In Blog 5 I claimed that God is the creator of the universe and how His existence can be noticed. In this blog let's look at the arguements some people would have against God being the creator of the universe and how His prescence is still relevent to our lives today. First, we'll examine a common arguement used by people that believe in the scienitific theory of the Big Bang. This is not a reasonable arguement, because this goes against scientific laws. How can an explosion just happen from nothing?
The second arguement of evolution can be quite convincing, because there are claims of archaeological foundings of our "ape ancestors". When you look at how technology has advanced throughout the years it seems that theory is plausible, but how can a human being evolve from an ape? Why does it take millions of years for it to take place? At first glance it seems that the theories of evolution and Big Bang are plausible, but lacks evidence for our existence.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Blog 5
Question: Is the existence of God evident?
Yes, the existence of God is quite prevently in the world around us. (1) The evidence of God's existence can be seen in:
Intelligent life- the human mind
Conscience- the knowledge of good and evil
Free will- the ability to choose God or not clear evidence of His character
Laws- everything that governs life, order, harmony, and beauty
Justice- for those who commit crimes, or wrongfully accused of crimes.
These are just a few areas that shows substancial evidence of God in our lives and world. Evolution teaches that all life began from a single cell organism which later evolved into the complex forms of life that are presently seen. I find it hard to believe that my ancestors came from a tree to an ape and then became human. Though there are some physical similarities between apes and humans, there differences overshadow them. (2) Let's look at a few examples, the chromosome count for a man is 46, while for an chimpanze and gorilla are 48. As infants, humans are more helpless and dependent that monkey or ape infants. The last example I will use is, only man can be educated; animals must be trained. Evolution is a theory of prgression but, these examples show a degression; which makes the theory not plausible.
Another proof of God's existence, which has to be one of the greatest, is our ability to receive and give love. We were created from love. In order to possess this ability it to be put in us. The proof of God's existence is evident everytime we look in the mirror.
Works Cited:
1. What evidence supports the existence of God
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_evidence_supports_the_existence_of_God
WikiAnswers - The Q&A wiki
2. Similarities And Differences Between Men And Animals
http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/sciences/scienc8.htm
Middletown Bible church - Know about our Lord Jesus Christ, Salvation, Sin,Truth and More
Yes, the existence of God is quite prevently in the world around us. (1) The evidence of God's existence can be seen in:
Intelligent life- the human mind
Conscience- the knowledge of good and evil
Free will- the ability to choose God or not clear evidence of His character
Laws- everything that governs life, order, harmony, and beauty
Justice- for those who commit crimes, or wrongfully accused of crimes.
These are just a few areas that shows substancial evidence of God in our lives and world. Evolution teaches that all life began from a single cell organism which later evolved into the complex forms of life that are presently seen. I find it hard to believe that my ancestors came from a tree to an ape and then became human. Though there are some physical similarities between apes and humans, there differences overshadow them. (2) Let's look at a few examples, the chromosome count for a man is 46, while for an chimpanze and gorilla are 48. As infants, humans are more helpless and dependent that monkey or ape infants. The last example I will use is, only man can be educated; animals must be trained. Evolution is a theory of prgression but, these examples show a degression; which makes the theory not plausible.
Another proof of God's existence, which has to be one of the greatest, is our ability to receive and give love. We were created from love. In order to possess this ability it to be put in us. The proof of God's existence is evident everytime we look in the mirror.
Works Cited:
1. What evidence supports the existence of God
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_evidence_supports_the_existence_of_God
WikiAnswers - The Q&A wiki
2. Similarities And Differences Between Men And Animals
http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/sciences/scienc8.htm
Middletown Bible church - Know about our Lord Jesus Christ, Salvation, Sin,Truth and More
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Blog # 4 Philosophical terms and concepts
Topic: "God and the Origin of the Universe"
1. Agnosticism: The belief that it is impossible to know whether God exists, or to have any other theological knowledge. English thinkers T. H. Huxley (1825-95) and Bertrand Russell were influential agnostics. http://mb-soft.com/believe/txo/philterm.htm
2. Cosmogony: A theory or story about the origin of the universe, either scientific or mythological. Cosmogonies are also called creation myths. http://mb-soft.com/believe/txo/philterm.htm
3. Second law of thermodynamics: Is an expression of the universal law of increasing entropy, stating that the entropy of an isolated system which is not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Law_of_Thermodynamics
4. Natural Selection: Central thesis of the biologist Charles Darwin which suggests that within every population of living organisms there are random variations which have different survival value. Those which aid survival (or enhance reproductive capacity) are 'selected' by being genetically transmitted to succeeding generations.
http://www.filosofia.net/materiales/rec/glosaen.htm
5. Scepticism: The view that, since we can not confirm or prove that anything exists outside of our perception of them, we should deny any claims to true knowledge of them, or at least suspend judgement (from the Greek skepsis - doubt). When sceptics, like Montaigne, ask themselves "What can we know?" they answer, that there is nothing that we can "know" for certain in the sense of the word "know" as used by the rationalists and empiricists. This is a radical rejection of the notion of universal truths or knowledge beyond human perception.
http://www.creatorix.com.au/philosophy/t03/t03b.html
1. Agnosticism: The belief that it is impossible to know whether God exists, or to have any other theological knowledge. English thinkers T. H. Huxley (1825-95) and Bertrand Russell were influential agnostics. http://mb-soft.com/believe/txo/philterm.htm
2. Cosmogony: A theory or story about the origin of the universe, either scientific or mythological. Cosmogonies are also called creation myths. http://mb-soft.com/believe/txo/philterm.htm
3. Second law of thermodynamics: Is an expression of the universal law of increasing entropy, stating that the entropy of an isolated system which is not in equilibrium will tend to increase over time, approaching a maximum value at equilibrium.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Law_of_Thermodynamics
4. Natural Selection: Central thesis of the biologist Charles Darwin which suggests that within every population of living organisms there are random variations which have different survival value. Those which aid survival (or enhance reproductive capacity) are 'selected' by being genetically transmitted to succeeding generations.
http://www.filosofia.net/materiales/rec/glosaen.htm
5. Scepticism: The view that, since we can not confirm or prove that anything exists outside of our perception of them, we should deny any claims to true knowledge of them, or at least suspend judgement (from the Greek skepsis - doubt). When sceptics, like Montaigne, ask themselves "What can we know?" they answer, that there is nothing that we can "know" for certain in the sense of the word "know" as used by the rationalists and empiricists. This is a radical rejection of the notion of universal truths or knowledge beyond human perception.
http://www.creatorix.com.au/philosophy/t03/t03b.html
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