Can one be moral and not believe in God? PHI 103 September 26‚ 2011 The argument set forth is best understood by the first line given by Hamlet in Act 3‚ Scene 1 in this 1600 play‚ “Hamlet‚” written by William Shakespeare (1600). “To be‚ or not to be‚ that is the question: Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune‚ Or to take arms against a sea of troubles‚ And by opposing end them?...” Believing in a spiritual entity or a supernatural
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Can one be Moral and not Believe in God? This paper will look at the issue of God and Morals and if one can be moral and not believe in God. I will show an argument for each side of this coin along with giving which side I agree with. As much as possible‚ I will address this issue from a philosophical point of view. I would like to note that in doing research for this paper I found that most believe that one does not have to believe in God to have moral and that there are no moral principles
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Can One Be Moral and Not Believe In God? Aleshia Wisch PHI208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Prof. Michael Kellam October 2‚ 2013 Can One Be Moral and Not Believe In God? Is it possible for an individual to live morally without believing in God? For someone who believes in God this may be a difficult question to answer. Whereas‚ someone who does not believe in God might immediately say that having morals has nothing to do with religion. So‚ to answer this question‚ we will look
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Can One Be Moral and Not Believe in God Name: Course: Phi 103 Informal Logic Instructor: Jennifer Creekmore Date: May 6‚2013 Can One be Moral and Not Believe in God There are many people‚ that do not have any faith or belief in any personal god or deity‚ one that dispenses grace‚ goodness‚ and/or miracles according to his/her ’will’. Many people do not acknowledge any ‘supernatural’ agent or agency that intentionally intercedes in human affairs or selectively
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Can one be moral and not believe in God? Carolyn Jones PHI103: Informal Logic (GSK1219A) Instructor: Fabio Escobar June 11‚ 2012 Can one be moral and not believe in God? Let’s start by defining what it is to be moral or have morals. Morals simply is defined by Webster as “of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior‚” (Merriam-Webster‚ 2011) When you believe in a spiritual being this can play a major role in one’s moral belief. If one do not believe in God or a spiritual
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Can one be non-religious but still believe in God? “My grandfather believed that the greatest religion of all was to ensure that we wipe the tears from every eye and bring hope and decency to every life. If performed with utmost humility‚ he said‚ this service would grant us the magnanimity to recognize and accept the many ways we are called to see God in humanity.” –Sankara Saranam (Saranam‚ 2005) One can still believe in God without associating with religion. This is possible when people believe
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THE INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF RELIGION HAKEEM KOLAPO FUJAH APPLIED THEORY OF PEACE AND PEACE EDUCATION SERIES DISCUSSION PAPER 1 IS IT LOGICAL TO BELIEVE IN GOD? Are these extraordinary times? To win the ideological war against terrorism and protect the minds of youth from radicalization is engaging enough. Equally worrying is mounting evidence that too many people across continents may be losing their minds. Alongside possible over-population‚ joblessness and emasculation
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TITLE: ’’BELIEVE IN GOD IS NOT A FALLACY" Does an intelligent‚ powerful‚ and willful being exist who is the independent eternal uncaused cause of all the rest of existence? It is my thoughtful and rational conviction that such a being‚ commonly called God‚ does exist in reality and that all the rest of reality is dependent on this being for existence. I therefore would say I believe in God. Now having the conviction that God exists is clearly a controversial position. Even as having the
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Does God exist? Some say that the Earth and the life on it was just a product of random chance‚ and not created by any intelligent deity. Others say that it couldn’t have occurred simply by random chance‚ and it must have been 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
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whether or not it is rational to believe in God. People have their own will to believe‚ and as the Canadian Constitution would agree‚ Canadian’s have a freedom of religion. I plan not to convert the reader to atheism‚ but merely to establish a conclusion that it is irrational to believe in God. This argument does not have to change the lives of others‚ but simply to prove that human beings are irrational‚ starting with our idea of a God. The rationality of God can be disproved on the basis of empirical
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