Blackburn is wrong for claiming that the existence of evil calls for a God that isn’t all-good‚ all-knowing‚ and all-powerful. What brought me to this conclusion is his inability to look at things from different perspectives which can cloud or mislead judgement. Blackburn’s main argument is that we evidently face evil in our world so clinging onto the idea of our God being perfect becomes more and more difficult the more you look into it. To support this argument‚ he brings up an example of a management
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past there exists a great mystery in the human minds viz. God. Human mind had always been baffled with the concept of God. Many curious seekers have tried to put their reasoning in black and white either to prove or disprove the existence of God. Still these intellectual arguments often prove inadequate; either to prove or disprove. Through this seminar I intend to compare two different stands on the existence of God; that of Thomas Aquinas‚ the medieval philosopher‚ and Richard Dawkins‚ the neo -
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Thomas Aquinas on Transubstantiation Before Thomas Aquinas died he was writing the Summa Theologian‚ which was regarded as one of the greatest works of medieval theology. Although he didn’t finish he made 4 very interesting arguments about Transubstantiation. He asked whether the substance of bread and wine remain in this sacrament after consecration‚ whether the substance of bread or wine is annihilated after the consecration of this sacrament‚ whether bread can be changed into the body of Christ
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The Existence of God For centuries‚ the idea of God has been a part of man’s history. Past and present‚ there has always been a different integration consisting of the believers and the non-believers of God. The group of those who have "faith" in God tend to be related to one religion or another. On the other hand‚ 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
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Ramsey believed that Christians are in touché with God through the means of conjecturing. Conjectures are propositions that are not proven. But‚ in the side of the Christians they didn’t call this as conjecturing rather they call it Faith. If Paul Ramsey believed to what Nietzsche said‚ then both of them are applicable to what they truly believe. Simply because what they trying to prove are mere propositions that are not proven. (1st page) 2. “God has to die in order that man might be what he is
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of the non-existence or existence of the traditional Christian God. II. Simply put we do not have enough evidence to know whether God exists or not‚ there are too many epistemological issues to pair with the limitations of human exploration. While many questions can be asked to raise inquiry about Gods existence‚ there are none that demonstrate it to be false or true. Therefore‚ both atheists and theists are wrong in their proclamations that it is possible to decipher Gods existence or not. While
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nature is even more intricate. With this in mind‚ nature must have a designer because everything regarding nature is complex and it is very unlikely to be created without contrivance. Convincingly‚ Paley came up with the notion that there must be a God or transcendent being that created the universe‚ as well as all of the nature within it due to the fact that it seems implausible for something so complex to have been created with no thought or planning. In chapter eight‚ Pascal writes‚ “…for nothing
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Throughout the Life of Pi‚ Martel consistently argues for the existence of God. Pi Patel demonstrates his love and belief in God through interest in religion‚ prayer‚ and his epic survival. Pi Patel was raised Hindu‚ but as his interest in religion grew‚ his mind opened to the thought of adding beliefs into his life. “I was fourteen years old – and a well-content Hindu on a holiday – when I met Jesus Christ.” P.50. After a year of embracing Christianity‚ Pi’s passion continued to seek new
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Hume’s arguments against the existence of God are not logical or valid for three reasons: the reality and complexity of the universe is evidence for the existence of God; the nature of a miracle is that it interrupts the closed‚ natural world; and the fact of free will must allow for the existence of a choice that is in opposition to God‚ or what we call
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way people thought about faith substantially. Thomas Aquinas‚ Augustine‚ and Frederick Douglass work to integrate equality and righteousness into the faith by directly and indirectly explaining
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