of Christianity is to create a union with God, not to avoid suffering/ evil. From this, comes an argument for Atheism from evil. This explains that, “There is unnecessary evil. The existence of God is incompatible with the existence of unnecessary evil. So, God doesn’t exist.” This is believed due to the idea that if there is an omniscient, omnipotent, and omnibenevolent God, they would see to it that no unnecessary evil existed. However, it in fact does. The problem considers two types of evil.
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Can science disprove God? This is a key question in the Reason Series that is especially discussed in Episode One and one that I have always wondered about myself. Disproving anything with science is close to impossible because the scientist would need to rule it out in every situation that could possibly happen. God is outside our universe and can’t be measured, therefore, science can’t disprove him. Solid evidence of a creator does exist, though: something can’t come from nothing, so something
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------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. Know how Aristotle thought of forms. “Form” is each things specific characteristics. Example: A chicken’s form is fluttering, crackling and laying eggs. (What is does). But if the chicken dies, the form no longer exists. Aristotle believed there was purpose in everything that happened in nature. 4. Know how Aristotle comes to “know” something. Logic. 5. Know what Aristotle meant by “substance”. “Substance” is what things are
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Kant’s moral argument focuses on the notion that God must exist to provide structure to the moral universe. Technically he did not believe that is was possible to prove the existence of God through rational or empirical means. It is important to outline two key ideas before explaining the details of the moral argument. These ideas centre around his assumptions of the universe: that the universe was fair; and that the world around us is fundamentally rational. He begins with the unspoken assumption
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prove; whether or not God exists. Peter Kreeft bestows upon the reader 20 valid arguments that help confirm God’s existence. To the modern mind, ‘The Argument from Aesthetic Experience’ and ‘ The Argument from the Origin of the Idea of God’ are the best suited
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of Evil’s (EPE) claim that ‘probably, there exist pointless evils’. I will contest the arguments against Wykstra’s criticism and give alternative examples. Wykstra’s Argument Wykstra asserts that man’s cognitive limitations cannot be compared with the omnipotent and omniscient nature of God, and it is unsurprising that the evil in the world is inscrutable to us. To illustrate, he utilizes the good parent analogy. We view the relationship between God, a perfectly loving being, and humans as analogous
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one being whether or not the analogy makes any sense. The obvious answer is yes, it does make sense, but before we dive into this topic, a proper explanation of the allegory of the sun is needed. The origins of the allegory comes from a conversation between Socrates and Glaucon, Plato’s older brother. Within this discussion, Socrates brings forth the idea that the sun represents the good, and that the sun is God-like. It is further explained that the sun “makes our sight see best and visible things
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So with that being said the Christian have proof of what God did and belief that God does exist. ------------------------------------------------- Write 2-3 sentences explaining what the Fall reveals about humanity and human morality. The fall reveals about humanity and human morality is that there is evil amongst us. Humanity reveals that there is a good/bad side and evil won in the fall. Human morality will change over time and God will forgive us. -------------------------------------------------
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hand of God. This worldview comes from the given facts from within the Bible. In fact, the first chapter of the Bible (New King James Version, Genesis: 1) is where the origin of mankind begins. It is said many times throughout the Bible that God says it is he who created the heavens and the earth and placed mankind into existence (New King James Version, Isaiah 45:12).Our origin of life and existence is given to us all throughout the word of God. The Question of Identity – (What does it mean
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In Rene Descartes Meditation on First Philosophy, Descartes has cast a net of doubt on everything that he knows using three main arguments. In order to know something to be certain and true, he must get rid of the skeptical hypotheses to find truths that one simply cannot doubt. In order to fully overcome these doubts that he casts in Meditation I, he must analyze and show that he could be certain of the existence of the material world, despite the dreaming and demon arguments, which can be seen
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