awareness of the concept of god is very important for human beings especially when he is only a child. because this notion can change his attitude toward god when he is younger and leads him to a kind of religiosity. if his concept of god in earlier ages were a positive attitude and take him as a beneficent, omnipotent and almighty, the conclusion would be essentially different. this article is...

Individuals attribute more psychological (e.g., forget) than biological (e.g., eat) or physical (e.g., be touched) properties to supernatural beings (Shtulman, 2008). It is unclear how those domains each contribute to an overall conception of a supernatural being (e.g., God). Undergraduate students (N = 341) responded to nine questions representing the three domains or factors (psychological, b...

İnsan, yaratılışı gereği inanmaya meyilli bir canlıdır. Bu inanma eyleminin kendisini gösterdiği en önemli yer dinî inançlardır. İnsanlık tarihinin ilk dönemlerinden itibaren doğada gördüğü ve karşısında çaresiz hissettiği olaylara insanüstü güç atfeden insan, bu gücün üst otoritenin kontrolünde olduğunu düşünmüştür. düşünceden hareketle çok tanrılı inanç sistemi oluşturan insan toplulukları, t...

The fundamental belief in Sikhism is that God exists not merely as an idea or concept, but as a real entity. God is indescribable, yet knowable and perceivable to anyone who is prepared to dedicate the time and energy to become perceptive to His persona. The Gurus never spoke about proofs of the existence of God. For them, He is too real, and something obvious does not require any logical proof...

In this article I concentrate on three issues. First, Graham Oppy’s treatment of the relationship between the concept of infinity and Zeno’s paradoxes lay bare several porblems that must be dealt with if the concept of infinity is to do any intellectual work in philosophy of religion. Here I will expand on some insightful remarks by Oppy in an effort ot adequately respond to these problems. Sec...

""""'\e righteousness of God" is an ..I. important theme in the Old and New Testaments about which there is great debate. l It is concerned with the way lost men and women can be right with God (Cars on 1992).2 Throughout the history of the church scholars have articulated various positions of the righteousness of God or justification. The topic is related to the law, Jewish and Christian relat...