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as a bridge so that people with different understandings can nevertheless come to understand and appreciate one anothers views. ...

God in a Technical Age, Arnold and Hopkins

In the media today, it is possible to frequently see pundits and politicians bemoaning the state of society in regards to morality...

Samson Fails but Wins

of the law was marrying a Philistine. He wen to Timnah, saw a woman, and told his parents to get that woman for him to marry. His ...

The Four Stages of Christian Love

group, which itself was a well-regarded and well-educated order (Harris, 2001). As an advocate for a strong papacy, he commanded a...

The Qualities of Nance's "Armor Bearer"

accompanying their masters into combat, carrying their shields and armor as needed (Nance, 2003). The purpose of such individuals,...

"American Gods" and Dichotomy

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at Gaiman's "American Gods". The dichotomy between old and new gods in the text is show...

The Greatest King of Israel

This essay responds to several issues concerning King David. What was the Davidic covenant. Since David sinned, why is he consider...

Third Person in Trinity

The Holy Trinity is one of Christianity’s most esoteric mysteries. It is confounding, at best. There is one God but three distinct...

Can God and Evil Co-exist

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

Thomas Aquinas' Arguments and the Lack of Proof

In five pages this paper examines Aquinas' 5 arguments on God's existence and exposes the errors in his 2nd argument. Three sourc...

God's Existence and the Perspectives of David Hume, William Paley, Rene Descartes, and Augustine of Hippo

In six pages this research paper contrasts and compares these men's philosophical perspectives on God's existence. Four sources a...

Third Meditation of Rene Descartes

image, a form, or a judgement, and concludes that an image or what individuals perceive as form can never be false. However, erro...

Images, Ideas, and Belief According to Rene Descartes

his previous beliefs had rested, since he intends to analyse philosophically whether these beliefs are in fact valid, and if they ...

Influence of the South in the Writings of Erskine Caldwell

In five pages this paper examines how the South influences Erskine Caldwell's writings in such works as God's Little Acre and Toba...

Religious Purposes of Statues of Ancient Sumer and Egypt

There was not just one "Prince of Lagash" since Lagash existed as one of the ancient city-states of southern Mesopotamia. As the s...

How to Prove That Love Exists

In five pages this paper tries to prove love exists by using Thomas Aquinas' 5 proofs of God's existence. One source is cited in ...

Science, Philosophy, and God's Existence

Descartes seemed to think that the way to find objectivity, from a subjective existence, would be to prove that a perfect God is t...

God According to David Hume

He asserted that evidence that God exists in a singular or plural context because it has become universally accepted as truth (135...

God's Existence and the Teleological Method of David Hume

supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...

Questions About God

his book, Does God Exist God: The Oldest Question, that yes, God does exist 2000). OMalley seems to be addressing his comments to ...

Philosophical Concept Known as 'the Great Chain of Being'

of the world (1993). Yet, one can see this in action in smaller ways. Another way to look at the world is through the model called...

Fox Butterfield's Criminal Theories in All God's Children

she would give him a whipping with a belt. These beatings only reinforced Willies belief that the best way to settle problem situa...

Hume, Kant, and Descartes' Teleological, Ontological, and Cosmological Arguments and God's Existence Criticisms

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

Old Testament and Deliverance of People by God

Testament Law and the Ten Commandments express this relationship (Out of Egypt, 2003). One of the first examples of Gods...

Thomas Frank's One Market Under God

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

A Dialogue on Believing in God's Existence

argue Gods existence within its own definition. Without any sort of relationship with other concrete statements, the entire argume...

Morality and Whether Or Not It Can Exist Without God

God wills at any particular moment." To this proposition, Nielsen poses three questions: 1. Is being willed by God the, or even a,...

Skepticism and the Existence of God

is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...

Sonnet Uses of Hopkins

vision of the natural world in which Gods presence can be seen as flowing through it like an electric current. This presence can b...

David Hume

controversial writings on religion and morality (Hume, 2002). In fact, he continued to turn out essays and critical writings on ev...