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

(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...

warrior society that Beowulf invokes derives from these "newcomers" to the British Isles. Abrams, et al also state that in this wa...

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

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

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...

of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...

that any passage outside our sensitive impressions was not possible and as such "there is no metaphysics: we know nothing of God, ...

the universe and the cells of life on the planet, it was assumed that this enormous and highly intricate mechanism had a designer ...

natural instinct, an awareness of divinity," that "God himself has implanted in all men a certain understanding of his divine maje...

at the bottom of the ladder, and humanity at the top, by virtue of the faculty of reason (Augustine of Hippo, 2001). After carefu...

needs of the spirit, which were outlined through divine law (Pierce, 2002). The law of nature, Epictetus believed, was that the be...

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

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...

God had created an idyllic paradise for man, and it was only when a winged Satan invaded the peaceful calm and inflicted his exist...

on that he believes in the Presbyterian concept of Predestination -- "From my childhood up, my mind had been wont to be full of ob...

and large, the wealthy is a class of leisure. This upper class mentality is expressed in Whartons (2000) House of Mirth. The nov...

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...

Canonization (Canonization Information, 2002). This step is key because this is what often distinguishes a mere "accident" from a...

While Hume appears down to Earth and logical, he is, in a very general sense, a skeptic. He notes that there is a battle between r...

This will be my name forever; it has always been my name, and it will be used throughout all generations" (Exodus 3:15). "God rep...

as acceptable. If the issue in question happens to be acceptable to two-thirds of the population (upper class elitists), it is hi...

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

up life. Most people will not do this, although there are some who are willing. Some of the kamikaze pilots who crashed into build...

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