ASSIGNMENT

1. Biblical Perspectives 2. Geertz on Religion 3. Aristotle/Plato

1. Biblical Perspectives 2. Geertz on Religion 3. Aristotle/Plato

What are different interpretations in Judaism and Christianity of the idea that we are created in the image of God?

Christians view God as a being that acts and participates in human history is revealed. In addition, most Christian denominations believe that God of old is three Persons in one substance, which is set out under the formula of God to be Triune. In the writings of the Patristic , it highlights the difference between the pagan gods, considered full of vices and contradictions, and the God known as much for the best pagan thinkers (e.g. Plato and the Platonists, whom he quoted St Augustine in his work The City of God ) as Christians . Since the middle Ages until the present, the Catholic tradition makes God an object of theological study, while considered inaccessible to rational understanding full (as explained, for example, St. Anselm of Aosta). From the time of Thomas Aquinas, the Catholic Church assumes the existence of God can be demonstrated in the field of metaphysics.

In Judaism, God cannot be represented in human form, because it surpasses the imagination of man. Similarly, Jewish tradition of respect never utters the name of God. Yahweh is composed of four Hebrew consonants that form a tetragrammaton YHWH meaning "one who is, was and will be." God is nameless, so use several names to describe him (Smith, 2002).

What implications does our interpretation of this idea have on our ethical and political views?

The implication of this idea is to Comply ourselves with laws and freedoms to limit potential abuses of the monarchy in particular freedom of individuals and not of slavery; "habeas corpus, freedom of conscience, speak, write, safeguarding property, freedom of work; law of supply and demand

How would a theist reply to this argument?

The existence of God has been the subject of arguments for and against proposed by philosophers, theologians and other thinkers.  The theism and atheism are the theoretical positions for or against the existence of God. Each of these arguments is to show that the features described and / or define God (or gods) may not exist (the meaning is inherently be adversarial or be in conflict with known scientific facts or historical) , or that there is sufficient reason to believe in him or them. However, some of these arguments relate to a specific definition of God, because not all religions define God the same way.

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