Clarke begins his argument by asserting the obvious--that based on experience‚ all of the beings that surround us today do exist. These beings‚ encountered based on one’s experience‚ are dependent on a prior cause. In other words‚ everything that exists must have been caused by something else that also exists or has existed; and for something finite to exist today‚ such as any being in this world‚ it would mean that there must have been something that has existed since infinity. According to Clarke
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The way I see the design argument explained by Cleanthes is how everything in the universe is designed. Meaning everything that is designed was designed by a creator. It didn’t just appear out of thin air. Something or someone made it become possible. Cleanthes also brings up the analogy that the earth resembles a machine. He explains how everything about the earth had to be put together perfectly in order for the earth to functions like it does. Just like how for machines to work‚ every small detail
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The Cosmological Argument a. Explain how the cosmological argument tries to prove that there must be a God (30) b. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the cosmological argument. Part B Even though Aquinas puts forth a convincing argument about the existence of the universe; some critics have opposed to this claim as they do not believe it is sufficient evidence. One argument against Aquinas is the fact that he seems to contradict himself in the second way by saying that nothing can
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St. Anselm (1033/34-1109)‚ was abbot of Bec and later archbishop of Canterbury (pg. 444). The Ontological Argument‚ has two basic arguments that God exists and there is not greater being than God. Anselm’s main goal is to deepen the love and understanding of God‚ and uses natural theology. This is the study of what could be know about God independently of special revelation. His argument is that we can only think of things that exists in our reality. If we can think of it‚ it already exists‚ like
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2012 Evaluation of the Teleological Argument The teleological argument argues that the universe must have had a designer‚ therefore implying the existence of a Supreme Being. This argument strongly relies on observations of the apparent design and orderly complexity within the universe that has existed long before humans inhabited and affected it. Everything is here for a reason‚ and everything has a purpose. From these main points‚ the teleological argument claims that the only way that this is
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Immigration The Positive Side of Immigration Immigration‚ especially in mass numbers is fueled by a number of reasons. Each event is bound to have positive and negative effects but when the positive effects outweigh the cons‚ the event is good and advantageous. Whatever the push and the pull reasons for immigration are‚ both the immigrants and the country hosting them get to gain. Take for example the great migration of the 19th and 20th century into the
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Immigration is what has made America and what it is today. In fact‚ there would be no America if there were no immigrations‚ because everyone in the country is an immigrant or is directly descended from one. Even the oldest inhabitants‚ the Native Americans‚ emigrated from Asia. From “Immigration: Who Is an American”‚ mainly discusses about the significance of immigration policies in United States. I believe‚ immigration is definitely a necessity‚ however if uncontrolled‚ to some extent‚ it can also
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During the 19th centrury‚ immigration to the United States increased profoundly. The two times of this immigration can be separted into the "old" and "new". These movements differed not only in the people that were immigrating but for different political‚ social‚ and economic reasons as well. The early 1800s saw the earliest wave of immigration: "Old Immigration". These settlers generally came from western and northern Europe‚ mainly England and English territiories. Other settlers were slaves
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the Frontier was the vital element‚ while ours may argue that immigration was the key to success. Immigration in the 19th century was imperative as immigrants from Germany‚ England‚ and Ireland became prevalent in our country. The Frontier was a thesis based on the opinions of Frederick Jackson Turner in the 1890s‚ who stated that the biased idea of expansion westward would provide opportunities to citizens. During the 1800s‚ immigration was the preeminent factor of America’s success that shaped the
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Pro Speech (4 mins.) At the age of five‚ Enrique’s mother‚ a woman struggling with poverty and two children to feed left him‚ and his seven year old sister in mexico to find work in America and support them. Eleven years later he set out to find his mother leaving behind his life in mexico and a pregnant girlfriend. it took him eight attempts a journey of 122 days and 12‚000 miles across the mexican border. Although once in he was soon deported. Enrique is one of the other estimated 15‚000 parentless
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