YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :A Review of The Structure of Christian Existence
Essays 451 - 480
Kant believed that accessing this moral law which was indeed universal consisted of relying on our own instincts, not in the realm...
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...
is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...
would be no hope of redemption or change. Frankl supports this position by contending that mans search for meaning "is the primar...
goodness and evil. They are the opposite ends of a pendulum. If God existed there would be no observable evil. Since we know there...
"the cauldron of competing doctrines which swirled at the heart of the early church...All medieval philosophers drew on his work, ...
In five pages an article in which Benetar claims it is better not to be born along with an offered opposing position is examined. ...
Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...
that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...
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...
being" (Burnham, 2001). In order for our universe to have taken on the form that it has, it has been necessary, according t...
values that were presented to us in the middle of the 20th century. And, according to many, family values "is a code name devised ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
youth by by those who wanted to restore democracy to Athens (PG). While Socrates had much faith in people and believed that morali...
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...
highest truth and certainty I have learned either from the senses or through the senses" (Descartes 29). But he is quick to note ...