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    Why Are We Here?: An Analytical Approach to Issues of Our Faith in a Search for the Real Jesus and for Why We Are Here
    Why Are We Here?: An Analytical Approach to Issues of Our Faith in a Search for the Real Jesus and for Why We Are Here
    Why Are We Here?: An Analytical Approach to Issues of Our Faith in a Search for the Real Jesus and for Why We Are Here
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    Why Are We Here?: An Analytical Approach to Issues of Our Faith in a Search for the Real Jesus and for Why We Are Here

    By Calvin L. Keeler Sr.

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    The question of the meaning of life challenges each one of us, even as our schools attempt to channel us in our teen years into a choice for a vocation. Attempting to answer this question, this book first explores science and philosophy, then examines faith and the scriptures, and finally searches for the real historical Jesus to develop an answer. This book delves right into the major issues of the nature of the world, the nature of God, and a search for Jesus without adherence to the previously established theological principles of the Christian church. A critical and analytical approach has been used in this work, as it begins with some of the most basic questions about life and our existence on this planet, starting with an examination of the physical world using both traditional physics and advanced theoretical physics concepts to explain the nature of the universe. The first chapter includes a discussion of the nature of God and proposes some initial responses to the primary question posed about the reason for our existence. In the second chapter a substantive definition of faith is proposed. This chapter also recommends applying reason and critical analysis to an understanding of the scriptures. The third chapter takes a rigorous intellectual view of the gospels to explain the nature of Jesus, to identify his uniqueness, and to finalize the answer to the question previously proposed. No attempt has been made to write a textbook or to cover all of the theological topics in this field.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateJan 22, 2013
    ISBN9781477289495
    Why Are We Here?: An Analytical Approach to Issues of Our Faith in a Search for the Real Jesus and for Why We Are Here
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    Calvin L. Keeler Sr.

    Calvin L. Keeler Sr. is retired and currently divides his time between writing, teaching in a church setting, and being an active minister of visitation for his church, visiting with those who are seriously or terminally ill. Calvin received his bachelor’s degree from Trinity College in 1951 and his master’s degree in mathematics from Harvard University in 1953; he then spent two years in divinity school, with the goal of teaching theology. Family illness required a change, and he spent fifteen years as a professional mathematician before going on to spend twenty-seven years in information processing systems, though his lifelong avocation has always been the study of theology and church work.

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