PUNISHMENTLaypeople often believe that God punishes transgressions; however, their inferences about God's punishment motives remain unclear. We addressed this topic by asking laypeople to indicate why God punishes. We also examined participants' inferences about why humans punish to contribute to ...
the current study discovered that 83% of female intimate partners, even those who self-identified as atheist or agnostic, described being angry at God or a higher power. It appeared they were feeling unfairly treated and upset with God. In addition, women who suffered from BT frequently endured...
All the things in this world are gifts of God, created for us, to be the means by which we can come to know him better, love him more surely, and serve him more faithfully. — Ignatius of Loyola 220 Humans alone are created as rational beings in the image of God, capable of a ...
This is only possible by creation. God began with a perfect and harmonious creation. Even all the animals were vegetarian (Genesis 1:30) in the beginning and did not struggle for survival nor kill and devour each other. Macro-evolutionary theory does not begin with a perfect and harmonious ...
and later humans, free moral agents — with free choice. Otherwise neither angels nor humans could attain God's holy, perfect, righteous character. God gave the angels minds of their own. And He made them immortal — they never die. They were each individually created. They do not reproduce...
Why Did God Create Everything? Allah says in His Quran He did not create all of this for any foolish purpose. Allah Says: And I did not Create the jinn and humans except they should worship Me. [Noble Quran 51:56] He created us for the purpose of worshiping Him, Alone and without...
Geocentrism, a flat earth, creationism, astrology, alchemy and the occult were all once pervasive beliefs. Furthermore, religions are culturally relative and, for the most part, are inconsistent and mutually exclusive. “I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god th...
What is most amazing about their story is that they were all living up in this perfect heaven direct with the Lord. They were all created equal and good in the eyes of God, and they were all given an equal chance to make good in this perfect heavenly environment with the Lord. ...
Dogs, descendants of wolves, were among the first animals domesticated by humans. Wolves would often hang around human camps, attracted to their food. Humans shared food with wolves in exchange for hunting assistance and protection. After some time, the relationship between wolves and humans evolved...
In the public school science classroom, however, these youngsters begin hearing a different story. They are told the heavens and Earth were not created by God, but by a random event, “the Big Bang.” They learn that life was not created by God, but resulted from a random arrangement of...