Sydney Smith 
Denysha Taylor Averroes believed that all human experiences reflect God’s influence. I believe that looking through the theological perspective, this falls under the category of creation. While his writings were mainly commentaries on Aristotle’s philosophy, he said that only “the active intellect of the aspect of the soul survives death, and because the active intellect is the same for everyone, nothing personal survives death. This was contradictory to Christian thought, however, and Christian philosophers later attacked him. Despite all of this, I feel like his original thought, the idea that all human experiences reflect God’s influence is a result of creation.
As we know, in the beginning, God created the Heavens and the earth – and it was good. God created man in his own image – and it was very good. In this we see that throughout creation, God’s influence is in everything. That’s the way it was designed, for he is a God worthy of praise in everything. Everything Adam and Eve experienced in the garden was a result of the master.
I believe that this could also relate to restoration – as we live in a fallen world, it is being restored because of the redemption we have in Christ Jesus. The new heavens and the new earth will be a full reflection of the glory of God, and his influence will be shown through everything. It is because of this that I would also categorize Averroes beliefs into that of restoration.
Nicole Nelson
7:28 pm, 09.21.13
Rebecca,
I really like how you comment on the fact that Averroes might not have been perfectly aligned with Christian theology, but the basic ideology he holds still supports the idea of creation. It’s very interesting to consider the fact that someone could be in conflict with the church and yet still support creation and God. But I agree with this post, I think that maybe somewhere along the way Averroes’ ideas got distorted, maybe he originally held God into higher esteem but got lost along the way. Or maybe even the church was in the wrong and he was in the right, it would be interesting to learn more about this. I love where you talk about restoration because of what we have in Christ Jesus, and I think the new heaven and new earth relate very well to Averroes idea of everything being a reflection of God’s influence. Great post!
Maddy Spell
8:44 pm, 09.22.13
I really like the way you applied Averroes to this assignment. You made me think about these concepts in a way that I have not before. Great Job!
Mengyuan Tang
11:54 pm, 09.23.13
I like your post discussing the Averroes’s idea that all human experiences reflect God’s influence. In line with Creation, God’s influence in everything-he created the world and man and with Restoration, his influence is definitely shown through salvation.