Belief In God: A Matter Of Life And Death Marx claimed belief in God was the opium of the masses, which made people sedated, numb, pacified, and too content with the world. Odd as such a question might sound, do you think God is still alive in the twenty-first century?...
The Righteous Generation What We Expect from the Righteous Generation The first and most important criteria of righteousness is perfect faith. The Holy Book determines the purpose of humanity’s creation as belief in God, which is woven from the threads of the knowledge of God, love, enthusiasm, and spiritual fulfillment....
Belief And Trust In God How Does Belief and Trust in God Provide a Remedy For All Wounds of The Heart? Lord! Heedlessly not trusting in You, but in reliance on my own power and will, I looked around in all six directions, searching for a cure for my pains....
Argument From A Proper Basis The argument from a proper basis is an ontological argument for the existence of God related to fideism. Alvin Plantinga argued that belief in God is a properly basic belief, and so no basis for belief in God is necessary. Alvin Plantinga The best-known defender of this argument is Alvin Plantinga. According to the...
Secular Theology Secular theology rejects the substance dualism of modern religion, the belief in two forms of reality required by the belief in heaven, hell, and the afterlife. Secular theology can accommodate a belief in God–as many nature religions do–but as residing in this world and not separately from it....
Skeptical Theism Skeptical theism is the view that we should remain skeptical of our ability to discern whether our perceptions about evil can be considered good evidence against the existence of the orthodox Christian God. The central thesis of skeptical theism is that it would not be surprising for an infinitely intelligent...
Death Of God Theology Death of God theology refers to a range of ideas by various theologians and philosophers that try to account for the rise of secularity and abandonment of traditional beliefs in God. They posit that God has either ceased to exist or in some way accounted for...
![William L. Rowe's example of natural evil: "In some distant forest lightning strikes a dead tree, resulting in a forest fire. In the fire a fawn is trapped, horribly burned, and lies in terrible agony for several days before death relieves its suffering."[22] Rowe also cites the example of human evil where an innocent child is a victim of violence and thereby suffers.[22]](https://slife.org/wp-content/uploads/Deerfire_high_res_edit-e1606337767780-520x249.jpg)
Problem Of Evil The problem of evil is the question of how to reconcile the existence of evil and suffering with an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient God (see theism). Or as the first known presentation by the Greek philosopher Epicurus puts it: “Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then...
The Highest Aim Of Creation Be certain of this, that the highest aim of creation and its most important result are belief in God. The most exalted rank in humanity and its highest degree are the knowledge of God (Ma’rifa (Knowledge of God)) contained within belief in God. The most...
What Is Messengerhood? Messengerhood is the highest rank, the highest honor, possible. It proves the superiority of a man’s inner being to that of others. A Messenger is like a branch, which arches out from the Divine to the human realm. He is the very heart and tongue of creation....
Messengerhood, Its Meaning, And Functions This article covers Messengerhood, its Meaning, and its Functions. God has created no community of beings in the world without a purpose and left them without a guide or leader. It is inconceivable that God Almighty, Who has not left bees without a queen, ants...