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Augustine Confessions

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Articulate the evidence that Augustine discovers to support his notion that were all `hard- wired ' to seek God

During his early years , Augustine reveals himself to be confused and not knowing whom to believe in . He lived an ignorant and careless life . He even had mistresses and didn 't care much about his life . He later converted to a devout Christian from a practical pagan . He involved himself in sustained prayer which made him recall of his childhood experiences and discovered how God

's grace had been sufficient throughout his life . In his book `the confessions ' Augustine highlights his furious fight to overcome his reckless behavior and attain a life full of religious refinement . He says , for instance that a man should look upon a tree and from it see the existence of God which in natural theology , this is impossible . Augustine based his arguments from the Bible especially from the books of Genesis which talks about creation and from the book of Romans (Sheed , 2003 ,

. 236

Augustine states in his writings that prayer is not an easy task , but to succeed in his work , he devoted himself to serious prayer . He says that prayer is private , humble and intimate . It involves only an individual and God . Majority of the people do not want to be limited by the Bible in doing their things and this why they reject religion . The desire of freedom in their deeds distracts them from seeking God and living according to the ways of the Bible (Sheed , 2003 ,

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What sorts of surprising conclusions does this lead him to

Through his notion , trying to review his childhood , youth age and human willfulness and all the Gifts that God had given made him to seek God and know him more . He became a devout Christian and a prayerful man . He even became the Bishop of Hippo . According to Augustine principle , he believed that a human being should know , love and serve God . He discovered that prayer was very essential if he was to succeed in his Christian life and this made him very prayerful . He dumped his mistress and became a priest with the Catholic Church , went back to Africa and became the Bishop of Hippo . Augustine started advocating for people to praise God and depend upon him for spiritual nourishment (Sheed 2003 ,

. 477 ) Do you agree or disagree with Augustine on this point

I agree with Augustine that most of us are `hard-wired to seek God . Most Christians are not ready to seek God since they fear that freedom to do anything as they should follow the principles of the Bible . Faith is what leads to our understanding of who God is . Our reflections on the past and focus on the future will lead us to seek the truth and what it entails . Through his reflections about his infancy , youthful age and his life as an adult led him to search for the truth which he found...

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