Essays 61 - 90
In six pages this paper examines St. Thomas Aquinas' 'proof' that God exists. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....
account of their experience with God" (Adamson, 2008). Human beings are capable of many things, and capable of believing, ...
for them, allowing them to live in a state of perfection. But, in so doing Adam and Eve would not have had free will. They would h...
being" (Burnham, 2001). In order for our universe to have taken on the form that it has, it has been necessary, according t...
on through infinity. However, at some point, there had to be a first cause, which set these wheels into motion, which is the bein...
and the use of technology in the form of the atomic bomb laid waste to the concept of an egalitarian Utopia. The postwar world us...
that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...
conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...
The Dominicans were like the Franciscans in that they were a mendicant order wherein the friars "vowed to live faithfully in pover...
from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...
experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...
for permitting evil; a reason of which we are not aware. And as long as this is logically possible, there is no contradiction betw...
existence as fact. However, the existence of God still remains unproven; the Cosmological Argument has been raging for centuries a...
doubt and thought. If he thinks, then he exists: at least, his mind exists, since what he knows of his body is dependent, again, o...
In three pages the writer criticizes Kierkegaard's argument and counters the philosophical logic used in the contention that reaso...
In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...
In five pages this essay cites verses and chapters from the biblical books of Jeremiah and Isaiah as evidence that only a singular...
In nine pages this paper discusses how Rene Descartes philosophically attempted to prove God exists in his Meditations on First Ph...
the conflict in terms of an insult to his personal honor. Homer writes that Achilles responded by telling Agamemnon, "Ah me, cloth...
knowledge is not as important as faith. That is a significant difference between the two. At the same time, neither admits that hu...
main gods of the Sumerians included the god of water (Enki); the god of earth (Ki); the god of air (Enlil) and the god of heaven (...
be the first cause (Philosophy Online, n.d.). 3. Everything that exists at one time did not and may not at some time in the future...
"the cauldron of competing doctrines which swirled at the heart of the early church...All medieval philosophers drew on his work, ...
This paper argues in five pages that God is the Creator of all goodness but that he allowed evil to exist despite the fact that He...
In three pages this essay considers how the passion Marie de France and her lover share is compared with her contention God suppor...
any scientific evidence to prove that a higher power created the universe. It is, most likely, as with humans, a product of evolu...
age 12, Jesus was found in the Temple teaching Priests and Scribes about the law (Scott, 2000). In his very first chapter, Matthe...
verse is the Vow of Praise: "I will sacrifice a freewill offering to you; I will praise your name, O LORD, for it is good" (v 6). ...
In five pages this paper considers why God rejected Cain's sacrifice by using a variety of different concepts through which to exa...
This essay is a book review that pertains to David McGrinn's God, Why Was I Born Gay? Biology, the Bible and the Homosexual Debate...