This year we have studied many philosophers that have had many good points on how our lives should be lived. But nonetheless I still believe that the Christian life is the good life. My philosophy is not the traditional view of Christianity, but it is overall basically the same. Philosophers throughout the year have impacted my point of view and have made me view things differently. We can all probably say that the questions that most philosophers tried to attempt to answers were failures, but because they tried, we are able to decide for ourselves what we think is truly right.

In my point of view, I believe that the good life is achieved with a good relationship with God. Being a Christian, I believe that what we do in life is the deciding factor of what kind of fate we will obtain once this life is over. This life acts as a test that we must get through to prove that our love for God is true and that we are truly faithful to him. The life we live is what will decide if we live an eternity in hell, or an eternity in heaven. But before we can understand this, we must first look to the reality of God. “Does God really exist?” This is a question many people a

When the universe began, most atheists believe that the world began as a big bang, and we developed through evolution. The big bang, a good number of scientist believe, was an explosion caused by one primeval atom that burst and created what we now know as the universe. But one can argue, what or who created that first atom? Isn’t it more rational to say that an all powerful creator created this universe than to say that everything that we see today all came from a single atom that originated from nothing? Though neither of these two hypothesis can be proven, one stands out more than the other. I believe God is real and we need to understand that. Once this is understood, the good life will just fall in to place effortlessly.

First of all, God gave us free will to do as we please. But, God created us as imperfect beings which makes us do irrational things. I believe this part of us was created because if we were perfect, there would be no point in having a God. But since we aren’t perfect, there is a constant need for God, which through him we will achieve perfection. This idea could relate to Hegel, who believed that our goal in life was to reach “The Absolute”. This was the final destination of all things. Though my ideas do not agree with Hegel’s ideas, I do believe that his basic concept of the absolute relates to God. God is what we strive for, and everything is in a constant motion towards God, whether people know it or not. People always search for that missing part in their lives, which can never be fulfilled by worldly things. Only when they realize that God is the only thing that is eternal will they live a happy life.

If we live this life through the teachings of God, are we not still living a morally just life? We will be living a good life whether or not God is real. The life that the Bible teaches us is a life that is virtuous and justified. Nobody complains about anybody being too nice or generous. And in the end, if it turns out there is no God, we can still say we led a good life. But if it does turn out that there truly is a higher being, we will go to heaven and live eternally in happiness. So this is actually a no-lose situation.

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