Critically evaluate the design argument The design argument‚ also known as the teleological argument essentially means that the universe and everything within it has a specific design and purpose. (Perry‚ Bratman‚ Fischer 57) The Greek term; ‘telos’ is the derivative form of teleology which means end or purpose. This argument is entirely a posteriori and we learn about the existence of God through experience and empirical knowledge. This argument was developed by Thomas Aquinas and his fifth version
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The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Perhaps the most conclusive (and certainly among the most carefully examined) piece of evidence for the Big Bang is the existence of an isotropic radiation bath that permeates the entire Universe known as the "cosmic microwave background" (CMB). The word "isotropic" means the same in all directions; the degree of anisotropy of the CMB is about one part in a thousand. In 1965‚ two young radio astronomers‚ Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson‚ almost accidentally
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about god. A divine force is needed because in its purity‚ it is like a substance‚ and the comfort it gives‚ is one of the ways of trying to “ describe the indescribable and imagine the unimaginable “ this being the very nature of god (life‚ the universe and everything) One of the many aspects of human existence is the inquiry for truth. The world has been shaped in the universal human conviction that there is more to life than life itself and so- since the beginning of time- humans‚ being curious
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Philosophy 1. How are Plato’s and Descartes’ views of the soul/self similar? Both Plato and Descartes believe that the soul/self is best (or only) to think and learn separate from the body and its faculties. According to Plato‚ “the soul reasons best without bodily senses.” Plato claims that sight‚ hearing‚ pain‚ and pleasure are a distraction to the soul in its search for reality‚ and that true knowledge can only be achieved with pure thought alone. “The body confuses the soul and prevents
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The Elizabethan World Picture In the Elizabethan era it was believed that the Earth was the center of the universe and the Earth was surrounded by 9 or 11 spheres. In the 11th sphere was called coelum empyraeum which means the imperial heaven. It was here it was believed that God existed with his angles. The 9th sphere was called primum mobile. This sphere controlled the universes movements. In the sphere closest to Earth was the moon. From 2nd sphere and upward entailed eternity and stability and
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which is felt as gravity. He indicated it to explain a static Universe based on his mathematical element called Cosmological Constant. On the other hand‚ he discarded his mathematical factor after discovering that the Universe is expanding. The research was printed in Physics Letters B. It was led by scientists from University of Edinburgh. It was conducted two decades ago. The research indicates that the expansion of the Universe is accelerating. This suggests that Einstein’s Constant may still
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examined the similarities between light confined in a reflecting box and particles‚ I was struck by a big idea. This idea is: Basic Assumption: The universe is only spacetime. This idea will be taken as a basic assumption for the remainder of this book. If this simple starting assumption is correct‚ it should be possible to invent a model of the universe that uses only the properties of 4 dimensional spacetime. Ultimately‚ all matter‚ energy‚ forces‚ fields and laws of physics should logically be
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Kierkegaard and Tillich write in a very similar way about the faith as that one thing which can transcend the individual and the collective. Having faith transcends the human experience from the finite universe and into perceiving the world through the aesthetic. No longer concerned with the ethical boundaries because the faith in God will bring only what is in good sake. Kierkegaard presents to the reader the idea of the “absolute duty to God” and he describes that Abraham’s duty to his son is less
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time. Word count: 97 * 13.75 billion years ago‚ something happened in our universe that not even world known scientists can fully explain. We know so much complex information about our universe‚ but why can’t we know how it all started. The Big Bang occurred approximately 13.75 billion years ago‚ which is the considered the age of the Universe. We think that it occured 13.75 billion years agon becaus‚ thats how old the oldest stars are‚ and we think that stars
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science‚ religion only offers claims based around faith and belief to answer these questions‚ research and evidence are replaced with gods and the supernatural‚ which produce simple answers to complex questions. An example would be the creation of the universe‚ was it created by the “big bang”‚ or was there some godly being who has always been here that decided to make our world. One method offers explanations through research and evidence‚ the other offers single answers that require blind faith. In
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