroying ignorance and uniting with God. Only a few can achieve this in each age.
3. It discusses the origins of different civilizations and religions, and how they represent different aspects of the Trinity - the Indus Valley civilization represents the Holy Ghost, Mesopotamia represents the Son, and Ancient Egypt represents the Creator.
Contemporary philosophy refers to 19th century philosophy onward, dealing with issues like the division between analytic and continental traditions. Existentialism focuses on individual human existence, responsibility, and search for meaning. Key existentialist philosophers discussed include Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, and Schopenhauer. Their works explore themes of the absurdity of life, the death of God, nothingness, authenticity vs. inauthenticity, and the need to create one's own meaning and values in a purposeless world. Existentialism emphasizes individual freedom and responsibility over predetermined essence or values.
Contemporary philosophy refers to 19th century philosophy onward, dealing with logic, language, science (analytic philosophy) in the UK and North America, and existentialism, phenomenology, etc. (continental philosophy) in Europe. Existentialism focuses on individual existence and responsibility in creating one's own meaning without external rules or guidance. Key existentialist philosophers discussed include Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, Heidegger and Schopenhauer. Their works explore themes of freedom, responsibility, authenticity, and the absurdity of life without God or inherent meaning. Phenomenology studies conscious experience from a first-person perspective to understand the essence of phenomena. Nih
The Hope of Salvation - Jude 1:24-25 - MessageCole Hartman
Jude gives us hope at the end of a dark letter. In a dark world like today, we need the light of Christ to shine brighter and brighter. Jude shows us where to fix our focus so we can be filled with God's goodness and glory. Join us to explore this incredible passage.
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This manual will guide you through basic skills and tasks to help you get started with various aspects of Magic. Each section is designed to be easy to follow, with step-by-step instructions.
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A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma teaching of Kamma-Vipaka (Intentional Actions-Ripening Effects).
A Presentation for developing morality, concentration and wisdom and to spur us to practice the Dhamma diligently.
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It seems that current missionary work requires spending a lot of money, preparing a lot of materials, and traveling to far away places, so that it feels like missionary work. But what was the result they brought back? It's just a lot of photos of activities, fun eating, drinking and some playing games. And then we have to do the same thing next year, never ending. The church once mentioned that a certain missionary would go to the field where she used to work before the end of his life. It seemed that if she had not gone, no one would be willing to go. The reason why these missionary work is so difficult is that no one obeys God’s words, and the Bible is not the main content during missionary work, because in the eyes of those who do not obey God’s words, the Bible is just words and cannot be connected with life, so Reading out God's words is boring because it doesn't have any life experience, so it cannot be connected with human life. I will give a few examples in the hope that this situation can be changed. A375
The Book of Ruth is included in the third division, or the Writings, of the Hebrew Bible. In most Christian canons it is treated as one of the historical books and placed between Judges and 1 Samuel.
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2. Human Nature and Human Condition in
Christian Philosophy
•It tells the meaning and
importance of human nature and
human condition presented from
the viewpoint of Christian
philosophy.
3. GOD AND CREATION
•Creation and myth
•The meaning of creation
• The kinds of creation
•Adam and Eve in creation
•Concept of original sin
4. Myth
• Myth...(is) not a false explanation (of reality) by means of
images and fables (folktale,legend) , but a traditional
narration which relates to events that happened at the
beginning of time which has the purpose of providing
grounds for the ritual actions of men of today and, in
general manner, establishing all the forms of action and
thought by which man understands himself in the world.
• The term "myth," however, is derived from the Greek
verb mutheo which means "I invent a story." A myth,
therefore, is a narrative.
5. Creation
• Making of something out of nothing. This is the essence of creation.
And this essence can never be realized as true in the absence of
God.
• “absolute nothing”
• Creation is God's making of something out of nothing.
• Christians (Christian Philosophy) believes the Genesis story of
creation while Darwin and the rest of the atheistic evolutionists
believes the evolutionary theory.
• Creation is the work of God; it is valid and true only before the eyes
of a believer.
6. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was
over the
surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering
over the waters.
