Cosmological constant

Dr. Thompson has done an amazing job gathering together and discussing many of the reason for unbelief as well as many of the solutions to the philosophic, theological, or scientific charges against God and the Bible. The first few chapters in the book discuss the differences between unbelief. Some people claim to be atheists while others see themselves as agnostics. Clarification is given about what constitutes a skeptic or an infidel. Dr. Thompson also defines and discusses deism, pantheism,…

universe. On the other hand, philosophers such as Hume in his philosophical paper “ The Problem of Evil” had pointed out the opposite. In what follow, I will discuss how the cosmological and teleological arguments solve the problem of evil and re affirm the existence of God. . According to the cosmological argument by St. Thomas Aquinas, God is the first mover, the first cause and an intelligent being . God is the first mover because as Aquinas states, “Whatever is in motion…

For decades now, the topic of God’s presence has been bantered consistently.There are numerous arguments that seek to explain life apart from God’s involvement. Such as, cosmological and teleological arguments. “In light of these, H.J McCloskey composed an article entitled "On Being an Atheist" in which he says these contentions are false and contends that without complete evidences, we should expel the possibility of God totally and his primary complaint to the possibility of God is the…

The cosmological argument supports by initiating that something (God or a creature of such power) had to have created something as big as a universe. Since this creature created the universe, it can not be included in the universe. Think of it like this, picture…

The cosmological argument, in it’s simplest terms, can be broken up into a few understood points that make it what some to believe the answer to God’s existence. The same form of argument that the cosmological argument possesses can actually be applied to discrediting the existence of God. The origin of time and the relationship between an infinite set of causes and effects and if it has a creator both work together in forming good points against the credibility of the cosmological argument made…

7. David Rothenberg focuses on Aristotle’s objection to his position. Aristotle defines the cause of nature in four separate ways: material cause, formal cause, efficient cause, and final cause. These four separate causes cast nature as the omnipresent, enveloping cause of everything in the universe. Consequently, Aristotle does not set any limitation to nature and its causes. Nature becomes the cause of nature in absolute. Thus, Aristotle presents a fallacy of a circular argument. By claiming…

The cosmological argument for God’s existence is one of the most revered of the classical arguments for theism. Throughout history, it has found defenders from Aristotle to Aquinas to Leibniz, to name a few. There are actually three main variations of the cosmological argument: the kalam argument for a temporal first cause of the universe, the Thomistic argument for some ultimate ground of ontological being, and the Leibnizian argument for a necessary explanation of why the universe exists at…

Thomas Aquinas was an extremely influential philosopher in the 11th century, and one of the many theories he was known for was the “five ways”. The first way, which I will be endorsing, is a practical observation regarding all motions in the world. An unmoved mover exists in all of our lives, any motion that takes place in the universe has an external force acting on it, everything has the potentiality and actuality to change; however, as you continue to back track to what caused originally…

What results would lead you to the conclusion that the material tested has high potential for AMD generation and would indicate that more extensive and intensive tests should be done to confirm the results. When looking at the Paste pH and Electrical Conductivity Tests, we are looking for an acidic environment and an environment with a high concentration of salt. Specifically, if our site sample has a pH of less than 4, then that indicates that the sample is acidic. If our site sample has an…

Since acetic acid is considered a weak acid (strong within the scale of weak acids), there is a range at which the acetic acid and acetate will form a stable buffer. Using the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation for buffers, it’s possible to calculate the pH based on the ratio of acid to conjugate base, or calculate the ratio given the pH and pKa value. Finding charge on a protonated amine: The pKa value given for the amino group on any amino acid specifically refers to the equilibrium between the…