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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...
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...
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...
controversial writings on religion and morality (Hume, 2002). In fact, he continued to turn out essays and critical writings on ev...
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...
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 ...
the universe and the cells of life on the planet, it was assumed that this enormous and highly intricate mechanism had a designer ...
of the most important philosophers when talking about knowledge and where it comes from. His explanation suggests that there is a ...
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...
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....
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...
she would give him a whipping with a belt. These beatings only reinforced Willies belief that the best way to settle problem situa...
the universe reveals that the natural world provides a graduated scale of existence, from lower beings to those that are higher or...
his book, Does God Exist God: The Oldest Question, that yes, God does exist 2000). OMalley seems to be addressing his comments to ...
a household that is constantly physically abused by the father. He is a product of colonization and Catholicism and believes that ...
(Dearman, 1998) and we often hear that phrase being used to describe the relationship between Israel and God. He was the living Go...
prove the existence of God, which he considered to be self-evident. Aquinas said that when we are not able to demonstrate the caus...
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...
Native Americans. Lets consider the Greeks briefly because their gods are familiar. We are dealing here with Zeus, the King of t...
how the child will grow and develop and fit into the framework of society at-large. In a similar, Gods justice served throughout t...