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ellauri092.html on line 98: Next came the invitation to Edinburgh, Scotland. Only eternity will reveal the results of this revival which started in November, 1873. On the first night at the first meeting 2,000 people had to be turned away because the tiller was already filled to capacity. By now Moody had the full backing and support of many great theologians as well as all national financiers of every occupation. It was later said that “The revival in Edinburgh was like a Holocaust to the land”. Cold Calvinism gave way to fiery evangelism. This great city was startled out of its sleep and stirred to its depths. In the New Year they travelled on to see Crocodile Dundee, Glasgow and elsewhere. This was not successful evangelism, it was Creedence Clearwater Revival live. The nine months in Scotland ended, but the revival burned on a few days. Then things returned to normal.
ellauri093.html on line 907: The Jewish form of worship is well worthy of the study of Christian theologians. It is not the object of this book. It contains only simple heart-to-heart talks to God's children about our precious Redeemer and how we can follow and serve Him best in our daily lives.
ellauri097.html on line 149: Mencken repeatedly identified mathematics with metaphysics and theology. According to Mencken, mathematics is necessarily infected with metaphysics because of the tendency of many mathematical people to engage in metaphysical speculation. In a review of Alfred North Whitehead's The Aims of Education, Mencken remarked that, while he agreed with Whitehead's thesis and admired his writing style, "now and then he falls into mathematical jargon and pollutes his discourse with equations," and "[t]here are moments when he seems to be following some of his mathematical colleagues into the gaudy metaphysics which now entertains them."[50] For Mencken, theology is characterized by the fact that it uses correct reasoning from false premises. Mencken also uses the term "theology" more generally, to refer to the use of logic in science or any other field of knowledge. In a review for both Arthur Eddington's The Nature of the Physical World and Joseph Needham's Man a Machine, Mencken ridiculed the use of reasoning to establish any fact in science, because theologians happen to be masters of "logic" and yet are mental defectives:
ellauri097.html on line 151: Is there anything in the general thinking of theologians which makes their opinion on the point of any interest or value? What have they ever done in other fields to match the fact-finding of the biologists? I can find nothing in the record. Their processes of thought, taking one day with another, are so defective as to be preposterous. True enough, they are masters of logic, but they always start out from palpably false premises.
ellauri097.html on line 155: If chemists were similarly given to fanciful and mystical guessing, they would have hatched a quantum theory forty years ago to account for the variations that they observed in atomic weights. But they kept on plugging away in their laboratories without calling in either mathematicians or theologians to aid them, and eventually they discovered the isotopes, and what had been chaos was reduced to the most exact sort of order.
ellauri097.html on line 424: The Protestant parson is the grandfather of German philosophy. The theologians’ instinct in the German scholars divined what Kant had once again made possible. The conception of a “true world,” the conception of morality as the essence of the world … were once again, thanks to a wily and shrewd skepticism, if not provable, at least no longer refutable. Kant’s success is merely a theologian’s success. [The Antichrist §10.]
ellauri097.html on line 428: A virtue must be our own invention. The fundamental laws of self-preservation and growth demandthat everyone invent his own virtue, his own categorical imperative. How could one fail to feel how Kant’s categorical imperative endangered life itself! The theologians’ instinct alone protected it! [§11.]
ellauri097.html on line 430: There’s a sense in which all philosophers except Nietzsche have been theologians in disguise, in that they all claimed to be selfless, altruistic seekers of truth and goodness. Socrates, Nietzsche thought, was really doing what was good for him when he claimed that it would be good for everyone to examine their lives. It’s only with Nietzsche – in Nietzsche’s view, that is – that the philosopher removes his mask and publicly proclaims that his philosophical activity is in the service of his will to power. Nietzsche with his drooping mustache was actually less gay than Immanuel Kant.
ellauri111.html on line 586: If you know that this is the truth, I counsel you to make your decision today because tomorrow is not promised to you, or the price may have gone up. Not only people´s hearts get hard when they keep on rejecting the truth. I could say from my own experience what else tends to get hard but I won´t. You don´t want your heart to turn to stone to the gospel because if it does, you will go to hell. That I can guarantee you because the Bible says so. Hell is real notwithstanding the fake preachers and "theologians" and "doctors" that would tell you otherwise.
