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Observations help the researcher to formulate initial descriptions and explanations of the phenomenon being explored; they may als...

(Dearman, 1998) and we often hear that phrase being used to describe the relationship between Israel and God. He was the living Go...

second question is "what is your sphere of influence in the society according to your purpose?" The answer to this involves the ow...

prove the existence of God, which he considered to be self-evident. Aquinas said that when we are not able to demonstrate the caus...

Pratt (2001) explain that there is a distinction between "deadliest" and "most dangerous" in this context. Many snakes have deadl...

in this instance French Dakar-Niger railroad owners (toubabs) versus impoverished workers in pre-Independence era Senegal who soug...

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...

Native Americans. Lets consider the Greeks briefly because their gods are familiar. We are dealing here with Zeus, the King of t...

a household that is constantly physically abused by the father. He is a product of colonization and Catholicism and believes that ...

One of the questions that has plagued theologians, Biblical scholars, philosophers and others has to do with God and evil. How can...

are already well acquainted with the Torah, his book provides an excellent introduction for those that are only somewhat familiar ...

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...

that there is "within the human mind, and indeed by natural instinct, an awareness of divinity," that "God himself has implanted i...

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...

that he be deceived since God is supremely good. Nevertheless, it does appear to Descartes that there is a good possibility that G...

dot.coms are in great part responsible for the changes. These young people shed the suits and adopted street-wise jargon, flauntin...

(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...

Goddess). She even enhances his physical appearance in order to assure he gets home. "Once Odysseus reaches the city that Nausi...

cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...

is Anselms primary opponent in his argument regarding the existence of God. Kants separation between the analytic and the synthet...

constant when the resultant external force acting on the system is zero" and if the system is the universe there are no external f...

various things as they approach in diverse ways toward something that is the greatest, just as in the case of hotter (more hot) wh...

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...

believed deeply in the value of ethics as it related to humans in the natural world. His concept of forming an adequate ethical c...

Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....