Chapter 3 – Why does anything at all exist? G. W. Leibniz‚ codiscoverer of calculus and a towering intellect of 18th century Europe‚ wrote: “The first question which should rightly be asked is “Why is there something rather than nothing?” -“The Principles of Nature and of Grace‚ Based on Reason” His conclusion was that the answer is to be found‚ not in the universe of created things‚ but in God. God exists necessarily and is the explanation why anything else exists. LEIBNIZ’s Argument There
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brave‚ clean‚ and reverent. (Scouting.org) The Boy Scouts of America is an old organization‚ one that is very reputable at turning out young men that can integrate well into society BUT they do not allow members to anyone of prohibit atheists‚ agnostics or people who are openly homosexual. These people are rejected from membership as leaders or as actual Boy Scouts because it is the organization’s belief that this directly violates its principles and tenets. It is my beliefs that since the Boy Scouts
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broken. We’re not in the wrong bodies. We’re not inadequate. We’re not lesser. We’re not unwanted. We’re not fraudulent. We’re not undesirable. That’s all just a set of lies we tell to soothe the experience of the prisons we put ourselves in.” ―Agnostic Zetetic Body shaming‚ a horrible issue here in America. This inappropriate negative attitude toward another person or yourselves weight or size is just disturbing and dreadful. Body shaming is a discriminating act to someone who is “too fat” or “too
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Pellauer. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press‚ 2002. Gale‚Richard‚ and Alexander Pruss. The Existence of God England: Dartmouth Publishing Company‚ 2003. Holt‚ Tim. The Problem of Evil. http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/arguments-for- atheism/the-problem-of-evil/ (accessed February 23‚ 2013) Kreeft‚ Peter. The Problem of Evil. http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics/evil.htm (accessed February 23‚ 2013) Manson‚ Neil. God and Design: The Teleological Argument and Modern Science. London: Routledge
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OLODUMARE: GOD IN YORUBA BELIEF AND THE THEISTIC PROBLEM OF EVIL.© John A. I. Bewaji ________________________________________ INTRODUCTION In the pioneering works in African religious scholarship by indigenous and Western writers‚ Idowu‚ Mbiti‚ Parinder‚ Ray‚ Tempels‚ and others‚ have shown that Africans are not so intellectually impoverished as to be lacking in a sophisticated conception of the Supreme Being. Such a Being is recognized and given a premier position or status in their religions
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have surrounded me since I was born and created my own set of cultural beliefs. My life has given me the opportunity to become a much-diversified person when it comes to cultural beliefs. My first belief that I will discuss is my agnostic belief in religion. Agnostic means one does not know whether or not there is god‚ but rather holds a belief that there is something‚ but we just do not have enough information to make a good decision about what that ’something’ is. My entire life I was raised in
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events surrounding the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima in 1917. It starred Susan Whitney as Lucia dos Santos‚ Sammy Ogg as Francisco Marto‚ and Sherry Jackson‚ as Jacinta Marto‚ with Gilbert Roland as a fictional character named Hugo‚ a kindly but agnostic friend of the three children‚ who rediscovered his faith in God through the Solar Miracle of Fatima. The musical score by Max Steiner received an Academy Award nomination. The film was released on DVD on April 4‚ 2006. Story It is 1917‚ and Portugal
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created by an intelligent Creator. I agree with the latter statement‚ and am writing this to articulate some of the reasons behind why I believe in God. Atheism is sometimes portrayed as being more logical than believing God created the universe‚ but I think that belief in God‚ or Theism‚ is at least equally logical‚ and perhaps more logical than Atheism. I will be presenting three arguments supporting belief in God: the Scientific Argument‚ the Moral Argument‚ and the Practical Argument. The Scientific
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Firme‚ Denice Anne “Faith must come from within‚ not from without” As far as I can actually remember‚ from the moment I gained my consciousness for the world‚ I belong and I was raised by both Roman Catholic parents. My mom and dad were religious believers of God and the Catholic Church . So being such‚ I was embeded qith several religious rituals. I remember how we always attend the mass every Sunday‚ wherein I have to look presentable because we will be inside the church‚ I was required to
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religious baker‚ the other an atheist biology teacher. One of the many things these two men made Pi realize was that it is okay to worship god‚ as much as it is okay to believe in evolution and factual evidence. But what Pi failed to understand was the agnostics‚ who did not pick either path but instead were undecided. After spending time with both Mr. Kumars at the Zoo‚ he says‚ “To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation” (28). In this quote‚ Pi
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