Theology Essays and Research Papers Page 2

Saint Anselm’s Ontological Argument for the existence of God is famous because it offers a way to prove God’s existence based entirely on reason. There is no need to look for physical evidence, instead, we can use logic. With the use of a reductio ad absurdum, or reductio proof—’something proved to be true by showing…

In “The Existence of God,” Saint Thomas Aquinas presents five ways to prove that God exists. In his fourth argument, Aquinas states the “Argument from Gradation” as the following: Premise No. 1: If there is nothing perfectly good, then one object cannot be better than another. Premise No. 2: But some objects are better than…

To properly incorporate scripture in a counseling session is difficult to achieve especially if one does not fully understand the subject. In order to assist counseling professionals in such areas as “Psychology, theology, and spirituality in Christian counseling” (McMinn, 2011) was published to “effectively add in Scripture, prayer, and forgiveness” into normal counseling practices (McMinn,…

Throughout human history, very few questions have been expanded upon and ripped apart as frequently as the existence of God. What is God? According to Judeo-Christian standards, God is the apotheosis of immanence, omnipotence, omnipresence, and righteousness. Regardless of one’s religion, which in turn, influences their perception of what God is, philosophers from all ages…

There are occurrences in the world that make people to question the reality of the existence of God. Apart from the reality of the existence of God, some still dig deeper to ascertain the possibility of the reality of the character and the nature of God in terms of His omnipotence, omnipresence, kindness, goodness and…

Judaism is the word used to describe the Jewish religion and is defined as the sum of beliefs and practices of the Jewish people, given by God and documented in the Torah (Hebrew bible) and subsequent holy scriptures of Judaism. For years, Jews in Europe lived as an excluded minority as the Christians governed the…

In opposition to popular secular views on sex and sexuality, this paper represents a Christian worldview. It is a common misconception that God’s sole intention for sex is procreation. This paper presents Biblical evidence for procreation, connection and intimacy, as well as martial pleasure. God’s divine design is investigated while discussing flaws in sexual brokenness…

Since the beginning of modern civilizations, generations have argument on whether God exists. Many arguments were provided by different scholars for the existence of God. But this one argument is the most popular argument for the existence of God, the cosmological argument. This argument basically states that everything that exists has the cause, the universe…

Marcus J. Borg was raised in a Lutheran family, with several family members who served as Lutheran pastors. He describes church activities such as Sunday-morning services, Sunday school, and youth groups as composing a significant chunk of his childhood. This information conveys Borg had a profoundly Christian upbringing, and he was familiar with the beliefs…

The ethical contentions on the existence of God has originated from an exceptionally different family unit of the contentions that has the component of inborn profound quality or the ethical existence level of God. The moral contentions are both important as appropriately as interesting including its large affect the ways of life of any individual….