Pascal says “If there is a God‚ He is infinitely incomprehensible‚ since‚ having neither parts nor limits‚ He has no affinity to us’’ (Pascal‚ 2). Throughout Pascal’s argument he makes the constant notion believing in order to gain finite happiness‚ how is it possible to know if God is willing to provide this infinite gain if he is infinitely incomprehensible? This critical mistake is the very reason Pascal’s argument doesn’t work‚ we just don’t have the knowledge to know about what truly happens
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Does God exist? The question of God’s existence is a perplexing one‚ the only evidence we have of God is what we are told from those who worship him‚ and unknowns can be debated logically if a higher being is in control. It has been written that in the beginning there was man and there was woman‚ and God put the two together to create a new race of beings. We are to assume then that God gave these beings a soul to distinguish them from other beings‚ for example‚ plants. The soul is often argued
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interventions of the gods enchanting their coveted mortals (humans) and altering the heterogeneous scenes of the Trojan War. In this poem‚ gods have an assortment of relationships with humans which include love‚ fornication‚ and mother or father relationships. Gods interact with mortals in human shapes and stimulate them. Also‚ gods cognize that every human is eventually destined to die and they anticipate humans to pray to them for every obstacle humans encounter. However‚ for humans gods are omnipotent
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The film that we screened in class was titled the City of God and was directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund. The film spans three decades and starts with an escaped chicken that is getting chased by a neighborhood gang. The chicken then stops between the gang‚ Rocket and police then a flashback appears on screen. The first story is about the Tender Trio and how they rob business; however‚ on one of their biggest robbery (Motel) something goes tremendously wrong. The next stories are about
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Hymns have been around for a long time. Some hymns can even be traced back so far as to the New Testament. J. M. Efird mentions‚ “The early Christian church incorporated hymns in its liturgies (e.g.‚ Acts 16:25; 1 Cor. 14:26; Col. 3:16). Some of the best-known poetic compositions in the Gospels are found in Luke: the Benedictus (1:68–79)‚ the Magnificat (1:46–55)‚ the Gloria (2:10–14)‚ and the Nunc Dimittis (2:29–32).”(Efird) These are some of the oldest hymns recorded‚ and they have been preserved
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Poseidon: God of the Sea The Olympian God Poseidon‚ or Neptune in Roman culture‚ is known by mortals as the King of the Seas and the Earth-Shaker. He controls the oceans and the land man walks upon. With the wave of one hand he could create massive earthquakes‚ horrific tsunamis‚ and storms that would destroy entire cities. When he rode across the seas in his chariot the seas calmed before him. As the second most powerful God of Olympus‚ Poseidon was held in high regard by gods and mortals alike
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From the statement‚ it can be inferred that because so many people died in the Holocaust and God didn’t save them that he might not exist. The Holocaust was the genocide of Jews. This was carried out by the Nazis‚ who were in power in Germany at the time. The Nazis believed that the Germans were at the top of racial hierarchy and the Jews were at the bottom. The Nazis encouraged at widespread hate of the Jews by accusing them of being the reason they lost World War I. As well as this‚ the Christian
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God’s Favorite Elements If God has any favorite elements‚ they must be Hydrogen‚ Carbon‚ Nitrogen and Oxygen. These four elements make up the majority of all Biological compounds. Without them‚ life on this planet as we know it could not exist. Due to the bonding possibilities between and among these elements‚ literally millions of organic compounds are possible. Carbon is the backbone of all organic compounds. It forms the main structure of the molecule with Hydrogen‚ Nitrogen‚ Oxygen and occasionally
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Evolution vs. God Evolution vs. God….. Most documentaries are only a creative treatment of actuality and one person’s perception. To justify this statement we’ll question whose version of the truth are we as viewers being subjected to‚ since documentaries only create a synopsis of actuality and bias. The purpose of this documentary is to position the audience in a manner of which would test their ability to question their knowledge in science by comparing it with religion. Evolution vs. God is shaking
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The Question: State your understanding of the philosophy of F. Nietzsche. What does he mean by saying "God is Dead"? Nietzsche’s philosophy is that of a radical view as it calls for the complete reevaluation of morals and blatantly attacks the Judeo-Christian tradition in modern society. He believed one should dare to become who they are. In order to ascertain one’s full potential as a human being‚ the ethic system of which by society runs‚ must be changed as it only
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