If there was ever a time when there was nothing at all, then there could never be anything since there was nothing in the very beginning. ... All physical laws and the order of nature and life were all designed and ordered. ... It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.' ... Many others also don't believe there is a God because there are no evidence what so ever. ... But then how are we supposed to have this thing called "free will" if all our lives are planned before we were born and our choice were already d...

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Why is there evil in the world If God created everything, then who created God? ... Atheism is the disbelief in the existence of deity, or the doctrine that there is no deity (Merriam-Webster 59). ... If everyone believe that there was no afterlife, then many people would have no conscience. ... If God did not exist then there would be no need for a judicial branch, because everything would be legal. ... At first no one believed that he went to heaven, but he got his parents attention when he could tell them where they were during the procedure. ...

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What he's saying is that there was no reason for him to steal the pears, no need or desire. ... But if that were true, then we still wouldn't sin. ... So if the Lord were all knowing, then he would know that Satan and his angels would rebel. ... If that were truly what free will is, then what good would it be without evil? What would we have to choose between if there was no evil? ...

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There will always be those who tend to interpret the Bible more literally than others. ... If you do, they may trample them under their feet and then turn and tear you to pieces." ... I doubt there were many oysters around. ... He knew, even then, the probabilities of human nature to make money and material things our God. ... There is example after example of this style of hyperbole in the Old Testament. ...

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When there is consent on a higher power or a God, then what ever the God says is normally what determines these values. ... They were considered secular because they practiced no religion, but instead developed the "Art of War-, and other weapons to increase the strength of their army. ... This can be defined as the belief in more then one God where most religions that were practiced around this time only believed there was one God. Since the Shang Dynasty worshiped their ancestors who were of equal importance, then there could not be only one God. ... The only difference is that there ...

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If this were true then God must himself abide by some set guidelines in the sentencing of people to Hell. ... Two hundred years ago if you were not a God fearing person then you were in the minority. ... If people do not believe in Hell then it gives them no problem sinning because without Hell the punishment will be only human. ... There is no way you can beat him, if he does exist in the form explained in the bible then no matter what, he knows if you sinned. ... This seems quite idiotic, being affected by something you do not even believe in; this seems like having a spell cast on you when ...

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Yet, if this were the only objection Teleology would fair rather well. ... Who then is his intelligent designer? ... Hence, there is no doubt that there exists a being, than which nothing greater can be conceived, and it exists both in the understanding and in reality." ... If this were possible then could we not double our two Gods into four? ... Why is there something rather then nothing? ...

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However, this cannot go on to infinity because there would never be an instance in which there was no first mover and, consequently, no subsequent movers. ... There is no specification that there could be a difference between a personal being and an impersonal matter. ... If the one who set forth motion no longer exists then it cannot be classified as a God. ... What if there was more then one creator? ... Is there more then one God who put motion on the earth? ...

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So around this time, religion and science were not able to be put together, and if you did then that meant that you went against God's Word. ... No it does not make sense. ... They would eventually wake up and act like nothing happened, sitting there with no regrets. ... Then light came. ... Where were we before this life? ...

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This act bothered Augustine, for there seemed to be no reason to perform it other than it was not allowed. For one thing, the pears themselves were of low quality and therefore were not good to eat. ... Augustine then examined the origins of evil. ... It was obvious to me that things which are liable to corruption are good... for if there were no good in them, there would be nothing capable of being corrupted. ... Where does evil fit into the picture then? ...

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The other side to that is to not believe in a God that doesn't exist which would not hinder any of your life because there is no God to punish you. ... The "Atheistic Moral Argument" ties in the fact that since there are so many different views on morals, rules to follow, and overall life paths that are deemed right or true is evidence that there is no God or at least no one traditional, theistic God. If there were, then there would be only one set of moral guidelines and one path of truth. ... If God truly did exist, then there would only be one religion to follow, being that G...

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In my opinion, I believe there is no simple answer to any of these questions, and that fact may suggest to some people that perhaps God does not exist. ... This argument suggests the logical belief that if there were no evil in the world, consequently, there could be no good at all. ... The third example is that "The universe is better with some evil in it than it could be if there were no evil." ... "There are no limits as to what an omnipotent thing can do." ... Van Inwagen admits that there are horrors that occur in the world that seem to have no explanation. ...

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Aquinas believed that if you had no knowledge of an end then you would live your life as if there was no end. ... However the person who believes in God and afterlife knows that when they die there will be no more sadness and suffering because if God created all beings and God is Happy, then they will be happy as well in the afterlife. ... Contradictions to that theory is, that If we are all good there would be no crime or violence in the world, and if we believe in God and an afterlife there would be no need for confessions and going to church to be forgiven for your sins. If we believed in t...

