and Soul Introduction * Materialism is the view that the mind cannot be separated from the body * Idealism is the view that the mind is the only reality and the body is unreal. * Dualism is the view that the mind and body both exist and are linked in some way. Plato Review Plato’s distinction between body and soul in the foundation unit so that you can make comparisons with the thinking of Hick and of Dawkins. John Hick Philosophy of Religion (1973); Death
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and Soul Introduction * Materialism is the view that the mind cannot be separated from the body * Idealism is the view that the mind is the only reality and the body is unreal. * Dualism is the view that the mind and body both exist and are linked in some way. Plato Review Plato’s distinction between body and soul in the foundation unit so that you can make comparisons with the thinking of Hick and of Dawkins. John Hick Philosophy of Religion (1973); Death
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the existence of a God, who is omniscient, omnipotent, and omni-benevolent when the world is filled with undesirable state of affairs (evil). Atheistic proponents, in particular, argue that a perfect God would not be able to withstand such existence of evil. Therefore, they contend that God could not possibly exist. The responses against the problem of evil are generally divided as theodicies or defenses. While defenses only aim to prove that it is logical for God and evil to exist together, theodicies
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meaningful life, some to self-satisfaction, in serving others and one in serving a loving God. However, Atheism holds to a belief that there is no afterlife only an end of all existence. With this in mind and there being various religious aspects we must ponder the question, how can humanity reject or disallow the everlasting father, the one true God? Many are the disputes for and against the existence of a God and many have proven to be confusing and misguided to say the least but do propose strong
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With Naturalism and what I learn from this was that God doesn’t exist. It’s a source that can be known and what does and does not exist. Naturalism divides into two main perspectives which focus on epistemology and ontology. And secondly with Pantheism, its denies the existence of God. It revolves around the universe rather than for its creator. Pantheism is similar to polytheism, but it goes beyond religion to teach us that everything is God. For Theism and what I learn with this worldview
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and say that you do not have a perfect idea of God. Rather, you have only an approximation of that perfect idea. Since our idea of God would then be imperfect, it would not require a perfect cause and the conclusion wouldn't follow. The first argument for God is in Meditation 3, when Descartes examines the nature of God. Descartes deduces that God would only come from three sources of information: senses or experience, imagination, or an innate idea. God can not come from experiences because there
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worship of a god or 2 gods or many gods. This is a very important point to understand Hinduism. We do not pray to gods because we believe in their superiority but because we believe that they can show us the path towards enlightenment and consequently Moksha. Gajendra Moksha (pictured) is a symbolic tale in Vaishnavism. The elephant Gajendra enters a lake where a crocodile Huhu clutches his leg and becomes his suffering. Despite his pain, he constantly remembers God Vishnu. God liberates him
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aspects of life, separating it from other disciplines and faiths that it is so often confused with. There are distinct attributes about philosophy that allows it to stand on its own. Religion and philosophy are different entities, however, philosophy does impact religion. Religion can be defined as the rules for the direction of life under conditions of maximum certainty. For comparison, philosophy can be defined as the rules for the direction of maximum uncertainty. In simpler terms, philosophy is
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Assignment My Viewpoint of God How can the universe create itself out of nothingness? Given the fact that the universe began to exist, it must have had a “cause” that originated it. Doesn't it make more sense to assume the existence of a Creation? The question is tricky because it sneaks in the false assumption that God came from somewhere and then for us to ask where that might be. The answer is; the question does not even make sense. It's like asking, “What does blue smell like?” Blue is not
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til the end of time, it will be the existence of god. In debating the existence of god, we must consider all arguments for and against whether or not god exists. The most commonly debated argument when arguing against god is the problem of evil. Evil is defined as the existence of human pain and suffering. If there is a god, and this god is all loving, all knowing, and omnipotent then how can there be evil in the world? How could a god allow human pain and suffering where seemingly none is deserved
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