Does belief in God make sense in the modern world?

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I remember as a young child always dressing smartly for church and bubbling to the brim with enthusiasm, looking forward to getting out of the house for one hour at church. If I was ready, early enough, I would jump onto my bike and cycle to church with my dad. I could then go and join the bell ringers (of which my dad was one) and sometimes I was allowed to ring the calling in bell with Roy; if Roy was in a good mood he would always find a £1 coin for me and my brother. When the service started I would try and sit in one of the front pews, behind the vicar’s wife because she frequently organised activities for the young congregation and I could get the opportunity to read. I would put all my effort into singing and try to copy the adults’ mannerisms. Very rarely, was there ever a time when there was no tea and biscuits at the end of the service. So why after so many years of fun and learning about God, Jesus, Moses and many other individuals or tales of the bible at church, did I stop going? Obviously I still go to the Christmas and other important services but why did I stop going? Why did I go in the first place? Was it for the £1 coin, no; was it for the tea and biscuits, no; was it to keep fit, no; it was because I believed in God, not fully as I was only young, but I believed the basics I knew. Why did I stop going as often as I had? In my case my sport took over the weekend, however even though I don’t go as frequently as I used to, I still believe in my stereotype God and would class myself as a Christian. Some people stop because they are worried their street credibility and decide they would rather entertain themselves with modern day technology. So in this essay I will express my views on how the belief in God has changed since the large increase in technology and if it affects worldwide religions.  

        If you asked a random person in Britain what religion first comes to mind when the word God is said, they would probably say Christianity. Obviously most religions have Gods; the religions that have gods are monotheistic religions. They believe in the existence of god that is said to be, Omnipotent-All powerful, Omnipresence-All seeing and Omniscient-All knowing, God is also said to be Transcendent-Beyond space and time-God is eternal-God has no start and no end. Immanent, God is thought to be everywhere and within all of us. But the word God is most commonly associated with Christianity. I will concentrate on Christianity in this essay, even though any of the points I make could have relevance to other religions.

        No one lives without beliefs. We all believe something, have some view on what life means and what we believe affects us deeply; in a sense, we are what we believe. Our understanding of Christianity, and out response to it, will be the most crucial thing in our whole lives. In Christianity they believe in the Christian World View, this means considering the, most basic beliefs about god, human kind and the universe, since they provide the framework in which all other Christian beliefs need to be understood. The Jesus of history is another part of the Christian faith. We come face to face with the person Christian’s believe to be both man and God. The bible is looking at the entire source from which all-Christian beliefs derived, and the finally authority which determines what a Christian believes. Here is a closer look at the Christian World View as the others are more commonly known, in what they mean and signify.

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THE CHRISTIAN WORLD VIEW

Each of us, whether we are aware of it or not, has a world-view (a particular way of looking at the world). The most basic things about the Christian world-view can be summed up in the following bullet points

  • The universe has not always existed, and it will not exist forever in it’s present form
  • The universal has not come into being by chance; it was created by a personal god and is continually held ion being by him
  • People have much in common with the animals, but are ...

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