'Religion and the Concept of Goodness'

'The conceit of faithfulness has been an domain of debate more or less commonly explored at bottom the confines of worship and philosophy. For theologians the highest true(p) is embed in divinity. graven image, because of his unconditional perfection represents the condition of h mavinsty. God is the greatest, nearly perfect organism to which exclusively measurements of honesty can be compared (Ryrie, 1999). Likewise, the apprehension of excellence and ultimately the Highest commodity has been explored by some(prenominal) western and east philosophers: Aristotle defined the Hellenic word offbeat to mean: the considerably composed of all good (Highest swell). some(prenominal) Greek and Hebrew words of Agathosune and Chrestotes touch associated meanings which refer to the Highest Good for all benevolent beings presented in some(prenominal) an active and supine role (Noss, 1999).\nAt the same measure that Plato and Aristotle taught notions of innate and h ighest good, in the Far eastern hemisphere philosophical ghostly schools such as Confucianism and Taoism were proposing concepts of moral, ethical and rightness philosophies and belief. This worldwide inquisition would find similarities regarding the goodness lay out in human being and of God independent of one another. Lao-Tzu in his physical composition of the Tao Te Ching address the concept of goodness using the fable of water: The highest good is like water. water gives life to the cardinal thousand things and does not strive. It flows in places man reject and so is like the Tao. In dwelling, be close up to the land. In meditation, go deep in the heart. In traffic with others, be quell and kind. In idiom be true. In ruling, be just. In business be competent. In action, chink the timing. No manage; no blame.\nThis subject leave belief at this concept from the point of feeling of Lao-Tsus in his Tao Te Ching writing. succeeding(prenominal) it will slang the concept to the similarities and differences found in Confucianism and Christianity. finally this paper will address the concept within Taoism, Confucianism and...'