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    The Existence of the Millennial Generation Student As the Baby Boomers generation has begun to enter retirement‚ the next generation of students (Millennial) is entering the workforce with behaviors‚ ideas‚ attitudes‚ and doting parents to be reckoned with. For many years‚ the word generation has encompassed births that have spanned over several years and allowed for changes occurring over a time period. This new generation of student is called the “Millennial” student and takes over where the Baby

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    There have been many arguments and philosophical beliefs of the existence of god. For many centuries‚ there have been many attempts by many philosophers to prove the existence of God. Many philosophers’ arguments for the existence of God come in many different evidence like using science‚ personal experience‚ history and philosophy. Looking at the philosopher’s point of view‚ I have come across two arguments that explain the existence of god which is the cosmological and ontological argument. As of

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    The existence of god has been a question that has ravaged mankind since we began to think logically. Many philosophers argue that there may or may not be a god‚ or that there may even be different types of gods. It is hard to say whether or not god can exist because there is a limited supply of knowledge regarding the issue. So who knows what we could possibly be missing on this journey to find the answer. Yet our way of thinking has evolved enough to allow us to grasp more complex ideas to make

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    can be conceived. P| 2. God exists in the mind (we think of God). A| 3.Assume God exists only in the mind but not in reality (Atheism) 3 4. Then we can conceive of a being just like God but which also exists in reality. P | 5. Existence is perfection. If two things are alike in all respects except the first exists in reality and the second does not‚ then the first is greater than the second. 4‚5| 6. We can conceive of a being greater than

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    The concept of embodied existence is incoherent Theories about life after death all concern whether or not there is a part of the human body which survives the death‚ specifically the soul‚ and if it does where or when it goes post death. Embodied existence is the idea that we can in a physical sense‚ survive death and live on as physical matter‚ rather than an aspect of us‚ such as our soul living a spiritual‚ disembodied existence after death. Dualism is the theory that our body is distinctly

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    creation is. Gasking asserts that non-existence would be the greatest impairment to creating. Therefore if the universe was created by an existing creator he is not the greatest being that can be conceived‚ because a non-existent one would be greater. A non-existent creator is greater than one which exists‚ so God does not exist. His argument is a response to Anselm’s assumption that existence is a predicate of perfection. Using this logic he assumes that non-existence must be an impairment. This is‚ of

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    by Christian faith; (2) it can clarify truths which cannot be proved; and (3) it can defend the principles of Christian faith against their detractors. True philosophy cannot conflict with Christian faith but it can fall short of it--e.g.‚ the existence of God as efficient cause of the universe can be established by reason alone‚ the full meaning of "God" can only come from faith. Aquinas is not the only‚ but he is the most important‚ medieval thinker who tried to incorporate many of Aristotle’s

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    Abstract Students today are distracted from learning because of the crimes and violence that take place in schools. The purpose of this paper is to inform about the rate of crimes and violence that are taking place in our schools as a result of the level of security measures. It is becoming more evident as shown by the growing publicity in the media. Many incidences are not reported and occur in schools with low level or no security measures that will make them helpless in preventing and controlling

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    Arguments for God’s Existence • Cosmological Argument: Every effect has a cause. The Universe exists and since something cannot come from nothing‚ then God exists. • Theological Argument: Since the universe is ordered and has a useful arrangement then‚ the universe must have a free and intelligent cause. • Anthropological Argument: Since man was created in the image of God‚ he possesses characteristics of God. A blind force could never create man. • Moral Argument: Man has a sense of Morality or

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    something transcendent on which to build our lives upon. There are numerous arguments presented to prove the existence of God‚ however the most convincing of those ways begins from the fact of the existence of the world. These types of arguments are known as “cosmological” arguments. The cosmological argument is that of the existence of the universe is strong indication for the existence of a God who created it. In this essay‚ I will

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