The Elegant Universe

Response to McCloskey’s Article Shamyra Thompson Liberty University Introduction In the short article On Being an Atheist, H.J. McCloskey discusses several arguments pertaining to the whether or no there is a God and what one believes to be evil. McCloskey also refers to the arguments as “proof” as well as implied several times that they can’t define or establish the existence of God. In the light of Foreman’s comments in regards to the question of…

Fate: Discussing the Extent and Purpose of Free Will in Oedipus One of the most multisided philosophical debates can be sparked simply by asking "Are we free?" It's a question that we've been grappling for thousands of years. Sophocles uses Oedipus to ask questions about fate, free will, and how they can possibly exist together. In ancient Greek, the word for fate was Moira, defined by Homer as an impersonal power and sometimes makes its functions interchangeable with those of the Olympian gods.…

Looking on a general perspective, we all are specially-crafted and abled creatures that reside in every nook and corner of this enormously distributed earth. Concrete existence of life through all these million years of our primitive brothers have confirmed fixed prospects of survival and resource-availabilty in the world. This clearly indicates that all of our basic needs are similar to one another. They include, finding food, shelter and clothing which is genetically hardwired into our…

The basis of this theory is that everything in the universe and around us is relative. Among everyday life, relativity is used, including the use of GPS navigational systems and communication networks. Relativity is an advanced development which may not affect day to day life in terms of being able to do…

According Peter M. McGinnis (2013) the Newton’s first law is about the linear kinematic and is called law of Inertia. This law states that, ‘everybody continues in it states of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it’ (McGinnis, 2013, p.88). Simpler, the law of Inertia says that if there is no external force acts on a subject, that subject will not move and it will remain in states of rest or if it was moving it will…

The Solar System By Krishiv There is always something that you are pondering about. From the periodic table to the circulatory system. But did you know that the majority of people wonder about the Solar System? It is the final frontier, or the one thing that is not fully discovered. There are many unique masses in the Solar System. They range from planets like the earth to rocks such as asteroids, comets, and meteors. But one thing is for certain… every mass has to orbit the sun.…

I live in a magical world. No really I do. Everyone here can do magic! Well not quite everyone I can not yet but I’m just not old enough. Soon I will go to the Council and they will determine if I am able to start practicing magic. I hopefully will be good enough to join our militia and fight for my country. Antalashia is a great place to live I do not know why anyone would want to leave. The Council makes smart decisions that keep us safe and protected. Millions of years ago they built a huge…

The planets in the solar system are divided into terrestrial and jovian planets. They are different in their position, composition and other features. First of all, let us see what are the jovian and the terrestrial planets. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are the jovian planets. Mercury, Venus and Earth are the terrestrial planets. One of the main differences that can be seen between terrestrial and jovian planets, is their surfaces. While the terrestrial planets are made of solid surfaces,…

The overwhelming majority of nature on the planet earth will be forever trapped in the confinement of a less cognitive ability, shackled to the walls of what they can and cannot do. All except for one, awe-inspiring species. The homo sapien, better known as a human, is the most evolved living organism in nature. In order to be classified as a human, one will have to possess many specific qualities. The anatomical body of a homosapien being cannot be viable without the possession of moral…

The Myths Before the completely new way of thinking known as philosophy had emerged, myths answered the questions of the world. A myth is a story involving gods that explains certain situations, origins, or events in nature. In Nordic culture there was no lack of myths. Thor, a prominent god and character of many myths, had a hammer which caused thunderstorms. Thor’s hammer was also a vital weapon in the ongoing battle between the gods and the giants. This battle was a, “mythological…