what do you think of this?
"For this Universe is obedient to God, and land and sea are submission to the universe; and human life depends on the just administration of the laws of the universe;"- Aristotle
Great philosphers and history writers believed in God..Why do so many people go against it now..?
2007-06-21 19:26:46 · 17 answers · asked by † God's Kitty † 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sign of the last days , maybe.
2007-06-21 19:29:42 · answer #1 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
That is a few thousand years old. Why don't you get with the times and try quoting someone of the 20th century. We have a vast amount more scientific information that was available then to base our lack of believe on..
Also, Aristotle wasn't referring to any Christian god. From this quote it could also be interpreted as deism.
2007-06-22 02:37:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They also justified slavery............ does that make it right?
We have learned more about the universe in the last 600 years, heck the last 150 years than in ALL OF HUMAN HISTORY. Don't you think that gives us the edge on wisdom as well? If not, then I'm sorry for you.
This superstitious belief that people with less knowledge than us somehow understood more has got to go.
2007-06-22 02:33:50 · answer #3 · answered by thewolfskoll 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Just as they believed in God, there were also many people against Him and practiced Pagen religions. The same goes for today.
2007-06-22 02:35:53 · answer #4 · answered by Fabi P 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aristotle might have had a god or two but they were different gods from the ones we hear about today. Much of Aristotle's science is wrong. Fine in his day but we have learned much since he died in 322BCE.
2007-06-22 02:35:22 · answer #5 · answered by tentofield 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because some people are more educated. Aristotle believed the sun orbited the earth. Do you?
2007-06-22 02:42:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universal laws....combined with a philosophy of a God.
That is a very intriguing concept.
Where do you suppose freewill fits into this?
2007-06-22 02:38:02 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps they were speaking of God in the way some might say the "laws of nature" and "physics". Perhaps not.
Why does it matter? I don't model my thinking after anyone. I reason for myself. And my reason tells me there is no god.
2007-06-22 02:31:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
they pushed that aristotle a long time as i recall. who was that poor fool that challeged some of his views? galileo. "Why do so many people go against it now..?" was probably what one of the dudes at his hearing was wondering. you don't care about this cause you don't accept the teachings of galileo do you?
2007-06-22 02:31:24 · answer #9 · answered by redjedi182 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah, but how did Aristotle define God?
2007-06-22 02:32:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
For mankind is above any God, and many have believed it to be true. It knows EVERYTHING there is to know about EVERYTHING, "even" where the concept of God came from and WHY mankind is obsessed with this ignorance. Thousands of years have gone by, and man has made himself God, if only to rule for awhile for out of all the DELUSIONS mankind continues to feed itself about being above God, it has not LEARNED yet how to conqueror DEATH..................Mankind, no matter what it choses to believe, most generally always turns out to be repetitious INSANITY. Why? Because Jesus said, we are just like our FATHER, the DEVIL................
2007-06-22 02:45:18 · answer #11 · answered by Theban 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