In what form does he affect people’s everyday lives? All of these questions are asked on a regular basis, and have all yet to find a definitive answer. One way in which these arguments are formed is through an Ontological argument. Ontological arguments are arguments, for the conclusion that God exists, from premises, which are supposed to derive from some source other than an observation of the world. For example, St. Anselm of Canterbury proposed the first, and best-known Ontological argument in the 11th.
Evaluate the claim that miracles lead to believe in a God who favours some but not all of his creation. When evaluating terms such as miracles, and concepts such as God, one has to recognise that there various ways people define them. How you define miracles may determine how you view God, and equally the opposite way around. The idea of a God who favours some but not all his creation is common. Calvin’s idea of predestination suggests that some people are God’s ‘elect’ and that, after death, these ‘elect’ will join God in heaven.
Myths could be a mode of understanding as they are used to fill a gap in historical understanding where something is missing. For instance, writers of scriptures created myth to express the beginning of the world as there was lack of historical facts. Meanwhile, Aquinas believing that God is revealed through his creation, points out two types of analogy, analogy of attribution and proportion. Using analogy of attribution, human understanding of God can be enhanced because through looking at his creation, we can attribute certain characteristics to him. Just like how we can deduce something about an artist by looking at his work of art.
Even in Puritans writing, their beliefs were the main topic. Two excellent examples of Puritan beliefs are found in the writings “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards and “Huswifery” by Edward Taylor. Contrasting figurative languages impact how one perceives the tone of a speaker in writing. “Huswifery” shows a God that is choosy, yet overall, a loving and caring God. The figurative language of the poem is used to compare speaker to a spinning wheel or more specifically the speaker’s relationship with god.
Lewis and Joy both took the road to Atheism and then landed on the road to Christianity. In the book, A Grief Observed, Lewis compared the pain of death to being mildly drunk, or concussed. Lewis felt as though there was a blanket between him and the world. [6] He questioned, “Where is God?’ Although he questioned God and experienced another great loss, Lewis knew that he could not let his faith in God fade. He had to press on and look to God for his purpose in life and believe that God would strengthen him in his time of bereavement.
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and accceptable, and perfect, will of God" (Romans 12:1, 2). CONCLUSION; Sanctification is brought about in the life of the believer by his separating himself deliberately from all that is unclean and unholy, and by presenting, continually and constantly, the members of his body as holy instruments unto God for the accomplishment of His holy purposes. Thus by these single acts of surrender unto holiness, sanctification soon becomes the habit of the dedicated life. The experience of sanctification is not attained through mystical feats, nor through strict legalism, nor mental acumen. A proper concept of holiness terminates in the obvious-whatever belongs to a pure and righteous God must correspond with His nature, and be responsive to the uses of a pure and spiritual service.
How does God connect to the universe? He created the entire universe, does that include time and space as well? If God did create time and space, then God must have been somehow outside of both time and space. This has been the thought of philosophers from Augustine through Aquinas. So what exactly does it mean to be “timeless?” One could say that to be timeless is simply to be and exist beyond time.
Not only that, but Blake here uses the word 'fearful' comparing again the tiger to nature, who's perfect balance could be described as symmetry. In what distant deeps or skies Burnt the fire of thine eyes? On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand dare seize the fire? The first two lines, Blake tells of a profound passion burning deep with the eyes of the tiger bringing to mind the tiger's life and even its very spirit.
Walt Whitman in his writings presents with an unsystematic and intuitive thought of a mystic. Even though influenced by oriental mysticism, Whitman’s beliefs were quite the contrary. A mystic is a person who believes in the existence of soul, in the existence of God or the Divine Spirit, in the immortality of the human soul, and in the capacity of human being to establish an intercourse or communication between his spirit and the Divine Spirit. Walt Whitman is truly a mystic in these respects, as he himself clearly states in this poem- Song of Myself: “I believe in you my soul” But while the oriental mystic believes that an intercourse between his spirit and the Divine Spirit is possible only through his mortification or the conquest of the senses and the physical appetites, Whitman believes that the spiritual experience is possible and even desirable without sacrificing the senses in the least. Whitman is a mystic while being at the same time a celebrant of sex and the senses.
The poem “The Tyger”, written by William Blake, is a poem that centers on evil’s ability in hiding behind a beautiful mask. Not only does the poet describe its physical characteristics, but shows confusion that occurs with such fear. Blake uses a questioning tone throughout the poem to exemplify his ideas and beliefs in the tiger’s origin and the reasons behind the creature’s physical appearances. In the first stanza, Blake shows the secrecy of the tiger by linking nature with its origin and its physical appearances. Blake makes this evident so that it’ll highlight the tiger’s eerie aura.