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Whilst humanity's duties to God are self-evident, true by definition, and unchangeable even by God, mankind's duties to others (found on the second tablet) were arbitrarily willed by God and are within his power to revoke and replace (although, the third commandment, to honour the Sabbath and keep it holy, has a little of both, as humanity is ...
Robert Wright´s "The Evolution of God" Evolutionary Religious Studies at Binghamton University, An introduction to the study of religion from an evolutionary perspective. A 1998 speech at Biota 2 by Douglas Adams on the on YouTube; Wilhelm Schmidt and the origin of religion – an opposing viewpoint
Phil Zuckerman's analysis finds differing levels of atheists and agnostics in countries around the world [17]. Phil Zuckerman is the author of seven books, including The Nonreligious [18], co-authored with Luke Galen and Frank Pasquale; Living the Secular Life; [19] Faith No More; [20] Society without God; [21] Invitation to the Sociology of Religion; [22] What it Means to be Moral; [23] and ...
Theodicy is defined as a theological construct that attempts to vindicate God in response to the problem of evil that appears inconsistent with the existence of an omnipotent and omnibenevolent God. [4] Another definition of theodicy is the vindication of divine goodness and providence in view of the existence of evil.
The doctrine of sphere sovereignty has many applications. The institution of the family, for example, does not come from the state, the church, or from contingent social factors, but derives from the original creative act of God (it is a creational institution). It is the task of neither the state nor the church to define the family or to ...
While many approaches to religion exclude nontheism by definition, some inclusive definitions of religion show how religious practice and belief do not depend on the presence of a god or gods. For example, Paul James and Peter Mandaville distinguish between religion and spirituality , but provide a definition of the term that avoids the usual ...
From January 2011 to May 2011, if you bought shares in companies when Jon F. Hanson joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a 4.6 percent return on your investment, compared to a 7.0 percent return from the S&P 500.
The society imparts the totem with its power, meaning, and existence, which in turn gives the god or the religion its significance. In “Origins of Belief,” Durkheim argues that a totem symbolizes society, or as he calls it, the clan, and the god. As he puts it, “the totem is the visible body of God.”