Persuasive Essay On God

In Susan Olps article Millennials Seek Spiritual Life, But Not Necessarily Church, Olp talks about several different college students and their pastors and the way they worship. By interviewing these students and leaders, Olp was able to conclude that the millennial generation, people between the ages of twelve to thirty this year, explore their faith in ways other than just showing up at church. This is a challenge for pastors and chaplains. Church leaders have decided that authenticity and technology play a huge role in the millennial generation's daily lives, so leaders have incorporated what this group of people love into their teachings. The churches that

I have always considered myself to be someone who is bright, talented, and a poor judge of my own qualities. According to my father, a man who I admire greatly, I am mistaken about at least two of the above-mentioned attributes. In reality, I frequently push my best efforts for the night before an assignment’s final due date, and I always make sure to have a few razor-sharp excuses hidden up my sleeves at any given moment. I am opening this essay like this intending to have my esteemed reader(s) know that I am not someone who wants to sell a façade to you. Despite those struggles that I admittedly possess, in all legitimacy, God has been helping me work through my propensity for procrastination and a general attitude of academic coasting.

1. The Cosmological Argument for the existence of God is based on the principle of cause and effect. What this basically means is that the universe was the effect of a cause, which was God. One of the oldest and most well known advocates of the Cosmological Argument was Thomas Aquinas who outlines his argument for the existence of God in his article entitled The Five Ways. The first way in his argument is deals with motion. Aquinas says that in order for something to be in motion something had to move it because it is impossible for something to move without the presence of some sort of outside force upon it. Therefore the world around us, nature, and our very existence could not have been put into motion without the influence of the

The Argument for the Existence of God It is an undisputed fact that some people claim to have experienced God. It is these religious experiences that have been used by philosophers to argue for the existence of God. The main way of expressing the argument from religious experience is as follows: P1 Someone experiences an entity C1

Many philosophers and theologians have provided varying arguments for the existence of God. These arguments are either a priori, understood independent of worldly experience and observation (Ontological Argument), or a posteriori, dependent on experience and based on observations of how the world is (Cosmological and Teleological Arguments). This paper will focus on the Cosmological Argument, and show that its underlying principle, the Principle of Sufficient Reason, fails to establish it as a sound argument for the existence of God. To accomplish this, I will, first, define the Cosmological Argument and the Principle of Sufficient Reason; then explain the argument, and how it is based on

Religion was the third value that was a key to the success of Louie. Louie went through many things. A couple of things he went through were: many attacks by the Japanese when he was in the Air corps, being stranded in the ocean for forty seven days, and being a prisoner of war at Ofuna, Omori, and Naoetsu for two years. When he was a prisoner of war he was always tortured by the Japanese guards and especially by Mutsuhiro Watanabe, the bird, who was the commander. They injected Louie with the dengue fever several times to see how much his body could take and he slept with maggots. The bird beat him all the time and he ended up leaving him death in one ear. When American planes got closer the bird made the guards punch each prisoner 200 times

All moral arguments for the existence of God work on the principle that we all have a shared sense of morality. Despite cultural differences, broadly speaking, humans worldwide have a vague idea of what is right and what is wrong; a moral argument for the existence of God would say that this mutual understanding is proof of God's existence.

We go throughout our myriad days, the good days and the bad days, but we rarely care about history. It’s unbelievable how earth is set up, but it’s also appears very scientifically planned. You may not believe in anything, but somebody had to do all of this. God’s not dead. We will all have to face him someday and I can’t tell you how to live your life, but I can substantiate he created all of this in an assertive way. God is alive, for scientific and emotional reasons.

Why spend money that is really needed for other things? Why live uncomfortably? Why be trapped in this hole called a home that belongs to another person? Why not live free and peacefully? When a person rents he or she usually throws away money that could be used to purchase something that belongs to them. Money is not easy to come by so why pay out hundreds toward something that is not benefit to the person paying it out. There is no good explanation for making a decision like this. The best option in a situation like this is to buy a house. Buying a house is a better option than renting an apartment.

We go throughout our days, the good days and the bad days, but we rarely care about history. It’s unbelievable how earth is set up, but it’s also appears very scientifically planned. You may not believe in anything, but somebody had to do all of this. God’s not dead. We will all have to face him someday and I can’t tell you how to live your life, but I can give you proof he made all of this. God is alive, for scientific and emotional reasons.

Since their creation, humans have wanted to understand the reasons for their existence. Experts in religion, philosophy, and science have all proposed different reasons for and methods of creation. In recent years, especially with the rise of technology, science has started to become the medium charged with explaining the universe and its creation. This increased focus on scientific reasoning has changed the way humans understand creation. Some religious leaders have attempted to figure out how to interpret new findings into their scripture. Others have refused to acknowledge scientific facts. Is what they believe still relevant? While their methods of creation are not, some of the archetypes may be present in scientific theories. Science is constantly changing, and these findings contribute to new ways of religious thinking.

The belief in Gods has always existed throughout human’s recored history. Whether it be the Greek Gods: Apollo, and Zeus, or the Judeo-Christian God, believed by Christians in modern day society. The belief of God has always existed among humans, however, assuming God does not exist, what explains the cultural evolution of such a false belief, namely religion? I shall argue that the reason this false belief is successful is because it manipulates human nature better than any other belief by these three points: an avoidance of death (the soul), a sense of worth (knowledge), and a sense, or need of belief (faith).

At the start of every school day, students in the United states pledge their allegiance to their country. But is it only their country their pledging allegiance to? It is clear that the government is blatantly trying to coerce children into believing in god, therefore I believe they should remove the phrase “under god” from the pledge.

Belief - having an affinity in believing something is true. This single word, vague, and short. As submissive as it is, Belief tends to get on roads that it never means to. The road diverges into two, and a choice has to be made. Manipulation passes, and it takes a hold of Belief. Without any knowledge, he willingly follows. This is the basis of a belief. I love the manipulation angle. Usually I think of “belief” as such a positive, hopeful word. But you are right… it is equally dangerous. Good.

The religion that I am proposing to you, and encouraging you to join is Gaheism. Gaheism is a religion in which anyone can join, even you. Gaheism was founded 2300-1500 BC, by Lauren Miller. It is the 2nd largest religion in the world, after Christianity. The goal of Gaheism is to attain veruna, which is living your life right in order to have a second life after death. It is highly recommended to join this religion because it places an importance on family values, God, becoming a better you, and finding inner peace. Gaheism encourages you to better your life by making yourself a better being, and also the people around you. Although the world is not a so great place, this religion explains and shows that even though everything may not be all great, you can still find happiness and peace within yourself. This religion focuses on non-harming any living being to hopefully make society a better place. It also places emphasize on caring for the environment, community, and taking care of it for our sake.