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    Existence Of God

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    If God exists, why is there so much evil in the world? God is described as an all-good (omnibenevolent), all-knowing (omniscient), and all-powerful (omnipotent), overall superior being. We believe that if God is real and he is what he is portrayed to be, there should be no evil. This presents us with the problem of evil: the difficulty of reconciling the existence of suffering and other evils in the world with the existence of God. (Lawhead 364). There are two different kinds of evil that exist;…

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    to change their behaviors is conveyed through the Misfit, who comments “Jesus was the only One that ever raised the dead… and He shouldn’t have done it… and if He didn’t, then it’s nothing for you to do but enjoy the few minutes you got left the best way you can-by killing somebody or burning down this house or doing some other meanness to him. No pleasure but meanness” (O’Connor, “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” 152). In every situation, whether it be in the contemporary world or prior, there will…

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    Sheyla Vera Phil 106 Fall 2015 Descartes vs Hume Even though all philosophers claim to have different set of ideas and theories they all basically begin questioning the same thing. From one’s existence, gods existence, and the existence of the soul apart from the body. They all, in some way or another, have argued whether or not another philosopher’s theories are valid or not. When this happens we, as the readers, see the flaws that the previous theory had and then the possible flaws another…

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    People have a belief that the pyramid with the eye symbolizes the illuminati. But is that true? The truth is the pyramid doesn’t mean the illuminati. The illuminati is just a theory to scare people but it actually means strength and duration. The pyramid with the eye above it haves good meanings to it. The 13 steps on the pyramid means the 13 colonies and they put the eye to symbolize that god is always watching. The pyramid was designed by William Barton. William had the idea to add thirteen…

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    These three philosophers Anselm, Guanilo and Thomas Aquinas present their arguments about the existence of God that not everyone would agree with their view of how God exists. One philosopher Thomas Aquinas gives the better evidence in opinion because he argues that everything that has breath must have a creator. Aquinas opinion is the only thing that makes sense of what these three philosophers say about the existence of God. God does exist not for what these three philosophers say, but God…

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    In today’s day and age one highly controversial topic of debate is religion. Has God become obsolete with all the scientific progress the human race has made in the past few decades? Lewis 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…

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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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    descartes deals, in grand part, with existence. The fact that we can give thoughts and reasoning to a subject or matter, leads us to think that we exist as premise 1 states :" I think,therefore I am". For this reason, if we are being deceived or controlled by a demon/computer, we would not have the ability to think on our own. Therefore, Descartes is certain that God as a reason and exist because there is not reason that God would have give the ability to think to humanity and yet have a evil…

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    The meaning of the word evil takes on many different forms, the most common is the concept of being morally wrong -negative behaviors-, bringing harm unto others and marked by bad events-such as a natural disaster- (Simple). The Problem of Evil consists of the idea that if there is a theistic God, then evil would not exist in the world. This is due to the fact that God is thought to be Omnipotent(all-powerful), Omniscient(all-knowing), and Omnibenevolent(all-good), which would mean that God…

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    God's Grandeur Poem

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    God’s Grandeur by Gerard Hopkins is an Italian sonnet describing God’s existence in this world. This particular poem consist of an octave, with patterns of rhymes in each sentence that describes what’s going on. The poem ends with a sestet. We begin where man has forgotten God, the one who is Creator, Lord, and King. The one who is provider, sustainer, and giver of life? God reigns and rules with authority. He is Omniscient and Omnipotent. Job 42:2 say’ He can do all things and nothing can…

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