After reading and discussing Spinoza in class I had lots of wondering thoughts and often pondered his beliefs about God. Even though many considered Spinoza to be a materialist atheist, it seems to me like he very much believed in God. The definition of an atheist is someone who doesn’t believe in any form of God, but Spinoza viewed the whole world as a part of God. I think this is a really interesting belief because as a Christian I believe that God is omnipotent, but this is a whole new way of seeing how God is everywhere. Spinoza also believed in determinism and that God controlled everything through natural laws. This is also a pretty common Christian belief because many Christians believe that God does in fact have control over every aspect of life. Many Christians believe in predestination and that things are already planned a certain way. After talking a closer look and thinking about Spinoza I wonder why people even thought that he was an atheist. He shared many common beliefs with modern Christians today. I think maybe Christians rejected his beliefs and thoughts because he tried to critically read the bible and maybe the Christians were worried that he was “questioning” the word of God and they didn’t like it. But honestly Spinoza had many beliefs of Christians.
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