ellauri119.html on line 270: For the majority of Christian denominations, the Holy Spirit, or Holy Ghost, is believed to be the third person of the Trinity, a Triune God manifested as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each entity itself being God. Nontrinitarian Christians, who reject the doctrine of the Trinity, differ significantly from mainstream Christianity in their beliefs about the Holy Spirit. In Christian theology, pneumatology refers to the study of the Holy Spirit. Due to Christianity's historical relationship with Judaism, theologians often identify the Holy Spirit with the concept of the Ruach Hakodesh in Jewish scripture, on the theory that Jesus (who was Jewish) was expanding upon these Jewish concepts. Similar names, and ideas, include the Ruach Elohim (Spirit of God), Ruach YHWH (Spirit of Yahweh), and the Ruach Hakodesh (Holy Spirit).
ellauri119.html on line 391: Although transcendence is defined as the opposite of immanence, the two are not necessarily mutually exclusive. Some theologians and metaphysicians of various religious traditions affirm that a god is both within and beyond the universe (panentheism); in it, but not of it; simultaneously pervading it and surpassing it.
ellauri184.html on line 682: The custom of releasing prisoners in Jerusalem at Passover is known to theologians as the Paschal Pardon, but this custom (whether at Passover or any other time) is not recorded in any historical document other than the gospels, leading some scholars to question its historicity and suspect that such a custom was a mere narrative invention of the Bible´s writers like so much else in the fake good news.
ellauri334.html on line 279: This Jewish sounding name is used by anti-Jewish theologians to vilify Israel. They realized the Jews as a group could not be convinced to betray God by following what Jews considered to be a false prophet as well as the pagan elements of Christianity. Romans, who were not monotheist, could buy contrast, be missionized to accept new Christian beliefs.
ellauri360.html on line 501: The church of the Global South is routinely situated in poverty. The designation Third World communicates this observation. It is fair to note that not all people in the Global South are poor, the elite is filthy rich, but struggle with social injustice is the unavoidable context and circumstance of much of the Global South. The sad fact is that rich prople need salvation less. Liberal theologians claim that Jesus sought liberty from oppressive economic systems. That is just stupid communist propaganda put in Jesus' mouth by Dr. Luke. Just concentrate upon the good news of the buying power of Jesus. These two, no three, theories are dominant among the Western church: (1) Jesus bears our individual penalty or debt as sinners. (2) Jesus fixes our incapacity to receive and share love. (3) in the Russian Church, Jesus mends the bondage we experience, last but not least that nasty customer, death. In contrast, people in the Global South do not need an act of the imagination to picture Jesus' enemies. His job is to beat them.
ellauri375.html on line 498: Some theologians reconcile this by suggesting that God's plan accommodates human free will and the possibility of evil, ultimately leading to a greater good or a deeper understanding of divine purpose. Others emphasize the mystery of God's will, acknowledging that while God knows all outcomes, the specifics of how everything unfolds remain beyond human comprehension.
ellauri476.html on line 277: In Christian theology, Jesus is considered to be without original sin, making Him unique among humanity. His divine conception and the belief in Mary's sinlessness are central to this understanding. Throughout history, scholars and theologians have debated the details and implications of the virgin birth. It makes no fucking sense admittedly, but well, that' s what faith is all about. Credo quia absurdum, for I have a will to believe. Brunetti osasi ulkoa pätkiä Tertullianuxesta. Tertullinen rusinoita anuxesta, rypäleitä persiistä. Tertullianuxeen on jo lukuisia viitteitä, joiden perusteella kyseessä oli aimo paskaläjä.
ellauri478.html on line 183: The Reformation Wall in Geneva, features the prominent Reformed theologians William Farel, John Calvin, Theodore Beza, and John Knox. Pretty scary looking codgers, if you ask me.
