Essays 361 - 390
cross? Or, do you accept and live by Christs Gospel and gain eternal joy through Him. Paul continues: "For it is written: "I will...
a cause. The best solution for the primal cause of the universe is God; therefore, God exists. However, this brings up the questio...
course, defines that which is proper conduct, it distinguishes right from wrong; morality points to proper behavior that serves so...
patients who were able to learn the art of "conscious relaxation" not only were able to quit smoking and eat better, but showed im...
God first made covenants with individuals - Adam, Noah, Moses, Abraham, David, then with a nation - the Israelites, and then, with...
supporters of the argument from design see a babys perfect little fingers with unique fingerprints and the fact that the honey bee...
the universe reveals that the natural world provides a graduated scale of existence, from lower beings to those that are higher or...
she would give him a whipping with a belt. These beatings only reinforced Willies belief that the best way to settle problem situa...
his book, Does God Exist God: The Oldest Question, that yes, God does exist 2000). OMalley seems to be addressing his comments to ...
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...
as many of his critics argued (Schlesinger, 1998). Before Roosevelt took office, the country had suffered a depression about eve...
God wills at any particular moment." To this proposition, Nielsen poses three questions: 1. Is being willed by God the, or even a,...
vision of the natural world in which Gods presence can be seen as flowing through it like an electric current. This presence can b...
be a less sure guide than revelation; however, Aquinas did believe it possible to reach certain truths without the aid of revelati...
by observing principals and teachers. From these rather long lists, an organization or an author will select the most common and p...
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...
Goddess). She even enhances his physical appearance in order to assure he gets home. "Once Odysseus reaches the city that Nausi...
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...
are already well acquainted with the Torah, his book provides an excellent introduction for those that are only somewhat familiar ...
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...
(Garrett(1)). In addition these gods possess many human traits such as jealousy and envy. As Garrett(1) states, "These gods, mo...
Testament Law and the Ten Commandments express this relationship (Out of Egypt, 2003). One of the first examples of Gods...
Arguments for the Existence of God Rene Descartes (1596-1650) is known as one of the most influential Western philosophers today....
cause of the effect must possess as much reality as the effect. Furthermore, Descartes asserts that any cause must have as much p...
- 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...
dot.coms are in great part responsible for the changes. These young people shed the suits and adopted street-wise jargon, flauntin...