Christian thought essayt

Question 1

AO1 first paragraph augustine teaching

Answer 1

1. relationship between God and humanity was perfect, humans had no ‘posse no peccori et mori’
2. women tempted man into sin (women inferior), bodily desires overtaking reasoning and understanding, humans now had ‘no posse et peccori et mori’-not having complete free will due to bodily desires
3. original sin caused by ‘privatio boni’ which occurred due to the fall, lustfulness now existed
4. St Paul to Romans:”If I do what i do not want to do, it is not I who is doing so rather it is the sin which dwells inside me”

Question 2

Logical Contradictions against Augustine

REPS

Answer 2

1. Schliermacher: logical contradiction in believing in a perfect world that could go wrong
2. logical contraction in believing in a perfect world without equality. Rosemary Rutherford argues that Bible is shaped exclusively by male experiences of life, females excluded- woman tempting man
3. Epicurean Paradox “If God is able and not willing he is malevolent”

Question 3

Scientific Arguments against Augustine

DD

Answer 3

1. Darwin-theory of evolution, fossil discoveries, big bang theory
2. Dawkins-has faith that science will find answers for mystery of creation through science.

Question 4

Human nature not affected by original sin

JARPS

Answer 4

1. John Locke:humans are blank state “tabula rosa”
2. Pelagius: human nature is not tainted by original sin
3. Jean Jacques Rouisseau: people by nature want to defend the weak
4. Aquinas synderthesis rule, inclination to do good and avoid evil
5. Skinner pavlov dogs

Question 5

arguments for bad natures of humans

Answer 5

James Maddison:”if all people were angels we would have no use for law”
Kant: “man needs discipline for by nature he is raw and wild”
Karl Barth: cannot use human reason as untrustworthy and corrupt

Question 6

Critiques of Bible VH

Answer 6

Verhey: “biblical ethics does not provide an autonomous and timeless and coherent set of rules
Hays:”reason itself is always cuturally influenced”

Question 7

Brian Davies argument

Answer 7

evil is not a substance casued by privatio boni

Question 8

Kieth Ward argument

Answer 8

fall is not our fault

Question 9

Dennett argument

Answer 9

‘Skinner skinned’ gun anology- if we don’t use reason we are just animals

Question 10

Satre arugment

Answer 10

“no such thing as human nature”

Question 11

Milgram experiment

Answer 11

psychology experiment found humans are incline to follow directions from a superior source even it is goes against their own personal conscience.

Question 12

Freud

Answer 12

believed we have an unconscious mind largely motivated by sexual forces and desires for pleasure

Question 13

Rodger

Answer 13

Agreed with skinner influenced by situations we are exposed to

Question 14

All Scholars (19)

Answer 14

Rosemary Radford Epicurean Paradox Schliermacher
John Locke Aquinas Roussileau Pelagius Skinner
James Maddison Kant Karl Barth
Dawkins Darwin
Freud Rodger
Satre Miligram
Brian davies
Keith Ward