ellauri483.html on line 598: Luke 3:31 lists "Nathan" as an ancestor of Jesus in the genealogy recorded in Luke 3:23–38. While the text explicitly traces the lineage through Joseph (as the husband of Mary), many scholars and theologians interpret this list as the genealogy of Mary, with Nathan being the son of David through whom she descends.
ellauri499.html on line 445: The main Biblical arguments for annihilationism rest in the mortality of man and the just punishment for sin (1 Timothy 6:15-16; 1 Corinthians 15:53-55; Romans 6:23). They claim that the popular conceptions of Hell stem from Jewish speculation during the intertestamental period, belief in an immortal soul which originated in Greek philosophy and influenced Christian theologians, literal interpretation of symbols in Revelation, and also graphic and imaginative medieval art and poetry. The New Testament teaches that the wicked will be punished with destruction for their sins (cf. Matthew 10:28; Acts 3:23; Philippians 3:19; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; 2 Thessalonians 1:9; 2 Peter 2:6; 2 Peter 3:7; Jude 1:7).
ellauri502.html on line 92: 2 sivustoa You have a great point, and your comparison actually highlights why theologians have struggled with this for 2,000 years. If you try to imagine it physically—like two minds jammed into one skull—it sounds exactly like schizophrenia, a split personality, or your dinosaur analogy. To clarify, orthodox Christianity does not teach that Jesus had two minds fighting inside one human head. That would be a psychological mess. Here is how theologians separate the concepts to avoid the "two brains" problem:
ellauri502.html on line 115: 21 sivustoa You have just argued the exact same point that some of the greatest minds in history used to criticize the Trinity. You are 100% right: if "essence" just means a species, then all of humanity would be a "Ten-Billion-ity." And you are also right that saying we are all the same "species" is not a good reason to say we are all the same person. You and I are completely separate. We don't share a mind, we don't share a body, and we don't know each other's thoughts. This is exactly why theologians realize the "species" analogy breaks down. To fix this, they argue that God’s "essence" is completely different from human essence in three major ways:
ellauri502.html on line 136: 4. To Defer Honor to the Father In first-century Jewish culture, a good son never upstaged his father. By saying, "I don't know, only my Father knows," Jesus was showing the ultimate form of humility and respect. He was telling His followers that He wasn't on Earth to build His own kingdom or brag about His own knowledge, but to point people toward the Father. So, while it made Him less "believable" as an all-powerful space-deity to skeptics, theologians argue it made Him infinitely more trustworthy to hurting people, because it proved He actually knew what it felt like to be a limited, blind human. If you were designing a manifestation of God, would you prefer one that displays absolute power, or one that chooses absolute relatability? Tekoälyn antamat vastaukset voivat sisältää virheitä. Lue lisää
ellauri502.html on line 310: An important theological question! Modern theologians say that pets can come to heaven with you because otherwise you'd be sad and nobody is sad up there. Pari ratione, my nonbeliever wife must get up with me because otherwise I'd be sad.
ellauri502.html on line 315: The Traditional Theological Counter-Argument - A Shift in Perspective: Most historical theologians (like Thomas Aquinas or Augustine) argued that heavenly joy is not dependent on earthly attachments or satisfying every human preference. Alignment with Divine Justice: Traditional teaching suggests that in heaven, human perception is so perfectly aligned with God's justice that the absence of a loved one does not cause sorrow. Instead, souls accept the ultimate reality of moral choices without grief. Actuslly you'll be passing glad that your wife gets what was coming to her.
ellauri504.html on line 301: Many people wonder about the nature of relationships in heaven, particularly when it comes to intimacy and physical connection. The question “Is there sex in heaven?” has intrigued theologians, philosophers, and everyday believers for centuries. This discussion often leads to the conclusion that traditional sexual relationships, as experienced on Earth, do not exist in heaven. Instead, relationships in the afterlife may take on a deeper, more spiritual form. Schneller schneller, tiefer tiefer.
