Arguments for the existence of God including the cosmological argument, the argument from motion, and the argument of the unmoved mover.
Category: Religious Studies
Essential Elements of Organized Religion
Organized religion adds structure and definition to the complexities of belief and faith in God, devotion to Him, and fulfilling the desire to please Him.
Philosophy of Religion
Faith Seeking Understanding
Judaism
By the Numbers Less than 1% of the world population 16 million globally (6m US, 6m Israel) Three primary sects with several subsects Orthodox Conservative Reform Began c. 1800 BC Primary Texts: Torah, Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) In the beginning … Judaism, Christianity, and Islam trace their origins to Abram as chronicled in the Torah (the first five books of the New Testament). Abram…
Christianity
By the Numbers 29% of the world population 2.2 billion followers globally Largest sect: Roman Catholicism (1.2 billion) 20,000+ sects Began c. 30 AD Primary Text: The Holy Bible Timeline c. 1 AD Annunciation c. 1 AD Birth of Christ c. 30 AD Death and Resurrection of Christ The Annunciation (c. 1 AD) Through the angel…
The Protestant Reformation
First a Break, Then Splinters Martin Luther A Dominican friar was in Germany raising money for the rebuilding of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. His “fundraiser” was the offering indulgences in exchange for alms (a bad idea). Martin Luther, an Augustinian priest and later the author of On the Jews and Their Lies (1543), responded…
The Argument from Religious Experience
When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
John Baldino, OFS, MALS 