Metaphysics

I believe that Hick’s argument is definitely a compelling one, but I would have to disagree with the notion of the soul-making is a good reason for God to allow evil. In the Christianity doctrine God created a world without evil. with that in mind, it became evident that evil became part of this world when Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating the forbidden fruits which ultimately lead to a world of chaos around us. I would agree however that evil in society lead mankind to continuously…

Both Hinduism and Buddhism are new religions that I have never learned of and that I find very interesting. I was raised a Catholic and I like what these two religions stand for even though I grew up from a different religious background. Will I ever change to Hinduism or Buddhism? no but, I would like to look at the Atman in Hinduism vs. Anatman in Buddhism. The simple difference between them is that Atman is true self, and Anatman is no-self. For most Christens Atman would be more easily…

Endeavouring toward invulnerability, the beasts and brutes of this world have, in the whirling of the clock's hand, endured the voyage. To pardon from perils, one may see themself to countenancing in miscreant affairs so as their legacy reach the morrow. Love, to be enamoured with one; the handling to a continuance of the species. Dominion; admission to security. Power is such; a securing of a mate. Hitherto, in the essence of all creatures, all decisions realised have been for the security of…

Inclusivism Scholarly Article Review Introduction The Qumran Community has always typically been an exclusivist group in early Judaism. This research article written by Gudrun Holtz goes deeper into the Qumran texts and explains the findings of a very inclusivism messages. The article, “Inclusivism at Qumran” explains the culture and beliefs of the community founded from the ancient village at the north shore of the Dead Sea. Qumran is significantly known for the findings of the Dead Sea…

Solving the problem of Evil God’s existence have been questioned multiple times throughout the history. Philosophers such as St. Thomas Aquinas and Paley proved the existence of God throughout the order and design of the 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…

In Descartes first meditation he begins with doubting all knowledge that he accepted as true. To set up firm and permanent truths in the sciences Descartes had to set aside opinions that he believed and start from the very beginning. However, analyzing each of his sentiments for deception would be infinite labor. Instead Descartes says “…it will be enough to make me reject them all if I can find in each some ground for doubt”. This can tackle the fundamental standards in which his beliefs are…

The brain and the mind are a puzzling union because scientists disagree on whether or not the mind is imaginary or real. There are three positions most psychologists take on the topic of brain and mind connections being dualism, monism, or perspectivalism. Some scientists support dualism which is the notion that says the brain and body are separate, because the body is physical while thoughts and emotions are not. This view is widely supported by Christians because it distinguishes between the…

René Descartes built the argument for God’s existence more than once in his “Discourse on Method and Meditations of First Philosophy”, and it wasn’t easy. The basis for his first ultimate proof of God’s existence is developed in Meditation One and Two, in which he establishes how one can know things, and builds certainty of his own existence from the ground up. Meditation Three includes his first attempt at defining God’s existence with a logical proof, in which Descartes takes the power of…

Aristotle and Rene Descartes both try to understand living things. Both philosophers claim the soul makes us the kind of being that we are. For Descartes, being human is a combination of the body and the soul. The body and the soul are completely separate to Descartes. Aristotle believes the body and the soul function together. He thinks about the soul in three different parts. Both philosophers have similarities and differences in their theories and their thoughts regarding the soul and body.…

In Sunnyvale, California Officer James Rand around 2:40 in the morning had pulled over a vehicle due to there being a headlight and license plate light out. He discovered there were six men in the vehicle the three in the front includes: Joe Alcala, Robert Bustamonte, the driver Joe Gonzales and three older men in the back seat. When the Officer Rand asked for Gonzales’s license whom did not have his license on him. Alcala was the only one of the six that could produce a driver’s license, after…