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cosmological argument. As mentioned above, an ontological approach uses a deductive argument which "claims that its premises can b...
Father, as being from above, and other such phrases (Kasper, 1978, p. 173). Jesus was in all ways like us with one great exceptio...
one thing causing another to come into existence. While scientists can argue persuasively that the Big Bang was the beginning of t...
simple to Descartes, so simple it needs no argument. He basically says that as long as one is thinking, one exists. To Descartes, ...
In five pages the sense of wonder Descartes conjures in his Third Meditation regarding the existence of God is examined. There ar...
to the theist these two elements are not inherently intertwined with one another. The baby did burn in the fire and the baby will...
capable of undergoing so many changes with regard to appearance, temperature, solidity and so on as to be rendered completely diff...
with a wholly different sort of argument. He states that if the universe has an intelligent designer (i.e., the cosmological argum...
that can render a thought or a concept wrong. One can do a study one day to prove that cholesterol is bad, and then another day, a...
God uses to point to Himself as the power (Samons, 2012). Examples of miracles in the Old Testament include God parting the Red S...
Testament. The general thought is that Moses wrote these texts during the forty years of the Exodus which would have been between ...
tradition, also included transmigration: "Karma is ... the momentum of our actions that propels us through sa?sara, the continuous...
out of favor as a more philosophical approach took over. In more recent years, however, the fundamentalist and evangelical movemen...
(Nietzsche, 1974). It does seem to be true that when someone supports old institutions and mainstays they are applauded by the lar...
that is good. The sun is going down, and it is cold, so that is bad. Evil is something much worse than bad. Obviously, a setting s...
by allowing some evils to exist, it makes possible greater goods that cannot be obtained by any other route (Honderich, et al 255)...
for permitting evil; a reason of which we are not aware. And as long as this is logically possible, there is no contradiction betw...
for them, allowing them to live in a state of perfection. But, in so doing Adam and Eve would not have had free will. They would h...
itself confirms those evils. Mark refers, of course, not only to the goodness of God but also the many evils which exist in our w...
finally suspended the rule of law leading to the massacre of the aristocracy; it was class warfare at its ugliest. In a sense, one...
encompassed as well. This view of good and evil has a very Eastern flavor to it, as Eastern religions, such as Hinduism, stress th...
In five pages questions regarding free will, evil, sin, and creation in Catholic theology, and God in the Christian perspective ar...
This paper argues in five pages that God is the Creator of all goodness but that he allowed evil to exist despite the fact that He...
account of their experience with God" (Adamson, 2008). Human beings are capable of many things, and capable of believing, ...
being" (Burnham, 2001). In order for our universe to have taken on the form that it has, it has been necessary, according t...
This 8 page paper considers whether the Bible is fact or myth, and whether or not it provides an accurate account of real people a...
sword (Amos 7:11). Amos explained who he was: "I was neither a prophet nor a prophets son, but I was a shepherd . . . But the Lor...
In 5 pages this paper discusses how Wordsworth and Hopkins perceived nature as God-like and powerful in beauty with a consideratio...
This essay consists of five pages and focuses on the Chapters 13, 15, and 17 as they relate to Abraham's covenant with God and how...
Characteristic of humanitys constant quest for the concept of Gods existence and the problem of evil, the journey of understanding...