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the meditations is not to prove what they establish, but rather to show how the world of physics could be mapped reliably and inde...

made in the image of God this could and should lead to a possession of "positive attitudes of respect, value and consideration for...

a cause. The best solution for the primal cause of the universe is God; therefore, God exists. However, this brings up the questio...

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...

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

however, a rich oral tradition. Many who study this oral tradition, unfortunately, tend to lump all of these cultures stories und...

God, and that it is not something that is external or intrinsic to man. In other words, morality does not come from a force outsid...

proving background and an exegetical discussion. Commentaries and other authorities are referenced in this paper. Historical Con...

his faith (Barclay 65). The covenant with Abraham was dependent on two things: "the free grace of God and the perfect faith of Abr...

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

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

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

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

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

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

come from western society and not conform to the lifestyle of the Muslims there. Not wearing veils was seen as immoral (1969). If ...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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