The short answer is Yes, according to Biblical context you will go to Hell, but thats the easy answer..I would be remiss if I did not take a moment to share the following.
If you consider yourself an atheist with a sincere interest in truth, there are several things about Christianity that's critical to understand. This article will solely deal with the biblical Christian faith which I subscribe to personally, and since this question is a biblical one I submit the following.
Dr Owen Flanagan's presentation for the November 3, 2009, Southeastern Socratic meeting entitled God, Death and the Meaning of Life. For more information visit SoutheasternSocratic.com.
The short answer is Yes, according to Biblical context you will go to Hell, but thats the easy answer..I would be remiss if I did not take a moment to share the following.
If you consider yourself an atheist with a sincere interest in truth, there are several things about Christianity that's critical to understand. This article will solely deal with the biblical Christian faith which I subscribe to personally, and since this question is a biblical one I submit the following.
Dr Owen Flanagan's presentation for the November 3, 2009, Southeastern Socratic meeting entitled God, Death and the Meaning of Life. For more information visit SoutheasternSocratic.com.
Is there a God out there? What does the philosophers believe in? What is the real face of Atheism? The ideas in this pptx derived largely from the phenomenal book by Dr.Ravi Zacharias "A shattered visage. The real face of Atheism." takes you to the amazing conclusion that atheism draws a big fat zero. A zero. and Only Zero.
Lesson 3 of a multipart series. Everyone has a Weltanschauung and most don’t know it. Defining a Worldview. What is prime reality – the really real? (i.e. God) What is the nature of external reality, that is, the world around us? What is a human being? What happens to a person at death? Why is it possible to know anything at all? How do we know what is right and wrong? What is the meaning of human history?
robert cummings neville, amos yong, harold oliver, john thatamanil,
francis clooney, david loy, joseph bracken, james miller, john berthrong,
steve odin, warren frisina, livia kohn, epistemological polydoxy, axiological epistemology, interreligious, interfaith
http://www.scribd.com/johnboy_philothea
Module 7 AVP
PHI 110RS Module 7
The Pluralist Hypothesis: Hick’s Response to Religious Diversity
The Problem of Conflicting Truth-Claims
The fact is that there are lots of different religions in the world and these religions don’t all teach the same thing. According to Christians, for example, God is Trinity; he is made up of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And as such, he is divine. Islam, on the other hand, teaches that, while Jesus was a great prophet of God, he was by no means divine in the sense that Allah is divine. Allah is one; there is no division of parts within him. He is most certainly not a Trinity.
Religions also differ when it comes to life after death. According to some Eastern religions, such as Buddhism and Hinduism, human beings a caught in vast system of birth and rebirth, and the great majority of human beings will be reincarnated into some new form after this present life. Islam and Christianity, on the other hand, teach that human beings will die only once, and after that, face judgment. There is no “second chance” to come back and try again.
What this fact of religious diversity entails is that, at most, only one religion can possibly be absolutely true. Perhaps no religion is absolutely and exclusively true, but at most, only one of them is.
Religious Pluralism
Religious pluralism responds to the problem of religious diversity by arguing that no one religion is absolutely true. At best, each religion is only partially true. But no one of them has a monopoly on the truth. No one of them gets all of the facts right about the world.
Yet, religious pluralism is not religious skepticism. Religious skepticism throws in the towel and concludes that since no one religion contains the absolute truth, all religion is bunk and should be rejected. Religious pluralism, on the other hand, is an earnestly religious response to the problem of conflicting truth-claims. Although no one religion is absolutely true, says pluralism, many religions are nonetheless good, beneficial, and imperfect interpretations of an undeniably real divine reality.
Hick’s Pluralistic Hypothesis
Hick’s pluralistic hypothesis is that the various different religions are distinct ways of experiencing the same ultimate divine reality. Hick calls this divine ultimate reality “the Real.”
Just as people often experience the same thing in different ways without contradicting each other, different religions experience the Real in different ways, without contradiction.
Interpretation of the Real as “Seeing-As”
To see how Hick’s hypothesis of the Real works, let us consider an analogy. Look at the image on the screen. What do you see?
