Category Archives: The Existance of God
- September 21, 2006
- Augustine and the Trinity– also posted in Trinity
Augustine wrote On the Trinity around 419 C.E.. This was after the Church had established the doctrine of the Trinity and now people were trying to defend the doctrine against heretical formulations. Besides the common charge of tri-theism, the greatest challenge came from the formulation of the trinity as presented by Arius. This Arianism, not [...]
- September 8, 2006
- Bible Idol
One of the very formative points in my spiritual life came during a discussion with my wife to be, Meredith Bentch.
We were debating spiritual matters, as we often did back then. I was very zealous in my pursuit of a systematic theology. I yearned very much for doctrinal purity. I also yearned [...]
- August 27, 2006
- A Clarification
In my last post, I referenced an argument put forth that aimed to show not only that God was mutable, but also that He must exist inside the temporal realm. I do not hold to that conclusion. While I think that God does change, much like a man changes his position while walking, [...]
- August 27, 2006
- More on God and Change
Yesterday I posted about wondering about Augustine’s ideas on God. This morning I read a post at Prosblogion about the impossibility of God being changeless and creating the world out of free will. Alan Rhoda frames the argument as follows: Can a Timeless God Freely Create?
1. God is absolutely immutable.
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- August 26, 2006
- Reasons for the Virgin Birth
When I look at the begining of the gospels and read about the conception of Jesus from a standpoint of faith and belief, I accept it and cherish it. However, when I approach the passages with a skeptical, un-biased mindset, I re-read Isaiah 7:14 and thinking that that probably did not apply to Jesus [...]
- August 26, 2006
- Picking Augustine”s Grapes
As part of my class on Augustine, I have to do a one-page relfection on the reading for that week. This week’s reading is books 1-5 of the Confessions. This was my reflection for this week.
An interesting topic that I would like to know more about Augustine”s worldview is his view of God. [...]
- May 23, 2006
- Einstein and a Personal God– also posted in Science, Trinity
I came across a very interesting article on Physics Web[1] the other day. It was entitled Subtle are Einstein’s Thoughts[2] and it was on the personal religion of Einstein. Yes, that was a pun and read on to find out why.
There are many quotes on religion from Einstein. Here is a sampling[3] :Science without religion [...]
- March 20, 2006
- Dostoyevsky Rebellion: Christians and the problem of Evil– also posted in Culture, The Ethics of God
In The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor M. Dostoevsky, Rebellion is right before the famous chapter, The Grand Inquisitor. It is the atheist brother, Ivan, who knows too much about religion to believe in God; berating Aloysha, the priest. Ivan’s main problem is,
“All I know is that there is suffering and none are guilty”
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