YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Review of The Structure of Christian Existence
Essays 391 - 420
cosmological argument. As mentioned above, an ontological approach uses a deductive argument which "claims that its premises can b...
plagued by both flies and a sense of overwhelming guilt. The stage is dominated by a statue of Zeus, "god of flies and death," whi...
Arjuna is distraught by the obvious power of the opponent which he is about to face. He is even more distraught by the fact that ...
with the heavens above have made astronomy the single most critical application with regard to his place in the universe. The ver...
it is also the case that in general terms, people seem to believe what they see. They do not see atoms and they do see a solid mas...
broke the argument down in a much easier argument (Palmer, 2002). Descartes began with the premise that God is the only being who ...
in 1984 with the implementation of its first agent. "Irans motives for seeking nuclear weapons stem from its rivalry with Iraq, f...
further the human species without its basic counterpart. Examples of this synergistic relationship abound; one only needs to sift...
account of their experience with God" (Adamson, 2008). Human beings are capable of many things, and capable of believing, ...
than a man can do the same for God, if there is a God. In essence, if God exists then God is a being that is capable of creating a...
choice of Adam and Eve to disobey Gods commandment (Law, 2007). According to Augustine, their acts brought about two crucial conse...
When the Reconstruction Period arrived, it looked as though blacks were going to regain their inherent rights as free citizens alo...
experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...
from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...
the meditations is not to prove what they establish, but rather to show how the world of physics could be mapped reliably and inde...
a cause. The best solution for the primal cause of the universe is God; therefore, God exists. However, this brings up the questio...
patients who were able to learn the art of "conscious relaxation" not only were able to quit smoking and eat better, but showed im...
course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...
would be no hope of redemption or change. Frankl supports this position by contending that mans search for meaning "is the primar...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...
is a rather immense task that philosophers have been dealing with for quite some time. The fact that no one can know the answer f...
in front of me and a keyboard at my fingers. Is the movement of my fingers real as I type these words? The possibility that perh...
argue Gods existence within its own definition. Without any sort of relationship with other concrete statements, the entire argume...
constant when the resultant external force acting on the system is zero" and if the system is the universe there are no external f...
is Anselms primary opponent in his argument regarding the existence of God. Kants separation between the analytic and the synthet...
were distinguished in the nineteenth century with the "natural" sciences. To a great degree, James was attempting to create and/...
believed deeply in the value of ethics as it related to humans in the natural world. His concept of forming an adequate ethical c...
that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...