In both cases, He "is an impersonal force; an indefinable, all-pervading deity. Hinduism recognizes hundreds, even thousands, of lesser gods." (Evangelical.us) the same is true in Buddhism, "God is an abstract. In essence, Buddhism is an atheistic philosophy." (Evangelical.us) in both Hinduism and Buddhism, there are stories of how the divine interacts with humans, but there is no historical proof. Only Christianity has historical proof. Since I am not Asian, I naturally want historical evidence, and I naturally want to follow a religion with a real God who cares about me as a person. Hinduists and Buddhists have no sense of self-worth in the scope of the universe. "Humans, as with all living things, are just manifestations of Brahman. We have no individual self, or self-worth. The world and everything on it are manifestations of Brahman. Sin is committed against oneself, not against God." (Contender Ministries) This idea is opposite to the truth, which is that we were all important to God; that the world is real; and that sin is real. I would only follow a religion where I was important...
No other religion has any kind of historical evidence and validity as Christianity does.
' Religion is belief in the existence of a supreme being while science is a study to explain the how. The main conflict of these two disciplines begins with the concept of life. Religion explains that God is the creator and giver of life, whereas scientists argue that life evolved from a microorganism. The debate between religion and science is highly controversial but I choose to take the stand of the
Divine Command Theory is the ethical theory that says that what God wills or command determines the moral status of various actions, or in other words, "an act is right if and only if God wills or commands it...an act is wrong if and only if God forbids it" (Religion pp). Yet, this simply states what people are supposed to do, and does not take into account free will and
Separation of Church and State: A Moral Dilemma Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution The First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States guarantees the right to
Such is a world from which the Old Testament emerged. With the onset of the New Testament and Christianity, polygamy was replaced by monogamy, mainly because the former was considered immoral from the Christian viewpoint. The church therefore dictated the format of marriages. Furthermore, men were generally favored in terms of laws governing marriage, property, adultery, and the like -- all the tenets of which were based upon religion rather
They do this without paying attention to the person that undergoes difficulties in their lives and are simply certain that religion is the only way through which one will no longer find life problematical. Religious tutors believe that religion is the best method of assisting adolescents who come across an impediment at a certain moment. Most are actually determined to force religion into teenagers, with the confidence that it
The world is not populated solely with believers, and so it is in a sense incumbent upon believers to attempt to change their world and the people in it for the better. Living apart from all unbelievers and cutting off contact from them as this passage suggests would make working towards such change impossible. Just as modern Christians do not need to literally remove themselves from all unbelievers in society,
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