Page 1 Does God really exist? The existence of God has been a controversial question for as long as time has existed. As many arguments can be made for and against the existence of God. In this essay‚ I wish to explore arguments both for and against and eventually come a conclusion that God does indeed exist. The very essence of Man‚ all his values and his beliefs‚ are wrapped up in this question‚ "Does God exist?" Most of us were brought up to believe that God does exist‚ and as such it
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Recently‚ I wrote here that the fundamentals of the 2008 race decisively favor Barack Obama. As is often the case‚ however‚ my words were met with a familiar riposte: What about the race factor? Are white Americans really ready to elect a black man as president? It’s a recurrent refrain among Democrats and even some hopeful Republicans. As Andrew Kohut wrote here‚ “56 percent of Democrats believe that many people will not vote for Mr. Obama because he is black.” With the first ever African-American
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History Paper Who discovered America? By: Deanne Mastrocola Why is it that American culture today attributes its geographic discovery to a man named Christopher Columbus? Could it be that he was the first European to claim this land as part of an Imperialistic expansion or is it merely out of convenience for the history books? It is known that the American continent was populated by 1000 AD which is long before settlements by Viking fisherman and even longer before the arrival of Columbus
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Space exploration is not worth the cost. Space exploration is not worth the cost because it is not losing the lives of astronauts. It is also not worth the money that is being spent to make the rocket ship. Also there would not be a lot of income. First of all space exploration is not worth the cost because it is not worth losing the lives astronauts lives. Even though there are people willing to go to space they can lose their lives while leaving the atmosphere. An example is the 1986 challenger
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(philosophical) teachers throughout his youth‚ although it is said that he was not satisfied with many of them and this is how he had come about to create his own unique methods for the search of knowledge. Socrates once said “The unexamined life is not worth living”. This quote‚ from the son of a sculptor‚ and his profound thoughts‚ is one of many that modern-day philosophy is based on. He lived his life on the basis of the need for morals and principles. He believed that the ability to ask‚ examine and
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destruction of an ancient civilization dated 9000 B.C. It is the Atlantis‚ an island of great civilization‚ larger the Libya and Asia combined together which sunk into the depth of the sea in just one night. The question is whether this is just a myth or it really existed? The story was taken from Plato’s dialogues‚ Timaeus and Cristias‚ which the latter was never completed due to unknown reason and thus had created millions of doubts over the centuries. Based on Wikipedia‚ it is stated that Plato first mentioned
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Meredith L Instructor: Susan Hagan –ENL 260-71 03/04/2014 Respond: Essay 1 Assignment: Factual Argument Final Draft Audience: UMD Torch Word Count: 1243 Unbiased Writing: Is It Really Possible? All human beings have a past and most adult human beings have formed values and beliefs based on their own unique experiences since birth. Many were introduced to some sort of religious system while others possibly had no religious influence growing up. Many have beliefs that were basically inherited
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late”. Then people start thinking‚ “is college really worth the cost?”. What exactly do they mean by cost? The monetary value alone‚ or the cost the stress puts on you? However‚ by just seeing the statics point of view alone‚ of both sides of the argument of course‚ it is clear to see that college is worth the cost‚ stress and all. To start off‚ there are many reasons why college is worth the cost. Even though‚ college has been infamous for being expensive and putting people in debt. However‚ even after
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Al-Marhoon American Language and Culture Program University of Idaho Mark Bittman‚ in his 2011 article‚ “Is Junk Food Really Cheaper?” says that American people think fast food is cheaper than real food and they use this point to explain why so many of them are overweight. However‚ he believes that’s not true because junk food is actually more expensive than real food. The average cost of a fast food meal is around $12 per person. On the other hand‚ home cooked meals might cost around
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Did Atlantis Exist? Known as one of the world’s greatest mysteries‚ Atlantis is a legend written by the Greek philosopher Plato. The legend was written thousands of years ago‚ but it is still talked about today (Smith Michael and Debora Smith). Scholars often argue that Atlantis existed‚ but those that do not agree remind those scholars that there is no evidence to support that Atlantis ever existed and that Plato “added fantasy and excitement to his writings” (“Atlantis”). The question is‚ how
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