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In this theory, it is hypothesized that the person ends up creating an idea of God according to what the individual needs, and how he or she perceives the world. This view of personality and religion does not focus on how each person differs trait wise, but it centers on the type of relationship the individual has with God. [29]
From Adler's vantage point, this is a relatively ineffective perception of God because it is so general that it fails to convey a strong sense of direction and purpose. An important thing for Adler is that God (or the idea of God) motivates people to act and that those actions do have real consequences for ourselves and others.
"I do not know whether God exists but I'm inclined to be skeptical." De facto atheist. Very low probability, but short of zero. "I don't know for certain but I think God is very improbable, and I live my life on the assumption that he is not there." Strong atheist. "I know there is no God, with the same conviction as Jung knows there is one."
The underlying theme here is that God, the perfect goodness, [65] is known or experienced at least as much by the heart as by the intellect since, in the words of 1 John 4:16: "God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God and God in him." Some approaches to classical mysticism would consider the first two phases as preparatory to the ...
Helen exhibits Cancer’s emotionally driven nature when she agrees to marry a man for love despite troubling glimpses of his deep-seated character flaws, thinking she’ll be able to “fix ...
According to Thomas Aquinas, God can also be defined as the act of all acts, the perfection of all perfections and the perfect Being. [ 2 ] This Being is also called being in the strong sense or intensive Being ( Esse ut actus, or Actus essendi ) to distinguish it from being in the weak sense or common being ( esse commune ) of all created ...
Because of your brain's connection to the stomach through the Enteric Nervous System and the stomach's involvement in digestion, stress is also a common irritant of the digestive system.
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