person who attends a practice‚ works at said practice‚ arrives at a competition‚ competes at said competition and makes an income. There have been several debates and arguments about whether race car drivers can be dubbed "true athletes‚" but all of these turn into completely biased articles that eventually receive "hate" responses. Race car drivers are people who sit on the fence of being called an athlete‚ and not being called an athlete. Race car drivers‚ like all other athletes‚ go through
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Cosmological Argument The cosmological argument is the argument that the existence of the world or universe is strong evidence for the existence of a God who created it. The existence of the universe‚ the argument claims‚ stands in need of explanation‚ and the only adequate explanation of its existence is that it was created by God. Like most arguments for the existence of God‚ the cosmological argument exists in several forms; two are discussed here: the temporal‚ kalam cosmological argument (i.e. the
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240 September 5th‚ 2013 Response to #1‚ Plato and the Republic According to Plato‚ “Using the written word to give a distorted image of the nature of the gods and heroes‚ completely fails to capture the likeness of the original‚” (Book II‚ p46). An author or poet cannot simply say whatever he or she likes‚ rather there needs to be truth in what they are writing. In order to understand why Plato takes this stand‚ it’s important to have an idea of the time in history he was in. At this time many
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meaning pertaining to belonging. For example; “On a dark desert highway” the first line in the song. The name of the highway is not specified implying that he has never been on the highway before‚ also connecting to the first line of the chorus which says “welcome to the hotel California.” Which implies the same‚(that he has never been there before‚ he did not belong‚ but is welcome which does implement a sense of belonging.) The line “we’re all just prisoners
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The Ontological Argument: An explanation and critical assessment Phil 361 Lec 01 Professor: Reid Buchanan Ryley Braun‚ 10013764 April 16‚ 2010 The ontological argument is an attempt to refute skepticism of God and prove His existence through reason alone. The philosopher‚ Saint Anselm‚ presented his work on the ontological argument‚ or argument from reason‚ in his text the Proslogium. The argument‚ on the surface‚ is very logically convincing and attempts to allure even the skeptic of
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Argument Analysis Essay ENG 215 October 18‚ 2010 4.5 points I enjoyed reading this paper very much. It made excellent points about opinion and fear. However‚ it experienced some problems as noted in the text. Also‚ it did not use any outside research to support the position presented in the essay and depended solely on personal opinion and quotes taken directly from the essays. Nice job! Argument Analysis Essay Expressing your opinion is the foundation of an excellent essay. Your opinion
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fear death because he believes that his soul is immortal and will be sent to heaven after his death. It is worth noticing here that he pre-assumes that the soul exists‚ so his central argument is not about whether the soul exists‚ but whether it is immortal. One of his arguments is that the soul is invincible‚ and invincible things can’t be destroyed‚ so the soul is immortal. I shall explain more fully this argument in the next paragraph. Then I shall offer my objection on his premise that invincible
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The article as well as the presentation of Dr. Towns is convincing on all arguments that the Bible is the word of God. I converted to be a Christian 22 years ago when I became a believer that Christ is God. As a young child is Sunday school‚ I use to ask question to my Sunday school teacher. If the Bible is the word of God‚ why did bad things happen in the Bible if God is a good God? As a teen and staying true to my religious upbringing‚ I knew in my heart that the Bible was the word of God because
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just 39 years old when he died of colon cancer‚ used Marijuana on just a couple of occasions and the difference before and after its use were abundantly clear. Tom was diagnosed with colon cancer at the age of 36‚ and only given 15 months to live‚ because of his military and ethical background he swore he would never use Marijuana unless it was legalized. As his illness got worse his thinking changed‚ he just wanted to feel better‚ and the narcotics he was prescribed by his oncologist made him weak
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Dominic Lowman 11/28/12 Engl 102 sec 018 Academic Argument High school students today are all excited about post-college life‚ which for most means going away to college to further their education. The question is‚ are they truly being provided the necessary tools needed to be successful at the college levels? Are teachers‚ counselors‚ parents and the government both state and federal doing enough to lead these young minds out into the world? We all know how expensive college is and that only a
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