The Existence of the Millennial Generation Student As the Baby Boomers generation has begun to enter retirement‚ the next generation of students (Millennial) is entering the workforce with behaviors‚ ideas‚ attitudes‚ and doting parents to be reckoned with. For many years‚ the word generation has encompassed births that have spanned over several years and allowed for changes occurring over a time period. This new generation of student is called the “Millennial” student and takes over where the Baby
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3 REASONS FOR There are many rational reasons for believing in God. This booklet will briefly explain three simple reasons for God’s existence. 1 ORDER IN THE UNIVERSE When we reflect upon the nature of our world‚ we see order everywhere from the water cycle to the movement of the earth around the sun. Commenting on the order found in the universe‚ the physicist Stephen Hawking explains that: The overwhelming impression ’is one of order‚ the more we discover about the universe
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In Ancient Greece the existence of gods and fate prevailed. In the Greek tragedy King Oedipus by the playwright Sophocles these topics are heavily involved. We receive a clear insight into their roles in the play such as they both control man ’s actions and that challenging their authority leads to a fall. The concepts of the gods and fate were created to explain things. In Ancient Greece there was a lot that was not understood; science was in its infancy and everything that happened could be
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church fathers‚ Tertullian‚ Clement‚ and Augustine‚ have different arguments on their attitudes towards Greek thought. Tertullian believed that Greek philosophy caused heresy and believed that Christianity did not mix well with philosophy. Clement and Augustine both had similar attitudes towards Greek‚ however. They both believed that Greek philosophy could be used together in their religion. Greek Philosophy did link to Christianity for Clement and Augustine but not Tertullian. Although there are
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renders human life possible‚ a doctrine that affirms the truth and based on human subjectivitiy (Existentialism is in Humanism) The main ideology of Sartre’s existentialist thoughts are that existence precedes essence. However this could be better understood if we reverse the situation essence precedes existence. (Existentialism is in
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Theological Oration” and “Oration 29‚” was written by St. Gregory of Nazianus (c. 329 - 390). He was the Archbishop of Constantinople during the 4th century‚ and after his death he became knows at “the Theologian” by the Council of Chalcedon. He is considered to be one of the “Cappadocian Fathers” amongst other defenders of the faith‚ and theologians of that time such as Basil the Great‚ Gregory of Nyssa and others (Intro). In the introduction of On God and Christ‚ it is said that these addresses or orations
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St. Basil the Great’s Homily On Fasting 1. “Sound the trumpet at the new moon‚” says the Psalmist‚ “in the notable day of your feast.”2 This injunction is prophetic. The Scripture readings indicate to us more loudly than any trumpet and more distinctly than any musical instrument the Feast that precedes these days. For we have learned from Isaiah the Grace to be gained from the fasts. Isaiah rejected the Jewish way of fasting and showed us what true fasting means. “Fast not for quarrels and strifes
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Rene Descartes and God’s Existence Rene Descartes was a French philosopher‚ mathematician and a scientist in the seventeenth century. As a man of science‚ Descartes wanted to make discoveries in science as factual as mathematics. With Descartes’s faith‚ he did not eliminate God from philosophy. Descartes‚ “The Father of Modern Philosophy”‚ was a Catholic who wrote the Meditations on First Philosophy. “The Meditations is characterized by Descartes’s use of methodic doubt‚ a systematic procedure
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The meaningless existence that was imposed upon King Sisyphus the trickster of the gods‚ was a task that did not coincide with his own will. The moving of the stone up a hill for it to never make it to the top‚ it would roll down and Sisyphus would have to try again. For all of eternity was his punishment by Zeus for tricking the gods. King Sisyphus derived pleasure from his avaricious self-aggrandizing craftiness and deceitfulness‚ which his pleasure and will power were always striving. His
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The term “Prejudice” is probably one of the most polarizing topics today. Prejudice is defined as a “preconceived opinion or belief that is not based on reason or actual experience.” What makes prejudice‚ so polarizing is that there are people that either believes in it‚ experience it‚ or is completely oblivious to it to an entirety. Personally‚ I believe that prejudice does exist‚ and affect so many people in negative aspects. I have my own personal experiences that I will share though the duration
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