blog #2 Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

Whether or not God is Almighty

Jennifer Melaik

Eng 103

1. Biblical Studies journal vol. 9, Number 2 From Dust, Again by Bill Moore, August 24, 2008

This journal gives a personal view of the authors beliefs. I can use this towards my paper because I am going to mention my personal beliefs on the topic as well as other people's opinions. I can show different views from different people.

2. Biblical Studies journal volume 5, Number 1 The Nature of Deity: God the Creator by Greg Tidwell, March 28, 2001

I am using this journal because it gives a good explanation of God and the beginning of things. It talks about his being and what his purpose is.

3. www.parentcompany.com/awareness_of_god Awareness of God-attributes of God, God is Omnischient lesson 12

I did not want to use books only so I chose this website. I like this website and it looks like it can be helpful because this is the main topic of my paper. The post on the website does talk about why God is omnischient so i can use references from here as well as my other sources.

4. Information Storage and the Omniscience of God draft:2003-08-15 by Hollis R. Johnson (Indiana University) and David H. Bailey (Lawrence Berkeley National lab)

I need information on the idea that wraps around God being Ominscient and this book is perfect for it. It gives examples as to why one would or would not believe whether he is almighty. Again. I need to bring up both sides in my paper so this should be a good one.

5. Concise Theology- A Guide to Historic Christian Beliefs by J.I. Packer (Tyndale House publishers, Inc, Wheaton, Illinois-1993)

This book explains different beliefs about Christians. For example, why one would believe something and what pushes them to believe that. I have to talk about why people believe some of the things they do and also there are quotes from the bible backing up their beliefs.

6. www.equip.org/perspectives/omniscience Omniscience: Does God know all things?

I really want to use this website because it kind of messes with your head a little bit. It brings up ideas and points out certain things like "If God is omnishcient then why wouldn't he stop the devil and his evil ways before hand?" It brings up a few examples and leaves you really thinking about things.

7. The Possibility of an All-knowing God volume XCVIII No.1 by Jonathan L. Kvanvig, St. Martins Press, 1989.

This book may be a little old but, I think it will be a very useful one because unlike the journal above this one that gives doubts, this one gives you security. You can say it persuays you in a way to believe why God would be all-knowing and also, it shows quotes from the bible so back up beliefs.

8. http://www.everystudent.com/ Exploring questions about life and God- Is there A God? by Marilyn Adamson

This journal basically questions the notion of whether there is even a God. In my paper I will be talking about God and why people even do believe in him. I also will be talking about why people do not believe in him.

9. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology- Journal Homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jesp

Science and God: An automatic Opposition between Ultimate Explanations By Jesse Preston- Dept. of Psychology (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigh) and Nicholas Epley (University of Chicago)

This book is probably the most unique from the rest. Not only does it talk about religion but, it also talks about science. Science and religion have come into conflict throughout history, and one reason is because the two have explanations that go against each other for many of the same phenomena. I can use this book to talk about why one person would believe that there is a God that created the universe or why one would believe everything is based on science and evolution.

10. The Holy Bible New International Version -Containing The Old Testament and The New Testament, Zondervan Bible Publishers, Grand Rapids, Michigan

The Holy Bible is going to be my favorite source to use because this is a book from stories that have been told and passed down from biblical scholars. The Bible explains everything from the beginning, when God created the universe. I will be using many direct quotes from the bible on why one would think he is omnischient or why one would believe that he is not.

blog #1

     One of the classes that I am taking this semester is an English 205 class. This class is a bible as literature class. It is not a religion class in the sense that it is targeted to encourage me to analyze and respond to the language of texts. I am supposed to understand, talk, and write about literature. I am also supposed to read things and look at them from different point of views. When i first came into the class, the professor told me to forget everything I was ever taught about the bible and look at things in a new light. Being that the actual bible is the only book used in this class,we read and discuss chapters and verses from the bible on a daily basis. The bible clearly states that God is omnipotent because he tested people to see if they would obey him. God also created everything and said "Andit was good." at the end of every creation clarifying that he knew what he was doing but, there is some skeptical in believing whether he is omniscient. The bible brings up many situations as to why one would believe that he isn't, and that is what I would like to write about.
     The most reliable source that I have in order to bring up references is the bible, being that it is made up of verbal stories that were passed down and recorded. The main chapter that I will be using is Genesis because I believe that Genesis has a few examples that will back up my beliefs. The best part about using the chapter Genesis as a reference is that the beginning of Genesis is supposed to be the beginning of everything. When God created the world and everything in it. That is why most people think that he is perfect from the start because it was in his power to create every single living species. Being that he is said to be the creator of everything, he is supposed to know everything good from bad. But, the bible states something different as Genesis goes on showing us that maybe he is not perfect after all. There is some speculation with that and I want to write about my opinion.
     I think that this is a good topic to write about because it is making me look at things from two different point of views. Many different people have many different views on God and his knowledge so, this paper helps me give a wide variety of opinions from others as well as my own. I do have many questions and you can say that most of them are answered in the bible but, it is up to me to analyze and try to break down the messages that have been written through this book. One of the most important questions I have is if God is almighty and knows everyting, then why did he have to remake two of his creations? Wasn't he supposed to get things right the first time? This is just an idea of where I am going with this. This is where many people disagree because like I said before, everybody has their own different point of views on God and his knowledge as well as power. He is characterized differently in everone's eyes. I am looking forward to this paper to share  my opinions and views.