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I'm not sure if this is unacceptable for this forum but i am doing a Study of Religion assignments and i just need some other intelligent christians to give me some feedback on this introduction i have written. PLease don't take this as offensive as it is just my opinion and i am more than happy to have a reasonable discussion, in fact that is why i am here. please read carefully and only post helpful comments.
God; a physical being, or just a word which we continually try to define, synthesise or label. For millennia we have tried to understand the true nature of our existence but there is still an enormous amount that we don’t know about our origins. Humans are instinctively curious and inquisitive and where there is a lack of knowledge we create solutions based on the small amount of understanding we have on the topic. Belief in a higher being has existed since well before recorded history began and for many centuries it seemed the most logical reason for things such as rain, volcanic eruptions and perhaps most notably our existence. Due to the human race’s incredible mental capacity we have begun researching these things and we now have an accurate logical solution for all of these phenomena, yet the concept of God is still a part of every day for Billions around the world. We wouldn’t use medical procedures from 3000BC so why do we still resort to this primitive idea of a higher being when we have perfectly reasonable solutions for any situation that may have been at one point accredited to the Almighty Father.
As Religion has progressed the images associated with it have also changed, depending on the cultural context it is inevitable that different texts will be interpreted in different ways. Our current world is undergoing major alterations morally an ethically which can be partially accredited to the media, advertising and the constant flow of sleaze which is force-fed to us every day. Due to this shift in attitude something is happening which until now has been seen as inappropriate. People are saying “No, I will believe what I want to believe, I won’t be restricted to one set of guidelines and instead I will extract what I think is important from any sources available to me”. And with this freedom of expression we begin to see interpretations of God that are both reflective and interpretive which creates the basis for our dynamic and varied belief system in the modern world.
God; a physical being, or just a word which we continually try to define, synthesise or label. For millennia we have tried to understand the true nature of our existence but there is still an enormous amount that we don’t know about our origins. Humans are instinctively curious and inquisitive and where there is a lack of knowledge we create solutions based on the small amount of understanding we have on the topic. Belief in a higher being has existed since well before recorded history began and for many centuries it seemed the most logical reason for things such as rain, volcanic eruptions and perhaps most notably our existence. Due to the human race’s incredible mental capacity we have begun researching these things and we now have an accurate logical solution for all of these phenomena, yet the concept of God is still a part of every day for Billions around the world. We wouldn’t use medical procedures from 3000BC so why do we still resort to this primitive idea of a higher being when we have perfectly reasonable solutions for any situation that may have been at one point accredited to the Almighty Father.
As Religion has progressed the images associated with it have also changed, depending on the cultural context it is inevitable that different texts will be interpreted in different ways. Our current world is undergoing major alterations morally an ethically which can be partially accredited to the media, advertising and the constant flow of sleaze which is force-fed to us every day. Due to this shift in attitude something is happening which until now has been seen as inappropriate. People are saying “No, I will believe what I want to believe, I won’t be restricted to one set of guidelines and instead I will extract what I think is important from any sources available to me”. And with this freedom of expression we begin to see interpretations of God that are both reflective and interpretive which creates the basis for our dynamic and varied belief system in the modern world.