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?" ... Descartes' hypothesis on his theory starts with the idea of a God who is eternal, infinite, omniscient, omnipotent, benevolent, and perfect. ... Rather, he believes that this perception of God is prior to his own perception, and it could only actually arise from a perfect being. ... Furthermore, Descartes himself acknowledges the fact that he is not perfect. ... I believe that neither Descartes nor mo...

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In her poem "Ego Tripping" Nikki Giovanni is referring to herself as a supernatural being by referring to explaining her affiliation with Jesus, Allah, and perfect divinity Nikki Giovanni claimed herself to be Jesus after a self-transformation. ... Nikki Giovanni is trying to explain herself as a modern day martyr that has been blessed with a spiritual gift. ... She is stating that the original creation is so perfect, others can't compare. ... In her poem "Ego Tripping" Nikki Giovanni is referring to herself as a supernatural being by referring to ex...

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The creation of an ideal city, a perfect world, one that god wants for its citizens is one of free 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. ... Ultimately a perfect world cannot exist. ... The justification of evil existing in a perfect world is the freewill defense. ... In today's modern world, people try to rationalize things on a scientific basis rather being more open minded. ...

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He has perfect goodness and He has no badness. ... He only does perfect goodness and never bad. ... I feel that really the problems for a modern day Christian cant really be resolved due to the fact that all these attributes are written in the Bible aswell as the explanations. ... I feel that modern day Christians should just be able to take these attributes as any other Christian has done in the thousand years before them. ...

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While in the case of myths and religious stories the hero is clearly associated with gods or God; this fact is not the case with modern literature because the idea of gods has been disguised into value of things---freedom, wealth, success, acceptance etc. ... For Budda, this iniation involves his quest to reach Perfect Enlightenment. ... His desire to attain Perfect Enlightenment comes through meditation. ... He achieves omniscient vision, perfect understanding in the chain of causation, and the origin of Evil Dexaiah. ... His death provides for his victory, which comes through achi...

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I believe sin is more than a Godly creation; it is a human invention that was created to keep the human species in line previous to modern law. ... If the punishment is directly decided by the sin then all these are perfect because they have to do with not be...

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However, even they try to be the perfect law-keepers, they sin and get discouraged by their sin. ... This also includes us who live in modern days, believing that keeping the law is the only way to be saved by God. ...

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To most people religion offers salvation, enlightenment, and a place in heaven. Religion identifies a way of life. It tells one a complete code of life. Religion emphasizes the importance of being good and of being right. It condemns those who are bad and those who are wrong. Those who practice...

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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. ... The Qur"an was written soon after Muhammad received his word from God so Muslims believe it to be the perfect word of God. ... Man is not perfect and when the element of man is entered into religion it can be manipulated. ... The battle for Spain is a perfect example. ...

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Everything on our planet is too perfect and complicated to not have been created by an intelligent being. ... Despite the lack of documentation of this God, no pictures, no signatures, no spiritual presence in modern day life. ...

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Numerous experts in modern time regard Plato as the first genuine political philosopher and Aristotle as the first political scientist. ... Typically, sacred texts tell us too much and too little: too much, because they often contain contradictory statements; too little, because they are often not specific enough The main objective in Plato's philosophy is a creation of a perfect society. ...

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What is the American family? This question was answered by John de Crevecoeur, in "what is the American?" (1782), when he said: "I could point out to you a family whose grandfather was an Englishman, whose wife was Dutch, whose son married a French woman, and whose present four sons have four wives ...

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Powell, "The author notes that the perfect, beautiful, symmetrical, work of art (the tyger) is such a destructive animal: here Blake is identifying the idea that there, in fact, is evil in such a beautiful world but he cannot understand why". ...

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God, Morality, and Meaning in Cormac McCarthy's The Road Erik J. Wielenberg Cormac McCarthy's novel The Road is, among other things, a meditation on morality, what makes human life meaningful, and the relationship between these things and God. While the novel is rife with religious imagery and ideas, it suggests a conception of morality and meaning that is secular in nature. In this paper I show that while the existence of God remains ambiguous throughout the novel, The Road contains both a clear moral code and a view about what makes life meaningful. I describe this moral code and e...

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