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    “ It also help us explain our surroundings. Without physic, we would be surround with many mysteries. For example, back in the Middle Ages, people believe in things such as: the Earth is the center of the Universe, heavier objects falls faster than lighter objects, and that all objects falls with constant velocities. However, these hypotheses were soon proven wrong with the question, ‘If the apple falls, does the moon also falls?’ The moon is constantly falling…

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    There is always a point in life where one has to grow up, and experience the world in its true form, whether by choice or by force. It is an important part of life that changes one’s personality and their perspective of the world. This important transition is a focal point of life, and changes people as they learn about the world. Scout in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird demonstrates what happens to people when they grow up when her life takes a turn and forces her into a young lady.…

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    The meanings behind the beauty of nature by the nineteenth century have almost dwindled into pure unimportance. For some, nature stands for protection and home, while for Englishmen of that time it stands for power and profit. Nature comes from the word natus, which means birth in Latin. History provides an assumption that for many God was the creator of all including nature. He controlled the growth, a change for every season, and anything pertaining to Earth itself. Nature's beauty was created…

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    To me, astronomy is the study of the universe and everything in it. This includes the planets, moons, stars, comets, etc. The major difference found between Muggle astronomy and Wizarding astronomy is that the Muggle world has "laws" that explain what they see in the universe. The study of these laws of the universe in the Muggle world is called "physics". Although these laws do explain a vast majority of what the Muggles see on Earth and in the universe, it may not hold true in the Wizarding…

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    The messier galaxy is galaxy that is seventeen million light years away. This galaxy can be seen in the constellation Hydra. This galaxy is a spiral pinwheel galaxy and is also one of the brightest galaxies in the sky. The galaxy messier 83 was founded in February 23 in 1752 by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Lacaille found the Messier 83 galaxy off of the Cape of Good Hope. In March of 1781 Charles Messier added this galaxy to his catalog of nebulas objects, known as the messier catalog. Later on…

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    Vaughn explains in his book Philosophy: Here and Now ( pg. 64-66) St. Thomas Aquinas’s evidence for God. Aquinas’ arguments for the existence of God are known as the first-cause argument and the argument from motion. Aquinas explains that in the universe everything is moving and caused by something, for example a ball is pushed by a child. Why did this happen? The child was there to push the ball. Why was the child there to push the ball? The child was given birth to by his mother. You can then…

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    The stories of Genesis and Popol Vuh attempt to explain the creation of Earth and mankind. Although these stories have many similarities, they do differ in many ways because of the different religions they come from. Right from the beginning there are obvious similarities between the two. They both references a God or multiple Gods who create the world and everything in it including humans. The Gods all save the creation of humans for last after creating landscapes, plants, and animals. They…

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    Ericksen’s findings of genre are found in the similarities between other Latin works and “Christ and Satan” from the argument of wisdom in these different works. The comparison is stemmed from the question found in multiple works, such as, the Old English “Solomon and Saturn” question “Tell me what God is?” (304) Whereas, Junius manuscript question is stated as “Who possess pure intelligence except eternal God?” (304) These questions focus on the same idea but say it in very different ways. As…

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    a Freshmen in college. At the beginning of the year, he signed up for his college Philosophy class and became challenged with his college professor, Mr. Radisson. Professor Radisson is a strong atheist, which believes that there is no God in the universe. In class, Professor Radisson had the students write on a piece of paper “God is Dead”, since Josh is a devout Christian he found himself at a crossroad, having to decide between his faith and his future. Since Josh refused to proclaim that “God…

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    Bigfoot Imagine walking through the woods alone one day when you hear a twig snap. You stand frozen and all of a sudden you look and there it is staring at you. It is tall, black, and hairy. It disappears in the brush and you know what you just saw. It was a bigfoot. Although many people don’t believe in bigfoot, there are a bunch of supporting facts that proves bigfoot does exist, like the Patterson Gimlin film, dna testing, sightings, and photographs by other people. The Patterson Gimlin…

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