Respond to the following quotation: “The Holocaust shows not only that religious faith is untenable but also that life is absurd. A powerful and loving God could not create a world in which such events are possible. Religion is wishful thinking -- ‘Fear created the first gods’ (Caecilius Statius‚ 2nd c. BCE). Moreover‚ life itself contradicts the most basic of human aspirations: to live without suffering and cruelty.” Etty herself discusses these issues‚ so in responding be sure to show that you
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hour" (Revelation 8:1). This silence refers to the “silence of God” or the existence of an “Absentee God” and His indifference to the needs of His creation – which is the primary theme of the movie. In general‚ the movie deals with the influence of religion in the society. Some inadequacies of religion are highlighted throughout the film. These faults include: lack of logical explanations for human’s suffering‚ proof of God’s existence‚ emphasis on physically-harming penitential acts such as flagellation
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(Pearson-Macmillan‚ 1983). Question #1: Explain Socrates’ view of himself as a philosopher. Answer: From the Oracle representing the God of Delphi‚ Socrates firstly got the message that no one is wiser than him. Considering both the facts that it’s impossible for him to be the wisest man and also impossible for god to lie‚ Socrates starts thinking and tries to figure out what god really meant. Then‚ he decided to challenge god’s statement by searching for someone who is undoubtedly wiser than him. After
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The teleological argument as put forward by St. Thomas Aquinas attempts to prove the existence of God by use of empirical evidence. Aquinas attempts this through three ways. The first way Aquinas attempts to prove the existence of God is through cause and effect. Every action or outcome must have a previous action that allowed that action or outcome to come about. This previous action must have been set in motion by another action. St. Thomas reasons that this infers an infinite chain of cause
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a Monk Named Gaunilo‚ who argued against Anselm’s ontological Argument with the use of the concept of a perfect island. Gaunilo argued that concept of a perfect island does not prove that the existence of an island. In this case that perfection does not imply ‘existence’. Gaunilo claims that if the word God was replaced with the words perfect island‚ then Anselm’s ontological argument would not conclude that the perfect island exists. The fact Gaunilo was trying to bring across that a valid argument
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2/22/2015 Course: HUM 1533-200556 Word count: 1‚662 Title: The Existence of God 1. Introduction and Thesis It is human nature to question our existence. Some believe it was God who created our existence‚ and others rely on science. This has been an ongoing debate since life on earth. This paper argues that it is not possible to prove either way whether if the traditional God exists or not. There are no credentials to prove God’s existence or lack of; it is merely a belief. Some may rely on the Bible
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trying to dig deeper into the meaning of their existence and find their own purpose. Two specific Philosophers who go by the names of Rene Descartes and Anselm penetrate into the existence of God. When both men tried to discover the truth of “God’s existence”‚ they would find themselves in a confounding predicament. Both Descartes and Anselm wanted to assist their readers in finding the truth in our existence by leading them towards the idea that God does in fact exist. Even though both Descartes
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things I perceive very clearly and very distinctly are true”(Pg. 53). This general rule however‚ requires that all doubt must be removed. This can only be done if God both exists and is not a deceiver. Descartes then breaks substances down into those that have objective reality and those with formal reality. It is clear that the idea of God must have more objective reality than formal reality. However‚ the idea itself is so great that Descartes believes that he could not have come up with it by himself
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people were acting towards the existences of God. These chapters teach on the natural world. In addition‚ it teaches on the human identity and human relationship‚ which focuses on how humans should socialize. Apart from these‚ it also teaches on the culture. The natural world God created the world; the creation of the world developed from God’s word. The word is the teachings from the bible thus the Bible teaches the aspects of life that have to follow by the Christians. God created the natural world
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argument clearly has its weaknesses and primarily this is that the argument is successful in proving that if God exists then he must exist‚ although for the atheist‚ this may not be enough. Interstingly‚ even among the faithful there are theories that suggest the idea to know of God’s essence at all is impossible‚ as the great theologian Aquinas remarked: “we do not know the essence of God”11 Clearly‚ there can be little doubt that the Ontological Argument has stimulated huge amounts of debate and
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