... particular of Christianity. These components comprise the rationality of the belief system of a God, the ability to demonstrate that of God's existence through religious experience, the logical character of religious language (which shall be discussed a bit later on in this discussion). The philosophy of religion is a series of rationally discoverable truths, which are helpful to religion and also viable to philosophy ... states; or as the case may be to technical terms such as say "omnipotent" which is defined ultimately in reference of ordinary words. Now the difference with ordinary ...

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... much ambiguity involved as that of 2 Cor 12:7. Questions arise from Paul's metaphorical use of "skovkoloy th/: sarkiv." There are questions about the dative use of th/: sarkiv. Theories abound as to what the thorn is2. These vary from eyesight3 to malaria, from sexual temptation4 to human enemies5 or even a satanic enemy6. How was this thorn received? Was it ... with any certainty what the skovkoloy th/: sarkiv is when perhaps the Corinthians themselves did not know.8 It would also be wasteful to just give another survey of the various theories of what this phrase refers to over the cen...

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... to show that this passage of Luke 14:25-33 details the cost of being a disciple of Jesus Christ, even to the point of losing family. Context There are multiple theories regarding the authorship of the Gospel of Luke. However, the gospel itself does not tell us anything specific about his methods but hints at many possibilities of who the true ... same author which is Theophilus. A second observation is that Acts refers to the first treatise, which is understood as the gospel. A third observation is the two books have very similar language and style of writing. Fourth, they both have com...

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... . Plato's ideas that were contained within a religious context may be discussed to have impacted an anthology of diverse doctrine through the influence, ingenuity and articulation within his dialogues conveying theories. Some accredit Plato with the invention of philosophy, while A. N. Whitehead concluded, 'The safest general characterisation of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series ... said cause, and the argument from contingence stems from this idea. The postulation of a necessary being would inspire critics to heavily investigate such religious argu...

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... varying combinations to create different outcomes. It is essentially linguistic or mathematical. Poetry, however, is not about order and results. The focus of poetry is to make concrete images using language; poetry is fundamentally visual and is meant to arrest or fascinate the reader. He uses the terms "Romanticism" and "Classicism," not because of their particular aptness ... in a higher power is necessary, and the romantic faith in the constitutive and mystical force of human individuality is simply a refiguring of that divine higher power that was repressed by theories of secular r...

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