The argument of evil is one of the most 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
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The Riddle of Existence Leibniz’s formulation: “Why is there something rather than nothing”‚ is perhaps one of the most important questions ever posed in Philosophy. It had taken philosophy into a level wherein ‘everything’ is included in its realm; not only abstracta but also concreta. However‚ the question is more focused on the origins and explanations of the existence of concrete objects. Aside from explaining why concrete objects exist and where they come from‚ and who/what made them; the
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Thomas Jefferson is known as the writer of the Declaration of Independence‚ written in the year of 1776. The Declaration of Independence was a statement of the colonists’ freedom from the rule of the British monarchy. In the Declaration‚ Jefferson listed the inalienable rights‚ which were life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. The inalienable rights were the rights that were naturally given to man‚ and the British monarchy could not take them away. The key arguments that Thomas Jefferson made
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Aristotle vs. Aquinas There are multiple philosophers who have expressed their views on how a person should live his/her life. Despite the agreeance that god is the highest power‚ the conflicting views between philosophers is how a life of virtue should be lived. People containing different perspectives on life‚ distinguishing what is truly good from bad is extremely difficult. Aristotle was not religious‚ did not think god was compassionate‚ and did not believe one would meet god himself in the
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The cosmological arguments are inductive arguments based on an ‘a posteriori’ premise‚ which‚ despite having been introduced many years ago‚ continue to be prevalent today. An early example of the argument is within ‘Timaeus’‚ in which Plato proposed the idea that anything that has been created must be created by a cause. These arguments are intended to prove the existence of the God of Classical Theism by explaining that God must be the first cause of the universe; the being setting the world into
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"The Declaration of Independence" was written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson to declare the colonies free and independent from Great Britain. Jefferson used deductive reasoning in the form of a syllogism to argue his claim that because the colonist’s "unalienable rights" (612) were being denied by Great Britain‚ the colonies were breaking free from Great Britain’s rule to form their own free and independent states. Jefferson gave evidence of the king’s tyranny against the colonies to effectively support
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Wrath of God Revealed Paul began his argument of Romans by proving that the Gentiles are sinners before God. Although God has revealed His truth to them‚ they have suppressed it‚ resulting in the darkness of their inner man and rebellion against God to the point of worshipping animals (1:18-23). As a result God gave them over to do the desires of their heart (1:24‚ 26): idolatry (1:25) and homosexuality (1:26-27). Seeing that they had no desire to retain God in their knowledge‚ God gave them
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Research Essay ‘The existence of a partnership is to be determined from what the parties do rather than what the parties call themselves.’ Introduction Partnerships‚ one of the simplest forms of business structure‚ are creatures of contract and trust.1 Due to the contractual nature and unlimited liability of partnerships it is essential that people understand the definition of partnerships in order to avoid facing loss of personal property in situations where the intention was not to create
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Thomas Jefferson was one of the most prominent figures during the formation of The United States. He was well grounded with the people and advocated strongly for the rights of the many over the rights of the few. Even though Thomas Jefferson was grounded in aristocracy‚ he was a strong advocate for the rights of the common people. One of Jefferson’s strongest advocacies for the common citizen was his ideas o the rights of smaller government‚ i.e. that of the towns and states‚ over the power of
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God and the Meaning of Life: Is the existence of God necessary for Life to be meaningful? Alicia Johnson Jackson State Community College Phil 2430 Most people find it difficult to accept the stressful events of life such as the death of a loved one‚ serious injury‚ bankruptcy‚ divorce‚ etc‚ especially when something “senseless” events happens. How can family and friends come to terms with a death of a talented college student‚ not even 20 years old? Through its emphasis
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