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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...

Philosophical Discussion Questions

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

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...

"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 Weeping Prophet

The Book of Jeremiah is the longest book in the Bible containing more words than any other book. The greatest majority of the Book...

Greek God Apollo's Influence on Ancient Greece

This 5 page paper gives an overview of the Greek god Apollo. This paper includes what areas of life Apollo ruled over and how he w...

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...

Saint Thomas Aquinas' Theology

the universe reveals that the natural world provides a graduated scale of existence, from lower beings to those that are higher or...

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...

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...

God and Man Covenant Necessity

God first made covenants with individuals - Adam, Noah, Moses, Abraham, David, then with a nation - the Israelites, and then, with...

Existence of God and a Prayer That is Answered

patients who were able to learn the art of "conscious relaxation" not only were able to quit smoking and eat better, but showed im...

Verse Exposition of 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Exegesis

cross? Or, do you accept and live by Christs Gospel and gain eternal joy through Him. Paul continues: "For it is written: "I will...

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,...

The Fiery Serpent

Pratt (2001) explain that there is a distinction between "deadliest" and "most dangerous" in this context. Many snakes have deadl...

God’s Purpose for One’s Life

second question is "what is your sphere of influence in the society according to your purpose?" The answer to this involves the ow...

Work and the Christian Manager

world to do well, get promoted, earn more money and gain more status. But those are temporal goals. There isnt anything wrong with...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Literature and the Epic Nature of "The Iliad" by Homer and "Gilgamesh"

of the gods in these works appears to be more focused on generating chaos than introducing peace and tranquility to the universe. ...

The Moral Purity and Love of God

how the child will grow and develop and fit into the framework of society at-large. In a similar, Gods justice served throughout t...

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,...

Plato, Homer, and Gods

(Garrett(1)). In addition these gods possess many human traits such as jealousy and envy. As Garrett(1) states, "These gods, mo...

God's Existence and the Ontological Argument

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

Philosophy Q and 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...