Pre-existence

Out of the three main different schools of thought surrounding epistemology and how humans gain knowledge, Kant’s theory of transcendental idealism is the most reasonable. While both Hume and Descartes present good points, they take their ideas too much to the extreme. Hume’s extreme empiricism drives him into skepticism so harsh that it led to the conclusion that events do not really have a cause, since cause cannot be directly observed. This claim is problematic at numerous levels, mainly…

Through [diction, figurative language, imagery, syntax] the poem “The Tyger’’ by William Blake conveys a “Baffled’’ tone, revealing how beauty is hardly noticed. One way the tone is revealed is by Diction. You may notice there are a lot of words and phrases that refer to fire like “ burning bright, fire, burning’’ and these words are used by the author to describe how dangerous and fierce, this tiger is. I mean, how is it God made this creature when God is thought to be beautiful and is…

Am I insane or not insane is the question I always ask myself. Yet, in the world we live in, nobody’s sane or normal. However, if we could rate the average person on a one to ten scale on how normal they are what would that say if we calculated everyone’s normality? How would the data show how messed up we humans are? How can I even say we? I’m not considered human after all. Nor can I say that I’m some godly figure. Not with this curse placed on me. Well, that’s what I like to call it at least…

the burning itself as fire is inanimate, but we cannot see any other possible cause. He also uses the example of sperm fertilising an egg, and the transferral of a father's features through this process. From this he deduces the principle that the existence of something can happen with a thing but it does not prove that it happens by that thing (Incoherence,…

Only those who have experienced the journey of discovering the true reality from false perceptions can guide others to escape the ignorance they live in. The process of Jesus earning all authority after his resurrection is similar to the mind power one can have once they know the true reality of what they live. To be freed from the ignorant state of mind and enjoy the power of choosing to perceive the contrived reality or the truth, it is essential to be guided by someone who has already been…

I believe that Heidegger is not an atheist. In his writing “Letter to Humanism” he is not taking a stance on God, he is stating that Philosophy does not deal with God. This is because for Heidegger, God as the ultimate being as a result of the Platonic tradition, which confused the "Being of beings" with the most absolute or greatest Being, which over time the idea of greatest being incorporated also the idea of God. I think for Heidegger, the proper place for philosophy and the concern of…

of three from a French man named Pascal, author of Pensées, who claims these wagers are proof of God’s existence. Pensées is translated into the word “thought” from French. The book is a collection of notes Pascal wrote down. Most of these notes were scattered or illegible. The topic known as Pascal’s wager…

In Augustine Confession he declares that in God, evil, and eternity; without these then there would be nothing. There are two cities Babylon, and Jerusalem One of the cities was about love or self and the other was about love about God in neighbor. There are two different types which is the reason for philosophy and theology. Theology is mainly about love, faith, and religion. Philosophy is about reason through science than faith in God. This section was about conversion and also his conversion…

Does God have complete control over everything related to his creation, or are the evils of this world our own doing? When disaster strikes, the easy reaction is to blame God. We ask “Why would God allow this to happen?” or “Why is God doing this to me” What portion of our hardship is God really responsible for? This week’s assignment asks us to determine if the Open Theist view that God neither causes tragedy or allows it is more helpful than the doctrine of election which contends that god is…

In this week’s assignment, I choose to the religion Deism. Deism is described as a religion that is similar to Theism, which only believes in one God, however followers of Deism also believes that there is one God, but Deism believes that God made the world and created all that exists as well as the laws of the world and that is it (Britannica, 2017). Followers of this religion believe that God has removed himself from any involvement with the world or anything that has to do with nature as well…