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truly understand Gods word: "I ask Thee, my God: pardon my sins, and as Thou didst grant to Thy servant to speak those words, gran...

to Augustine, this transformative power for human beings is so profound that, once it occurs, the Christian can "love and do whate...

Power is behind all that we perceive, then the Higher Power would be a deceitful one. Descartes arrives at this conclusion becaus...

any scientific evidence to prove that a higher power created the universe. It is, most likely, as with humans, a product of evolu...

In twelve pages the impact of Hume's arguments regarding miracles on religious thought is assessed in terms of whether or not God ...

In three pages the writer criticizes Kierkegaard's argument and counters the philosophical logic used in the contention that reaso...

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

Most people like an ordered existence. It makes them feel comfortable with the real uncertainty of life. Descartes made "doubt" a ...

wrote, "The very fact that the human being is rational necessitates its being characterized by free decision [liberum arbitrium]" ...

theme, in fact, throughout the book, as resentments continued to simmer). Peasants, for the most part, pretty much dont know they ...

Health Act, 2004). Nevertheless, recently the provincial government of British Columbia found it necessary to pass legislation lev...

A devout person will say that he or she "sees" "God in all things" (Hodges 101). This person is referring to an act of "intuitive ...

did. He punished Adam and Eve for disobeying Him. As one pastor reminds us: "The Bible says that God will hold us accountable for ...

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

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 ...

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

In six pages this paper examines St. Thomas Aquinas' 'proof' that God exists. Three sources are cited in the bibliography....

In five pages this paper discusses Saint Anselm's 2 proofs regarding the God concept and the noncontradiction laws along with thes...

In nine pages this paper presents the 'First Cause' concept and analytically proves it to be invalid with references made to the t...

In twenty pages this research paper considers philosophical arguments pertaining to God's existence as argued in support and in op...

of God, and of the salvation of her neighbors, exercising herself in humble prayer, after she had seen the union of the soul, thro...

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...

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

be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...

is Anselms primary opponent in his argument regarding the existence of God. Kants separation between the analytic and the synthet...

speaker is Philo, a religious skeptic (Johnson 266). The discussion is chiefly between Philo and Cleanthes, with occasional remar...

adorned with art, sculpture and other adornments. He even included the Pope in his negative comments (Encyclopedia of World Biogra...

if they were not a part of society then it would be obvious that God did not exist. In relationship to what other philosophers fro...

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...

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