created by God. Without the omnipotent hand of a creator God we would not exist. Isaiah 45:12 states that it was God’s hands which created the Heavens. 47 2. The Question of Identity – The question of identity asks, “What does it mean to be a human” “are humans more important than animals?” (Weider & Gutierrez, 2011) God created mankind above the animal and man was created, “a little lower than angles: (Psalms 8:5). Male and female were both created "in the image of God: and were given
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nights were created by a powerful god or by a Buddha. Buddhists believe that the world was not created once upon a time, but that the world has been created millions of times every second and will continue to do so by itself and will break away by itself. According to Buddhism, world systems always appear and disappear in the universe. The Question of Identity Buddhism see’s the question of identity within the context of enlightenment. They teach that we do not exist as separate beings but that one
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Pcantan2 Turabian Writing Style THEO 202-B17 Hamartiology: The Problem of Evil (Theodicy) You would have to ask yourself, why does a God who is all-loving and all-powerful, allow evil to exist in a world that was divinely created by Him? Because when you ponder the problem of evil, it is the most obvious and serious challenge to belief (Faith) in God and His existence, which is why religious scholars have dedicated so much effort towards resolving it. Elwell states, “The phrase ‘the problem
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hero to many atheists. His arguments against religion are clear, incisive and devastating. However, some people have misconstrued his agnosticism to represent faith and claim that while Hume challenged conventional religion, he himself believed in God. In this paper I will attempt to refute some of these claims by briefly highlighting some of Hume’s most compelling arguments against religion and showing how they leave little room for belief. I will also delve into some of the context surrounding
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There is no solid proof that Heaven or Hell really exist. That is why I do not necessarily believe in them, but I believe in the idea of them. Even the bible itself speaks of heaven and hell. Jesus says there is in (Matthew 10:28). But in (Matthew 13:40) is what Jesus says about hell, “As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so shall it be in the end of this world.” I believe he is saying that hell will not exist until this world comes to an end, that Hell is where the wicked
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begins to exist has a cause. (Which means that everything that we have today, cars, computers, chairs, etc. All have reasons for their creation (or existence) and all have a purpose for their existence.) 2: The universe begins to exist. (When God Created the universe he spoke it into existence. Which means that God’s word has a cause, and if his word has a cause, then so does the Universe.) 3: Therefore the universe has a cause. (No explanation needed :)) Now people will argue about all
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rationalist. According to Descartes, before we can describe the nature of reality (as is done in metaphysics) or say what it means for something to be or exist (which is the focus of ontology), we must first consider what we mean when we say we know what reality, being, or existence is. He suggests that it is pointless to claim that something is real or exists unless we first know how such a claim could be known as a justified true belief. But to say that our beliefs are justified, we have to be able to
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beliefs based on imaginary things results in hypocrisy. This hypocrisy can range from an individual being a hypocrite to an enormous hierarchy. Human beings are capable of being good without a god and religion based on the fact that the existence of god and religious stories have no basis in fact. In god is not Great, Christopher Hitchens writes that “religion has caused innumerable people not just to conduct themselves no better than others, but to award themselves permission to behave in ways
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is capable of being created by God so as to correspond exactly with my understanding of it. Hence the fact that I can clearly and distinctly understand one thing apart from another is enough to make me certain that the two things are distinct, since they are capable of being separated, at least by God. The question of what kind of power is required to bring about such a separation does not affect the judgment that they are distinct. Thus, simply by knowing that I exist and seeing at the same time that
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Descartes and Heidegger both set a new standard for thinking, but at completely different ends. Descartes says a subject is a thinking thing that is not extended, and the object is an extended thing which does not think. Heidegger rejects this distinction between subject and object by arguing that there is no subject distinct from the external world of things because Dasein is essentially Being-in-the-world. To Heidegger, everything has an essence, yet that essence is concealed to humans. Descartes’s
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