Grace Elshafei Is the word of God sufficient to determine right and wrong? According to the Divine Command Theory of ethics‚ morality comes directly from the word of God- in other words‚ all that God commands is moral and all that He prohibits is immoral. Although upon first glance this is a conveniently absolute code to adhere to‚ a number of flaws and fundamental logical fallacies in the argument for DCT render God’s word insufficient as a means to determine right and wrong. Firstly‚ the very
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We cannot know what God is like In most religions‚ there is a creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority‚ more commonly known as God. The problem most people have upon the existence of God is that God has not shown God’s physical being to anyone. This also creates the problem when it comes to knowing what God is like. Most Muslims say that we can know what God/Allah is like through scriptures and messengers (Prophets) which are able to tell us what God is like. The Prophet
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One of the most complex and popular topics in both Metaphysics and Theology in our world is whether or not God truly exist. There are many theories that suggest God’s existence is real and not real‚ but this paper will directly focus on the arguments of St. Anselm and St. Thomas Aquinas who both believe that God does exists. They both have proof the existence of God‚ but their demonstrations are far different. In this paper‚ I will actively seek to present‚ analyze and compare and contrast both methods
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Lewis Vs. Freud: Does God Exist? C.S. Lewis makes a far more convincing argument for the existence of God in Mere Christianity than does Sigmund Freud in The Future of an Illusion. Both works reflect on what religion really is; Lewis stands for the view that religion is about truth and attempts to prove that God must exist‚ whereas Freud claims that religion is actually about idiocy and is created by humans as a form of wishful thinking. He describes it as an illusion‚ a made up social construct
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The Joseph Narrative: Literary Analysis and the Role of God The Joseph narrative can be found in the book of Genesis chapters 37-50. It is slightly interrupted “by the story of Judah and Tamar (Gen. 38) and by the so-called Blessing of Jacob (Gen. 49:1-28)” (Skinner‚ 438). The story of Joseph is seen as unique because it has different characteristics than its counterparts in Genesis. Other writings in Genesis seem to be short‚ brief incidents‚ about family and tribal affairs. The Joseph narrative
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Getting God Justin Cronin’s essay‚ “My Daughter and God‚” addresses religion and where people find God. The narrator describes an accident that his wife and daughter were in on their way back from summer camp. The car flipped and both mother and daughter should have died‚ but miraculously they both survived without any bumps or bruises. The victims of the accident were taken to the hospital and the author’s wife notified him of the accident. The narrator rushed to the hospital and found his wife
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Do religious experiences prove that God is real? In this essay‚ I will be evaluating the following statement: “Religious existences prove that God is real.”. As well as explaining my own opinion‚ I will be considering opinions of another person‚ as well as a religious group in general. A religious experience is an experience in which people feel they have encountered God or God has intervened in their lives. Examples of religious experiences are: Healing and conversion‚ near death experiences‚
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Crane wrote "God Lay Dead in Heaven" in 1895. This poem is part of "The Black Riders and Other Lines" which is a book of poems. This poem only contains one stanza with eighteen lines and it is a free verse. As a narrative poem‚ this poem describes how Satan will dominate the world when the end of world arrives. Stephen Crane wrote this poem without rhyme or meter because he wants to convey how the world will result in chaos. The theme of the poem is how Satan will over power God and that Satan
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"Within every person is the understanding of who God is. Don’t let the devil lie to you by living in his cause‚ curse and course of action‚ doomed for hell with his wicked angels. We have no excuse!" ~ Jon Barnes Beliefs Stack the deck by using God’s commandments as a base. Load the bases and hit the grand slam home run by understanding that God created the universe and all things considered and not considered. Melt your mind with the mind of God for clarity‚ concepts‚ and conviction. Focus on
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well-structured argument that explains the possibility of the existence of God. There are positions that anyone would take‚ and this would be theism‚ atheism or agnosticism. Holding onto a given position will not determine the validity of the other without answering this challenging question. Since even if this position merged‚ there are no clear arguments that prove God is existing. Therefore‚ in this work am going to answer two questions: does God exist And the other is what do the five arguments by Aquinas
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