And God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light. “
Genesis 1:1-
3
7. GENESIS 1
This account goes on to describe the seven days of creation:
• in the beginning - God started creation
• the first day - light was created
• the second day - the sky was created
• the third day - dry land, seas, plants and trees were created
• the fourth day - the Sun, Moon and stars were created
• the fifth day - creatures that live in the sea and creatures that fly were
created
• the sixth day - animals that live on the land and finally humans, made in
the image of God were created
• by day seven - God finished his work of creation and rested, making the
seventh day a special holy day.
8. 3 Perspectives of Nothing
• Absolute, mere absence, and privation.
• Absolute nothing does not apply in creation, for it is the total
absence of any form, kind, or degree of being.
• Nothing as mere absence, however, means a negation or
absence of some kind of being. Let us consider an example. We
say "we have no money." Having no money does not mean
money is not real, objectively speaking. The only thing is that it
is "absent" in us.
• Nothing as privation means some kind of being is absent in a
subject that is supposed to possess it. Deafness, blindness, and
the like are examples of nothing as privation.
9. Kinds of Creation
• Accordingly, creation is of two kinds. They are (1) mediate and
(2) direct or immediate
• Mediate creation means God's act of creating life by way of
preexisting material. So, a medium is a prerequisite in the
formation of life. Direct creation, on the other hand, means that
God created life without a medium. So, God created life
directly.
• The creation of man is not direct but mediate; in man's curious
quest of his origin, he arrives at diverse stuffs that explain the
medium which God utilizes in creating man. Some call it matter,
water, or fire, while others call it DNA, and some others still,
rationes seminales.
10. Adam and Eve in Creation and the Concept of
Original Sin
• Adam and Eve, who are traditionally considered as our first parents, are
treated as real individual persons. Once this is established, the
acceptance of the concept of the original sin shall necessarily be
considered as the ever first sin committed by man against God through
the first couple.
• Adam is derived from the Hebrew word Adama which means "soil,"
"clay," or "dust" while Eve from the Hebrew word Hawwa which means
"the Living One." This is why sometimes Eve is referred to as "the mother
of all the living."
• Adam and Eve are the representatives of mankind, the primordial
disobedience and the primary lying which they have done to God must be
taken as the proto- example, or proto-model, and the fundamental basis
of the human wreckage.
11. Adam and Eve in Creation and the Concept of
Original Sin
• Their story must be taken as a paradigm that provides the
explanation of the fact that man has turn away, revolted,
and gone astray from his Creator-which eventually led him
to eternal punishment.
• But despite his fall, the Christian believer continues to
embrace the idea that human nature is good. However,
because of man's sinfulness, his goodness gets
contaminated. It is this human sinfulness that bears the
indelible mark of the human wreckage. Because man
revolted against God, man is broken.
13. GOD CREATED MAN BODY AND SOUL
• God is the Creator of man. Man is body and soul.
• Christian philosophy admits that the human body is material
(physical), while the soul is immaterial (spirit).
• Christian philosophy, as propounded by St. Thomas Aquinas, treats
of man holistically as a divided of body and soul so that the body
and soul of man have to be understood as the substantial unity of
man.
• Christian philosophy maintains that man is a unity of body and soul.
Thus, "to speak of the body is to speak also of the soul that informs
it (body), gives it being, and builds it up.
14. GOD CREATED MAN BODY AND SOUL
• The human soul is directly created by God, while the body is
indirectly or mediately created by God.
• Christian philosophy teaches that the human body is
material. Thus, this philosophy takes the spiritual dimension
of man in the sphere of the human soul since man is not all
spirit but both matter and spirit.
• Therefore, in Christian philosophy, to treat of man as a
body is, at the same time, to treat of man as a soul since
the body and soul of man are inseparable (unable to be
separated).
16. Human Condition and Freedom
• We are free not because we are, but because god gives as freedom.
Freedom is always a freedom from something or someone.
• Man is free because god gives him freedom.
• Freedom has its basis on its divine origin. Since it comes from god,
then, freedom is founded on the "good." Freedom as such is good,
but sometimes it becomes bad.
• St. Augustine made it clear that freedom itself makes man blind to
its original essence which is goodness.
• There is no freedom apart from the law; laws are meant to regulate,
guide, and control man's exercise of freedom.
