Essays on God

I often tell people patience is a virtue, and I don’t have any. Patience that is, not virtues. I, like many of us here today, I am not one who likes to wait. True to my type A personality, waiting feels like a waste of...

This morning the prophet cries, “O that you would tear open the heavens and come down, so that the mountains would quake at your presence—“ as the psalmist laments,” O Lord God of hosts, *how long will you be angered despite the prayers of your...

There is one simple question that is presented among many people, educators, scholars, teachers, and many others — Is God real? Does God exist? Can the existence of God be proven? The answer to these questions is yes. There is a God who is real...

Bless what comes into your hands. You can change your whole life in a moment if you do this. This is what Jesus called judging with righteous judgment. If you could see the world as it truly is, as the kingdom of God, you would...

In this essay, I will be discussing how the philosophical ‘Problem of evil’ aims to disprove the existence of God, its soundness and persuasiveness in doing so and why I ultimately believe the premises of the argument to be unsuccessful because of their parochial nature....

In almost all of the existence of humankind, the introduction of the all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-good “God” continues to have a longstanding impact. In recent years, many people have been doubting if God is as “all-powerful” or “all good.” This argument is called The Evil...

From the beginning of creation, God has designed humanity to be in relationship with him. A church is building where Christians meet for worship. I have visited many religion places in my life. On Sunday I have visited grace gospel church Niagara Falls. I went...

God being defined as the unknown and absolutely different emphasizes the lack of ability to comprehend Him. God is able to make Himself understood by man through various approaches. The first approach being that He could create a unity through an ascent, where He would...

Climacus is not attempting to persuading readers to accept another thought system different from their own, especially one reflecting his beliefs. His goals are for the reader to distance oneself away from the dependency on others’ opinions to allow for a margin of own opinion....

Some say what comes around goes around, meaning that if you do something bad, eventually it will come back around to you. The question at hand is “what do people deserve for doing “good” or “bad” things?” In The Book of Job, the main character...

Jesus does not completely prohibit us to have an opinion about other people but ultimately God alone is the absolute judge. In this passage Jesus is referring to certain hypocritical circumstances, in which we should not judge or blame others because we do not know...

In this paper I will explain the concept of Ockham’s Razor, followed by an example. Then I will go through the three theistic arguments of Anslem and Aquinas, and explain two of the arguments; to see if it works with Razor’s argument or not. And...

Introduction When we adapt a religion the first few questions that comes into the human mind is that “is there a God”, “where is he?”, “why can’t we see the creator?”. If we look in the history we can find that people of different backgrounds...

Much to our understanding, The Synod’s and Iconoclasts believed that Christ is uniformly both God and man, having two natures integrated in perfect harmony. Iconic artworks were typified, usually depicting the separation of God and man, and, according to the Synod’s and Iconoclasts, one that...

The author of Ecclesiastes, Qohelet, wrestles with the purpose of our short-lived lives because, whatever investments humans may make, it does not satisfy the transience of life. Annie Dillard chapter, “Fecundity” in Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, grapples with her perceptions on life and death. Furthermore,...

Human made of thousands of different organs, each organ is made of thousands of different tissues and those tissues are made of thousands of different cells and every cell consists of tiniest particle working together to work for a particular function, Everything inside a human...

“To everything there is a season and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted” this quote from Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 brings up the important issue that we faced in today’s world. God has consummate planning...

“Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance. . . the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason”, a famous quote by the French philosopher...

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, there is a sizeable collection of ancient Egyptian art. There are many sculptures, statues, pieces of pottery, and paintings that capture and convey the unique, spiritual culture of the time period. One piece in particular,...