‘God is not real’: A philosophical question is a question that has no right or wrong answer‚ a philosophical question makes you think more deeply to come up with an answer. People will have different answers depending on what they believe. ‘God is not real’ is a philosophical question because this question doesn’t immediately make you think of a particular physical object. This question has no right or wrong answer. Different people might have different responses to philosophical questions because
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“It is pointless to deny the logical necessity of the existence of God.” First of all‚ we must ask: is the existence of God an analytic statement‚ or is it synthetic. An analytic statement is one which is impossible to think of as false. For example‚ a triangle having three internal angles which total 180 degrees is an analytic statement because it it impossible to think of a triangle in any other way. This therefore means that the proposition is logically necessary and it would be incoherent
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Who is God? A startling question that most people will answer yes to is: Does God exist? Websters Dictionary (Webster’s p. 412) defines God as the supreme being‚ seen as the omnipotent creator and ruler of the universe. Whereas a theologist describes him as God is the infinite and perfect spirit in whom all things have their source‚ support‚ and end. (Thiessen p. 55) Whatever the case the statistics from Multipoll CGI on the internet show that 86 percent believe that God exists. Probably
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The concept of God in Christianity and Islam Christianity and Islam are two of the world’s most popular religions. Both have some different beliefs but are similar in origin. In these two religions God is perceived in similar and different ways. In Christianity‚ Christians believe that God is three different persons combined into one also known as the trinity. In Islam‚ Muslims believe that God is one that he doesn’t have a father or a mother‚ a son or a daughter‚ and that he has no partners. Even
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* Descartes’ Proofs for God’s Existence * www.prshockley.org * In sum‚ 3 Arguments for God’s Existence are used by Descartes in Meditations: 1. The argument for the existence of God from the fact that I have an idea of Him (1st proof in Meditation 3). 2. The argument from my own existence. Here it is argued that a cause more perfect than myself must be assumed to explain my coming into being and my continued existence (2nd proof in Meditation 3). 3. The Ontological Argument for God’s
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Belief in God Jennifer Bennett 1-28-2013 Belief in God William James believes that‚ Belief in God does not and should not depend on dispassionate reason. Instead it must depend on the practical difference it makes in our lives. According to James we are justified in believing on insufficient evidence when options are genuine. If we don’t rick being wrong‚ we may lose the chance of ever being right. James had made the argument that is better to believe in God even if there is no God‚ and
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Metaphors of the Kingdom of God Christina P. Cuzzort Grand Canyon University BIB123 New Testament History November 11‚ 2009 The article‚ Tame talks about the fresh new metaphor of the Kingdom of God. There are two contemporary metaphors to describe the kingdom of God. It inspired by the camel traveling through the eye of a needle and parable of the yeast in the dough. You could say the kingdom of God is like a women shopping for makeup. She uses the same kind many times before but each
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Civil Liberties “Don ’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained‚ for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.” —Abraham Lincoln. The Bill of Rights was made as a promise to the smaller states that feared centralism so they could sign the constitution. The Bill of Rights or the Ten Amendments started in 1791 and the last was in 1992. Moreover thanks to the Farmers‚ the constitution can be changed or have many amendments depending on the opinion of different generations
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Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory explores different evangelical communities across the United States in hopes to discover both the varying and underlying themes of evangelicalism. Viewers can see first-hand how different communities practice the same central religion. This documentary is important work‚ by looking at all the different sides of one religion‚ it is much easier to understand the religion as a whole. Randall Balmer‚ host of the documentary and former conservative Christian himself‚ focused
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convey the idea that Santa is God. She uses the perspective of a girl and Santa to describe the relationship between God and us. Dillard uses blunt and obvious statements as well as hidden meanings to convey her ideas in the excerpt. She uses both of these methods to show the girl’s acknowledgement‚ abandonment and final acceptance of God in and around her. Dillard uses an obvious statement at the beginning of the piece to ingrain the idea that Santa is a comparison to God‚ to the reader. “Like everyone
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