Bertrand Russell

and a woman, and together they can come together to make new life. Homosexual people cannot biologically reproduce. The institution of marriage is based on more than love rather than the ability to have children, Nobel Prize-winning philosopher Bertrand Russell stated that "it is through children alone that sexual relations become important to society, and…

Introduction Gottfried Wilheim Leibniz lived between 1646 and 1716. He was a German philosopher, mathematician and logician. In his contribution to philosophy, he is known for his wide range of thought about fundamental philosophical ideas and principles which includes truth, necessary and contingent truths, possible worlds, the principle of pre-established harmony and the principle of non-contradiction. His principle of pre-established harmony argues that God created the universe in such a way…

Systems Theory, as stated by David Easton, “When we look out on the concrete world of reality, we perceive a bewildering display of phenomena. If we are to orient ourselves in the world, either as actors or as scientists, we must select certain phenomena as a worthy of attention while disregarding other phenomena.” Also, our country needs war on drugs because of the behavior of the Filipinos. For David Easton believes that everything has a limit, this country needs new policies to discipline its…

Today, religion and science are often regarded as being in conflict with one another. Broadly speaking, these conflicts between religion and science occur in two ways: that science opposes religion and that religion opposes science. Science misunderstood is, indeed, a threat to religion. In theory, religion does not give answers, science does, and science does not give guidance, religion does. Both must therefore pose challenges to each other. Science challenges my Christian worldview of…

Final Paper Many people would agree that there appears to be a contradiction between a loving God and the reality of evil. The attempt to answer these difficult contradictions is referred to as a theodicy. The great Christian thinker of our time, C. S. Lewis, wrote as an atheist after his beloved wife died, “meanwhile where is God? This is one of the most disquieting symptoms… But to go to Him when your need is desperate, when all other help is in vain, and what do you find? A door slammed…

Arranged marriage ? So, what ? Starting off, I would like to address that instead of interviewing two couples for this project, I interviewed three couples just so that I can compare them. I had so much fun doing it. I interviewed my parents, my grandparents and one of my siblings. So I am going to classify my parent and my grandparent as an older couple and the younger, my generation couple would be my brother and his wife. From my observation, when the older couple was answering…

The true purpose of marriage Gay people fight for marriage equality but they forget the true purpose of marriage. Historically hhomosexuality where two individuals of the same sex are having a relationship has been a taboo subject and in some countries it is discouraged and/or illegal. In recent years homosexuality and gay marriage has been openly expressed and many countries have either legalised or a currently debating its legalisation. Despite what is happening in some countries Australia…

St. Anslem, was a priest during the 11th century he was the first person known to have formed the Ontological argument as we know it; which can be found in the second chapter of his work, The Proslogion. The Ontological argument is not an argument designed to convert the atheist, but to reassure those who have faith or some belief in God, it was meant for the believer seeking understanding, in other words some logic behind their belief. Since only the “fool” knows but does not believe (Psalms…

Mavrodes’ disagrees with Bertrand Russell’s secular views on religion, as he emphasizes his lack of religion and disagreance with the idea of God. Russell claims that morality does not need religion in order to work because they don’t go hand in hand. George Mavrodes rejects Russsell’s ideas and says his views cannot “answer the question ‘Why…

Roman nobility treated slaves as inhuman and it was considered “right”. Sacrificing the slaves and spouses of an Egyptian ruler that passed away was also considered “right” because there was a belief that they will lead them to reincarnation. Bertrand Russell stated that philosophy…