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¶ … Revelation Ethics
Religion, by definition, is a matter of faith rather than logic. This is not to say that religion cannot employ logic, and indeed all serious theologians use logic regular in deciding what it is their particular religion wants. But at the heart of any religion is an essential leap of faith; a belief in something that cannot be logically proven. One way in which this faith is inspired is through revelation, where people see (or claim to see) God or other proofs of divinity, often accompanied by instructions specific to the individual or to the people they represent at large. When the serious and huge impact that religion has had on the history of the world is considered, the fact that faith is inherently making a logical leap, and that revelation is so supremely subjective, ought to give one pause when considering a sstem of ethics based on revelation.
Mass revelations are not a commonly recorded occurrence. To be frank, neither are individual ones. But there are far more accounts concerning individual revelations of God's will than there are accounts of whole groups receiving ethical commands en masse, so to characterize revelation as an individual experience is not too presumptive. For that reason, it should be plain to see the major problem with a system of ethics built in revelation. Any system built completely on the subjective claims (or even the subjective interpretation of a true revelation) will necessarily be biased by that subjectivity. An ethical system ought to consider everyone fairly; is that is not the goal of ethics, than ethics have no real reason to exist at all. Attempts to build a system of ethics ought to come from rational deliberation, not instant and individual revelation. Rational ethical systems can be logically explained and upheld or altered as seen fit by any individual who puts their mind to its logical problems; revealed ethical systems are ture only by merit of their own existence, and neither ought to count for much.
Religion Is Jesus the Only Savoir? Is Ronald H. Nash's opportunity to develop a passionate and well-developed argument answering yes: yes, Jesus is the only Savoir. However, Nash does not rest on the reader's understanding or experience of faith to make his case. The author takes a different approach, using logic and reason to explain that at least to a believer in Christ, there can be no other paradigm other than
While this does not seem ethically questionable on the surface, it is certainly questionable when one considers that the only way for a capitalist to keep being a capitalist is to keep acquiring capital, and the only way to acquire capital is to exploit labor for profit. This means that the bourgeoisie must oppress the proletariat in order to continue to exist, and that the proletariat must struggle to
Revisionist historian often seek to find non-Christian association among the lives of the founding fathers, such as the Freemasons, and Humanism, yet it is clear that these organizations were not dominant to religion and that a strong Protestant ethic still reigned supreme, especially in the language of the foundational documents of the nation. Fundamentalism Fundamentalism has in fact created a more recent expression in modern America as churches attempt to "go
Christians pray the imprecatory psalms Imprecatory refers to invocation of judgment, calamity, or curses on God's enemies, and one's enemies. In the Bible, many people chanted imprecatory, for example, Moses, Deborah, and Jeremiah.[footnoteRef:2] The morning prayer of Moses qualifies as an imprecatory, which aimed to scatter the enemies of God, and Moses. Deborah's song and Barak ends with an imprecation that God's enemies will perish. In regards to prophet Jeremiah,
Philosophy and Morality INSTRUCTIONS The exam consists essays. Please essays document. Please plagiarize. Be paraphrase verbatim language authors putting quotation marks. You document sources, -text citation ( footnotes) a reference page. Philosophy John Arthur's "Morality, Religion, and Conscience," A concern on the relationship between morality and religion is an ancient argument that continues in philosophy in the present times. The argument is mainly on whether morality emanates from an institution or religious background. Theologians
Scientology Introducing a New Religious Movement, one must be as objective as possible. I, for instance, could choose to tell you that L. Ron Hubbard founded the Church of Scientology in 1954 and marketed it as an organization for social reform that essentially became the global force it is today, with (young, professional, stylish, racially-diverse) adherents providing positive sound bites on Scientology.org that promote (in naturalistic, community-oriented settings) the religion as