John Courtney Murray has classified the problem of God as a unique modern crisis in philosophy, history, and religion, exacerbated by science. Murray presented God as a problem of modern knowledge because he lives in the human mind. This surrounds the human need to question and verify the existence of God. The scientific community creates a barrier to solving the problem of God because science is based on observation, hypotheses and testing data, in which case the The existence of God cannot be proven independently of personal beliefs. As he stated, any scientist can attempt to experiment and verify the existence of God, but the data surrounding that unique existence is intangible and “out there.” Therefore the problem of God is “a problem that affects all aspects of the person” (Dostoevsky) because this means that “the entire human being is deeply committed to both the position of the problem of God and its solution” (Murray). argues that the existence of God is a problem not only in itself, but for the entire human existence because no one can say that He does not exist, since this would mean spreading a delusional thought that will lead to the destruction of humanity. At the same time, if God exists, no one can argue otherwise, because this would mean spreading ignorance of the real existence of God, which would also result in the destruction of mankind. The problem of God, then, is everyone's problem because it is based on human existence. Denying God when God exists or believing in God when He does not are equally destructive, often resulting in an existential crisis. Murray framed the postmodern cultural landscape of the God problem in what he called “the will to atheism” in secular culture, and “rationalist” in Christ… middle of paper… dernity was wrong. completely or incomplete. In light of this, there can only be a variety of paradigms, covers and surfaces of truth (48-49). Ultimately, Caputo believes that one is only capable of “seeing how” as opposed to sincerely seeing why such systems or paradigms can only be seen through the lens through which they look. With this understanding of postmodernism, Caputo emphasizes passion as the ultimate goal, or concern that there are no definitive answers that can be applied universally. It requires you to think for yourself outside of default settings and inherited assumptions, and to deeply define your end purpose. Therefore, passion for life is rooted in the lifelong search for critical and conscious understanding of what is praiseworthy, the ultimate goal, or something worth worshiping...
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