Logical God Vs Biblical God Essay Research

Logical God Vs Biblical God Essay, Research Paper

Can the descriptions of God, claimed by the Bible, be proven? In Descartes? Meditations, Descartes logically proved the existence of an infinite and truthful being.

The Holy Bible describes God, our creator. I plan to compare the logically proven infinite being (God) and the Biblical God and see if their traits mirror each other. If they do then it would prove, if not give strong evidence, that they are one in the same.

First I will restate Descartes? proof of an infinite and truthful being.

P1-Ideas are either internal, external, or innate.

P2-The idea of infinity is not internal.

P3-The idea of infinity is not external.

P4-The idea of infinity is therefore innate.

P5-Any cause must be greater than or equal to it?s effect.

P6-An infinite being is the cause of the idea of infinity.

P1-P6 proves that their exists an infinite being.

P7-

Established is an infinite, truthful being. Since it?s infinite, then it?s infinitely wise. In Plato?s The Republic, Socrates proved that a wiseman would be Just. Therefore, an infinate being would be infinitely Just. So if the Bible is truth, and the Biblical God exists, then God would be infinitely wise and Just as well. Following this logic, everything God carries out in the Bible must follow the guidelines of Justice. If there is an instance where God displayed an act of injustice, it proves at least the prophet to be false.

I have not inspected every line in the Bible nor do I plan to. But I will go over some of the main principles of Christianity, with a focus on Catholosism, and see if they follow that which is Just. The chose Catholosism for two reasons. One is because it?s my religion and it?s the one I know the most about. Second is because of it?s views of Salvation, which is the main focus of religion. The Bible is translated in many different ways by different religions. Many religions believe that all you need is faith. Catholosism believes in faith and works. I will use the most extreme view, which is Catholosism.

The steps to salvation are that you must have faith. When you have faith then you must also have repented all mortal sin.. In Catholosism the two kinds of sin are Mortal and Veniel. Mortal sins are called mortal because what it does is kill your salvation. You must repent a mortal sin to receive God?s grace once again. A Veniel sin is a less serious one that still lets you receive God?s grace. That is, they need not be repented. If your soul is clean of all mortal sins then you are fine. If not then your going to hell.

Now, does this follow in the logic of what an infinite and truthful being would do? Well a sin is an instance where you gave in to your desires. An Ideal human would never do that. Any instance where you put appetite before wisdom are all covered within the ten commandments. Therefore the idea of ?sin? is sound.

Then comes the separation of a veniel sin and mortal sin. One might think that the separation is God passing judgement on you. Passing judgement on someone to live forever in hell would harm them. It would make the Judgement maker unjust and less noble. Therefore an infinitely wise being, God, would not do this. He doesn?t do this. The separation is not a passing of judgement. God makes rules and lets you choose your path. If you chose one that would land you in hell, then God will give you the opportunity to repent and clean your soul of that mortal sin. Evidence also shows that you may commit as many Venial sins as you want. He does not use a balance scale to determine you salvation. Which proves that it is in no way passing judgement.

Many may still argue, why is Catholosism preaching ?final judgement by the father?. If you examine the term Judgement, it means to make a decision or form an opinion. Since God is all knowing, he need not make decisions or opinion since he knows all that is truth. Therefore, neither would it be Just or possible for God for pass Judgement. Judgement, as stated in Catholosism, is used for lack of better term. The real definition is ?looking into your soul to find truth.? That truth will determine whether you go to hell or heaven.

Then comes the question of, why is faith necessarry. It is not nesarely necessary. An ignorant human who was never given a chance to chose faith is not excluded from heaven. The ones without faith who are excluded are the ones who consciously chose not to put their faith in God, but rather to put their faith in something else or nothing at all. That all follows what is Just, therefore Salvation as Catholics translate the Bible follows.

Another belief is that of Purgatory. Purgatory happens when you have no mortal sins, but your soul must be cleaned of Venial sin before you may face God in heaven. In The Republic, a distinction was made between harming someone and hurting someone, being that harming makes one less noble and hurting may make one more noble. A being who is Just being would never do harm. Purgatory is an example of hurt without harm because it cleans the soul of every instance of sin. Therefore Purgatory would be one of the supreme acts of Justice.

Next I will examine Jesus, the son of God. It would be logical for the son of an infinite being to be an ideal human. An ideal human would commit no sin and

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