Benjamin Franklin and John Edawrds view on God
Date Submitted: 10/20/2004 22:23:08
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 2 pages (447 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 2 pages (447 words)
Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards have two very different ways of looking at God and how He is involved in a person’s life. The one thing they do have in common however, is their similar belief that God is all knowing, as Franklin believes, and God is all-powerful, as Edwards believes. If Franklin were to look at Edwards beliefs in a more logical way, he could undoubtedly see that not only is God all-knowing, …
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…think freely. For the same reason that God gave people free will, reason helps people turn more to God, which ultimately is what God wants.
Franklin and Edwards have two different perceptions of God but if looked at in a logical way, as Franklin would, it is shown that Edwards does indeed know what he is talking about. God is in fact all-powerful and if asked why it all comes back to one thing. Reason.
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