Why are there no stars during the day ? Even when I was young‚ I was always fascinated by the stars in the night sky. I always stare at them for I treated them as the most awesome things in the universe. Oh how they sparkle in the sky. The strange thing is that they always vanish during the day and I asked everybody‚ “Why is that?” After the sunset the stars become visible in the sky. When the darkness of sky increases‚ the number of stars and their brightness also increases. As the sun come
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Who is God? A startling question that most people will answer yes to is: Does God exist? Websters Dictionary (Webster’s p. 412) defines God as the supreme being‚ seen as the omnipotent creator and ruler of the universe. Whereas a theologist describes him as God is the infinite and perfect spirit in whom all things have their source‚ support‚ and end. (Thiessen p. 55) Whatever the case the statistics from Multipoll CGI on the internet show that 86 percent believe that God exists. Probably
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Religious experiences cannot be explained empirically and tend to take place within a context of religious expectancy. Such experiences may be individual‚ in which a person becomes aware of the presence of the divine; or corporate‚ in which a gathering of people experiences feelings beyond expression – the ineffable. St Teresa of Avila described her experiences as: “God established himself in the interior of this soul in such a way‚ that when I return to myself‚ it is wholly impossible for me to
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OFFICE OF THE PUNONG BARANGAY Barangay 62-A Sagkahan‚ Tacloban City September ____‚ 2014 Control No._____ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ May the Omnipotent God be with all of us -- a promising year of opportunities and blessings! The Barangay 62-A Sagkahan will be having a “Binibining Kalawakan ” & “Sagkahan Got Talent in connection to the upcoming Barangay Patronal Fiesta in honor to “St. Rafael the Archangel on October 24‚ 2014. These three events will
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Descartes was a foundationalist. His goal was to find certain indubitable ideas to use as a foundation to build his thoughts. His aim was to find a single or multiple certainties to build his thoughts off of. Descartes figures that if he can come up with a hyperbolic doubt and some idea can still survive through this ultimate doubt then this is the most certain scenario. This hyperbolic doubt becomes to believe is‚ “ not that there is a supremely good God who is the source of all truth‚ but that
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The Devout Puritans The Puritans were a group of people who left their homes on a journey to escape the depraved Church of England. God played a role in their lives and their unquestionable religious faith in Him helped them overcome tragedies‚ and make it to land safely. The Puritans were devout Christians whose lives were greatly influenced by God. In the early 17th century‚ the Puritans‚ led by William Bradford‚ lost hope in purifying the Church of England. In the eyes of the Puritans‚ the
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We as humans are extraordinary beings; we’ve created diseases‚ and cured them; we’ve built nuclear bombs‚ created civilizations‚ made hybrid species‚ and have managed to come up with laws that were to be followed by people while a higher authority were chosen to enforce them. Yet we can’t seem to figure out the truth behind reality‚ and how to distinguish what’s real and what’s fake. Are the things we imagine just mere figments of our imaginations‚ or are they things we’ve seen or experienced before
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The Puritan faith varied greatly between its public and private members during the 17th and 18th century. Anne Bradstreet shows the private side of the Puritan faith in her poem and Jonathan Edwards shows the public side of the Puritan faith. Bradstreet was a very successful colonial poet during the mid to late 17th century‚ while Edwards was a Puritan preacher who led the Great Awakening about seventy years after Bradstreet‚ in the 1730s and 1740s. Bradstreet’s poem “Upon the Burning of Our House
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Response to McCloskey’s “On Being and Atheist” I respect individual worldviews‚ as I desire people to respect mine. At the same time‚ I do have the freedom of agreeing or disagreeing with ones that are deviate in nature from my own. One prime example is the worldview of H. J. McCloskey. Although I respect his worldview‚ and understand his reasoning behind it‚ I also disagree with it as well. McCloskey’s views are one of an Atheist. I am a Christian‚ and consider myself a theist who believes in
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God and the Problem of Evil by B.C. Johnson discusses what is called the problem of evil in philosophy. He specifically talks about the evidential problem of evil. The evidential problem of evil is the argument that if God is an all-powerful and all-knowing being than he cannot be all-good or omnibenevolent. How can an all-good God exist and allow evil things to happen to humankind? God supposedly has the power to stop evil from occurring‚ yet he does not. In the article by B.C. Johnson ponders this
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