Young earth

by | Dec 20, 2020 | Geography

Respond to a classmate’s post with a 150-word (minimum) summary of a different young-Earth resource than the one they used by that classmate in their initial post.
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The strongest argument for young-earth creationist is the testimony of scripture. The story of creation in Genesis does not give any hint to being a parable, but rather an accurate recording of God’s craftmanship. According to Answers in Genesis, Steve Ham says that “All through Scripture, we see Scripture quoting Scripture, Scripture also helps us to understand the very narrative of the Bible. “I think it’s fairly clear that the authors of scripture and the Holy Spirit that inspired them viewed the people and events of Genesis 1-11 as historical. These are not merely parables. There was a real Adam and Eve, a real Garden of Eden, and a real flood. Dr. Todd Wood said, “Be firm when the Bible is clear and be ambiguous where the Bible is ambiguous.” So, I take my stand on the clarity of scripture, but I’ll always be open to exploring those unanswered questions.”

The most difficult problem facing young earth creation is that our critics, including theistic evolutionists, look at us and think that we just take every word of the Bible literally. According to Answers in Genesis Biblical creationists hold to a young-earth view because Genesis 1–11 is historical narrative, and interpreting it correctly establishes the theme of Scripture. But understanding the Bible is part of the quest. The Bible is not always clear, and it’s definitely not clear on a lot of points. Being a young earth creationist doesn’t mean that you know everything about the Bible and sometimes that is expected from people with opposing views then us but in reality, we are all humans trying to interpret God’s word in the best way we can.

“‘Don’t Call Us Young-Earth Creationists . . .”.” Answers in Genesis, answersingenesis.org/creationism/young-earth/young-earth-creationists/.

[Todd Charles Wood (2019). (p. 61). The Quest: Exploring Creation’s Hardest Problems. Retrieved from https://app.wordsearchbible.lifeway.com]

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Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell. 

In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.


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God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.

Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.

To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.

 

References

Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.

Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies, 4(8), 487.

Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.

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