Essays 301 - 330
For many, a comparison of the gentle grace of Maya Angelou's poetry with the fiery prose of Malcolm X would be difficult. Yet, as ...
reverence that can only be achieved through understanding the esoteric aspects of the three worlds. "The experiential and devotio...
a variety of stories in a variety of ways. First, Dionysus is a contradictory god. He does things that might surprise people bec...
God wills at any particular moment." To this proposition, Nielsen poses three questions: 1. Is being willed by God the, or even a,...
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...
is not particularly concerned with explaining the universe, but rather offers the argument to how that God exists. "You ask me, wh...
she would give him a whipping with a belt. These beatings only reinforced Willies belief that the best way to settle problem situa...
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;...
vision of the natural world in which Gods presence can be seen as flowing through it like an electric current. This presence can b...
the universe reveals that the natural world provides a graduated scale of existence, from lower beings to those that are higher or...
scholars. In Matthew 25, Jesus says that when the hungry are fed and the blind can see and the naked are clothed, that will signif...
reflecting the image of Christ? An examination of scripture reveals that these two ideas are not contradictory. Rather, the idea o...
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...
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...
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....
Testament Law and the Ten Commandments express this relationship (Out of Egypt, 2003). One of the first examples of Gods...
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...
dot.coms are in great part responsible for the changes. These young people shed the suits and adopted street-wise jargon, flauntin...
argue Gods existence within its own definition. Without any sort of relationship with other concrete statements, the entire argume...
them somehow" (Ancient Greek Religion and Mythology, 2003). For example, "The Egyptian goddess Isis was especially popular in Athe...
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...
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...