scholarly journals INTRODUÇÃO A UMA ESPIRITUALIDADE SEM DEUS

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (15) ◽  
pp. 45-52
Author(s):  
Antonio Alves de Melo

Este ensaio procura definir o horizonte a partir do qual responde-se  a três questões: pode-se viver sem religião? Deus existe? Qual é a espiritualidade para os ateus? Sem a pretensão de fazer uma abordagem profunda, apresento algumas notas de enfoque mais teológico, tomando como referência o livro de André Comte-Sponville, O Espirito do ateísmo. Situado nesse horizonte o ateísmo não se reduz à simplória negação da existência de Deus. Palavras-chave: Existência de Deus. Ateísmo. Espiritualidade.   Abstract This essay seeks to define the horizon from which three questions are answered: can one live without religion? Does God exist? What is spirituality for atheists? Without the intention of taking a deep approach, I present some notes more on theological focus, taking as reference the book entitled of André Comte-Sponville, The Spirit of Atheism. Situated in this horizon, atheism is not reduced to the simple denial of God's existence. Keywords: Existence of God. Atheism. Spirituality.

2008 ◽  
pp. 110-134
Author(s):  
Pavlo Yuriyovych Pavlenko

The cornerstone of any religion is its anthropological concept, which seeks to determine the essential orientations of man, to outline the ideological framework of its existence, to represent the idea of ​​its essence, purpose in earthly life. The main task of the religious system is the act of involving and subordinating man to the spiritual divine realm as the realm of the transcendental existence of God. Belief in the real presence of the latter implies a new understanding of oneself, which ultimately leads the religious individual to the desire to be involved in this transcendental existence, to have intimate relations with him, to have a consciousness inherent in God. Note that in this context, all human being is interpreted as a certain arena for this realization. Therefore, the religious life of the individual acquires the status of religious activity.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 105-131
Author(s):  
Bruce Russell

I begin by distinguishing four different versions of the argument from evil that start from four different moral premises that in various ways link the existence of God to the absence of suffering. The version of the argument from evil that I defend starts from the premise that if God exists, he would not allow excessive, unnecessary suffering. The argument continues by denying the consequent of this conditional to conclude that God does not exist. I defend the argument against Skeptical Theists who say we are in no position to judge that there is excessive, unnecessary suffering by arguing that this defense has absurd consequences. It allows Young Earthers to construct a parallel argument that concludes that we are in no position to judge that God did not create the earth recently. In the last section I consider whether theists can turn the argument from evil on its head by arguing that God exists. I first criticize Alvin Plantinga’s theory of warrant that one might try to use to argue for God’s existence. I then criticize Richard Swinburne’s Bayesian argument to the same conclusion. I conclude that my version of the argument from evil is a strong argument against the existence of God and that several important responses to it do not defeat it.


TAJDID ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Husni Husni

This article studies the concept of Ihsan (good deed) in the thought of ulama mufassirs (Muslim scholars interpretering the Qur’an). The result of the study being carried out by the writer is that the concept of ihsan being too narrowly interpreted, proves that it has wide interpretation in the thought of muffasirs. If so far among society the concept of ihsan has been narrowly interpreted on the good deed or doing good deed, so according to mufassirs, the concept means: (1) carrying out all obligations, (2) being patient to receive all the obligation and anything forbidden by God, (3) being obedient and always perfects his obedience in quality as well as in the way, (4) forgiving, (5) being sincere, (6) realizing the existence of God, (7) emphasizing the esoteric aspect rather than exoteric world, (8) knowledge, (9) being firm in the truthfulness, (10) havng understanding about the true teachings of God, (11) having good comprehension about the law appropriately applied among the Islamic society. The wide meaning of this concept because this concept is really expressed by the Koran in context. This article tries to attach the concept of Ihsan in several meanings about the education world


Perspectives ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Chan Ho Yan

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