Natural Religeon
Philo begins his argument on religion stating that the presence of God could not be false due to hardships and misery of men. A good understanding of the present world would show that most, if not all, human beings have experienced unfavorable feelings and that the great discomfort we feel from these unwanted feelings proves the existence of god. We feel his presence through our pains and believe in him for his benevolence that he can bring us in our time of need. Philo believes the world is a place of misery and argues that man is his own worst enemy. Man is thwarted by war, slavery, violence, fraud, skepticism, etc. Even though man can conquer any foe he has come across, he is bound by his own mind in which he creates other enemies that will ultimately decompose his character. Philo questions the anthropomorphism of God and wonders how God has anything to do with human nature and its likeness. God’s will be done and his wisdom unquestioned but neither of these are positioned to......
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