to the Pacific Ocean in the south west of the USA. California is famous for its long beaches‚ thong bikinis‚ gangs and graffiti‚ it has California pizza‚ sunshine‚ movie stars‚ Hollywood‚ wine and movie stars. However‚ how do we know‚ that that all exist? The answer is not very easy. Everyone of us knows something about California. Maybe he has heard of California on the radio‚ has watched films about it on TV or has read something in the newspaper. There are many ways of finding out something about
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and other alarming activities? And the most important question here is‚ why evil exists? As defined by Alvin Plantinga‚ theodicy is the "answer to the question of why God permits evil". Evil is generally considered to include both moral evil‚ acts done by humans‚ and natural evil‚ which includes pain and suffering that results from natural disasters‚ diseases‚ or genetic defects. According to J.L Mackie. "If God exists‚ then there is no evil‚ unless there is a reason that would justify Him in permitting
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Nowadays many people believe that slavery only happened in the past‚ in fact that today slavery is still exist. Even more miserable‚ slavery also involves children. Slavery is not relevant anymore with today’s world order‚ moreover if it involves child. Many unlucky people trapped into slavery‚ tragically 1 in 4 of those are children. Usually those who trapped into slavery‚ they experienced bad treat by their employers or people who force them to work. Children who are used by others who profit from
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the people of Mesopotamia. The Epic of Gilgamesh opens with a prologue that sets off the story of Gilgamesh’s life. The narrator does not have a name‚ but he states‚ “I will proclaim to the world the deeds of Gilgamesh” (Ferry‚ pg. 61). Gilgamesh is a tyrant and exploits his rights as king. He is also arrogant‚ spiteful‚ restless‚ powerful‚ impulsive‚ and does whatever he wants to whomever. For example‚ “There was no withstanding the aura or power of the Wild Ox Gilgamesh. Neither the father’s
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the intellectual aspects that go into every religion‚ the psychological factors of religion‚ and the sociological influences on religion. We’ll take an in depth look at each factor and also my own opinion on what religion is. It seems that religion exists as a belief system to help people explain events that would otherwise be unexplainable. In fact Kenneth Dick said in "Man‚ Father of the Gods" "All religions start as a mere imaginary explanation for something not understood‚ and that is all they
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contradicting arguments in the philosophy of religion. This argument states that if evil exists how and why can God exist as well? The traditional theist believes that the definition of God is some superior being who is omnibenevolent‚ omnipotent and omniscient. This sums up to a being who is all good‚ loving‚ powerful and knowing‚ a being of such greatness is also known as God. Although this definition does create much problems to the argument of evil‚ which rises to the inconsistent facts of the
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and determination. Santiago has a lot of courage that could affect his meaning of his true existence. “If sharks come‚ God pity him and me.”(Hemingway pg. 68) When he says this‚ he is taking a risk that a shark could come and kill the fish before he does which could kill him in the process. “ Now‚ you can let the cord go‚ hand‚ and I will handle him with the right arm alone until you stop that nonsense.”(Hemingway pg. 59) He is also taking a risk here by letting his right hand handle the huge marlin
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The Theory of Evolution is by natural selection‚ organisms that possess heritable traits that enable them to better adapt to their environment compared with other members of their species will be more likely to survive‚ reproduce‚ and pass more of their genes on to the next generation. Charles Darwin made the assertion that humans and apes are related. With thoroughly analyzing his predictions‚ we now realize that this could be a fact. Through a process called natural selection‚ Darwin claimed that
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Milan Kundera’s famous essay‚ “The Tragedy of Central Europe” published on April 26‚ 1984 argues that central European nations like Poland‚ Hungary‚ and Czechoslovakia were losing their direction and meaning after World War II. “Boxed in by the Germans on one side and the Russians on the other‚ the nations of Central Europe have used up their strength in the struggle to survive and to preserve their languages” (Stokes‚ 219). Kundera makes a valid argument that the lack of Central European assimilation
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I have been teaching English to Korean students for the past year and a half. My students have taught me so much in the past 18 months. Surprisingly‚ the lessons learned are about who I am as an African. You may ask how students aged between 8 to 15 years of age can provide such insight. I shall elaborate. I often hold conversation contests in my class and my students get to practice what they are taught during the week. One student Kevin was on the losing team and he remarked that the opposing
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