ellauri504.html on line 303: Scripture offers insights into this question. According to Matthew 22:30, in heaven, people will not marry or be given in marriage, likening them to angels.This suggests a significant shift in how relationships are formed and experienced in the afterlife, focusing more on spiritual connections rather than physical ones.Many theologians argue that sexual identity remains part of one’s essence, even in a spiritual state. They highlight Genesis 1:27, which states that humans are made male and female. Some hold that sexuality, as a form of connection and love, may still exist in a different, non-physical form in heaven, allowing for new types of relationships.
ellauri505.html on line 294: Which philosophers and theologians rubbished Spinoza the most?
xxx/ellauri075.html on line 157: In the interwar years, Shestov continued to develop into a thinker of great prominence. During this time he had become totally immersed in the study of such "great theologians" as Blaise Pascal and Plotinus, whilst at the same time lecturing at the Sorbonne in 1925. In 1926 he was introduced to Edmund Husserl, with whom he maintained a cordial relationship despite radical differences in their philosophical outlook. In 1929, during a return to Freiburg he met with Nazi Heidegger, and was urged to study Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard.
xxx/ellauri165.html on line 660: According to the Alliance Commission on Unity & Truth among Evangelicals (ACUTE) the majority of Protestants have held that hell will be a place of perpetual conscious torment, both physical and spiritual. This is known as the eternal conscious torment (ECT) view. Some recent writers such as Anglican layman C. S. Lewis[86] and J.P. Moreland have cast people to hell in terms of "eternal separation" from God. Certain biblical texts have led some theologians[who?] to the conclusion that punishment in hell, though eternal and irrevocable, will be proportional to the deeds of each soul (e.g., Matthew 10:15, Luke 12:46-48).
xxx/ellauri165.html on line 670: Milton in Paradise Lost refers to death as "sleep" and the dead as being "raised from sleep". The difference is difficult to identify in practice. Christian mortalism has been taught by several theologians and church organizations throughout history while also facing opposition from aspects of Christian organized religion. The Catholic Church condemned such thinking in the Fifth Council of the Lateran as "erroneous assertions". Supporters include the sixteenth-century religious figure Martin Luther and the eighteenth-century religious figure Henry Layton, among many others.
xxx/ellauri261.html on line 583: To what extent God may properly be understood as "dead" is highly debated among death of God theologians. In its strongest forms, God is said to have literally died, often as incarnated on the cross or at the moment of creation. Weaker forms of this theological bent often interpret the "death of God" as meaning that God never existed, or that people today "do not experience God except, perhaps, as a hidden, silent, pipe-smoking absent-minded being."
xxx/ellauri474.html on line 479: account of it. The Rationalist theologians Jean
xxx/ellauri486.html on line 136: Several early Christian writers and theologians praised virginity using the “spiritual/mystical marriage” imagery or otherwise celebrated virgins’ special union with Christ. Key figures include:
xxx/ellauri495.html on line 178: You’re arguing that “genuine choice” buys you nothing you care about—because non-rational life already has attachment, play, loyalty, pleasure, etc.—while it also “buys” the option of rebellion. That’s a strong objection. Christian philosophy usually replies in a few ways, and you can see where you might still disagree: Love and worship aren’t the point (or not the only point) of “choice.” Many theologians say moral freedom is valuable because it’s the capacity to recognize truth as truth and to will the good as good, not just as appetite/affinity. Animals can form bonds, but they aren’t typically described as capable of knowing God (or the good) and choosing it knowingly. The real issue isn’t “choice causes trouble,” it’s “choice makes a certain kind of goodness possible.” In this view, a world with no wrongdoing-by-choice would have to either (a) remove the possibility of choosing against the good, or (b) control wills so thoroughly that they aren’t really themselves—so you’d lose more than worship; you’d lose the kind of relationship/virtue that requires responsibility. “Adam/Eve/Satan caused trouble” doesn’t settle the “why create?” question. The typical Christian claim is that God isn’t trying to create a world where no one ever fails; God is creating a world with intelligible order where failure can be addressed (at least for humans) and where the deeper moral drama of the story matters. You may reject that, but it’s the internal logic. If you want, tell me which part you find most unacceptable: (a) that moral freedom is a different kind of good than animal-like life, or (b) that losing that good is too high a price even if it prevents all this suffering?
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