Christian Theism Vs. Deism
Autor: be11 • April 6, 2014 • Essay • 457 Words (2 Pages) • 2,411 Views
Many Christians believe that Deist or anything other views are considered atheist, but this is not true. We actually have very similar views as one another. But we both have our own theories to the world, which makes us very different. We both believe that God created the Heavens and Earth. We also both believe that we have the right to reason with one another. The difference between Christian Theism and Deism is science.
Personally I have a Christian Theism point of view which is that God is still involved in all actions that take place on the universe that he created. We believe that God is sovereign. He is in control of anything and everything that goes on in everyone’s life. He is in control of the good and bad things that happen in the world, and may end it whenever he wants. We look to the Bible for everything, and believe everything in it. We believe that God walked on water, died for all of our sins, and rose from the dead. We look to him and prey to him for advice and wisdom. We read the Bible to hear the inspirational stories that were written in the word of God and we also hear of bad times and struggles which relate to everyone. And every word of it , as Christians, we must have faith that this is all the truth and the word of God. But many people unfortunately do not.
The Deism worldview has many differences as it does similarities from Christian Theism. What Christians think about the Bible and God, they do not. Yes, they believe that there was a god that created the universe, but once he did that was it. They do not believe that God is in control or still involved in his creation. It was just left here for us to live and die on. They do not believe in all the things that happen in the Bible such as the miracles that God performed so many times and still does today. They have no personal relationship with God like we do. They believe we are all just nature put here to live and die.
I believe that my view is correct because
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