... the skeptics find the existence of God somewhat puzzling and try to seek the answers through scientific methods. Even as of today with all the modern technologies and the development of sciences, we still do not have a definitive answer to the question "does God exist?" Among many philosophers and ... of what God is? Descartes' hypothesis on his theory starts with the idea of a God who is eternal, infinite, omniscient, omnipotent, benevolent, and perfect. In his earlier Meditations, he claims that God may be a deceiver; he, however, concludes later that God is a non-deceiver because an a...

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... from external, corporeal origins. If his conceptual continuity did not originate from external sources then God must be a deceiver, but as he had already observed, this was absurd, as a perfect entity could not by nature be deceptive. From these premises DesCartes drew that material substance and the external world do in fact exist. Cartesian thought principle creates a whole methodology for ... that there are only satisfied and unsatisfied desires. All people should have satisfied desires. The greater good requires that we let as many desires as possible be satisfied. Any modern moral t...

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... redefinition of man, cosmology, politics, social hierarchy, sexuality and ethics."" Spinoza's principal contribution to the Enlightenment was to pull together all the strands of atheistic thought from oriental, ancient and modern philosophy into a logical structure. Spinoza's system, "imparted shape, order and unity to the entire tradition of radical thought."" Even though Spinoza still wrote about God, he identified God with ... Jewish-Islamic Medieval mystical tradition also approached this. L.H. Grunebaum says of the Islamic mystics, "The mere attribution of reality to any entity bes...

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... . Also, a being that possesses necessary existence will always be greater than a contingent being, which may or may not have existed. Descartes developed Anselm's argument, but he defines God as, "A supremely perfect being." Descartes began by doubting everything, including truths that he had already previously accepted to be true. He wouldn't accept empirical evidence to prove something true. He believed that our ... that tells us something about the subject. E.g. The world is round. If God is by definition something supremely perfect and if existence is perfection, it follows that God ...

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... does exist whether it is man made or natural, however this alone cannot support the notion that god does not exist. The creation of an ideal city, a perfect world, one that god wants for its citizens is one of free choice. A world, where individuals can make good decisions and decisions that are best for ... there must be some sort of doubt, some bad in order to make a the best possible choice. There must be some sort of evil existing in a perfect world if it is one where god wants free choices to be made. Having evil in their world is a condition that is needed in making a genuine deci...

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... ignore; none can survive without the other. Love and the want of a soul mate keeps each member of man and womankind in constant search of the perfect person with whom to become one. Yet if this bond is a necessity of the human race then why has the meaning, purpose and pursuit of it ... love was still a concept that was not understood and unknown. Though many of the guidelines and characteristics of love are wise, some may not apply to modern society. The writing serves as a pamphlet that depicts some of the guidelines of love as the philosophers of Plato's time saw them. The interventi...

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... were closely associated with events in the early church." (46) The Bible is the guide book for the Christian. Because they believe it is the perfect word of God and it states that Jesus is the son of God, Christians believe their religion is right and all others are wrong. Muslims ... do with a peaceful religion? However, we are only looking are current events. The history of every religion is bloody and violent. Man is not perfect and when the element of man is entered into religion it can be manipulated. Powerful men can twist the words of God and use them for ... their own personal g...

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... explanations are only logically possible as stated the plausible evidence. According to McCloskey, "the cosmological argument does not entitle us to postulate an all-perfect, all-powerful uncaused case." Evans observes that God is the eternal unchanging source of all change movement, and process the ultimate mover that ... in everlasting and continuous motion (Mawson, 1975). Another reason that proves that the supreme mover is not the creator-god is that a perfect being has no needs and can do nothing to improve its state. The unbroken activity of God directs to intervene the providentia...

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The Oxford English Dictionary defines god as "1. A being conceived as the perfect, omnipotent, omniscient ruler and originator of the universe, the principal object of faith and worship in monotheist religions. 2. A being of supernatural powers, believed in and worshipped by a people."" The first definition reflects Modern America's connotation of the word god. The latter recalls the Ancient Greco-Sumerian ideal of a being greater than ... would already have either the instant wisdom to know who was the fairest. Also, their infinite power would give them each the ability to make themselves in...

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... by Jesus to do the following, first of all they had to preach the old and New Testament. This showed the right path of living. People in those days weren't perfect, some did robberies just like today, but the disciple's jobs were to show the right path. Another authority the disciples had was to cast out demons. Jesus gave this authority ... to a disciple so it is possible for people to be good Christians and help the poor. I disagree and think it is possible to be disciple in the modern. There are some distractions in the modern world but they can be avoided. There are many religious p...

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... "The Tyger". He questions why God would have created innocence and beauty and then created something powerful and dangerous with the potential to destroy it. This is applicable to many modern day questions of what constitutes good and evil. When people look out at the world and see disasters such as that of September 11, and many of the acts of ... modern day terrorism, like the adult in this poem, they question God. They ask if there is a God then why is it that evil exists, and why do bad things happen, ... in "The Lamb" lives in a world of pastoral naivety, ignorant to the truths o...

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... fear of scorn, have been willing to write out all their misdeeds to be published and distributed publicly. Augustine was a very reputable man of power in his day. His Confessions' modern-day equivalent might be similar to an autobiography of President Clinton in which he admitted that he had participated in sexual misconduct. No present-day politician or church leader, such ... as a senator or the Pope, would be likely to publish a similar autobiography. To do so would be political or societal suicide. Thus, Augustine's strength came not from a perfect past in which he steered clear of ...

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... the late twentieth century tend to view democracy - or any rule by the populace - as divine, with other forms of government warranting at least some degree of skepticism. That said, modern readers of Milton's Paradise Lost may be inclined to observe Satan's government in Hell as ideal - everyone has an opportunity to speak his piece, and votes are taken when decisions ... Satan and his minions focus on revenge and devastation, God and His Son speak of love and redemption. This contrast places the vile pettiness and evil of Hell against the perfect holiness of Heaven. The actions of the ...

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