The Importance Of Existentialism

The majority of existentialists believe that there is no god or a supreme being who reigns over the earth and all of it’s inhabitants. However, there are theistic existentialists. Existentialists have the freedom to choose between believing in a god or not.1 The famous existentialist philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, regarded as “the father of existentialism”, was very religious and was a Lutheran.2 Existentialism doesn’t exactly teach how the world was created. It is left up to the specific person to determine what they believe about it. Existentialists believe in the slogan “Existence precedes Essence”. This slogan means that humans are placed into the world without a destiny or fate, and that our choices we make throughout our life create

They realize that whether there is an afterlife or not, their decisions on earth are extremely significant. Tom Drake, a professor at the University of Idaho, summarized this very well in a lecture he previously gave. He said, “Even if you believe in an afterlife, you still know that we all exist now, here on earth, and each moment we are thus free and also forced, condemned to decide, to choose, what we will do the next moment or moments. These moments are the sum of our existence in this life.” 6 True existentialism does not have any spiritual authorities. Since general existentialists do not believe in a god or any kind of spiritual being, it would be impossible to them to have a spiritual authority. As for theistic existentialists, their spiritual authorities are what ever they choose to believe in. Existentialism focuses on a person’s existence, ability to make choices, and their freedom. If there is any absolute truth to existentialism, it is for a person to espouse their own existence. After they do that, they will find meaning to

The Bible often describes hell as a place of eternal pain and suffering. Hell is described with words such as fiery oven, lake of fire, and furnace of fire. 18 For Christians, God is the highest spiritual authority. He is above everything and everyone. God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit all hold the same spiritual authority over all humans. Christians have the belief that Angels have spiritual authority as well. According to George Barna, in his book Think Like Jesus, he says, “Angels affect our lives in significant but undetectable ways. For Instance, God sends them to convey messages, protect us, equip us for success and endurance, and to encourage and comfort us. Angels provide us with insight, wisdom, and discernment necessary to make appropriate decisions.” 19 Christians believe that Satan has the ability to trick and deceive them. They believe Satan is trying to steal them away from God. Satan was God’s most powerful angel. He rebelled against God and was cast down to the earth for a period of time. Satan uses his demons, other fallen angels who were cast out of heaven along with him, to accomplish the items on his