17. Kinds of Freedom
1. Freedom from physical constraints or force.
But this kind of freedom is exercised only by
brutes, ordinary forms of animals, and by
imbeciles and infants since this freedom does
not demand from its beholder some form of
associated responsibilities. Birds are free to fly,
fishes are free to swim, infants and imbeciles, all
of them alike, are not responsible for their
exercise of freedom.
18. Kinds of Freedom
2. "Freedom as one pleases." But this kind of
freedom is practiced only by ruffians,
anarchists, and immature individuals. These
people assert that freedom should be absolute.
Obviously, this demand is impossible. This is the
reason why christian philosophers claim that
only immature individuals would think that
there is absolute freedom.
19. Kinds of Freedom
3. "Freedom as one pleases" but the freedom which is
founded on what one is required to do or authentic
freedom." An authentic freedom is attuned with what
is divinely required. Thus, the exercise of freedom is
also the exercise of responsibilities since freedom
cannot be dissociated from responsibility.
The third is exercised by a person who believes that it
is god who gives him freedom.
21. GOD AND THE FALL OF MAN
• The Adamic fall symbolizes the fall of every man.
• Because man misuses his God-given freedom, he falls.
• As man falls, man starts to crumble, destroy, deteriorate,
and lacerate himself; he is to blame for all these.
• The advent of evil in the world is the consequence of
man's misuse of freedom or man's fall.
22. GOD AND THE FALL OF MAN
• The significance of the fall of man manifests the fact that God had
elevated man. God gave man freedom, intellect, and will. Besides
God created man as His best, greatest, and wonderful creature; the
body of man is so beautifully fashioned so that it can be considered
as the most intricate fabric in the universe. Moreover, God created
man little less than Himself and crowned him with glory and honor
as God gave man the dominion to rule over His Creation, as the
book of Psalms narrates. But the "elevated" man opted to deviate
from God. Thus, he becomes a weakness instead of becoming a
force.
23. GOD AND THE FALL OF MAN
• Man's fall symbolizes man's sin and rebellion against
God. Christian philosophy identifies sin as the
ultimate source of evil. The most devastating evil
which the contemporary man suffers is loneliness
and rejection. This occurs because the contemporary
man lives in a perfectionist society which is ravaged
by hatred, insecurity, jealousy, selfishness, and pride.
25. GOD AND HUMAN REDEMPTION
• The fallen man, the broken man, the sinner, the lacerated, the crumbled,
the lonely, and the rejected need God his Redeemer; and God positively
replied, although man did not ask for His divine mercy. The human
wreckage attracted God so much because of his love for man.
• Through His own initiative, God expressed His love for man by becoming
man Himself.
• In His Love, God averted sin and evil in the world. Through His
incarnation, death, and resurrection, God conquered death, anxiety,
loneliness, hatred, and pride which contaminated man as he fell.
• God gave Himself to man so that man will be redeemed and will be
elevated again.
26. GOD AND HUMAN REDEMPTION
• God offers salvation to all humans, since man is his most beloved
creature.
• Through His incarnation, death, and resurrection. The Father, through
Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit, healed the broken man.
• The redeemed man is a new man, a newly born man from the bosom of
God's grace and mercy.
• Therefore, the redeemed man is no longer lonely and rejected, because
God is always at his side. He is reborn as a member of a new society called
the People of God. The redeemed man believes that his Father is waiting
for him in Heaven, that Jesus Christ assured him of the way to the Father,
and that the Holy Spirit always awakens and illumines his soul so that it
will not be lost in its journey back to the Father.
28. POINT OF CREATION
• God is the beginning and the end or the alpha and the
omega of creation. Thus, since everything comes from God,
everything ends in God.
• The end of everything happens in the Last Day when God
will come to judge the whole of His creation.
• However, because man is God's special and loved Creation,
God calls man to be the leader of creation's "going back" or
return or surrender to God since God gave man dominion
over all His creation.
29. POINT OF CREATION
• Since man has an intellect, which has a speck of the
divine since it aims towards truth, and since God is
the Absolute Truth, man, then, may succeed in
leading God's creation back to Him.
• If man is the shepherd of being and the gardener of
the world, then, man, in the Last Day, will "hand or
turn over" the world to God. And God will judge man
accordingly.