Tillich defined God as the ‘ground of being’ and ‘our ultimate concern’ because God is the basis of all that exists and also the meaning behind all that exists. Therefore a sense of participation in God does not alienate us from the nature of this world; neither do our sense experiences in this world alienate God from us. In fact symbols are a very experiential idea, for example “While I am in the world, I am the light of the world” (John 9.5) uses the symbol of light which empirically
Hare also responds to the falsification principle, showing that religious statements are meaningful even though they cannot be falsified because they have a significant impact for the people using the statement. Religious believers adopt bliks for example “god is a loving father” cannot be falsified but it is still meaningful because of the
Situation ethics works towards a successful end goal which in this case is love, this is pragmatism. The ethic is relativistic which means that there are no fixed rules when choosing what to do but whatever is done must stay relative to the Christian love of agape, making it simple and easy to make decisions accordingly. Positivism is where faith statements are made and people act in a way that is reasonable in the light of these statements. Reason isn’t the basis for faith, but it works within faith. Situation ethics depends on Christians freely choosing faith that god is love, so giving first place to Christian love.
To what extent is via negative the only way to talk about God? Via negative, or the apophatic way, is a theory that suggests it is only possible to talk about God in ‘negative’ terms, as opposed to talking about him in a positive light calling him things such as all loving or a good god, as talking about God in a positive way, statements can be misconstrued and misleading as to what we actually mean by a good God for example. To talk about God as a creator or a holy father and describing his good actions and love, only showcases our own ideas about what these things actually are, which can put the wrong idea across. It is better to try and get our limited human minds around the concept of a mysterious God, without characteristics as such, that may be inaccurate. Via negative features often in Buddhism’s religious language.
Happiness Essay Happiness cannot be uniformly defined by everyone, mainly due to how everyone has had different life experiences, and it is these experiences upon which they grow upon with and reflect their everyday actions on. Many find happiness in monetary possessions or in just having money, which can have a negative impact on their life styles because they will always attempt to get money and with whatever matters necessary. Other find happiness in the small things in life, but it all depends on our mentality we have on life. Some have been through hell and others have lived the life of glory, and yet they can end up striving for the same goal in life, and a great example would be college students. College students mentally and physically
Daniel Greenblatt PHIL 1600 Evaluation of The Argument From Religious Experience By first analyzing C.B Broad’s “Argument from Religious Experience, then anaylzing how he explains the arguement, this essay will conclude that religious experiences are indeed not veridical. First and foremost it is important to note that Broad does not say that claims pertaining to the natural world from religious experience should be taken as veridical. While he does not explicitly say so, he does not consider the argument from religious experience as a confirmation of God’s existence. Broad concentrates on the credibility of the experience and any claims related to it. He states that it is logical to agree that when there is a core agreement in the religious experiences of people in different places, times, and ways of life, and when they have the same rational explanations of the experiences, it makes sense to conclude that they are all in contact with some objective aspect of reality, unless there is evidence to believe otherwise.
I believe one style of induction would not work for everyone there would be far more people with negative view of hypnotherapy and the outcome may differ immensely. On completion of my partner’s induction i have found that it does create successful relaxation and i believe that if used for other functions, such as area in a person’s life that need direction or assistance it would definitely create the desired outcome. In a short note, it is very important that the affirmation mean something to the person who will be using them. Standard affirmation such as ‘each and every day, i am getting better and better will help most people. Personalised affirmation will be more specifically tailored to the problem at hand and consequently be more effective using standard scripts as anything more than a template for a therapist to expand on and adapt would be providing a less than satisfactory treatment plan for the client, as it may not help them.
On the other hand its weakness is that human can affect it in other aspects besides deathless and birth less nature but in definition they do not recognize that. Prominence over human welfare and determinative nature regarding human experience –since both deal with human then they can be combined. The strength is that it when we put our lives according to the sacred we are likely to live a life free of problem associated to ungodliness. On the other hand it is important to perceive the true reality that underlies our religion .If we don’t do so we are likely to suffer and destroy what is already positive about our religion hence suffering. In that case religion will be the dividing factor instead of a bonding factor as it should
(Mark 10:20, 1Cor 12‐14, Luke 18:22) B. Knowledge – is not just knowing a lot of things through study or experience. Knowledge that is of the spirit is the fruit of revelation, founded on faith, and synthesized by Christian experience. This is more of doctrinal teaching and ability to speak an understanding of a truth of the mystery of Christ. (Read how Paul understands the mystery of Christ in Eph 1, Eph 3:2‐3) C. Faith – is not just an intellectual belief in God, but a confident assurance in God which allows us to move forward without any doubt at all.
If they have not then they will most likely believe that what you are saying is, for them, from God. Through you, God will show them that He does care and knows more about them then they thought. Another advantage to this method is that once you become friends, you are more likely to be introduced to that person’s friends. With one friendship already established others will already feel comfortable knowing that someone they trust considers you a true friend. Thus, being able to reach out to people you may not have, otherwise, been able to ever meet.