A Response to McCloskey McCloskey uses the term “proof” throughout his article, to indicate arguments, such as the cosmological, teleological, and the argument from design, that he claims theists use as points in an argument for a sovereign God. McCloskey’s argument that if one point is weak, then all should be abandoned is rather obtuse and close minded. McCloskey refutes the proofs in just several pages, but neglects to mention how all 3 of them collectively get far closer to solid evidence than
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If God sees what we are going to do, he has no right to compensate the righteous and punish the wicked. Discuss The thought that God bestowed upon humans free will is one that is fundamental to the Christian faith. This is emphasized in the book of Genesis. If we were to believe this idea subsequently, we would believe that we are morally accountable for our deeds. The notion of omnipotence rationally requires God knowing what people will do before they do it. This is problematic with the notion
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The flawed and the flawless! Why couldn't God make the world flawless? God made the world beautiful, but humans made it a living hell. Go out in the morning, at the crack of dawn and you will see birds chirping, the parent birds going out and fetching food for their offspring, Elephant taking care of its younger child, Tigers saving up food for the tigress and their offspring. Nature was meant to be beautiful but there was one flaw... humans. Human beings have emotions and emotions can be good or
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Before an artist sits down to paint a picture, they have to consider two things: firstly, the subject to paint, and secondly, the methods they are going to apply to produce an impression of the subject on the canvas. These points are of greater importance when faced with the challenge of painting God, since the methods used must compare to the Divine; so to answer this question fully, it is important to consider if it really is impossible to portray God adequately, if at all. God is a metaphysical
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God is both infinite and personal. Infinite is defined as limitless or endless in space, size or extent; something impossible to measure or calculate. I'm going to focus on the first part of this definition; on God's endlessness. Any quality that God has is endless, because he himself is endless. Therefore, God has endless power, endless wisdom, endless love and so on. His endless power can be see in the creation of the universe. With a single phrase, God created light and darkness out of quite
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must be a first cause that was not caused by anything but started everything else. Therefore, God exists. Cosmological argument attempts to prove God’s existence by observing the universe. Thomas Aquina addressed God’s existence to his systematic theology of the “quinquae viae”
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Biblical theology is a Christian approach in which the theologian studies the Bible from the perspective of understanding the progressive history of God revealing Himself to humanity and following the fall and throughout the Old Testament and New Testament. Biblical theology is an attempt to articulate the theology that the Bible contains as its writers addressed their particular settings. It particularly focuses on the epochs of the Old Testament in order to understand how each part of it ultimately
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INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO Y DE ESTUDIOS SUPERIORES DE MONTERREY MAESTRÍA EN ADMINISTRACIÓN EMPRESARIAL (MGN) Materia: ECONOMÍA PARA LA TOMA DE DECISIONES Caso: Ethical Conflicts at Enron: Moral Responsibility in Corporate Capitalism Pregunta 1: En el caso de Enron y las acciones que llevaron a su colapso, ¿podría decirse que se trató de problemas de agencia? Justifique su respuesta a partir de los conceptos de principal/agent y la información proporcionada en el caso. Respuesta:
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reanimation there are serious consequences for advancing technology both on an individual, moral level and for society as a whole. When someone decides to make advancements in science it typically comes at the cost of human relationships. New technology drives people away from each other. New technology is always hotly debated in the news. In the end a society has to decide whether or not a new technology is moral or not. Advancing technology also advances power, which is the most dangerous thing of
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foreknowledge into the historical story of the Burgundians in such a creative manner that facilitates its purpose of being a “profoundly moral poem” (Raffel 338). By focusing on the narrative’s two main characters, analyzing how foreknowledge effects their characterizations presents an understanding as to how this supernatural element facilitates the conveyance of moral messages. In form of Krimhild’s dream, foreknowledge appears comparatively early in the narrative. During her protected childhood,
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