power or ability to make decisions and perform actions and is considered to be “free will” that has moral responsibility. Exam Questions: 1) Which do you think is more convincing of the arguments for the existence for God‚ the ontological (St. Anselm)‚ the cosmological (St. Thomas Aquinas)‚ or the teleological (William Paley) arguments‚ and why? I believe that the most compelling argument for the existence for god would come from the teleological agreement. The teleological argument states
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Danielle Introduction to Philosophy April 23. 2013 The Existence of God The existence of God has been questioned‚ pondered‚ sought out and studied for hundreds‚ no‚ thousands of years since the beginning of time. “Does God exist?” “What do certain philosophers have to say about the existence of God?” “What do Christianity and Atheism have to say?” “What about those who say they have experienced God?” “If He does exist‚ what is He like?” “Why does
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and India‚ but can also include Islamic‚ Jewish‚ and Persian philosophies Frederick Streng: ways of defining religion. Mary Daly: religion reflects patriarchy The problem of evil Arguments of god Faith and resounding Saint Anselm Gaunilo St. Thomas Aquinas What is religion? Is there true evidence of a god? Is there a heaven and hell? Eastern and Western philosophy are similar but different in many ways. Eastern philosophy includes
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The question of “Does God exist‚” is a question that many people have tried to answer throughout many centuries. Although the answer to whether He exist or not is unsolved and most likely never will be solved‚ the answer to whether we can prove that he exists is a relatively easy one to answer. The answer is simply‚ no. We cannot prove whether He exist‚ but on the other hand no scientist or philosopher has ever been able to prove that He does not exist. Although the answer is quite simple‚ we can
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not have free will. 8) He realized that he is free because the brothers said that following God makes things easier. 9) We have the capacity to do whatever we want to do (free will) and people who do not believe in God are outside determinism. 10) Anselm is the one who came up with the ontological argument about the existence of God. He was trying to prove that we could believe in God without seeing him. Unlike Gaunilo‚ who did not share the same point of view .He thought this was absurd because there
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existence of God. Whether or not God exists is an argument that has been ongoing since some of the earliest philosophers took it up hundreds of years ago. Many philosophers have stated arguments on this topic‚ from Thomas Aquinas to David Hume to St. Anselm. To this day‚ it is one of‚ if not the most‚ debated topics. St. Thomas Aquinas is a noted philosopher known for his empirical arguments for the existence of God. Though Aquinas posed many arguments in favor of this‚ I will discuss and explain the
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Salvation Reflection Paper The doctrine of salvation is at the core of the Christian faith and is a the heart of the work of Jesus. This paper is going to summarize the doctrine of salvation from two authors that the author of this paper read and studied and then give his subjective view or opinion of what each author presented in their explanations of the doctrine of salvation. The first of these authors is Alister E. McGrath from his book Theology:The Basics. The second author is Dr French
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Sub areas of philosophy Metaphysics – what is? Epistemology – what can I know? Ethics – what ought to be? Logic- what is good reasoning? Plato Student of Socrates There are no recorded teaching of Socrates Plato three different periods- early middle and late Middle- what is ethics and what is morality? Morality- give back to what is due. Is morality the following of a rule or is it something more involved? Do you really achieve obedience by punishing? Thrasymuchas- morality is
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Yinka Jackson PHI2010 1. Explain and evaluate the notions of Karma‚ samsara‚ and Nirvana. Karma can be explained as reaping what you sow. According to multiple religions karma is inevitable. Our negative actions of the past‚ will undoubtedly affect our lives in the future. So if you cause harm‚ hurt‚ or suffering to someone‚ rest assured that it will be representing itself to you. There is no way in which to reverse these effects
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The (0-4) Los Angeles Lakers are Kings County‚ in the borough of Brooklyn‚ the most populous of the five boroughs and the entire state of New York‚ to battle the (0-5) Brooklyn Nets at the Barclays Center. The Lakers are on their first extended road trip of the season‚ where they will play 16 of their next 20 games. Usually team tend to come together and form a solid bond on the road‚ hopefully that will be the case for the 2015-16 Los Angeles Lakers. Instead of spending time seeing some of the
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