Chances are that you see one of the following: either a duck or a rabbit. If you only see a duck, try looking at the image a little differently. The two long peninsulas that make up the duck’s bill can also be viewed instead as rabbit ears. So that rather than a duck facing toward the left, ...
Is the Christian Worldview objective or subjective? Does objective truth claims actually exist? This is part 2 in the basic epistomology that is the foundation for Christian Apologetics.
What is the difference between objectivity and subjectivity? Do objective "anythings" truly exist? Is the Christian faith founded on an outside truth claim, or an inward experience?
Does Absolute Truth Exist? Class # 1 introkandcrog
"Pilate said to Jesus, "Are You a King then?" Jesus answered, "You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice." Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?"
What is truth? In our world today many seem to have decided "truth" is whatever they want it to be. Even when individuals are presented with strong and undisputed evidence, if it is not to their liking, they will not accept it as true for them. But for Christians this is not an option. However, there is powerful and convincing proof that Christianity is the one true religion, that the triune God who reveals himself in the Bible is the one and only God of the universe, and Jesus Christ died for our sins so that we may live. Yet many choose to ignore the evidence and instead hold to other beliefs.
We will use the book "I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist" by Norman L Geisler and Frank Truek to explore the topic of Christian Apologetics. We will study together and discuss the reasons for our faith as believers in Jesus Christ and we will equip ourselves to help skeptics who are open to the truth to see the real truth.
Is there a God out there? What does the philosophers believe in? What is the real face of Atheism? The ideas in this pptx derived largely from the phenomenal book by Dr.Ravi Zacharias "A shattered visage. The real face of Atheism." takes you to the amazing conclusion that atheism draws a big fat zero. A zero. and Only Zero.
Lesson 3 of a multipart series. Everyone has a Weltanschauung and most don’t know it. Defining a Worldview. What is prime reality – the really real? (i.e. God) What is the nature of external reality, that is, the world around us? What is a human being? What happens to a person at death? Why is it possible to know anything at all? How do we know what is right and wrong? What is the meaning of human history?
robert cummings neville, amos yong, harold oliver, john thatamanil,
francis clooney, david loy, joseph bracken, james miller, john berthrong,
steve odin, warren frisina, livia kohn, epistemological polydoxy, axiological epistemology, interreligious, interfaith
http://www.scribd.com/johnboy_philothea
Module 7 AVP
PHI 110RS Module 7
The Pluralist Hypothesis: Hick’s Response to Religious Diversity
The Problem of Conflicting Truth-Claims
The fact is that there are lots of different religions in the world and these religions don’t all teach the same thing. According to Christians, for example, God is Trinity; he is made up of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. And Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And as such, he is divine. Islam, on the other hand, teaches that, while Jesus was a great prophet of God, he was by no means divine in the sense that Allah is divine. Allah is one; there is no division of parts within him. He is most certainly not a Trinity.
Religions also differ when it comes to life after death. According to some Eastern religions, such as Buddhism and Hinduism, human beings a caught in vast system of birth and rebirth, and the great majority of human beings will be reincarnated into some new form after this present life. Islam and Christianity, on the other hand, teach that human beings will die only once, and after that, face judgment. There is no “second chance” to come back and try again.
What this fact of religious diversity entails is that, at most, only one religion can possibly be absolutely true. Perhaps no religion is absolutely and exclusively true, but at most, only one of them is.
Religious Pluralism
Religious pluralism responds to the problem of religious diversity by arguing that no one religion is absolutely true. At best, each religion is only partially true. But no one of them has a monopoly on the truth. No one of them gets all of the facts right about the world.
Yet, religious pluralism is not religious skepticism. Religious skepticism throws in the towel and concludes that since no one religion contains the absolute truth, all religion is bunk and should be rejected. Religious pluralism, on the other hand, is an earnestly religious response to the problem of conflicting truth-claims. Although no one religion is absolutely true, says pluralism, many religions are nonetheless good, beneficial, and imperfect interpretations of an undeniably real divine reality.
Hick’s Pluralistic Hypothesis
Hick’s pluralistic hypothesis is that the various different religions are distinct ways of experiencing the same ultimate divine reality. Hick calls this divine ultimate reality “the Real.”
