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to bring a great flood that would cover the earth but Noah was a righteous man and God decided to save humanity through Noah and H...
broke the argument down in a much easier argument (Palmer, 2002). Descartes began with the premise that God is the only being who ...
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...
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, ...
was very connected to a slave culture yet also grew up in a land that was supposedly more free in relationship to the African Amer...
a cause. The best solution for the primal cause of the universe is God; therefore, God exists. However, this brings up the questio...
from the Appearances of Nature (Beebe, 2002). In this text, Paley wrote: There cannot be design without a designer; contrivance wi...
made in the image of God this could and should lead to a possession of "positive attitudes of respect, value and consideration for...
experiences were possible (Gogan, 2006). This author indicates this in the following: "Kant gets rid of the usual foundation for r...
course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...
a variety of stories in a variety of ways. First, Dionysus is a contradictory god. He does things that might surprise people bec...
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...
speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...
believed deeply in the value of ethics as it related to humans in the natural world. His concept of forming an adequate ethical c...
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...
Goddess). She even enhances his physical appearance in order to assure he gets home. "Once Odysseus reaches the city that Nausi...
she would give him a whipping with a belt. These beatings only reinforced Willies belief that the best way to settle problem situa...
is a rather immense task that philosophers have been dealing with for quite some time. The fact that no one can know the answer f...
under the dominion of God. However, nothing in scripture -- or history for that matter -- suggests that human beings are similar...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
evil, was literally personified in the body of evil curses, evil spirits and superstitions. Now, of course, for the most part peop...
supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...
argue Gods existence within its own definition. Without any sort of relationship with other concrete statements, the entire argume...
- the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end; there is no other Lord but Him, He is God over heaven and over earth and onl...
than a man can do the same for God, if there is a God. In essence, if God exists then God is a being that is capable of creating a...
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;...
reflecting the image of Christ? An examination of scripture reveals that these two ideas are not contradictory. Rather, the idea o...