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Pseudo-Chrysostom: He says good things, because God does not give all things to them that ask Him, but only good things. [ 7 ] Glossa Ordinaria : For from God we receive only such things as are good, of what kind soever they may seem to us when we receive them; for all things work together for good to His beloved.
The dichotomy between a good God and an evil satan is a "dualistic fiction." [ 51 ] In Twilight of the Idols (see the quote above) and later in The Antichrist [ 52 ] all concepts which explain life as a test or raise an (externally reasonable) moral "task," "purpose" or the "will of God" are considered false.
Albert Einstein, 1921. Albert Einstein's religious views have been widely studied and often misunderstood. [1] Albert Einstein stated "I believe in Spinoza's God". [2] He did not believe in a personal God who concerns himself with fates and actions of human beings, a view which he described as naïve. [3]
Jewish philosophy stresses that free will is a product of the intrinsic human soul, using the word neshama (from the Hebrew root n.sh.m. or .נ.ש.מ meaning "breath"), but the ability to make a free choice is through Yechida (from Hebrew word "yachid", יחיד, singular), the part of the soul that is united with God, [citation needed] the only being that is not hindered by or dependent on ...
I perceived, therefore, and it was made clear to me, that Thou made all things good, nor is there any substance at all that was not made by You; and because all that You have made are not equal, therefore all things are; because individually they are good, and altogether very good, because our God made all things very good. [20]
Plantinga rejects the compatibilist notion of freedom whereby God could directly cause agents to only do good without sacrificing their freedom. Although it would contradict a creature's freedom if God were to cause, or in Plantinga's terms strongly actualize , a world where creatures only do good, an omniscient God would still know the ...
Pantheism is the philosophical and religious belief that reality, the universe, and nature are identical to divinity or a supreme entity. [1] The physical universe is thus understood as an immanent deity, still expanding and creating, which has existed since the beginning of time. [2]
The content of the sermon makes various references between Jesus, Shakespeare and Greek philosophers who sought to identify the mechanisms that made man important to society." [38] 1957 Unknown "God's Judgment On Western Civilization" Unknown This speech is documented as having occurred in 1957 but its content is unknown due its archival status ...