Essays 61 - 90
course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...
Observations help the researcher to formulate initial descriptions and explanations of the phenomenon being explored; they may als...
if they were not a part of society then it would be obvious that God did not exist. In relationship to what other philosophers fro...
God, and that it is not something that is external or intrinsic to man. In other words, morality does not come from a force outsid...
proving background and an exegetical discussion. Commentaries and other authorities are referenced in this paper. Historical Con...
she would give him a whipping with a belt. These beatings only reinforced Willies belief that the best way to settle problem situa...
his book, Does God Exist God: The Oldest Question, that yes, God does exist 2000). OMalley seems to be addressing his comments to ...
of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...
the universe reveals that the natural world provides a graduated scale of existence, from lower beings to those that are higher or...
is Anselms primary opponent in his argument regarding the existence of God. Kants separation between the analytic and the synthet...
- the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end; there is no other Lord but Him, He is God over heaven and over earth and onl...
Goddess). She even enhances his physical appearance in order to assure he gets home. "Once Odysseus reaches the city that Nausi...
dot.coms are in great part responsible for the changes. These young people shed the suits and adopted street-wise jargon, flauntin...
argue Gods existence within its own definition. Without any sort of relationship with other concrete statements, the entire argume...
them somehow" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003). For example, "The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athe...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
Testament Law and the Ten Commandments express this relationship (Out of Egypt, 2003). One of the first examples of Gods...
supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...
the universe and the cells of life on the planet, it was assumed that this enormous and highly intricate mechanism had a designer ...
of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...
that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...
that there is "within the human mind, and indeed by natural instinct, an awareness of divinity," that "God himself has implanted i...
at the bottom of the ladder, and humanity at the top, by virtue of the faculty of reason (Augustine of Hippo, 2001). After carefu...
are already well acquainted with the Torah, his book provides an excellent introduction for those that are only somewhat familiar ...
idea that nothing comes from nothing. Reality in itself must come from a cause that is at least equal if not more so than its effe...
speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...
youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...
(Garrett(1)). In addition these gods possess many human traits such as jealousy and envy. As Garrett(1) states, "These gods, mo...
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...
constant when the resultant external force acting on the system is zero" and if the system is the universe there are no external f...