Just as people often experience the same thing in different ways without contradicting each other, different religions experience the Real in different ways, without contradiction.
Interpretation of the Real as “Seeing-As”
To see how Hick’s hypothesis of the Real works, let us consider an analogy. Look at the image on the screen. What do you see?
Chances are that you see one of the following: either a duck or a rabbit. If you only see a duck, try looking at the image a little differently. The two long peninsulas that make up the duck’s bill can also be viewed instead as rabbit ears. So that rather than a duck facing toward the left, ...
Is the Christian Worldview objective or subjective? Does objective truth claims actually exist? This is part 2 in the basic epistomology that is the foundation for Christian Apologetics.
What is the difference between objectivity and subjectivity? Do objective "anythings" truly exist? Is the Christian faith founded on an outside truth claim, or an inward experience?
Does Absolute Truth Exist? Class # 1 introkandcrog
"Pilate said to Jesus, "Are You a King then?" Jesus answered, "You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice." Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?"
What is truth? In our world today many seem to have decided "truth" is whatever they want it to be. Even when individuals are presented with strong and undisputed evidence, if it is not to their liking, they will not accept it as true for them. But for Christians this is not an option. However, there is powerful and convincing proof that Christianity is the one true religion, that the triune God who reveals himself in the Bible is the one and only God of the universe, and Jesus Christ died for our sins so that we may live. Yet many choose to ignore the evidence and instead hold to other beliefs.
We will use the book "I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist" by Norman L Geisler and Frank Truek to explore the topic of Christian Apologetics. We will study together and discuss the reasons for our faith as believers in Jesus Christ and we will equip ourselves to help skeptics who are open to the truth to see the real truth.
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The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
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Why is this So? ~ Do Seek to KNOW (English & Chinese).pptxOH TEIK BIN
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.
The texts are in English and Chinese.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
2 Peter 3: Because some scriptures are hard to understand and some will force them to say things God never intended, Peter warns us to take care.
https://youtu.be/nV4kGHFsEHw
Exploring the Mindfulness Understanding Its Benefits.pptxMartaLoveguard
Slide 1: Title: Exploring the Mindfulness: Understanding Its Benefits
Slide 2: Introduction to Mindfulness
Mindfulness, defined as the conscious, non-judgmental observation of the present moment, has deep roots in Buddhist meditation practice but has gained significant popularity in the Western world in recent years. In today's society, filled with distractions and constant stimuli, mindfulness offers a valuable tool for regaining inner peace and reconnecting with our true selves. By cultivating mindfulness, we can develop a heightened awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and surroundings, leading to a greater sense of clarity and presence in our daily lives.
Slide 3: Benefits of Mindfulness for Mental Well-being
Practicing mindfulness can help reduce stress and anxiety levels, improving overall quality of life.
Mindfulness increases awareness of our emotions and teaches us to manage them better, leading to improved mood.
Regular mindfulness practice can improve our ability to concentrate and focus our attention on the present moment.
Slide 4: Benefits of Mindfulness for Physical Health
Research has shown that practicing mindfulness can contribute to lowering blood pressure, which is beneficial for heart health.
Regular meditation and mindfulness practice can strengthen the immune system, aiding the body in fighting infections.
Mindfulness may help reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and obesity by reducing stress and improving overall lifestyle habits.
Slide 5: Impact of Mindfulness on Relationships
Mindfulness can help us better understand others and improve communication, leading to healthier relationships.
By focusing on the present moment and being fully attentive, mindfulness helps build stronger and more authentic connections with others.
Mindfulness teaches us how to be present for others in difficult times, leading to increased compassion and understanding.
Slide 6: Mindfulness Techniques and Practices
Focusing on the breath and mindful breathing can be a simple way to enter a state of mindfulness.
Body scan meditation involves focusing on different parts of the body, paying attention to any sensations and feelings.
Practicing mindful walking and eating involves consciously focusing on each step or bite, with full attention to sensory experiences.
Slide 7: Incorporating Mindfulness into Daily Life
You can practice mindfulness in everyday activities such as washing dishes or taking a walk in the park.
Adding mindfulness practice to daily routines can help increase awareness and presence.
Mindfulness helps us become more aware of our needs and better manage our time, leading to balance and harmony in life.
