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Why Does God Exist
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The existence of the world and everything in it can only be explained if there is a God who is the first cause. Aquinas states that it is impossible for any being to be the efficient cause of itself because then it would have to bring itself into being, and to bring itself into being, it would have to exist before it existed. If a being exists, it is because some being prior to it was its cause. Therefore, if no first cause exists, neither will any other being exist. Therefore, there is a first efficient cause--God.
Matter is just as suitable of a conclusion to us as a being and it answers the first efficient cause argument. Matter is not nearly as abstract of an idea and in fact, we are matter, so the notion that matter …show more content…
Islam sees humanity as weak and prone to disbelief in God and to disobedience to His will. Humanity's weakness is pride. In the Christian religion, it was pride that caused the downfall of man, Eve thought that God had no right to tell them what they could and could not eat after the serpent propagated her. In Islam, God sent prophets to communicate His will. In Islam, they also believe in forgiveness, another basic Christian principle, Islam teaches that God is always ready to pardon the individual and restore him to the sinless state in which he started life; in Christianity this is called being "born …show more content…
In Islam there is no particular Symbol which represent it, they believe religion don't require symbols for its popularity and its survival. The Hebrew spelling of the name of the God Jehovah: JHVH, spelled with the Hebrew letters is a direct link to Astrological elements of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth: (http://home.iae.nl/)
Buddhism symbols are Begging Bowl, Bell, Conch Shell, Crown, Deer, Diamond, Dorje, Eight Auspicious, Endless Knot, Footprint(s), Ghanta, Golden Fish, Lion, Lotus, Mountain(s), etc. (http://buddhism.about.com/)
Ankh / Cross, Ships, The Boy, nature, birds, food, Jerusalem Cross are the main Christianity Symbol.
In Hinduism OM or AUM, swastika, the wheel of sri (of life), the different gods are the main symbols and the Linga and Yoni. (http://religion-cults.com/)
Bibliography
Cosmic Awareness Explains Some Religious Symbols, as retrieved from http://home.iae.nl/users/lightnet/creator/symbols.htm on June 26, 2004
Symbols of Buddhism, as retrieved from http://buddhism.about.com/library/blbudartkey.htm on June 26, 2004
Symbols in Hinduism, as retrieved from http://religion-cults.com/Eastern/Hinduism/hindu1.htm on June 26,
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