The universe exists, therefore; the universe has a cause of its existence. If the universe has a cause of its existence, then that cause is God. Therefore; God exists. Moreover, the world has too much design and the movement and cause of it is unnatural to be created from nothing, so something must have created it, God! Furthermore, Christians believe in God because of the 3 things; ‘Opeth’, message from God to his people, ‘Mopeth’ when God acts on behalf of his people and ‘Pele’ God’s sovereignty.
This conclusion was based on three principles. The first of these is empiricism. This is to say, we interpret religious experiences in the same way that we would for any other situation. Next we have pluralism. This tells us that regardless of differing religions, all experiences originate from the ultimate reality and act as proof for the existence of God.
Genesis 1:26 says “Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” If we look at God as our example we can see that God is Trinitarian in nature and has created us in his image than we were made for relationships in the following areas: 1. With God (Theological) 2. With others (Social) 3. With creation (Ecological/Environmental) 4. With self (Psychological) When we talk about being made in the image of God we are not talking about physical appearance.
By stating that his followers should have no other gods, God is proclaiming that Jews, Christians and Muslims should not believe in other religions that are not monotheistic. Since the Jewish, Christian and Muslim religions only believe in one god, all the powers of a doctrine are invested in him. This means that God has supreme power and cannot be contested by anyone else. It is evident from the Ten Commandments
Jesus was a human prophet and not divine. (a) Muslims worship only God, the one and only the creator of the universe. (b) This God (the Quran refers to as Allah) is the God and creator of
Why do we exist? The purpose of mankind according to Christianity, is to know God. Deuteronomy 11:13 states that Man is to serve and to love God with all your heart and all your soul. Christianity is a relationship with God, not just following the tenants of a religion. Religion is seen as mans attempt to reach God.
Man was created with moral and spiritual capacities, among other things, from God so that we may understand our identity as His creation. “Theists believe that the purpose of mankind is to know God” (Weider & Gutierrez, 2011, p. 60). The Bible, according to Christians, is just one tool through which God speaks to man. In John 17:3 and Leviticus 19:37 we see just a few examples of God’s purpose for mankind. God also has standards for man regarding morality and/or ethics.
Thoughts on Descartes’ Meditation III – On God’s Existence Descartes describes God as eternal, infinite, omniscient, omnipotent, and creator of all things other than himself. He supports his claim of God’s existence with following arguments: 1. Something cannot come from nothing. What is more perfect cannot come from what is less perfect. 2.
They believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and that God sent His only Son (Jesus) to earth to save humankind from the penalty of their sins. One of the most important concepts in Christianity is that Jesus gave His life on the cross which was called the crucifixion, and then He was buried, and on the third day He rose from the dead which is called the resurrection. This is summarized in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4 which is the foundation of Christian belief. Exclusive among all the faiths, Christianity is more about having a relationship with God than religions practices. The goal of a Christian is to develop a close relationship with God through (Word of God) the ministry of Jesus Christ and by the aid of the Holy Spirit.
The Ontological argument is set up to prove God exists in reality by justifying it as a priori, which in this instance means that God is understood to exist in reality even though Anselm has not witnessed God himself. He still understands there to be a God. Since Anselm can establish an understanding, he claims he can prove that God does dually exist in both reality and in the understanding. St. Anselm presents the first premise of the Ontological argument as follows, Every being that exists, exists in the understanding or in the reality or both. (Perry, p.78) Based on the foundational beliefs of Rene Descartes, we already know that ‘I think’ and ‘I exist‘.