In her book “The Case for God” she writes that religion requires leaps of faith and should accept that there is no scientific proof for the existence of God. For this reason, Karen Armstrong agrees with this claim. Some philosophers, such as Keith Ward, say that religion is non-cognitive and that religion focuses on the way the believer lives their life rather than what you believe. This view on religion does not seem compatible with Aquinas’ Cosmological Argument because Aquinas is trying to find reason behind believing in God whereas Ward would say it doesn’t matter why or how there is a God. Ward believes religion to be existential.
In the same way that Jews have to obey their ten commandments, Buddhists have to comply with the Noble Eightfold Path. These mandates are very similar to the Ten Commandments the Jews respect, just that the Noble Eightfold Path involves only eight of them. Although Judaism and Buddhism have several similarities they also share some distinctions. Judaism, in contrast of Buddhism does not believe in being reincarnated. Jews are to dedicate there life with God even after ones death.
Perspectivalism differs from the first two in that it states that it is impossible for accepted scientific theory to be in conflict with religion. Perspectivalists believe that science and religion describe the same realities but in different ways. They deal with the same things but tend to ask different questions about them. The fourth and last model for relating science and religion is harmony. In this model the harmonizers position is that religion and science go hand in hand and that they coexist with each other.
Flew argues that when we say something is the case such as God is good we are also denying the opposite saying that God is not good but also denying at the same time by saying that God is not, not good. Flew believed that
Religious language is meaningful because we don’t know how to falsify it. John Hick mentioned religious language was seen as believing in something and experiencing something. The logical positivists formulated the verification principle and they were concerned with the meaning of words and the way we use them in the context of God. They believe God’s talk was meaningless as they are metaphysical statements. They believed for a statement to be deemed meaningful we had to be able to verify the truth hood through our empirical senses.
Siddhartha Gautama created the Eight Fold Path. The Eight Fold Path of Buddhism is the way to end suffering, to help achieve the truth of all things and gold or freeing people from attachments. Right View: To see things through To understand the Law of Karma and karmic conditioning not necessarily an intellectual capacity begins with suffering ends with complete understanding of the true nature of all things 2. Right Intentions: The kind of mental energy that controls our actions. Commitment to ethical and mental self-improvement to do the right thing the first time around Right Speech the first principal of ethical conduct in the eightfold path.
He states that if one does not believe in a religion then one can gain nothing from religious debates. This seems like a fallacy of division. It is not black and white. Someone might be ill-informed or not knowledgeable enough about the belief of a religion. One could be searching for answers and find them from information used in a
One of their main objectives is also to be authentic and be devoted to their belief as to follow the traditions to the book and do not do anything that was unlawful by their leader. The names of the goals that the religions are trying to reach are known as Dharma. The different names given to Dharma are: Hinduism-Moksha, Buddhism-teachings of the Buddha, Jainism-Dharma are natural, Sikhism-path of righteousness. The people understand the goals and examine them as an essential way of being. In order to achieve their religion goals, and try to do their greatest by following their teachings of the religion and practicing every day.
humanism vs religion Humanism VS Religion Humanism is a system of thought which rejects the supernatural, any belief in a God, etc, but holds that human interests and the human mind are paramount, that human are capable of solving the problems of the world and deciding what is or is not correct moral behavior (credo reference). The article I found from the opposing view points resource center are “Secular Humanism Is Harmful” by Tim LaHaye and “Secular Humanism Should Be Promoted” by Robert F. Morse. Both of these articles explain their point of view thoroughly and thoughtfully. After reading these articles it was hard for me to decide what I actually support. As mentioned by Tim LaHaye, “secular humanism is a dangerous worldview that exalts man’s knowledge rather than God’s wisdom” (1).
Philosophy In the short essay, “The Ethics of Belief,” by William K. Clifford, he gives guidelines for cases in which one should not believe what someone else tells them. Clifford believes that it is wrong to believe without sufficient evidence. Clifford infers that one believes what a person says based on how much people admire them. Clifford used the example of the prophet Mohammad, and the spiritual teacher, Buddha, to back up his argument. With the example of Gods prophet Mohammad, he believed that there is one God only.