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The strongest have no power to resist Him, nor can any deliver out of his Hands." ... " "There is an hour to come." ... But then I realized what hour Father Hooper was talking about. ... Though they were afraid of the Black Veil and what it represented, they were more afraid to feel outrage or to speak out about it. If a Holy Man were to subject himself to such ridicule, there had to be a reason behind it, but the people could not face the true answer, so they kept searching for an acceptable answer. ...

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In Nietzsche's philosophy he made no room for God, let alone religion itself. ... He wishes for us to be saints, and then creates us to be instinctually the opposite of them. ... This is the will of a God you cannot see, cannot hear, and gives no physical proof as to his existence. ... "There must be something more." If we were convinced that there is nothing more, perhaps we will sink into pessimism out of which we will not be able to climb, because the temporal realm does not hold enough meaning for us as men. ...

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If such God does exist, then where does this being come from? ... Now then, let us look upon how Descartes responds to the question of what God is? ... Then this imbalance can be accounted as a defect no matter what the justification may be; moreover, this implies that God did indeed make a mistake by creating a being that has faculties that lack perfection. ... These ideas were not fabricated by him, and they have not entered him through the sense experience. ... If this is so, then the faculty of knowing the truth, his intellect, must be also be finite. ...

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Before you and I were born physically, we were betrothed by the Father to the Son." ... The father would then send his servants, also called "friends of the bridegroom" to the house of the bride. ... After the contract was signed, there would be a procession from the bride's house to the bridegroom's house. ... If we based our marriage to Christ on our works only, no one would be acceptable to marry Christ. ... "So perfect and complete is His work that there will be no spot, no blemish, nothing to detract as she is presented as the love gift from the Father to the Son." ...

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Here Leibniz involves the principle of reason; "there can be found no fact that is true or existent, or any true proposition, without there being a sufficient reason for its being so and not otherwise." ... Since no two substances can possess the same attribute and God contains all possible attributes, then no other substance can exist. ... Even if we can imagine scenarios in which there were not baseballs or baseball games, scenarios in which these things just stopped being, this does not mean that existence is not a part of a substance. ... First of all, Spinoza argues, there is no such t...

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Many people end up discovering that there is a God. ... Puritans were divided into two main groups. These groups were the separatists and non-separatists. ... "Deists were freethinkers" (Jackson 391). ... Edwards's sermons were very Puritan. ...

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This one fear factor played a huge role in how people did almost anything, then and now. ... His most famous was to say that, "There would be no right or wrong unless god existed.... If God is good, then one must assume that good and evil are an independent fiat of God. ... Everyone has the right to call their beliefs a truth because knowledge is subjective, but there is no justified fact between the arguments. ... Both beliefs have points with fair reason behind them, but factually there is no proof that is justified enough....

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To Faustus, as long as he perceives hell as "trifles and mere old wives" tales" there is always room to think about God and repenting. ... It can then be assumed that if Faustus really wanted to completely commit himself to Lucifer, there would be no internal struggle and therefore no angels; but instead the angels are fighting for the will of Faustus. ... This illustrates that even if Faustus consciously admits that he has devoted himself to evil his subconscious is there to reject that concept. ... He then tries to dismiss the message by saying that his senses were deceiving h...

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These two people were St. ... There is no possibility in God because His possibility is impossible. ... He states that a fool is a fool because he will state that there is no God. ... But, by definition, there can be no greater being. ... If we didn't, there would be no starting mover. ...

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This then would justify the view in society of why women are not equal to man and why they are not given the same rights and liberties as man. ... The citizens of ancient Egypt were no different. ... For example, if there were two parties accused for a theft, the mashkim would say that the gods would show who is guilty by taking a hot spoon and having both individuals lick it then, he would examine their tongues to see which one the god has said to be guilty. ... Hence, there are no in-between stages (Dillery 58) . ... With the advancement of civilization, there was no need anymore for a go...

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Without him there is no christianity. Without him there is no access to God. Without him there can be no forgiveness, no peace, no hope. ... More than 300 Messianic prophecies like this were made in the Old Testament and then fulfilled through Jesus' life, death and resurrection. ... Since there was to be no messenger after Mohammad (saw), the Book revealed to him was preserved word for word so that it should be a source of guidance for all times; 5. ...

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There is also no known author for the Book of Jonah. ... Jonah spent three days in the belly of the fish, there he prayed for forgiveness. ... God then first came to Jonah and tried to reason with him. ... But Jonah is no hero: he is deliberately portrayed in a very poor light,"(175), which is the reason why I believe that the author of this story wanted to show the Jews of that time that their ethnocentric vindictive views were wrong. This book is not just important because it illustrates the flaws in human nature, but also because it shows the how and why the oracle concerning the destruct...

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