For early modern Christian theologians‚ the nature of god was more or less a settled question. There were‚ it is true‚ disputes along the margins. The synod of dort‚ convened in 1618 and 1619 to resolve debates between Calvinists and the arminian remonstrants‚ crystallized ongoing skirmishes over the proper understanding of divine foreknowledge and will. decades later‚ arminianism was just one of John Milton’s unorthodoxies‚ and one of his less eccentric ones; more unusual was his rejection‚ in his
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conveying his Puritan idea of an angry God. The words are harsh‚ dark‚ and intimidating with the intention for the people to be frightened by His higher power. In order to achieve such a strong message he uses words such as “fiery…wrath…fury…damned…abominable…and venomous serpent” to do so. When comparing all those words they share a common negative connotation. With such a potent word choice the audience is mesmerized by what they believe is the truth of the God they worship. On the other hand Chief
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ask for a fresh start to our Almighty God who gave all this things to me. There are things that I really enjoy while doing and one of it is playing keyboard and guitar. I like to play those instruments because it makes me feel relax while listening to the sound it produced. I like also to observe things in my day and write it on my journal. I like also to read books and one of my favorite book to read is the Bible because it is the word of God that inspires me to do good things to
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excellence means nothing unless it works with the consent of God”‚ God is the center of everything and in whatever a person does. Definitely‚ this piece of work would not be possible without the people who‚ in the way or another contributed their efforts whom they have indebted to the fulfillment of this tentative thesis. To this extent‚ the proponents would like to express their gratitude and appreciations to the following: First‚ to the God Almighty‚ who always
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Kinetics and Health Education‚ University of Ibadan‚ Ibadan. Date: ________________________ ii DEDICATION This work is dedicated to God Almighty‚ the giver of life and wisdom; without whom there is no me and to my Grandmother: Rebecca Olanihun Fatungase‚ nee Cole (I love you Grandma). iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS My foremost acknowledgement goes to God Almighty. The grace‚ mercies and favour shown me over the years and in the course of this work cannot go unnoticed. I am overwhelmingly grateful
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or are in need of help‚ are we there for them? When others insult us and speak behind our backs‚ do we forgive them or do we hold vengeance in our hearts? I believe a good example of a person possessing a strong character is Jesus Christ who is the God of Christianity. According to Christian faith‚ Jesus came down to earth from heaven to die for all the people’s sins. He sacrificed his own life because the world was full of hatred and he wanted to show the people what the true meaning of life was
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JOHN HICK’S THE PROBLEM OF EVIL I. John Hick discusses in his essay The Problem of Evil‚ the objections to the belief in the existence of God is the presence of evil in the world. He begins by posing the traditional challenge to theism in the form of the dilemma: That if God was perfectly loving‚ he must wish to abolish evil‚ and being all powerful‚ is able to perfectly do so as he will its. He then proceeds to present some views regarding this issue‚ giving insights from three point of views
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disapproves the existence of the Christian God because He has no account in the field of science. Auguste Comte speaks of “the law three stages.” The first is the theological stage. In the history‚ humanity began to have the concept of God as transcendental. He is believed to be divine‚ who is above mankind and is responsible for every occurrence of events. The second is the metaphysical stage‚ wherein the concept of God as divine is replaced into an objective God. Then the third‚ the positivistic or scientific
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‘Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results‚ we can only strive’. Providence is the outward provision which God makes through the ages of the world for the temporal benefit and comfort of mankind‚ in causing his sun to shine and his rain to descend upon them‚ and in numberless other things. The Puritans saw God as the Father-God and that He was maintaining and directing everything in the universe as providence to man-kind. They believed that God’s providence was His
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building theories of evolution that defied the Old Testament version of creation (Ford & Christ 897). God seemed to be dissolving before a panicked England ’s very eyes‚ replaced by the vision of a cold‚ mechanistic universe that cared little for our existence. Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson was painfully aware of the implications of such a universe‚ and he struggled with his own doubts about the existence of God. We glimpse much of his struggles in the poem In Memorial A. H. H.‚ written in memory of his deceased
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