In his Autobiography, Benjamin Franklin recognized the merit of the virtuous life that Puritan colonist hold so dear. He began to see that a path of virtue not only led to moral perfection but also to worldly success. And while his path differed considerably from the Puritans, in many ways, they were similar enough to arrive at the same destination. After attending a sermon that defined the meaning of a virtuous life, Benjamin Franklin sought to achieve moral perfection. Like the Puritans, he planned to combat natural inclinations by building a life of strong moral preservation.
Again this shows good grasp of the topic – clearly the student has understood that all three thinkers supported a common core. It is slightly disappointing that the student doesn’t spend more time analysing the substance of James’ or Otto’s arguments such as the four characteristics of mystical experience or Otto’s concept of the mysterium tremendum, as these are key to the strength of a ‘common core’ approach. However, many philosophers have problems with the assumption that religious experiences share a common core, and moreover that they are veridical. For example, Hume’s conflicting claims argument refutes James’ idea that religious experiences are veridical because they have transformative consequences. Hume claims that
Resilience & Spirituality Abstract The correlation between spirituality and resilience especially when concerning military members is very strong and can be tied to the success or failure of the service member when facing a tragedy. It is the building of resilience through spirituality that allows the service member to become stronger and able to face the tough situations when they are encountered, and the relationship with God is the building block that allows this to occur. Introduction The development of spirituality and resilience, especially in service members is an important and pivotal component of experiencing, dealing with and overcoming tragedies that happen in life. These tragedies can include a divorce, loss of loved ones and can also be due to wartime events that have a lasting effect on the life of the service members. Resilience is often times developed through the spirituality of the service member and this assist in not only the recovery process after a tragedy but also in the means of everyday living.
Hope is often the result of faith in that while hope is an emotion, faith carries a divinely inspired and informed form of positive belief. Hope is typically contrasted with despair, but despair may also refer to a crisis of faith. Hence, when used in a religious context, hope carries a connotation being aware of spiritual truth. Hope is passive in the sense of a wish or a prayer or active as a plan or idea, often against popular belief, with persistent, personal action to execute the plan or prove the idea. Consider a prisoner of war who never gives up hope for escape and, against the odds, plans and accomplishes this.
I feel that to be confirmed means that you belong to a big group of loving people who want to do good in the world. This group of people looks up to a person bigger than themselves, God, to help them do good. When you’re confirmed, it means that you are now verifying your faith. It seems silly that you have to take an oath in order to be considered a member of God, but that’s the social norm of the church. To me, I don’t feel that it’s very necessary
Courage and Moral Leadership Week 5 Assignment Sybil E. Davis PAD 515 Leadership and Conflict Resolution Dr. Michael Popejoy Strayer University 06 November 2011, Sunday President Barack Obama is high on the Courage and Moral Leadership seat because he displays the qualities of enthusiasm, integrity, loyalty, tact, courage, and dependability. I believe what kept President Obama with such high qualities of Moral Leadership is his Pastor, Reverend Obama’s Spiritual Mentor. President Obama integrity what keep him with his moral leadership. In order for a leader to be effective, they must be honest with their followers. Leaders who display their ethical behaviors during their everyday agenda, nonetheless; demands that honest from their followers.
Many may believe communicating the Gospel is mainly verbal, although this may have some truth, communicating the gospel through demonstration of love is another effective way to share the Gospel. The point is as messengers, one cannot merely be all talk and no show; we must demonstrate the same love Christ displays to us. It would be arrogant of us to assume communicating the gospel can be accomplished in one or two sessions within the culture, sometimes it will take days, months or even years to effectively communicate in a manner which is pleasurable for all
Through Apostle Paul’s ministry the characteristics related to social leadership are clearly portrayed. The main element modeled in his leadership is spirituality. Even though the Bible does not clearly describe the growth of the Apostle Paul, the growth is not difficult to realize. For instance, we see that Paul was raised in his attitude for difficult situations of the life. The Paul revealed what he experienced over time.
This theory is referred to as the theory of forms, the forms are eternal constants which give meaning to the world. As the highest form the Form of Good links other forms together and gives humanity ethical wisdom. Religious absolutism, as mentioned previously, can be found in many forms all of which believe in a set of absolutes. Donnelly and Finnis argue that humans also have intrinsic and absolute rights but differ over the extent of these. Absolutism is a theory which although may not seem fashionable is evident in many people’s views and opinions.
He is half correct in his statement as a theist does not believe in the proofs individually, but finds enough evidence in them to form the belief that God does exist; He is the creator of the universe, and He is morally perfect. McCloskey touches on faith in his article. It is defined by Tillich: as the state of being ultimately concerned as claiming truth for concern, and is involving commitment, courage, and the taking of risk. Theists have faith in God, and treat Him as the most important person in their lives. To have faith in someone on past knowledge, according to McCloskey, is reasonable however; it is unreasonable to have faith in God as we have no past knowledge of God.