Philosophical approaches in theology and relationship between philosophy and faith.
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Does everything happen for a reason, and what is the biblical support for the different views?
Sometimes, people say that everything happens for a reason (as in "God has a purpose with everything that happens, good or bad"). It seems to me that the Bible is not clear on the subject. On one hand, it seems to contradict, for example, our free…
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What is the status of "The Will to Believe" among contemporary philosophers?
My own conversion experience agrees with William James' "Will to Believe" philosophy. To put it briefly, here's a snippet from Wikipedia:
""The Will to Believe" is a lecture by William James, first published
in 1896,[1] which defends, in certain…
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Are there any accidents (philosophical term) in God?
Accident being defined as an attribute or property contingent upon the existence of something else, from the Latin word accidēns, or the Greek word συμβεβηκός (symbebēkos). Do accidents exist in God?
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If we can't fully comprehend God, how can we ever know that what we believe is true?
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,
declares the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so
are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9
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Transcendence and Revelation
Since
God transcends all humans and all their artefacts; and
almost all revelation occurs within human languages, which are in a definite sense human artefacts;
isn't it the case that Divine Revelation must necessarily be “incomplete” to some…
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Is it okay for Christians to study philosophy?
With this question I regard the general makeup of philosophy. Many claim that both philosophy and Christianity contradict and therefore cannot coexist. I do not mention this to ask, 'can a Christian study philosophy,' because it obviously is…
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Will executioners of capital punishments be saved?
'(...)Look, today you drive me from the surface of the earth. I must hide from you, and be a restless wanderer on earth. Why, whoever comes across me will kill me!'
'Very well, then,' Yahweh replied, 'whoever kills Cain will suffer a sevenfold…
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If someone doesn't know about Christianity, and they sin, do they go to hell?
I was debating with a friend recently and he is from India, he never knew about Christianity until he came to the US, and he made a sin, will he go to hell?
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