for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun?” (Ecclesiastes 6:12, King James Version). There is no book of literature (such as the Bible) to use as a guide to live by, so there is really nothing to gauge morals or ethics by other than a gut instinct. Because of this mindset, relativism is a way of life, as there is no such thing as absolute truth. Truth is symbiotic and subject to change according to the individual and society at large. Secular Humanists believe when you die, that’s the end of everything; there is no afterlife.
This is probably why Christopher thinks the way he does because you can not really see god, and probably doesn’t see the logic in religion either. It’s ones faith that drives someone to believe in him, while Christopher would not be able to have faith and believe because there would be no solid evidence that God exists and he mostly only believes in what he sees, something that is concrete. To Christopher God might be just another fairytale. “People believe in God because the world is very complicated and they think it is very unlikely that anything as complicated as a flying squirrel or the human eye or a brain could happen by chance. But they should think logically and if they thought logically they would see that they can only ask this question because it had already happened and they exist.
There is no need to be scared to go to heaven because heaven is a better and more peaceful place. I believe in this essay Jonathan Edwards tries to scare you to be afraid of the lord and it actually causes the feeling of the peaceful and loving god you believe in into someone to be scared of. If you believe in Christ you shouldn’t be afraid and later throughout my essay you will find out why. Everyone will be held through the same punishment in the time the lord shall come but it wouldn’t be anything dramatic. If you believe in him and read the bible correctly god
However you can’t be given an answer or told what do, if prayers are answered in a way that we don’t expect then we will not see them as being answered, there are ways in which you can deal with suffering without having to pray. Some non-Christians would argue that prayer is not the best way to deal with suffering. They believe this as prayer cannot be used to cure terminal illnesses such as
However some Christians may disagree because some believe that ‘a man reaps what he sows’; and so they should get what they gave out and suffer the dire consequences 5. Many Christians believe that ‘good conquers all evil’ and so if the young offenders are helped and give back to the community then they would believe that they should be helped. They also believe that you should ‘love thy neighbour’ no matter what their circumstance, they should treat them as they would like to be treated. On the other hand, some atheists may say that punishment provides deterrence and provides protection in society from those who are
Does our soul or spirit go to heaven or hell, do we get reincarnated, or does nothing at all happen? There are many different theories, but these questions will never have an answer. Many people don’t believe in suicide of any kind, God or whomever a person believes in will make the ultimate decision on when it is time to leave this earth. My parents raised me believing that suicide is selfish, and a coward’s way out. I still believe this, but on the other hand I also think physician assisted death is the humane thing to do for people who are suffering.
In the world evil happens almost every day, from earthquakes to murder. People go through suffering and pain every day. A lot of people believe that there is a god but how could there be a god when there is so much evil in this world. If god was there he would be omniscient (all knowing), omnipotent (all powerful) and Omni-be¬nevolent (all good) , and morally perfect, which would mean that there should not be any evil, but the problem is that there is evil in this world. Does the problem of evil prove that god doesn’t exist?
They believe that “life is the most basic gift of loving God-a gift over which we have stewardship but not absolute dominion”. Even if it is legalized in many places around the world today, there are many that are still strongly against it. Dr. Leo Alexander says that “the problem with euthanasia is the acceptance of an attitude that life is worthless, can be thrown away. That attitude is in its early stages right now, but as it progresses, so will our value of life drop. Anyone, the socially unproductive, the socially unwanted, will be considered useless; will kill off our own species, our morals.
A doctor does not have the right to do this because he or she is not God and should not ‘play God’. This is why euthanasia is opposed. Followers of Natural Law would argue that euthanasia, with regards to the quality of life, might end a person’s suffering which was causing them to have poor quality life, but it does not consider that a person could have gotten better if they were not euthanized and their quality of life could have improved. This is why a follower would object to euthanasia. The case study of Dr Nigel Cox can be used.
“Many faith groups believe that human suffering can have a positive value for the terminally ill person and for caregivers. For them, suffering can be "a divinely appointed opportunity for learning or purification". A Roman Catholic document mentions that "some Christians prefer to moderate their use of painkillers, in order to accept voluntarily at least a part of their sufferings and thus associate themselves in a conscious way with the sufferings of Christ crucified" (Robinson, 2010). Also, traditions surrounding religion uphold the sanctity of human life. Therefore suicide or assistance in dying has been historically prohibited.