1. THE ANCIENT GREEK WORSHIP
In the next stage of Anselm's argument, he wanted to demonstrate that it is impossible to conceive of God not existing. ... The foundation of his philosophy is that you must go outside a concept to determine whether it exists in reality. ...
Any argument on ethics or morality always seemed to come back to its religious foundation; for example, the cases of Charles Finney social reforms or Abraham Lincoln's personal conflict during the Civil War. ... Breaking from the Church/Division between Church and State Having gone through many stages of reform and personal interpretation, people began to accept whichever bits and pieces of religion they wanted until the early 20th century when it was weathered to nothing and most of America lost sight of God. ...
The final stage in a conversion according to James is to be at last in serenity and at peace with oneself and the world, being capable of giving complete love with no barriers "having your own empathic love God showed for you and a compassionate nature. ... You need a spiritual foundation. ...