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may base a belief. Those who most support induction as the framework for forming beliefs think of it as a logical process that inv...
a leader? How should a prince behave? Although the motive for Machiavelli writing this piece, and the application of this work to ...
In seven pages the Taoist, Buddhist, and Confucian concepts of 'nothingness' are examined in terms of how these ideas represent a ...
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...
develops his inquiry into the contention to see if it holds up to scrutiny: SOCRATES: And when a jury is rightly convinced of fact...
the only way to arrive at this point, he seems to be saying, is to carefully examine anything that one believes with the yardstick...
to think about it, ritual, or the act of performing ritual cannot be faked or deceptive. For example, one may be throwing a birt...
Convention (SBC) has grown to 15.8 million members who worship in more than 40,000 churches in the United States. Southern Baptist...
his previous beliefs had rested, since he intends to analyse philosophically whether these beliefs are in fact valid, and if they ...
In seven pages this paper examines whether or not the human belief in God's existence is reasonable. Eight sources are cited in t...
In six pages this paper examines Judaism's beliefs, concepts, benevolence, and peace doctrine. Seven sources are cited in the bib...
it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness...
example, one of his main analogies is to compare the irrationality of religious loyalty to the phenomenon of falling of love, whic...
does not register the injury, then the pain is not perceived or at the very least, is not as severe. Pain is therefore subjective...
to stand in the way of colonial development for some time. In short, they were quite united and yet separate and as such are consi...
has many flaws. There is question as to whether or not the method really gets to the truth at all. In fact, one has to wonder whet...
The authors recognize how utilizing this single Chicago community is not sufficient to represent the entire Chinese American popul...
2000, p. 40). This small number would of course have included those who believed as he did. Calvinism encouraged its adherents to ...
the just world theory. Some of those outcomes include: more satisfaction with life, in general, better mental health, better physi...
enough of these will find their way into every branch of the legislation, to protect themselves...I think the best remedy is exact...
In nine pages a comparative analysis of Native American and Buddhist beliefs considers their similarities and differences. Six so...
such a doctrine demands its adherents to examine themselves closely and constantly correct any "imperfections" so that they will b...
In eight pages this paper examines Malcolm X in a consideration of his philosophical principles. Three sources are cited in the b...
In six pages this paper examines the unity of belief that was called for by The Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on ...
Holy Ghost/Spirit (Faigin, 2002). This difference is directly related to belief in Jesus. Judaism does not accept Jesus Christ a...
their lifetime. Presumably this requirement is for the spiritual edification of the Islamic adherent. During the ten days of rites...
Ethics is concerned with how a moral person should behave, whereas values are the inner judgments that determine how a person actu...
provides a non-ethnocentric view of Islam. A number of Western writers, however, have attempted to approach Islam in an honest an...
we think of as ourselves continue to exist in the soul body. Death is a most natural experience, not to be feared. It is a quick t...
at the bottom of the ladder, and humanity at the top, by virtue of the faculty of reason (Augustine of Hippo, 2001). After carefu...