Because his philosophy was much easier to "Christianize," it seems reasonable to think that Platonism was more warmly adopted compared to Lucretius" non-teleological view of the universe. ... "(39)" "As in regards to other divinities," Plato chooses to acknowledge the popular polytheistic religion because to him, it only makes sense for us to "trust those who have proclaimed it in earlier times: being, as they claimed, descendants of gods, must of course have certain knowledge of their own ancestors. (37)" In contrary to this definite presence of a higher being, Lucretius takes the opposin...

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During this time, there were other groups opposing his concepts and considered Christ to be a human with no divine power. ... Marcoin's argument was based on the exoteric view that there cannot be one same God for both Jesus Christ and the rest of the world as if this was the case, then Christ would have all the attributes of God. ... The Doctrine of the Church The understanding and views of Tertullian about the doctrines of the church changed significantly after he joined the Montanism group. ...

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Outline the Ontological argument for the existence of God and consider the view that, while it may strengthen a believer's faith, it has no value for the non-believer. ... Gaunilo opposed Anselm, putting forward his own argument of the most perfect island. ...

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He was expelled from the Sephardi community of Amsterdam in 1656 for his unorthodox views, yet, despite this, he had an influence on subsequent, more orthodox Jewish philosophers such as Moses Mendelssohn who was born 52 years after Spinoza's death. ... Deist belief involves a theory of knowledge based upon the recognition of fundamental universal characteristics on the object perceived, and is rigidly opposed to knowledge that is supernatural in its origin and determined only by strife and conflict. ... One group, motivated in part by concern for the fate of their relatives still li...

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The answer to this is: In this particular passage that Captain Auld used from the Bible could literally be viewed, as the person who disobeys his master should be punished. ... Instead they were more concerned about reprimanding the slaves when the slaves did wrong as opposed to whenever they felt that the Lord professed a beating. ...

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