Empiricism and Rationalism Searching for God and Truth Essay

We live in a time where everyone is searching for a reason to believe in something, there have posters and advertisement stating that â€Å"Only Prayer Can Save America†. Well if prayer can save us then there is only one question left to be answered. Who are we praying to? What are we praying for? God is the almighty, the creator of everything and without him there would be no world and no us. But many people seem to question if He really exist. In the world there are many streams of philosophy that have argued the existence of God, Platonism, naturalism, Aristotelianism, realism, empiricism, and rationalism they have even tried to convince nonbelievers about the defensibility and validity of God. But regardless of the findings it has always†¦show more content†¦But many need to understand that the Bible appeals to our senses to determine if God exist. For example Jesus encouraged Philip to see God, according to the Bible in John 14:6-9 Jesus said to him, â€Å"I am the way, and the truth and the life, no one comes to the father but through Me. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him and have seen Him†. Philip said to Him, â€Å"Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us (KJV)†. John Locke an empiricist of epistemology presents two arguments for God’s existence. His first argument is a form of the cosmological argument: I exist (4:10:2); I cannot exist ex-nihilo; therefore something produced me (4:10:3), which is eternal (4:10:8), self-caused, or just happened to come into existence. The latter two are absurd, hence something eternal created me—God. Furthermore, Locke contends that God is omniscient (4:10:11ff.) and almighty (4:10:4), though these latter two claims are not the consequence of as rigorous a logical process as his initial argument. More plausible is his argument that the eternal God must have the capacity for cognition, since mind is distinct from matter, and the latter cannot produce the former (4:10:10). Though Locke claimed that all of our thoughts are ideas gained from experience (sense perceptions or reflection on our own thought processes), his claim with regard to degrees of knowledge would seem to beShow MoreRelatedKnow ledge of God Essay1036 Words   |  5 PagesHere we will look at the surety of God and to better understand where we get our knowledge that we have received. The knowledge can be express through our senses or through the logical knowledge that is in us automatically, according to rationalism. Whether through the Word of God, proven solutions or through our senses like personal experience that had been given unto us about whom God is and the purpose He has for us. What does Rationalism and Empiricism express about the knowledge we get and whereRead MoreCMNS 304 Notes Essay5778 Words   |  24 Pages The Exorcist Small frame is put into a slot (wanted to scare people in the audience without having them know what scared them) Reveals techniques used on us that changes the way we feel Citizen Kane 1939 Dying words â€Å"rosebud† Journalists are searching for the reason why his dying words were rosebud Content - Processing - Effect (Kane Clip Example: Flashback from childhood, signed custody away to a lawyer, mother does not look happy- neutral, stepfather is against it- getting paid 50,000 $ a