Section 3. What is Philosophy of Religion? Philosophy is the most critical and comprehensive thought process developed by human beings. It is quite different from religion in that where Philosophy is both critical and comprehensive, Religion is comprehensive but not necessarily critical. Religion attempts to offer a view of all of life and the universe and to offer answers to most , if not all, of the most basic and important questions which occur to humans all over the planet.
The answers offered by Religion are not often subject to the careful scrutiny of reason and logic. Indeed many religious beliefs defy logic and seem to be unreasonable. Religion has its basis in belief. Philosophy , on the other hand, is a critic of belief and belief systems. Philosophy subjects what some would be satisfied in believing to severe examination. Philosophy looks for rational explications and justifications for beliefs. Philosophy has its basis in reason.
Theology deals with thinking about religious beliefs in a rational manner but it presumes faith. Theologians employ reason to make their beliefs appear more clearly and to wherever possible have beliefs satisfy the dictates of reason. There are three points that can be derived from physics to explain why I am still a Christian.
If an object in motion stays in motion, and an object will continue on its current path, and a for every action, there is an opposite and equal reaction, how can the earth be where it is after what is known as a big bang? What I mean is is that if something massive collided with the earth, how can the earth still be in the orbit of the sun? The earth is in a delicate balance. If it rotated slightly too fast, it will spin into the sun, destroying all life as we know it.
If it rotated slightly too slow, it will spin out into space and everything we see will be covered with ice, destroying the world as we know it. Another thing that Physics can illuminate, is the law of probabilities. If evolution really did happen, the law of probabilities says that the chances of evolution really happening is 1 out of 5. You would have better luck rolling eight die and getting all 6's. And in the unlikely event where that one out of 5.
But Physics provides another law that ruins this too. Murphy's law states that everything that can go wrong will go wrong if not previously corrected. As seeing that there was now way for anyone to correct or make sure that evolution would succeed, I do not see how evolution could have actually happened. Unless God stood in and corrected it. Skip to main content.
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