Slide 8: Summary: Embracing Mindfulness for Full Living
Mindfulness can bring numerous benefits for physical and mental health.
Regular mindfulness practice can help achieve a fuller and more satisfying life.
Mindfulness has the power to change our perspective and way of perceiving the world, leading to deeper se
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
Discover various methods for clearing negative entities from your space and spirit, including energy clearing techniques, spiritual rituals, and professional assistance. Gain practical knowledge on how to implement these techniques to restore peace and harmony. For more information visit here: https://www.reikihealingdistance.com/negative-entity-removal/
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
1. Betrayal of a False Dichotomy The Skeptical Christian
2. It is widely thought that science and religion (particularly Christianity) are at odds. An even larger chasm is seen between the viewpoint of skeptics and those who practice a faith of one kind or another. Faith, or willing credulity is anathema to a skeptic. Faith vs. Skepticism looks like a pretty good dichotomy. A False Dichotomy?
3. Question Everything Follow Scientific Method to Evaluate Claims The only things worth knowing are those that can be confirmed. Stand up against pseudo-science Stand up against the exploitation of people by charlatans What is a Skeptic?
4. The social construct? The religious institution? The collection of religious institutions? A particular set of ideals? All of the above are secondary emergent properties of a society engaged in a spiritual practice. What Christianity are we talking about?
5. The one and only God and creator reconciles the gap between people and that God through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. In response Christians are able to commune with God through Prayer Study, especially the Bible The result of which is a transformed human being. All of this is accepted on Faith Christian Spiritual Practice Summarized
6. Science deals only with the objective, the scientifically verifiable. Spiritual practice deals only with the ineffable vagaries of religious experience. One can’t be used to invalidate the other, even if they can be used to inform the other. Faith is not falsifiable Past secondary assumptions can’t invalidate objective and repeatable observations The Dichotomy that Isn’t
7. False assumptions pervade both practitioners of skepticism and Christianity. These false assumptions cause great harm and cause the appearance of a dichotomy. False Truths
8. The Bible as a source of Objective Truth The Bible as inerrant. In Fact: Bible is a collection of accounts of God, personal and tribal, and has a very human history, with very human issues. Not written by an angel, like Koran or Book of Mormon Not handed down by God, as 10 Commandments False Assumptions in Christianity
9. All truth worth knowing is scientifically knowable All truth is amenable to reason and logic In Fact: Today we can say we know only .0000000001 of 1% of anything, if that. Godel’s Theorem False Syllogism All mortals die. All people are mortals. =>All people die. Socratese is dead. All rocks are dead. => Socratese is a rock. False Assumptions in Skepticism
10. Precipitates meditation and reflection Provides moral framework Provides for affiliation Reduces stress Provides for Rogerian therapeutic environment. Provides wisdom Objective Benefits of Christian Spiritual Practice
11. Exposes scammers and liars Keeps people from being exploited Scientific knowledge is brought to bear on issues of the day Provides for an active and robust civil society Provides a common method for coming to agreement Objective Benefits of Skepticism
12. Faith means you admit you don’t know everything. Think for yourself, don’t accept the institution or other secondary structure on faith. Reject forays into politics and science. Let God out of the box. Reject bad theology! Christian Perspective on Skeptic Realm
13. There is much that is not falsifiable, therefore much that is not scientifically knowable. Some forays into the scientifically unknowable may actually be worth while. Reject the scammers, but accept the subjective experience of the person. Skeptic Perspective on Christian Realm
14. I am passionate about science. I greatly admire the power of skepticism and the ability of objective observation to create progress in many areas. I try to apply skepticism as much as possible to my daily life. Personal Passions: Skepticism
15. I am passionate about my spiritual practice. I greatly admire the power of my spiritual practice to make me a better man, and to reconcile me to others. I try to apply my spiritual practice as much as possible to my daily life. Personal Passions: Christian Practice
16. I couldn’t imagine living without either of these aspects in my life. I do not find them in conflict, but find that both add immeasurably to my life. Dichotomy Betrayed! Baron Schaaf Blog: http://BaronPonders.Wordpress.Com Twitter: BaronSchaaf Email: BaronSchaaf@yahoo.com