“Windows To Spirituality”
Is Submission to God in accord with Sense and Reason? Many people ask for submission to God; can be in accord with sense and reason. What we must realize here is that these two realities are not mutually exclusive. The demonstrations presented the Holy Book concerning Divinity require Prophethood since...
How Does God Permit Infinite Ugliness and Awesome Calamity? This article covers the answer to the question: “How Does God Permit Infinite Ugliness and Awesome Calamity?“ Question: The creation of devils, who are pure evil, and their harassing the people of belief, and many people not believing and going to...
God In Christianity God in Christianity is the eternal being who created and preserves all things. Christians believe God to be both transcendent (wholly independent of, and removed from, the material universe) and immanent (involved in the world). Christian teachings of the immanence and involvement of God and his love for...
All Human Attainments of Learning Because of Divine Names All Human Attainments of Learning, All Progress, and All Sciences, Each Have An Elevated Reality Which is Based on One of The Divine Names In describing all the attainments of learning and scientific progress, and wonders of technology with which man...
Monism Monism attributes oneness or singleness (Greek: μόνος) to a concept e.g., existence. Various kinds of monism can be distinguished: Priority monism states that all existing things go back to a source that is distinct from them; e.g., in Neoplatonism everything is derived from The One. In this view only one thing is ontologically basic or...
Dualistic Cosmology Dualistic cosmology is the moral or spiritual belief that two fundamental concepts exist, which often oppose each other. It is an umbrella term that covers a diversity of views from various religions, including both traditional religions and scriptural religions. Moral dualism is the belief of the great complement of,...
State Atheism State atheism is the incorporation of positive atheism or non-theism into political regimes. It may also refer to large-scale secularization attempts by governments. It is a form of Religion-State relationship that is usually ideologically linked to irreligion and the promotion of irreligion to some extent. State atheism may refer to a...
New Atheism New Atheism is a term coined in 2006 by the journalist Gary Wolf to describe the positions promoted by some atheists of the twenty-first century. This modern-day atheism is advanced by a group of thinkers and writers who advocate the view that superstition, religion and irrationalism should not simply be tolerated but should...
Negative And Positive Atheism This article covers the negative and positive Atheism. Negative atheism also called weak atheism and soft atheism is any type of atheism where a person does not believe in the existence of any deities but does not explicitly assert that there are none. Positive atheism also called strong atheism and hard atheism in the form...
Implicit And Explicit Atheism Implicit atheism and explicit atheism are types of atheism. In George H. Smith’s Atheism: The Case Against God, “implicit atheism” is defined as “the absence of theistic belief without a conscious rejection of it”, while “explicit atheism” is “the absence of theistic belief due to a conscious rejection of it”. Explicit atheists have...
History Of Atheism The history of atheism can be dated to as early as the 5th century B.C. Diagoras of Melos was a 5th century BC. Greek atheist, poet and sophist. The word atheism itself was not coined until the 16th century. One of the early examples of atheism– agnosticism–nontheism involve Eastern religions such as Jainism, Buddhism...
Apotheosis Apotheosis (“to deify”; deificatio “making divine”; also called divinization and deification) is the glorification of a subject to divine level and, most commonly, the treatment of a human like a god. The term has meanings in theology, where it refers to a belief, and in art, where it refers to a genre. In theology, apotheosis refers to the...
What Is Natural Theology? Natural theology, once also termed physico-theology, is a type of theology that provides arguments for the existence of God based on reason and the ordinary experience of nature. See also: ‘Aql (Reason) and The Existence and Unity of God This distinguishes it from revealed theology, which is...
Tell Us About Our Creator, Our Teachers Do Not Speak Of Him A group of high-school students came to me, saying: “Tell us about our Creator, our teachers do not speak of Him.” And I said to them: “All the sciences you study continuously speak of Him and make known the...
Why Is Atheism So Widespread? Atheism means denying God’s existence, rejecting His commandments, avoiding religious reflection and seriousness, and considering oneself independent of Him. As such beliefs negate the concept of sin, people imagine that they can live as they please and thus begin to corrupt their hearts and minds....
Praise And Glorification Of God Reflections and Meditation While watching on a mountain top the awe-inspiring forms of the pine cedar and juniper trees and the tremendous spectacle they made, a gentle breeze blew. Since it transformed the scene into a magnificent, delightful and noisy display of dancing and a...
What Is Mercy? Mercy is benevolence, forgiveness, and kindness in a variety of ethical, religious, social, and legal contexts. The concept of a merciful God appears in various religions, including Hinduism, Christianity, Judaism and Islam. Performing acts of mercy as a component of religious beliefs is also emphasized through actions such as the giving...
A Most Direct And Safest Way To God This article covers how to reach A Most Direct And Safest Way To God. There are many ways leading to Almighty God; all of these true ways have been derived from the Holy Book, but some of them are safer, and more...
Christianity And Divine Unity This article covers the relationship between Christianity And Divine Unity. Historical research has shown that the animism and idol worship of primitive peoples in the world is in all cases a regression from an original monotheistic belief, and the One-god of Judaism, Christianity and Islam grew...
What Is Apatheism? Apatheism (a portmanteau of apathy and theism) is the attitude of apathy towards the existence or non-existence of god(s). It is more of an attitude rather than a belief, claim, or belief system. An apatheist is someone who is not interested in accepting or rejecting any claims that gods exist or do...
