YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Review of The Structure of Christian Existence
Essays 391 - 420
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...
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...
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...
account of their experience with God" (Adamson, 2008). Human beings are capable of many things, and capable of believing, ...
further the human species without its basic counterpart. Examples of this synergistic relationship abound; one only needs to sift...
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...
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...
in 1984 with the implementation of its first agent. "Irans motives for seeking nuclear weapons stem from its rivalry with Iraq, f...
broke the argument down in a much easier argument (Palmer, 2002). Descartes began with the premise that God is the only being who ...
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...
experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...
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...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
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/...
the universe and the cells of life on the planet, it was assumed that this enormous and highly intricate mechanism had a designer ...
at the bottom of the ladder, and humanity at the top, by virtue of the faculty of reason (Augustine of Hippo, 2001). After carefu...
conception of what is perceived. Some ideas appear to be innate, while others appear to originate elsewhere and come to the mind i...
believed deeply in the value of ethics as it related to humans in the natural world. His concept of forming an adequate ethical c...
the absurdity of this answer. But suppose I had found a watch upon the ground, and it should be inquired how the watch happened to...
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...
is characterized in a particular way; Sartre argues that "conflict is the original meaning of being-for- others." (Baron, 2002, PG...
the science of anatomy: but this was not sufficient; I must also observe the natural decay and corruption of the human body" (Shel...
In five pages the existence of natural rights is considered within the context of John Locke's concepts and as they are manifested...
that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...
speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...